The X Factor - Season 5
1 - Auditions 1
Air Date: August 16, 2008
2 - Auditions 2
Air Date: August 23, 2008
3 - Auditions 3
Air Date: August 30, 2008
4 - Auditions 4
Air Date: August 6, 2008
5 - Auditions 5
Air Date: August 13, 2008
6 - Auditions 6
Air Date: August 20, 2008
7 - Boot Camp 1
Air Date: August 27, 2008
8 - Boot Camp 2
Air Date: August 28, 2008
9 - Boot Camp 3
Air Date: October 4, 2008
10 - Boot Camp 4
Air Date: October 5, 2008
11 - Elimination 1
Air Date: October 11, 2008
12 - Elimination 1 (Result)
Air Date: October 11, 2008
13 - Elimination 2
Air Date: October 18, 2008
14 - Elimination 2 (Result)
Air Date: October 18, 2008
15 - Elimination 3
Air Date: October 25, 2008
The 10 remaining acts return to perform live for the third time. This week each act has to perform a Big Band song. The judges give their verdicts on what they have heard. At the end of the show the phone lines are opened for this week's public vote.
16 - Elimination 3 (Result)
Air Date: October 25, 2008
The finalists performed a cover version of the Mariah Carey song "Hero" on behalf of the Help for Heroes charity. This song will be released as a download on Sunday 26 as a download and Monday 27 physically.
17 - Elimination 4
Air Date: November 1, 2008
Down to nine acts and the contestants must sing again for a place in next week's show. This week they must sing classic disco songs for the judges and the viewers at home. The viewers will then vote for their favourite and the two acts with the lowest number of votes will be forced to sing again for the judges who will then decide to save one act.
18 - Elimination 4 (Result)
Air Date: November 1, 2008
Theme: Disco Celebrity Guest: Will Young Song performed by celebrity guest: Changes
19 - Elimination 5
Air Date: November 8, 2008
Dermot O'Leary hosts the fifth live show of the series. This week, the eight remaining acts meet Mariah Carey and must perform her songs for the judges and the viewers. The viewers will then vote for their favourite and the two acts with the lowest number of votes will sing again for the judges who will choose to save one act and send the other home.
20 - Elimination 5 (Result)
Air Date: November 8, 2008
Theme: Mariah Carey Celebrity Guest: Mariah Carey Song performed by celebrity guest: TBA
21 - Elimination 6
Air Date: November 15, 2008
Theme: Best of British
22 - Elimination 6 (Result)
Air Date: November 15, 2008
Celebrity Guest: Leona Lewis Song performed by celebrity guest: "Run"
23 - Elimination 7
Air Date: November 22, 2008
24 - Elimination 7 (Result)
Air Date: November 22, 2008
25 - Elimination 8
Air Date: November 29, 2008
Five acts remain in the competition and the acts must now perform 2 songs each. This week the theme is American Classics as the contestants perform for the viewers' votes. The two acts with the lowest number of votes must then sing again for the judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue. Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus appears in this episode.
26 - Elimination 8 (Result)
Air Date: November 29, 2008
Theme: Songs by Britney Spears and American Classics Song performed by celebrity guests: "Womanizer" (Britney Spears), "7 Things" (Miley Cyrus)
27 - Series 5 - Elimination - 9
Air Date: December 6, 2008
With only four acts remaining in the competition, we reach the 9th live show of the series. The contestants must each perform 2 songs for the viewers' votes. The 2 acts with the lowest number of votes will have to sing again judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue who, for the last time, will choose an act to send home.
28 - Series 5 - Elimination - 9 (Result)
Air Date: December 6, 2008
29 - Series 5 - The Final
Air Date: December 13, 2008
There are only three acts remaining in this week's grand final. After auditions, boot camp, the mentors' houses and nine live shows, the three acts remaining in the competition sing for one last time for the audience vote. The act with the highest number of votes will be crowned The X Factor champion of 2008 winning a £1m recording contract with Simon Cowell. Dannii Minogue is the only judge with no acts left in the competition.
30 - Series 5 - The Final (Result)
Air Date: December 13, 2008