Simon Cowell
Director
The X Factor (AU) (2005)
Season 3
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a management contract and a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The third series premiered on the Seven Network on 29 August 2011 and ended on 22 November 2011. The winner was Reece Mastin and his debut single "Good Night" was released after the final. Mastin was mentored throughout by Guy Sebastian, who won as mentor for the first time. The season was presented by Luke Jacobz. Sebastian and Ronan Keating were the only judges from the previous series who returned, while Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Melanie Brown joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Natalie Imbruglia and Kyle Sandilands. The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, home visits and live shows. Auditions in front of the show's producers took place throughout March and April 2011. The successful auditionees chosen by the producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience during May and June. After the auditions was bootcamp, where successful acts were split into four categories: Under 25 Boys, Under 25 Girls, Over 25s and Groups. Each judge was given a category to mentor and had to decide on their twelve acts after day two, and their six acts after day three. Special guest judges, including Wynter Gordon, Stephen Belafonte, Darren Hayes and The Veronicas, were brought in to help the judges decide their acts. Following bootcamp was the home visits stage, where each of the judges reduced their six acts to three, with help from more guest judges, including Beyoncé Knowles, Mel C, Jason Derülo, Good Charlotte and Leona Lewis. The live shows began on 19 September 2011.
Released Feb. 6, 2005
Episode 75 min
8+
Genres: Music, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: imdb.non-fiction, imdb.talent-show, imdb.music-competition, imdb.x-factor, imdb.x-factor-franchise
Network: Seven Network
S3E1 - Auditions 1
Aug. 29, 2011, midnight
S3E2 - Auditions 2
Aug. 30, 2011, midnight
S3E3 - Auditions 3
Aug. 31, 2011, midnight
S3E4 - Auditions 4
Sept. 1, 2011, midnight
S3E5 - Auditions 5
The auditions continue as judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Guy Sebastian search the country for singing megastars.
Sept. 5, 2011, midnight
S3E6 - Auditions 6
The auditions continue as judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Guy Sebastian search the country for singing megastars.
Sept. 6, 2011, midnight
S3E7 - Bootcamp 1
Judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Guy Sebastian put our contestants through their paces at X Factor Bootcamp in Sydney.
Sept. 7, 2011, midnight
S3E8 - Bootcamp 2
Judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Guy Sebastian put our contestants through their paces at X Factor Bootcamp in Sydney.
Sept. 8, 2011, midnight
S3E9 - Bootcamp 3
Judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Guy Sebastian put our contestants through their paces at X Factor Bootcamp in Sydney.
Sept. 12, 2011, midnight
S3E10 - Home Visit 1
Sept. 13, 2011, midnight
S3E11 - Home Visit 2
Sept. 14, 2011, midnight
S3E12 - Home Visit 3
Sept. 15, 2011, midnight
S3E13 - Top 12 Performance
Sept. 19, 2011, midnight
S3E14 - Top 12 Results
Sept. 20, 2011, midnight
S3E15 - Top 11 Performance
Sept. 27, 2011, midnight
S3E16 - Top 11 Results
Sept. 28, 2011, midnight
S3E17 - Top 10 Performance
Oct. 3, 2011, midnight
S3E18 - Top 10 Results
Oct. 4, 2011, midnight
S3E19 - Top 9 Performance
Oct. 10, 2011, midnight
S3E20 - Top 9 Results
Oct. 11, 2011, midnight
S3E21 - Top 8 Performance
Oct. 17, 2011, midnight
S3E22 - Top 8 Results
Oct. 18, 2011, midnight
S3E23 - Top 7 Performance
Oct. 24, 2011, midnight
S3E24 - Top 7 Results
Oct. 25, 2011, midnight
S3E25 - Top 6 Performance
Oct. 31, 2011, midnight
S3E26 - Top 6 Results
Nov. 1, 2011, midnight
S3E27 - Top 5 Performance
Nov. 7, 2011, midnight
S3E28 - Top 5 Results
Nov. 8, 2011, midnight
S3E29 - Top 4 Performance
Nov. 14, 2011, midnight
S3E30 - Top 4 Results
Nov. 15, 2011, midnight
S3E31 - Top 3 Performance
Nov. 21, 2011, midnight
S3E32 - Grand Final
Nov. 22, 2011, midnight
Network: Seven Network
Episode Runtime: 75 min.
Season Runtime: 75 min.
Released: Feb. 6, 2005
Last Air Date: Nov. 21, 2016, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 8+
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