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Tommy's X Factor
Season 10
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Broadcast from May 12th 2020 - June 1st 2020
Judges Tommy
Chris
Taylor
Nehemiah
Host(s) Tommy
Broadcaster Tengaged
Winner: 
Grace Potter

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Origin Waitsfield, Vermont, U.S.
Song "Timekeeper"
Genre(s) Rock, Pop
Runner-up
Jennifer Hudson
Chronology
Proceeded by
Season 9
Followed by
Season 11

The tenth season of the tengaged version of The X Factor was announced on May 5, 2020 at the season finale of season nine. Contestants applications for this season opened on May 9, 2020 once the full panel was revealed. The season premiered on May 12, 2020.

Tommy, Taylor and Nehemiah returned for their tenth, second and sixth seasons respectively. After six seasons, Aili James stepped down as a judge. This season, there were open auditions for the fourth judge seat accepting applications from both past and new judges. Chris was announced as the fourth judge on Friday May 8. Chris previously served as a live show judge on seasons seven and eight, making this his third season on the show after a one season hiatus.

This season the format remained unchanged from the previous season, the only new additions were: teams were raised from teams of eight (season nine) to teams of twelve, an additional steal in The Knockouts meaning each judge could now steal two eliminated artists from another team. the lifeline vote introduced at the end of The Showcases. The public of tengaged voted for which of the unsuccessful acts from The Showcases that they wanted to see join the live shows. The one act with the most votes would join their judge assigned to them during The Showcases making this the first season to feature a Top 13.

The season was won by Grace Potter (1001games) mentored by returning judge Chris, giving this his first win.

Selection Process[]

The applications for the tenth season of The X Factor opened on Saturday 9 May, 2020. 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 Judges' Judgement.

Auditions[]

Auditions began airing on May 12, 2020.

Audition city Date Audition venue Judging panel
Edinburgh, Scotland May 12, 2020 Kings Theartre, Edinburgh

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Cardiff, Wales May 13, 2020 Wales Millennium Centre
Manchester, England May 14, 2020 Palace Theatre
London, England May 15, 2020 Cambridge Theatre
May 16, 2020

Episode #1 (May 12th)[]

Audtioner's Name Category Audition Song Judge's Results
Tommy Chris Taylor Nehemiah
Joshua Ledet Boys "Ready For Love" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Haley Reinhart Girls "Rolling In The Deep" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ali Caldwell Overs "My All" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alex & Sierra Groups "Gravity" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vincent Cannady Boys "Magic" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Angie Miller Girls "You Set Me Free" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sasha Allen Overs "Not Ready To Make Nice" Yes Yes Yes Yes
The Veronicas Groups "Cross My Heart" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Leroy Sanchez Boys "Hello" Yes No Yes Yes
Tori Kelly Girls "Hollow" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Beyoncé Overs "Ave Maria" Yes Yes No Yes
A.C.E. Groups "Youngblood" Yes No Yes Yes

Episode #2 (May 13th)[]

Audtioner's Name Category Audition Song Judge's Results
Tommy Chris Taylor Nehemiah
Harry Styles Boys "Falling" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Billie Eilish Girls "No Time To Die" Yes Yes Yes No
Lady Gaga Overs "Bad Romance" No No No Yes
Nightwish Groups "Elan" Yes No No No
Brigit Mendler Girls "Blonde" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alanis Morissette Overs "Not The Doctor" Yes No Yes No
BEATZ Groups "Problem" Yes Yes No No
Marc Broussard Overs "Cry To Me" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Teddy Swims Boys "I Can't Make You Love Me" Yes No Yes Yes
Ioana Bulgaru Girls "It's Oh So Quiet" Yes Yes Yes No
Thirdstory Groups "I'm Not The Only One" Yes Yes No Yes
Barns Courtney Boys "Golden Dandelions" Yes No Yes Yes

Episode #3 (May 14th)[]

