Task 2: Learn one song of their choice within an hour and then perform it to Simon and his team. Over 25s: Location: Café de Paris Task 1: Perform a song of their choice to Sharon and the rest of the contestants. Task 2: Choose a song from an list of five and learn it overnight to perform for a place in Judges Houses. The songs performed during this round were: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" "Walk on By" "I Only Want to Be with You" Last song Not mentioned Judges Houses Performances Contestant highlighted in bold advanced. Over 25s: Maria: "Since U Been Gone" Richie: "One" Haifa: "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" Andy: "My Cherie Amour" Brenda: "I Just Want to Make Love to You" Joanne: "Right Here Waiting" Chico: "Livin' la Vida Loca" Groups: The Brothers: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" 4Tune: "I Don't Want to Talk About It" 4th Base: "Your Song" The Conway Sisters: "You Raise Me Up" Eskimo Blonde: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Journey South: "Desperado" Addictiv Ladies: "Wishing on a Star" 16-24s Shayne: "The Air That I Breathe" James: "Lately" Alexandra: "Almaz" Chenai: "I'm Still Waiting" Phillip: "Don't Forget to Remember" Nicholas: "You Make Me Feel Brand New" Trevor: "This Is the Moment" Acts Key: – Winner – Runner-up Live shows The live shows began on 15 October 2005, and the final was broadcast live on 17 December 2005. Results summary Colour key Act in team Simon Act in team Sharon Act in team Louis For the only time in The X Factor history, a judge made an unforced decision to eliminate one of their own acts over another judge's act. Walsh was not required to vote as there was a majority. In Lawson's 2008 autobiography, Life Starts Now, she revealed she had topped the vote the week before her elimination. According to voting figures published in the Sunday Mirror, Lawson turned out to have received twice as many public votes as the Conway Sisters. Some of the voting results were also published in the same edition of the Sunday Mirror, the full voting results of the sixth week, Dorsett turned out to have topped the fifth week, Abraham topped the first, third and sixth weeks and Ward topped the second week. Live show details Week 1 (15 October) Best bits