▁week ▁ 5 , ▁Fa ust ini ▁became ▁Mel ▁B ' s ▁last ▁remaining ▁act ▁in ▁the ▁competition . ▁He ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁two ▁with ▁Ste vi ▁R itch ie ▁in ▁week ▁ 7 , ▁but ▁was ▁saved ▁after ▁only ▁Simon ▁Cow ell ▁voted ▁to ▁send ▁R itch ie ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁quarter - final ▁but ▁Mel ▁B , ▁Ch ery l ▁Fern ande z - V ers ini ▁and ▁Louis ▁Wal sh ▁all ▁voted ▁to ▁send ▁Fa ust ini ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁quarter - final . ▁However , ▁after ▁the ▁series ▁ended , ▁voting ▁statistics ▁confirmed ▁that ▁R itch ie ▁had ▁received ▁more ▁votes ▁than ▁Fa ust ini ▁meaning ▁that ▁if ▁Wal sh ▁sent ▁the ▁result ▁to ▁dead lock , ▁R itch ie ▁would ' ve ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁quarter - final ▁and ▁Fa ust ini ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁elimin ated . ▁He ▁was ▁once ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁bottom ▁two ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final , ▁this ▁time ▁with ▁La uren ▁Pl att . ▁He ▁was ▁saved ▁for ▁a ▁second ▁time ▁with ▁only ▁Fern ande z - V ers ini ▁voted ▁to ▁send ▁Pl att ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁final , ▁while ▁Mel ▁B , ▁Wal sh ▁and ▁Cow ell ▁voted ▁to ▁send ▁Fa ust ini ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁final . ▁However , ▁once ▁again , ▁voting ▁statistics ▁revealed ▁that ▁Fa ust ini ▁had ▁received ▁the ▁few est ▁public ▁votes ▁meaning ▁if ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁Final ▁Show down ▁or ▁if ▁Cow ell ▁sent ▁the ▁result ▁to ▁dead lock , ▁Pl att