Audtioner's Name Category Audition Song Judge's Results
Tommy Chris Taylor Nehemiah
Grace Potter Girls "We'll Be Alright" Yes Yes No Yes
Guster Groups "Do You Love Me" Yes Yes No Yes
Daniel Lowe Boys "Toxic" No No No Yes
Connie Talbot Girls "I Would" Yes Yes No No
Andra Day Overs "Uprising" Yes Yes No Yes
F.A.I.T.H. Groups "Ain't No Other Man" Yes No Yes No
Che Chesterman Boys "Who You Are" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sarah Ikumu Girls "And I Am Telling You" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jennifer Hudson Overs "I'm Here" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Four of Diamonds Groups "Royals" Yes Yes N/A No
Aimee Fitzpatrick Girls "I Will Always Love You" Yes Yes Yes No
Candice Glover Overs "When You Believe" Yes Yes Yes Yes

Taylor could not vote on Four of Diamonds audition as it was restricted in Taylor's country, they therefore needed to receive a majority vote from the remaining three judges.

Episode #4 (May 15th)[]

Audtioner's Name Category Audition Song Judge's Results
Tommy Chris Taylor Nehemiah
Nathan Brake Boys "Jealous" Yes Yes Yes No
Pentatonix Groups "The Sound of Silence" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rebecca Ferguson Overs "Shoulder to Shoulder" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Charice Pempengco Girls "Listen" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nicholas Mcdonald Boys "A Thousand Years" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Becky G Girls "Mayores" No No Yes Yes
Sam Bailey Overs "Clown" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rak-Su Groups "I'm Feeling You" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Alex Claire Overs "Damn Your Eyes" Yes No Yes Yes
Jukebox The Ghost Groups "Girl" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jason Warrior Boys "Living For The City" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Christiana Danielle Girls "Unchain My Heart" Yes Yes N/A N/A

Taylor and Nehemiah could not vote on Christina Danielle's audition as it was restricted in their respective countries, they therefore needed to receive a majority vote from the remaining two judges.

Episode #5 (May 16th)[]

Audtioner's Name Category Audition Song Judge's Results
Tommy Chris Taylor Nehemiah
Alisan Porter Overs "Deep Water" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Evanescence Groups "Lacrymosa" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jill Marie Cooper Girls "Lady Nice" Yes Yes No Yes
Gabriel Henrique Boys "Diz" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Leona Lewis Overs "Come Alive" Yes Yes Yes No
Demi Lovato Girls "Father" Yes Yes Yes No
P!NK Overs "What About Us" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Little Mix Groups "Touch" Yes Yes Yes Yes
Leah McFall Girls "As Long As You Love Me" Yes Yes Yes No
Alejandro Aranda Boys "Remember Me" Yes Yes No No
Juice Wrld Boys "Reine" Yes Yes No Yes
Alan Jackson Overs "Livin' On Love" Yes Yes Yes Yes

The Judgement[]

51 acts made it through the auditions to the judgement, the judges reviewed the auditions once more to determine which acts would join which team and which three acts would be eliminated from the competition. They will then rank the Top 51 in order of who they want on their own teams individually. Each team will have 12 artists this season, compared to 8 last season.

The order was randomized as followed: Nehemiah, Tommy, Taylor, Chris. The picking order was reversed back and forth through rounds.

Episode #6 (May 16th)[]

Draft Round Judge's Pick
Nehemiah Tommy Taylor Chris
1 Harry Styles Jennifer Hudson Haley Reinhart Joshua Ledet
2 Barns Courtney Charice Pempengco Sasha Allen Jason Warrior
3 Alex & Sierra Candice Glover Ali Caldwell Pentatonix
4 Alan Jackson P!NK Gabriel Henrique Brigit Mendler
5 Rak-Su Billie Eilish The Veronicas Angie Miller
6 Nicholas Mcdonald Sam Bailey Leona Lewis Little Mix
7 Guster Alisan Porter Demi Lovato Che Chesterman
8 Jukebox The Ghost Rebecca Ferguson  Tori Kelly Jill Marie Cooper
9 Leroy Sanchez Sarah Ikumu  Evanescence Nathan Brake
10 Thirdstory Teddy Swim  Ioana Bulgaru Andra Day
11 Marc Broussard Beyonce  Vincent Cannady Grace Potter
12 Alex Claire Juice Wrld  A.C.E. Leah McFall
Eliminated Aimee Fitzpatrick, Four of Diamonds, Christiana Danielle

The Knockouts[]

The Knockouts started airing on May 18 for a consecutive four nights. Each judge would have to select one winner from each of their pairings to advance to The Showcases (Top 32). Each judge can each steal two eliminated artists from another team.

