Tommy's X Factor (Season 7)

The seventh season of the tengaged version of The X Factor was announced on Decemeber 13, 2018 immediately following season 6. Applications for auditions opened on the same day, with the premiere episode taking place on Saturday December 15th, 2018.

Tommy, Drake, and Aili James returned from the previous season as judges, while two new judges made an appearance with a format change. Melinda (melindaMrskk) replaced Nehemiah on the panel of main judges and mentors who will be helping the acts get through. While Tommy announced a 5th judge just for the live shows to replace the anonymous judge aspect while also replacing the deadlock vote in the final showdowns. Chris (chris2pei) was announced to be this new live show judge.

Selection Process
The applications for the seventh season of The X Factor opened on Thursday December 13, 2018. It has been stated that the auditions round will remain the same as seasons past. Each hopeful had to receive a majority 3 or 4  'YES'  votes from the judges to make it through to the next stage of the competition: the Six-Chair Challenge.

Auditions
Auditions began airing on December 15th, 2018.

Key:
 * - Contestant did not receive enough yes votes, and was eliminated in the audition.

Six-Chair Challenge
Last season featured the Six-Chair challenge, however it was decided that it would be brought back this year at the same time right after auditions. The format is that the artist have to perform for one of the six seats available, and the mentor of each category will decide who will be getting a seat and who is going to get replaced if they replace anyone. At the final episode of auditions it was revealed that Tommy would be mentoring the Overs for his second time, Aili James would be mentoring the Groups for a second time, Drake would be mentoring the Boys for a second time, and Melinda would be mentoring the girls for the first time. Season 5 had similar mentors, however instead of Nehemiah mentoring the girls it would be Melinda.