Johnny Ruffo

Johnny Ruffo
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	8 March 1988
Died	10 November 2023
Age	35
Hometown	Balcatta, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation	Singer, actor, television personality
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Category	Boys
Mentor	Guy Sebastian
Placement	3/12
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John Patrick "Johnny" Ruffo (8 March 1988—10 November 2023) was an Australian dance-pop singer. He auditioned for Season 3 of The X Factor Australia and made it all the way to the final as part of the Boys category mentored by Guy Sebastian.

He finished in 3rd place behind runner-up Andrew Wishart and winner Reece Mastin. He later won the twelfth season of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, and later portrayed the role of Chris Harrington on the soap, Home and Away.

In 2017, he was diagnosed with brain cancer. While battling it, he became active in cancer awareness. His cancer later went into remission after treatment; unfortunately, it had a recurrence in 2020. After battling it with further treatment for three years, Ruffo succumbed to brain cancer on 10 November 2023.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition 1	Free choice	"Do You Remember"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1	Free choice	"With You"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2	Free choice	"The Edge of Glory"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"Burn"	Advanced
Week 1	Judges' choice	"Moves Like Jagger"	Safe
Week 2	Party anthems	"Down"	Safe
Week 3	Rock	"Here Without You"	Safe
Week 4	The 90s	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	Bottom two
	Save Me songs	"Just the Way You Are"	Saved
Week 5	Number 1 singles	"What Goes Around... Comes Around"	Safe
Week 6	Australian hits	"Lost Without You"	Bottom two
	Save Me songs	"Billie Jean"	Saved
Week 7	Dance	"Without You"	Safe
Week 8	Legends	"Sir Duke"	Safe
Week 9: Semi final	Pleasure and pain	"So Sick"	Safe
		"Tonight Tonight"
Week 10: Final	Audition songs	"Do You Remember"	Eliminated (3rd)
	Song of the series	"Sir Duke"
	Winner's single	"You Don't Wanna Know"
	Superstar duets	"Shoop" / "Push It" (with Salt-N-Pepa)