     Artist lost The Knockout but was stolen by another judge and advanced to The Showcases.
     Artist lost The Knockout and was eliminated.
Episodes Judge Order Artist Song 'Steal' result
Tommy Chris Taylor Nehemiah
Episode 7
(May 18th)
Taylor 1 Demi Lovato "Purple Rain" - - N/A -
2 Sasha Allen "At Last" Winner
Tommy 3 P!NK "Walk Me Home" N/A - -
4 Beyonce "Listen" Winner
Nehemiah 5 Leroy Sanchez "All I Ask" Winner
6 Alan Jackson "Chattahoochee" - - - N/A
Tommy 7 Sam Bailey "Who's Loving You" N/A -
8 Teddy Swims "Tennessee Whiskey" Winner
Nehemiah 9 Alex & Sierra "Little Do You Know" Winner
10 Rak-Su "Overseas" - - N/A
Chris 11 Angie Miller "I Surrender" - N/A - -
12 Grace Potter "Medicine" Winner
Episode 8
(May 19th)
Taylor 1 A.C.E. "Someone You Loved" - - N/A -
2 Ioana Bulgaru "All About That Base" Winner
Chris 3 Little Mix "Secret Love Song" - N/A - -
4 Pentatonix "Hallelujah" Winner
Taylor 5 Vincent Cannady "Till I'm With You" Winner
6 Gabriel Henrique "I Have Nothing" - - N/A -
Chris 7 Che Chesterman "Don't Know Much" Winner
8 Nathan Brake "Part of Me" - N/A - -
Tommy 9 Jennifer Hudson "And I Am Telling You" Winner
10 Charice Pempengco "All By Myself" N/A - -
Nehemiah 11 Thirdstory "Style" - - - N/A
12 Jukebox The Ghost "Hold It In" Winner
Episode 9
(May 20th)
Taylor 1 The Veronicas "You Ruin Me" - - N/A -
2 Evanescence "All That I'm Living For" Winner
Tommy 3 Alisan Porter "River" N/A - - -
4 Candice Glover "Love Song" Winner
Chris 5 Joshua Ledet "To Love Somebody" Winner
6 Jason Warrior "I Want You" N/A - -
Tommy 7 Billie Eilish "Ocean Eyes" N/A - -
8 Juice Wrld "Lucid Dreams" Winner
Nehemiah 9 Alex Claire "Hummingbird" N/A - - N/A
10 Marc Broussard "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" Winner
Taylor 11 Leona Lewis "All By Myself" N/A - N/A N/A
12 Ali Caldwell "Somebody Loves You Baby" Winner
Episode 10
(May 21st)
Nehemiah 1 Nicholas McDonald "If You're Not The One" Winner
2 Barnes Courtney "The Attractions of Youth" N/A - - N/A
Chris 3 Brigit Mendler "Starry Eyed" Winner
4 Leah McFall "Home" N/A N/A N/A
Chris 5 Andra Day "Mamma Knows Best" Winner
6 Jill Marie Cooper "Cry Baby" N/A N/A N/A N/A
Tommy 7 Rebecca Ferguson "Why Don't You Do It Right" Winner
8 Sarha Ikumu "Purple Rain" N/A - N/A N/A
Nehemiah 9 Harry Styles "Ever Since New York" Winner
10 Guster "Barrel of a Gun" N/A - N/A N/A
Taylor 11 Haley Reinhart "Black Hole Sun" Winner
12 Tori Kelly "Hallelujah" N/A N/A N/A

The Showcases[]

The Showcases started airing on May 23 and aired for two consecutive nights. At this stage of the competition, each artist performed for the judges, however it was the decision of their mentor on which three acts from their team made it to the live Quarter-Finals. New this season was the Lifeline Vote, all 20 eliminated acts at this stage of the competition were put into a public poll, the highest vote getter would join the live shows to form a Top 13, joining their mentor's team from The Showcases. The winner of the Lifeline Vote was announced at the start of the first live show.

