Season 2

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 recording contract with record label Sony Music Australia. The second series premiered on the Seven Network on 30 August 2010 and ended on 22 November 2010. The winner was Altiyan Childs and his debut single "Somewhere in the World" was released after the final. Childs was mentored throughout by Ronan Keating, who won as mentor for the first time. The series was presented by Luke Jacobz, while spin-off show The Xtra Factor was hosted by Natalie Garonzi on 7Two. The show was originally to be hosted by actor Matthew Newton, however, he was forced to withdraw as host during production after an altercation with his former girlfriend Rachael Taylor and re-admitting himself to rehab. Natalie Imbruglia, Guy Sebastian, Ronan Keating and Kyle Sandilands joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Mark Holden, John Reid and Kate Ceberano. The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses and live shows. Auditions took place throughout May and June 2010. 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 two. Special guest judges, including Havana Brown, Rebecca Batties, Mark Plunkett and Rai Thistlethwayte were brought in to help the judges decide their acts. Following bootcamp, was the judges' houses stage, where each of the judges reduced their six acts to three, with help from more guest judges, including Kelly Rowland, Sir Richard Branson, Boyzone, Snoop Dogg and Usher. The live shows began on 19 September 2010.

1. 1. Auditions 1

   2010-08-30 · 90m

2. 2. Auditions 2

   2010-08-31 · 90m

3. 3. Auditions 3

   2010-09-01 · 90m

4. 4. Auditions 4

   2010-09-02 · 90m

5. 5. Boot Camp 1

   2010-09-05 · 90m

6. 6. Boot Camp 2

   2010-09-06 · 90m

7. 7. Boot Camp 3

   2010-09-12 · 90m

8. 8. Boot Camp 4

   2010-09-13 · 90m

9. 9. Top 12 Live Performances - Judges Choices

   2010-09-19 · 90m

10. 10. Top 12 Results Show

    2010-09-20 · 90m

11. 11. Top 11 Live Performances - Musical Inspirations

    2010-09-26 · 90m

12. 12. Top 11 Results Show

    2010-09-27 · 90m

13. 13. Top 10 Live Performances - Songs that defined a Decade

    2010-10-03 · 90m

14. 14. Top 10 Results Show

    2010-10-04 · 90m

15. 15. Top 9 Live Performances - Greatest Party Anthems

    2010-10-10 · 90m

16. 16. Top 9 Results Show

    2010-10-11 · 90m

17. 17. Top 8 Live Performances - Rock Week

    2010-10-17 · 90m

18. 18. Top 8 Results Show

    2010-10-18 · 90m

19. 19. Top 7 Live Performances - Movie Night

    2010-10-24 · 90m

20. 20. Top 7 Results Show

    2010-10-25 · 90m

21. 21. Top 6 Live Performances - Songs of Summer

    2010-10-31 · 90m

22. 22. Top 6 Results Show

    2010-11-01 · 90m

23. 23. Top 5 Live Performances - Australian-made Hits

    2010-11-07 · 90m

24. 24. Top 5 Results Show

    2010-11-08 · 90m

25. 25. Top 4 Live Performances - Number One Hits

    2010-11-14 · 90m

26. 26. Top 4 Results Show

    2010-11-15 · 90m

27. 27. X-Factor Australia Grand Final - Final 3 - Live Performances

    2010-11-21 · 90m

28. 28. X-Factor Australia Winner Revealed - Final 3 Results Show

    90m