if the result went to deadlock, The Conway Sisters would have been eliminated. Week 6 (19 November) Best bits song: "End of the Road" Judges' votes to eliminate Walsh: The Conway Sisters – gave no reason, though effectively backed his own act, Nicholas Dorsett. Cowell: Nicholas Dorsett – backed his own act, The Conway Sisters. Osbourne: Nicholas Dorsett – gave no reason. However, voting statistics revealed that Dorsett received more votes than The Conway Sisters which meant that if the result went to deadlock, The Conway Sisters would have been eliminated. Week 7 (26 November) Best bits song: "You Raise Me Up" Judges' votes to eliminate Osbourne: The Conway Sisters – gave no reason, though effectively backed her own act, Chico Slimani. Cowell: The Conway Sisters – said that both acts deserved to be in the bottom two, but felt Slimani had an entertainment value and voted to eliminate The Conway Sisters despite them being his own act. This became the first time ever in the history of the show that a mentor decided to eliminate his own act over the act from another category. Walsh was not required to vote as there was already a majority. Week 8: Quarter-Final (3 December) Best bits song: "Hero" The quarter-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Chico Slimani, was automatically eliminated. After his elimination, Slimani reprised his performance of "Time Warp" as his exit song. Week 9: Semi-Final (10 December) Best bits song: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Brenda Edwards, was automatically eliminated. After her elimination, Edwards reprised her performance of "Without You" as her exit song. Week 10: Final (17 December) Themes: No theme; Christmas songs; song of the series; winner's single Musical guest: The X Factor rejex ("My Way") Finalists Best bits songs: "One", "Greatest Love of All" & "Your Song" Reception Ratings Controversies Elimination of Maria Lawson and "Irish Mafia" After the final showdown in week 5, controversy was created around the judges' voting process when Walsh cast the deciding vote to keep The Conway Sisters, who are Irish, in the show at the expense of Maria Lawson. Osbourne later claimed that Lawson was the victim of the "Irish Mafia" after Walsh chose to keep The Conway Sisters in. When