Dean Ray

Dean Ray
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	1992
Hometown	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
6
Category	Boys
Mentor	Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Placement	Runner-up (2/13)
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Dean Ray (born 1992) is an Australian singer. He auditioned for Season 6 of The X Factor Australia and made it all the way to the final as part of the Boys category mentored by Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

Due to the eliminations of Adrien Nookadu and Ofisa "Tee" Toleafoa, Ray was the only act left in his category. He finished as runner-up to Marlisa Punzalan from the Girls category mentored by Ronan Keating.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition 1	Free choice	"Bette Davis Eyes"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1	Free choice	"You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2	Free choice	"Yellow"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"Dancing Queen"	Advanced
Week 1	Judges' choice	"Sympathy for the Devil"	Safe
Week 2	Legends	"Janie's Got a Gun"	Safe
Week 3	Decades challenge	"Reckless"	Safe
Week 4	Top 10 hits	"Mr. Brightside"	Safe
Week 5	Latest and greatest	"Budapest"	Safe
Week 6	Rock	"New Sensation"	Safe
Week 7	Judges' challenge	"Stolen Dance"	Safe
Week 8	Aussie week	"Into My Arms"	Safe
Week 9	Killer tracks and curveballs	"Lonely Boy"	Bottom two
		"Crying"
	Save Me songs	"Hurt"	Saved
Week 10: Semi final	Power and passion	"The Power of Love"	Safe
		"Folsom Prison Blues" / "That's All Right"
Week 11: Final	Audition songs	"Bette Davis Eyes"	Runner-up
	Superstar duets	"Dear Darlin'" (with Olly Murs)
	Winner's single	"Coming Back"
Final results	Best moment of the live shows songs	"Budapest"