The final was held at Manchester Central. The 12 finalists were joined by a 13th wildcard, voted for by the public after each judge picked one of their rejected to return. They selected their final three acts during judges' houses, which took place in Boughton House in Northamptonshire, Dubai, Saint Lucia and Las Vegas. Barlow mentored the over 28s, Scherzinger had the boys, Tulisa mentored the girls and Walsh had the groups. Bootcamp took place in Liverpool for three days, between 19 and 22 July. Īuditions for the series took place between 23 May and 25 June 2012, in Liverpool, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and Cardiff. As of 2016, it is the most successful winner's single in the show's history. Arthur was announced as the winner on 9 December, and released a cover of Shontelle's ' Impossible' as his winner's song. After the show of 8 December, two of Scherzinger's acts, James Arthur and Jahméne Douglas, became the top two, meaning that Scherzinger was guaranteed to win. Nicole Scherzinger was confirmed as the fourth permanent judge after Geri Halliwell, Leona Lewis, Rita Ora, Mel B, Anastacia and Scherzinger herself stood in as guest judges for the vacant position left by Kelly Rowland.

Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Tulisa returned as judges.

Dermot O'Leary returned as presenter of the main show on ITV, whilst Caroline Flack and Olly Murs returned to co-present The Xtra Factor on ITV2. The ninth series began airing on ITV on 18 August 2012 and ended on 9 December 2012. The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent.

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