     Artist was eliminated, but saved by the Lifeline Vote and advanced to the Live Shows.
     Artist was eliminated in The Showcases.
Episode Judge Order Artist Song Result
Episode 12
May 23rd
Chris 1 Andra Day "Rise Up" Eliminated
2 Brigit Mendler "Locked Out of Heaven" Eliminated
3 Che Chesterman "When a Man Loves a Woman" Eliminated
4 Pentatonix "Dog Days Are Over" Advanced
5 Sam Bailey "Power of Love" Advanced
6 Tori Kelly "Language" Eliminated
7 Grace Potter "Paris" Lifeline Vote
8 Joshua Ledet "I Believe" Advanced
Nehemiah 9 Jukebox The Ghost "The Spiritual" Eliminated
10 P!NK "Glitter In The Air" Eliminated
11 Billie Eilish "Bellyache" Eliminated
12 Harry Styles "Watermelon Sugar" Eliminated
13 Marc Broussard "Let Me Do It Over" Advanced
14 Nicholas McDonald "She's The One" Advanced
15 Leroy Sanchez "Say You Won't Let Go" Eliminated
16 Alex & Sierra "Say My Name" Advanced
Episode 13
May 24th
Tommy 1 Jennifer Hudson "Hallelujah" Advanced
2 Candice Glover "Ordinary People" Eliminated
3 Rebecca Ferguson "Show Me Love" Eliminated
4 Beyonce "Love On Top" Eliminated
5 Juice WRLD "Armed & Dangerous" Eliminated
6 Rak-Su "Dimelo" Advanced
7 Teddy Swims "You're Still The One" Eliminated
8 Jason Warrior "Love Me Now" Advanced
Taylor 9 Evanescence "Call Me When You're Sober" Eliminated
10 Vincent Cannady "Locked Out of Heaven" Eliminated
11 Sasha Allen "Alone" Advanced
12 Ali Caldwell "Runnin'/Lose It All" Advanced
13 Charice Pempengco "One Moment In Time" Eliminated
14 Haley Reinhart "Seven Nation Army" Advanced
15 Leah McFall "I Will Survive" Eliminated
16 Ioana Bulgaru "Toy" Eliminated

Live shows[]

Thirteen acts made it through to the live shows to compete to become the tenth singing sensation of The X Factor. Each judge picked three acts from their showcase team to represent them in the live shows. A new lifeline vote was then introduced for the eliminated acts of The Showcases, the winner of the public lifeline vote would join the live shows as part of their former team.

     Artist was saved by Judges rankings
     Artist was placed in the bottom nine
     Artist was saved by his/her judge
     Artist was eliminated.

Week 1: Quarter-Finals (May 26 & May 27)[]

In the Quarter-Finals, the Top 13 performed for the judges who awarded points to each artist. At the end of the first night, each judge was able to save one of their own acts by awarding them with a 'fast pass' to the semi-finals. The remaining 8 acts performed their save me songs on the second night, the five acts with the lowest combined points from both nights were eliminated from the competition. Grace Potter was announced as the receiver of the lifeline vote and rejoined Team Chris.

Special guests:

  • Night 1: TBA
  • Night 2: TBA
Episode Judge Order Artist Song Result
Episode 14
May 26th
Chris 1 Sam Bailey "No More Tears" Bottom Nine
Taylor 2 Ali Caldwell "Times Have Changed" Bottom Nine
Taylor 3 Haley Reinhart "Don't Know How To Love You" Fast Pass
Nehemiah 4 Marc Broussard "Sunday Kind of Love" Bottom Nine
Chris 5 Pentatonix "Dancing on my Own" Bottom Nine
Nehemiah 6 Nicholas McDonald "Angel" Fast Pass
Nehemiah 7 Alex & Sierra "Give Me Love" Bottom Nine
Tommy 8 Jason Warrior "Titanium" Bottom Nine
Tommy 9 Jennifer Hudson "I Will Always Love You" Fast Pass
Chris 10 Joshua Ledet "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Bottom Nine
Chris 11 Grace Potter "Why Don't You Love Me" Fast Pass
Taylor 12 Sasha Allen "Next To Me" Bottom Nine
Tommy 13 Rak-Su "Flowers" Bottom Nine
Save Me Performances
Episode 15
May 27th
Chris 1 Sam Bailey "My Heart Will Go On" Eliminated
Taylor 2 Sasha Allen "God Bless The Child" Eliminated
Tommy 3 Rak-Su "Faith" Judges Vote
Chris 4 Joshua Ledet "Imagine" Judges Vote
Chirs 5 Pentatonix "Silent Night" Eliminated
Tommy 6 Jason Warrior "Ordinary People" Eliminated
Taylor 7 Ali Caldwell "Did I Ever Love You" Judges Vote
Nehemiah 8 Alex & Sierra "Little Talks" Eliminated
Nehemiah 9 Marc Broussard "Easy To Love" Judges Vote

