<P> The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent . The sixth series started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009 . Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year , the first time in the show 's history that a mentor has won back - to - back series . The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary , with spin - off show The Xtra Factor presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2 . McElderry 's winner 's single was a cover version of Miley Cyrus 's `` The Climb '' . Public auditions by aspiring singers began in June 2009 and were held in five cities across the UK . Simon Cowell , Louis Walsh , Minogue and Cole returned as judges . This season was the first to be sponsored by TalkTalk after they took over the sponsorship from The Carphone Warehouse . For the first time , auditions were held in front of a live audience . Following initial auditions , the `` bootcamp '' stage took place in August 2009 , where the number of contestants was narrowed down to 24 . The 24 contestants were split into their categories , Boys , Girls , Over 25s and Groups , and given a judge to mentor them at the `` judges ' houses '' stage and throughout the finals . </P>
<P> The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent . The sixth series started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009 . Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year , the first time in the show 's history that a mentor has won back - to - back series . The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary , with spin - off show The Xtra Factor presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2 . McElderry 's winner 's single was a cover version of Miley Cyrus 's `` The Climb '' . Public auditions by aspiring singers began in June 2009 and were held in five cities across the UK . Simon Cowell , Louis Walsh , Minogue and Cole returned as judges . This season was the first to be sponsored by TalkTalk after they took over the sponsorship from The Carphone Warehouse . For the first time , auditions were held in front of a live audience . Following initial auditions , the `` bootcamp '' stage took place in August 2009 , where the number of contestants was narrowed down to 24 . The 24 contestants were split into their categories , Boys , Girls , Over 25s and Groups , and given a judge to mentor them at the `` judges ' houses '' stage and throughout the finals . </P>
who won the x factor 2009 in england
who won the x factor 2009 in england
Joe McElderry
Joe McElderry