X Factor UK 2004

The forthcoming show was advertised on ITV, in newspapers and trade magazines

Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh

Kate Thornton appointed host for the show

1st Audition shown on TV

Auditions were held in London, Leeds, Dublin, Newcastle, Birmingham and Glasgow. Each TV programme showed a selection of auditions from different locations.

2nd Audition shown on TV

3rd Audition shown on TV

4th Audition shown on TV

5th Audition shown on TV

Bootcamp was shown on TV in two separate programmes

Judges were allocated categories:
Simon Cowell – Over 25s, Sharon Osbourne – 16 – 24year olds, Louis Walsh – Groups

In programme 1- 12 contestants in each category were selected.
In programme 2 – 5 contestants in each category were selected to go to Judges’ Homes.

Judges’ Homes was shown on TV.

Contestants in each category were selected to go to the next round:
Over 25s – Steve Brookstein, Verity Keays, Rowetta Satchell (Odis Palmer and Lloyd Wade were sent home)
16 – 24 years – Tabby Callaghan, Cassie Compton, Roberta Howett (Megan Ramsay and Andy Steed were sent home)
Groups – 2 to Go, G4, Voices with Soul (Advance and 4Tune were sent home)

Voices with Soul – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Verity Keays – I Will Always Love You
Roberta Howett – Superstar
2 to Go – Don’t Know Much
Steve Brookstein – When A Man Loves A Woman
Cassie Compton – Alfie
G4 – Everybody Hurts
Rowetta Satchell – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Tabby Callaghan – You Really Got Me

Live results show

Bottom 2 – Voices with Soul and Roberta Howett
Sent Home – Roberta Howett

Rowetta Satchell – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
2 to Go – Always
Cassie Compton – Without You
Verity Keays – Wind Beneath My Wings
G4 – Don’t Look Back in Anger
Tabby Callaghan – My Oh My
Steve Brookstein – If You Don’t Know Me by Now
Voices with Soul – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

Live results show
Bottom 2 – 2 to Go and Verity Keays
Sent Home – Verity Keays

Tabby Callaghan – Addicted to Love
Voices with Soul – Like a Bridge over Troubled Water
Steve Brookstein – Smile
2 to Go – (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
Cassie Compton – I Say a Little Prayer
Rowetta Satchell – Over the Rainbow
G4 – Baby One More Time

Live results show
Bottom 2 – Voices with Soul and 2 to Go
Sent Home – 2 to Go

G4 – Circle of Life
Rowetta Satchell – MacArthur Park
Tabby Callaghan – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Voices with Soul – Lady Marmalade
Cassie Compton – Hero
Steve Brookstein – Help Me Make It Through The Night

Live results show
Bottom 2 – G4 and Voices with Soul
Sent Home – Voices with Soul

Steve Brookstein – Lets Stay Together
Cassie Compton – All By Myself
G4 – My Way
Tabbie Callaghan – Sweet Child O’ Mine
Rowetta Satchell – Somewhere

Live results show
Bottom 2 – Tabby Callaghan and Cassie Compton
Sent Home – Cassie Compton

Rowetta Satchell – River Deep Mountain High and When You Tell Me That You Love Me
G4 – You’ll Never Walk Alone and Somebody To Love
Steve Brookstein – I Get The Sweetest Feeling and If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time
Tabby Callaghan – More Than Words and Living on a Prayer

Live results show
Sent Home by Public vote – Rowetta Satchell

Tabby Callaghan – Pride (In the Name of Love) and Sailing
Steve Brookstein – Have I Told You Lately That I Love You and Greatest Love of All
G4 – Oh Holy Night

Live results show
Sent Home by Public vote – Tabby Callaghan

Steve Brookstein – Higher and Higher, Smile and Against All Odds
G4 – Nessun Dorma, Bohemian Rhapsody and Creep

Live results show
Public Vote – X Factor UK 2004 Winner Steve Brookstein

Winner’s Single Released
Against All Odds by Steve Brookstein reached no 1 in the UK Charts and no 11 in the Irish Charts