The X Factor Australia (Season 8)

The X Factor Australia (Season 8)
Series	8
Broadcast from	3 October 2016 – 21 November 2016
Judges	Guy Sebastian Iggy Azalea Adam Lambert Mel B
Presenters	Jason Dundas
Network	Seven Network
Number of finalists	12
Chronology
Previous	Season 7
Next	None

Season 8 of The X Factor ran from 3 October 2016 to 21 November 2016 on Seven Network.

It was won by 17-year-old Isaiah Firebrace who was mentored by Adam Lambert in the 14-21s category. The win also coincided with Isaiah's birthday.

On January 30, 2017, it was confirmed that the show would not be returning for a ninth year, thus making this the final season.

Production

In February 2016, reports claimed that Seven Network was mulling over whether or not to delay the series' planned eighth season until 2017. It was later confirmed that the show would return in 2016.

Dannii Minogue reported that she would not be returning to the programme after three series on the judging panel. On 12 June 2016, rapper Iggy Azalea was announced as her replacement. On 20 June, Guy Sebastian revealed that he would be returning to the show for his fifth season as a judge. The following day, Adam Lambert was confirmed to be the third judge for the eighth season. On 11 October 2016, shortly before the three-seat challenge, former judge Mel B was announced as the "underdog judge", after months of rumours, whereby three acts who failed to secure a seat in this challenge can be recruited by her for inclusion in the "underdogs" category.

On 24 November 2015, Luke Jacobz announced on his Twitter account that he would not be returning as the host for the eighth season in 2016. On 25 June 2016, Jason Dundas was announced as Jacobz's replacement.

Finalists

Contestant		Category	Finish	Elimination
	Timmy Knowles 30, Melbourne	Over 22s	9th week one	Fewest public votes
	Maddi Milewski 16, Gold Coast	Underdogs		Fewest public votes
	Natalie Ong 15, Melbourne	14-21s		Fewest public votes
	Time and Place 17-19, various places	Groups		Fewest public votes
	AYA 16-18, Sydney	Groups	8th week two	Deadlock
	Brentwood 25-29, Durham	Groups	7th quarter-final	Fewest public votes
	Chynna Taylor 26, South Coast	Over 22s	6th quarter-final	Deadlock
	BEATZ 19-22, Sydney	Underdogs	5th semi-final	Majority vote
	Amalia Foy 15, Melbourne	14-21s	4th final	Fewest public votes
	Vlado 17, Sydney	Underdogs	3rd final	Fewest public votes
	Davey Woder 34, Logan	Over 22s	Runner up final	Fewest public votes
	Isaiah Firebrace 16, Moama	14-21s	Winner final	Most public votes

Selection process

Auditions

See: List of The X Factor Australia auditionees (season 8)

Bootcamp

See: Bootcamp (Australia season 8)

Three Chair Challenge

See: Three Chair Challenge (Australia season 8)

Summary of three chair challenge

Judge	Category	Chairs
		1	2	3
Lambert	14-21s	Isaiah Firebrace	Amalia Foy	Natalie Ong
Azalea	Groups	Montage	Brentwood	Time and Place
Sebastian	Over 22s	Timmy Knowles	Chynna Taylor	Davey Woder
Mel B	Underdogs	Maddi Milewski	Vlado	BEATZ

Results Summary

Weekly results per act
Week		1				2	Quarter-Final		Semi-Final	Final
Eliminated
	Isaiah Firebrace	Safe				Safe	Safe		Safe	Safe		Winner (Final)
	Davey Woder	Safe				Safe	Safe		Safe	Safe		Runner-Up (Final)
	Vlado	Safe				Safe	Safe		Bottom Two	3rd		Eliminated (Final)
	Amalia Foy	Safe				Safe	Safe		Safe	4th
	BEATZ	Safe				7th	5th		Bottom Two	Eliminated (Semi-Final)
	Chynna Taylor	Safe				Safe	6th		Eliminated (Quarter-Final)
	Brentwood	Safe				Safe	7th
	AYA	Safe				8th	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Time and Place	Eliminated				Eliminated (Week 1)
	Natalie Ong	Eliminated
	Maddi Milewski	Eliminated
	Timmy Knowles	Eliminated
Bottom Two		No final showdown; public eliminates one act from each category				AYA, BEATZ	BEATZ, Taylor		BEATZ, Vlado	No final showdown or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone
Lambert's vote to eliminate						BEATZ	BEATZ		Vlado
Sebastian's vote to eliminate						AYA	BEATZ		Vlado
Azalea's vote to eliminate						BEATZ	Taylor		Vlado
Mel B's vote to eliminate						AYA	Taylor		N/A*
Eliminated		Timmy Knowles Public Vote To Save	Maddi Milewski Public Vote To Save	Natalie Ong Public Vote To Save	Time and Place Public Vote To Save	AYA 2 of 4 Votes Deadlock	Brentwood Public Vote To Save	Chynna Taylor 2 of 4 Votes Deadlock	Beatz 3 of 3 Votes Majority Vote	Amalia Foy Public Vote To Save	Vlado Public Vote To Save	Davey Woder Public Vote To Win

• In the Semi-Final, Mel B did not need to vote as there was already a majority vote. Also, rather than being prompted for a vote to eliminate, the judges were asked to vote for the act they wanted to advance into the Final.

Ratings

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