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"The latest act to be eliminated from The X Factor has been revealed.  Sam Callahan exited the show following a sing-off with Luke Friend. The result means that Boys mentor Louis Walsh has lost his first contestant of the series.  Sam took on &amp;#039;Iris&amp;#039; by the Goo Goo Dolls in the sing-off, while Luke performed U2&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;I Still Haven&amp;#039;t Found What I&amp;#039;m Looking For&amp;#039;. Walsh chose not to participate in this week&amp;#039;s vote as he did not want to choose between his acts.  Nicole Scherzinger opted to send home Callahan ahead of Friend. She threw a pen at Callahan and told him that she was &amp;quot;frustrated&amp;quot; that he left it too late to give a strong vocal performance.   Meanwhile, Gary Barlow explained that Friend is a &amp;quot;unique&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;brilliant act&amp;quot;. He pointed out that Callahan&amp;#039;s sing-off performance was his strongest of the entire competition, but chose to send him home. Osbourne said that she too would have sent home the 19-year-old. She also expressed her disappointment that he left it until he was in the sing-off to connect on stage. Callahan told host Dermot O&amp;#039;Leary: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had the most amazing time and I have absolutely no regrets. As far as I&amp;#039;m concerned this is just the beginning of a massive, massive adventure. Thank you guys for being a part of it.&amp;quot;  Walsh added: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a fantastic role model. He deserves to be successful whatever he does.&amp;quot; Speaking on The Xtra Factor, Walsh said that Callahan will go far as he has an &amp;quot;amazing work ethic&amp;quot;. The latest live results show of the year saw live performances from Miley Cyrus and Barlow, who performed his new solo single &amp;#039;Let Me Go&amp;#039;. Meanwhile, the finalists came together for a joint rendition of Take That classic &amp;#039;Never Forget&amp;#039; at the start of the programme. The X Factor continues next Saturday (November 23) at 8pm on ITV. One Direction, JLS, Mary J Blige, Olly Murs and Jessie J will all perform on the show next weekend to celebrate its 10th birthday. The X Factor: Week 6 elimination in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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