The X Factor NK (season 8)
The eighth season of The X Factor NK will begin airing on AAN on January 16, 2018. Media personality Miles Stevenson will return to host his second season. Also returning will be all four judges from the seventh season, Johnston Lavoy, Antoinette James, Pliza Grand and Chris Brown.
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Judges and host
It was announced on May 10, 2017 that Miles Stevenson had signed on as host for seasons 8 and 9. The announcement came on June 1 that agreements had been reached for all four judges from season 7 to return for the eighth season. Season 8 will be the third season for Pliza Grand and the second season for Johnston Lavoy, Antoinette James and Chris Brown.
Selection process
Auditions
Mobile auditions in front of the show's producers were held in twenty-eight cities across Neo Kingston in August 2017. Judges' auditions were then held in six cities, as outlined below.
| City | Auditions dates |
|---|---|
| Pembrooke, Catherine | October 1-2, 2017 |
| Kingston, Alison | October 3-5, 2017 |
| Rushwales, Northland | October 8-9, 2017 |
| Starlittle, Vegas | October 11-13, 2017 |
| Hull City, Lucy | October 17-18, 2017 |
| Lake Appaloco, Oxford | October 20-21, 2017 |
Bootcamp
Bootcamp took place from November 4-5, 2017. Contestants were asked to form groups of three or four and asked to perform a song as a group from a provided list. Following the performance the judges either eliminated contestants immediately or put them forward for consideration for further participation in the competition. After all the performances the judges deliberated to decide the acts who would be promoted to the six chair challenge. The judges found out which categories they would be mentoring: Brown was given the boys, Grand was given the girls, James was given the over 25s and Lavoy was given the groups.
Six chair challenge
The six chair challenge was held from November 18-19 with all judges selecting their six acts to carry through to the Judges' Houses round.
Judges' Houses
The Judges' Houses round was filmed in mid December 2017. Each judge carries the contestants in their category to a location and was assisted by a guest judge to assist in the selection of the final three from each category. Grand was assisted by Brandi Dixon in Flume, YoriZ; James was assisted by Niklas Opperato and Julia Po in Geffson, Plucingo, Torpidity; Lavoy was assisted by Nicki Minaj in Nassau, Bahamas; Brown was assisted by Keri Hilson and Ludacris in New York City, New York, United States.
| Judge | Category | Location | Assistant | Contestants eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Boys | New York City | Keri Hilson, Ludacris | |
| Grand | Girls | Flume | Brandi Dixon | |
| James | Over 25s | Geffson | Niklas Opperato, Julia Po | |
| Lavoy | Groups | Nassau | Nicki Minaj |
Finalists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Brown) | Jeremy Brown | Grongie | Dantae Silverman |
| Girls (Grand) | Kim Ferdinand | Lian Iovine-Andrews | Brittany Teape |
| Over 25s (James) | Jessica Miller-Colms | Alton Smith | Diana Smith |
| Groups (Lavoy) | Drastic Noise | The Mooneys | Skegness Revival |
Live shows
Results summary
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three/two and had to perform again in the sing-off |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but was saved by voters in the lifeline vote |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drastic Noise | 6th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | Winner |
| Diana Smith | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Runner-up |
| Jeremy Brown | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd |
| Kim Ferdinand | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (week 8) |
| Grongie | 8th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (week 7) | |
| Brittany Teape | 10th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 5th | 6th | Eliminated (week 6) | ||
| Lian Iovine-Andrews | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 7th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||
| Skegness Revival | 7th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||
| Jessica Miller-Colms | 9th | 10th | 7th | 9th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||
| Alton Smith | 5th | 6th | 8th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||
| Dantae Silverman | 11th | 11th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||
| The Mooneys | 12th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||
| Sing-off | The Mooneys, Teape |
Miller-Colms, Silverman |
Drastic Noise, A. Smith |
Miller-Colms, Teape |
Brown, Iovine-Andrews |
Grongie, Teape |
Drastic Noise, Grongie |
No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone | |
| Judges voted to | Eliminate | Send through | |||||||
| Brown's vote | The Mooneys | Miller-Colms | A. Smith | Miller-Colms | Iovine-Andrews | Teape | Drastic Noise | Brown | |
| Grand's vote | The Mooneys | Silverman | A. Smith | Miller-Colms | Brown | Grongie | Grongie | Ferdinand | |
| James' vote | Teape | Silverman | Drastic Noise | Teape | Iovine-Andrews | Teape | Grongie | Brown | |
| Lavoy's vote | Teape | Miller-Colms | A. Smith | Miller-Colms | Iovine-Andrews | Grongie | Grongie | Brown | |
| Eliminated | The Mooneys 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Dantae Silverman 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Alton Smith 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Jessica Miller-Colms 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Skegness Revival Public vote to save |
Brittany Teape 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Grongie 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Kim Ferdinand 1 of 4 votes Minority |
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| Lian Iovine-Andrews 3 of 4 votes Majority |
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Reception
Ratings
| Episode | Air date | Duration (minutes) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (night) |
Rank (weekly) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions 1 | January 16 | 90 | 13.29 | 1 | 4 |
| Auditions 2 | January 17 | 60 | 11.60 | 1 | 7 |
| Auditions 3 | January 23 | 90 | 11.45 | 1 | 6 |
| Auditions 4 | January 24 | 60 | 11.62 | 1 | 5 |
| Auditions 5 | January 30 | 60 | 10.74 | 1 | 7 |
| Bootcamp | January 31 | 120 | 11.31 | 2 | 5 |
| Six-chair challenge 1 | February 6 | 120 | 10.29 | 1 | 7 |
| Six-chair challenge 2 | February 7 | 120 | 10.33 | 2 | 6 |
| Judges' houses 1 | February 13 | 120 | 10.36 | 2 | 7 |
| Judges' houses 2 | February 14 | 60 | 10.59 | 2 | 5 |
| Top 12 perform | February 20 | 120 | 11.96 | 1 | 4 |
| Live results 1 | February 21 | 60 | 10.82 | 1 | 6 |
| Top 11 perform | February 27 | 120 | 10.37 | 1 | 7 |
| Live results 2 | February 28 | 60 | 9.92 | 2 | 8 |
| Top 10 perform | March 6 | 120 | 10.15 | 1 | 8 |
| Live results 3 | March 7 | 60 | 9.70 | 2 | 10 |
| Top 9 perform | March 13 | 120 | 9.74 | 1 | 7 |
| Live results 4 | March 14 | 60 | 9.72 | 2 | 9 |
| Top 8 perform | March 20 | 120 | 9.64 | 1 | 8 |
| Live results 5 | March 21 | 60 | 9.55 | 1 | 10 |
| Top 6 perform | March 27 | 105 | 9.59 | 1 | 8 |
| Live results 6 | March 28 | 60 | 8.86 | 2 | 15 |
| Top 5 perform | April 3 | 105 | 9.06 | 2 | 12 |
| Live results 7 | April 4 | 60 | 8.71 | 3 | 15 |
| Top 4 perform | April 10 | 105 | 9.49 | 1 | 11 |
| Live results 8 | April 11 | 60 | 8.97 | 2 | 13 |
| Live final | April 17 | 120 | 9.86 | 1 | 8 |
| Live final results | April 18 | 90 | 10.42 | 1 | 6 |