Week 2: Semi-Finals (May 29)[]

In the Semi-Finals, the Top 8 performed for the judges who awarded points to each artist. At the end of the night, the four acts from any team with the lowest points was eliminated from the competition.

Special guests:

  • TBC
Episode Judge Order Artist Song Result
Episode 16
May 29th
Chris 1 Grace Potter "Stars" Judges Vote
Tommy 2 Rak-Su "Touche" Eliminated
Taylor 3 Ali Caldwell "No More Drama" Eliminated
Nehemiah 4 Nicholas McDonald "The Climb" Eliminated
Chris 5 Joshua Ledet "I'd Rather Go Blind" Judges Vote
Tommy 6 Jennifer Hudson "A Change Is Gonna Come" Judges Vote
Taylor 7 Haley Reinhart "The House of the Rising Sun" Judges Vote
Nehemiah 8 Marc Broussard "Fool For Your Love" Eliminated

Week 3: Season Finale (June 1)[]

In the Season Finale, the Top 4 performed for the judges who awarded points to each artist. They first had to each perform a new song and then their song of the season, the act in fourth place was then eliminated. The remaining three acts went on to sing their potential winning singles with their points from the previous two rounds carried over.

Special guests:

  • The previous season winners and current judges entered to the song TBC.
  • TBC
  • TBC
Episode Judge Order Artist Song Result
Episode 17
June 1st
Taylor 1 Haley Reinhart "Creep" N/A
Chris 2 Grace Potter "Love Is Love" N/A
Chris 3 Joshua Ledet "You Pulled Me Through" N/A
Tommy 4 Jennifer Hudson "Where You At" N/A
Song of the Season
Chris 5 Grace Potter "Stars" Judges Vote
Tommy 6 Jennifer Hudson "And I Am Telling You" Judges Vote
Chris 7 Joshua Ledet "I'd Rather Go Blind" Eliminated
Taylor 8 Haley Reinhart "The House of the Rising Sun" Judges Vote
Winning Song
Taylor 9 Haley Reinhart "I (Who Have Nothing)" Third Place
Chris 10 Grace Potter "Timekeeper" Winner
Tommy 11 Jennifer Hudson "I'm Here" Runner-up

Top 13[]

Elimination Chart[]

Overall[]

Color Key
Artist's Info
  •      Team Tommy
  •      Team Chris
  •      Team Taylor
  •      Team Nehemiah
Result details
  •      Winner
  •      Runner-up
  •      Third place
  •      Fourth place
  •      Saved by the Judges' Rankings
  •      Saved by Judges' Fast Pass
  •      Did not receive immunity from the round 2 elimination
  •      Immune
  •      Eliminated
Live Show Results per week
Artists Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Finale
Night 1 Night 2 Top 4 Top 3
Grace Potter Safe Immune Safe Safe Winner
Jennifer Hudson Safe Immune Safe Safe Runner-up
Haley Reinhart Safe Immune Safe Safe Third Place
Joshua Ledet Not Chosen Safe Safe Fourth Place (Week 3)
Rak-Su Not Chosen Safe Eliminated (Week 2)
Nicholas Mcdonald Safe Immune Eliminated (Week 2)
Marc Broussard Not Chosen Safe Eliminated (Week 2)
Ali Caldwell Not Chosen Safe Eliminated (Week 2)
Alex & Sierra Not Chosen Eliminated (Week 1)
Sam Bailey Not Chosen Eliminated (Week 1)
Sasha Allen Not Chosen Eliminated (Week 1)
Pentatonix Not Chosen Eliminated (Week 1)
Jason Warrior Not Chosen Eliminated (Week 1)
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