The X Factor Australia - Season 3

The X Factor Australia - Season 3

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.
Network
Episodes32
DatesAug 29, 2011 - Nov 22, 2011
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Episodes

Auditions 1
Season 3Episode 175 min

Auditions 1

Aug 29, 2011
Auditions 2
Season 3Episode 275 min

Auditions 2

Aug 30, 2011
Auditions 3
Season 3Episode 375 min

Auditions 3

Aug 31, 2011
Auditions 4
Season 3Episode 475 min

Auditions 4

Sep 1, 2011
Auditions 5
Season 3Episode 575 min

Auditions 5

The auditions continue as judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Guy Sebastian search the country for singing megastars.
Sep 5, 2011
Auditions 6
Season 3Episode 675 min

Auditions 6

The auditions continue as judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Guy Sebastian search the country for singing megastars.
Sep 6, 2011
Bootcamp 1
Season 3Episode 775 min

Bootcamp 1

Judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Guy Sebastian put our contestants through their paces at X Factor Bootcamp in Sydney.
Sep 7, 2011
Bootcamp 2
Season 3Episode 875 min

Bootcamp 2

Judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and Guy Sebastian put our contestants through their paces at X Factor Bootcamp in Sydney.
Sep 8, 2011
Bootcamp 3
Season 3Episode 975 min

Bootcamp 3

Judges Mel B, Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Guy Sebastian put our contestants through their paces at X Factor Bootcamp in Sydney.
Sep 12, 2011
Home Visit 1
Season 3Episode 1075 min

Home Visit 1

Sep 13, 2011
Home Visit 2
Season 3Episode 1175 min

Home Visit 2

Sep 14, 2011
Home Visit 3
Season 3Episode 1275 min

Home Visit 3

Sep 15, 2011
Top 12 Performance
Season 3Episode 1375 min

Top 12 Performance

Sep 19, 2011
Top 12 Results
Season 3Episode 1475 min

Top 12 Results

Sep 20, 2011
Top 11 Performance
Season 3Episode 1575 min

Top 11 Performance

Sep 27, 2011
Top 11 Results
Season 3Episode 1675 min

Top 11 Results

Sep 28, 2011
Top 10 Performance
Season 3Episode 1775 min

Top 10 Performance

Oct 3, 2011
Top 10 Results
Season 3Episode 1875 min

Top 10 Results

Oct 4, 2011
Top 9 Performance
Season 3Episode 1975 min

Top 9 Performance

Oct 10, 2011
Top 9 Results
Season 3Episode 2075 min

Top 9 Results

Oct 11, 2011
Top 8 Performance
Season 3Episode 2175 min

Top 8 Performance

Oct 17, 2011
Top 8 Results
Season 3Episode 2275 min

Top 8 Results

Oct 18, 2011
Top 7 Performance
Season 3Episode 2375 min

Top 7 Performance

Oct 24, 2011
Top 7 Results
Season 3Episode 2475 min

Top 7 Results

Oct 25, 2011
Top 6 Performance
Season 3Episode 2575 min

Top 6 Performance

Oct 31, 2011
Top 6 Results
Season 3Episode 2675 min

Top 6 Results

Nov 1, 2011
Top 5 Performance
Season 3Episode 2775 min

Top 5 Performance

Nov 7, 2011
Top 5 Results
Season 3Episode 2875 min

Top 5 Results

Nov 8, 2011
Top 4 Performance
Season 3Episode 2975 min

Top 4 Performance

Nov 14, 2011
Top 4 Results
Season 3Episode 3075 min

Top 4 Results

Nov 15, 2011
Top 3 Performance
Season 3Episode 3175 min

Top 3 Performance

Nov 21, 2011
Grand Final
Season 3Episode 3275 min

Grand Final

Nov 22, 2011

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