Jai Waetford

Jai Waetford
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	25 January 1999
Age	25
Hometown	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Student
5
Category	Boys
Mentor	Ronan Keating
Placement	3/12
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Jai Waetford (born 25 January 1999) is an Australian singer. He auditioned for Season 5 of The X Factor Australia and made it all the way to the final as part of the Boys category mentored by Ronan Keating.

He finished in 3rd place behind runner-up Taylor Henderson and winner Dami Im.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition 1	Free choice	"Different Worlds" \ "Don't Let Me Go"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1	Free choice	"Titanium"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2	Free choice	"Last Request"	Advanced
Bootcamp 3	Free choice	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"Always on My Mind"	Advanced
Week 1	Judges' choice	"Fix You"	Safe
Week 2	Legends	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	Safe
Week 3	Top 10 hits	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	Safe
Week 4	Latest and greatest	"It Will Rain"	Safe
Week 5	Rock	"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"	Safe
Week 6	Family heroes	"That Should Be Me"	Safe
Week 7	Judges' challenge	"Somewhere Only We Know"	Safe
Week 8	Aussie week	"Plans"	Safe
Week 9: Semi final	Power and passion	"I Won't Give Up"	Safe
		"Dynamite"
Week 10: Final	Audition songs	"Don't Let Me Go"	Eliminated (3rd)
	Last shot songs	"The Only Exception"
	Winner's single	"Your Eyes"