And in the End. is the 331st and final episode of the American television series ER. Twisted Metal World Tour on this page. The twohour episode aired on April 2, 2009 and was preceded by a onehour. Catch up on all the latest TV news, photos, videos, and opinion. Get the latest Rolling Stone new music news, song and album reviews, free music downloads, artist videos pictures, playlists and more. FDSaveTemplate1.jpg' alt='Finale 2009 Download Full Version' title='Finale 2009 Download Full Version' />The X Factor UK series 6The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series started on ITV on 2. August 2. 00. 9 and was won by Joe Mc. Elderry on 1. 3 December 2. Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the shows history that a mentor has won back to back series. The show was presented by Dermot OLeary, with spin off show The Xtra Factor presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2. Mc. Elderrys winners single was a cover version of Miley Cyruss The Climb. Public auditions by aspiring singers began in June 2. 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 2. The 2. 4 contestants were split into their categories, Boys, Girls, Over 2. Groups, and given a judge to mentor them at the judges houses stage and throughout the finals. During judges houses, the 2. The live shows started on 1. October 2. 00. 9. The acts performed every Saturday night with the results announced on Sundays. This was change of format from previous series in which the results were announced later on the Saturday evening. Judges, presenters and other personneleditDuring series 5, it was rumoured that Dannii Minogue would not return as a judge for series 6. Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham was reported as a replacement for Minogue. In June 2. Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh and Minogue would all return as judges for series 6. Walsh missed the first results show due to Boyzone member Stephen Gateleys sudden death and missed the second week due to attending Gateleys funeral. Dermot OLeary returned to present the main show on ITV, while Holly Willoughby returned as presenter on The Xtra Factor on ITV2. Brian Friedman returned to the show as creative director and Yvie Burnett returned as vocal coach. Selection processeditAuditionseditAuditions were held during June and July 2. London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow. In a change to previous series, auditions were held in front of a live audience due to the success of a similar system on Britains Got Talent. However, Glaswegian auditionees had already been judged using the old format, meaning that they had to apply again, as their initial audition was void. BootcampeditAs with the auditions, the Bootcamp selection stage was filmed in front of a live audience. Filming took place on 1 August at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo. Approximately 2. 00 acts attended bootcamp. They were initially split into groups of three, and judges gave instant decisions on who would leave based on the group performances, bringing the number of acts down to 1. The judges then cut the number of acts down to 5. Following a further set of auditions, the number of contestants was narrowed to 2. Originally, the group Trucolorz were chosen by the judges for the final 2. Harmony Hood. 1. 51. The contestants were then split into the usual four categories before the judges discovered which category they would mentor for the rest of the competition. The Boys 1. 62. Cole, Minogue had the Girls 1. Cowell mentored the Over 2. Walsh took charge of the Groups. Judges houseseditEach judge had help from a guest judge during the Judges houses stage. Will Young assisted Cole in Marrakech, Morocco, Minogue had help from her sister Kylie Minogue in Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai,1. Boyzone singer Ronan Keating helped Walsh near Lake Como in Italy, and Cowell had help from Sinitta in Los Angeles. At Judges Houses, each act sang for their respective judge, and each judge and their guest eliminated three acts, leaving 1. Finalists and categorieseditThe final 1. Key     Winner     Runner up     Third place. Live showseditThe live shows began on 1. October 2. 00. 9, and continued through to the finale on 1. December 2. 00. 9. For this series the results shows were on Sunday nights instead of Saturdays as they were for the first five series. In another change to the format of previous years, the remaining finalists performed a song as a group at the start of each results show. As previously, each week had a different song theme. Each act performed one song on the Saturday night show and the results were announced on the Sunday. Beginning with week 8 of the live shows, with five acts remaining, each contestant would sing two songs. Up to week 8, the two acts with the fewest public votes were in the bottom two and would sing again in the final showdown. The songs they performed in the bottom two were of their own choice and did not necessarily follow that weeks theme. The four judges then each chose one act from the bottom two that they wanted to be eliminated from the show. If each act received an equal number of judges votes, the result was deadlocked and the act with the fewest public votes was eliminated. From week 8 onwards, there was no bottom two and the act with the fewest votes was eliminated. In a change to the format of previous years, the remaining finalists performed a song as a group at the start of each results show. Musical guestseditDuring each results show, either one or two guest artists would perform. Series 5 winner Alexandra Burke and Robbie Williams performed on the first live results show,1. Whitney Houston2. Cole on the second. Michael Bubl and Westlife appeared on the third week,2. Bon Jovi and JLS performed in week 4. Leona Lewis and The Black Eyed Peas performed for week 5,2. Shakira. 2. 5Susan Boyle appeared on the show for week 7 along with Mariah Carey. Rihanna and Alicia Keys performed in week 82. Janet Jackson and Lady Gaga appearing in week 9. Guests in the final were Robbie Williams, Michael Bubl and George Michael Saturday show and Burke, JLS, Lewis, George Michael and Paul Mc. Cartney Sunday show. In some weeks, the guest performers also mentored the acts in the run up to that weeks live show. The choice of musical guests on The X Factor live shows had a significant impact on the UK Singles Chart. Of the seven singles that made number one from 1. October to 1. 9 December, six of them had done so after having been performed on an X Factor live show the previous weekend. They were, in order Bad Boys by Alexandra Burke, Fight for This Love by Cole, Everybody in Love by JLS, Meet Me Halfway by the Black Eyed Peas, You Are Not Alone by the finalists and Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. This impact was noted by several commentators. After Bad Romance became the sixth song to reach Number One off the back of a performance on The X Factor, James Masterton of YahooMusic called the show a guarantor of Number One hits. Gennaro Castaldo of HMV remarked As soon as an artist goes on, almost overnight we see a surge in demand. Programa Para Camara Web Con Crack'>Programa Para Camara Web Con Crack. Album sales can double or treble. He added In an age when there are very few truly mass audience platforms left, the X Factor has become pivotal for those labels and artists seeking to reach a family based audience. Paul Williams, editor of Music Week, explained The impact of the programmes incredible numbers on music sales is all too evident, with the top end of the singles and albums charts week after week since the current season began heavily dominated by whoever has been on the show. Results summaryeditColour key     Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown     Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated no final showdown     Contestant received the most public votes. Weekly results per contestant3. Contestant. Week 1. Week 2. Week 3. Week 4. Week 5. Week 6. Week 7. Week 8. Week 9. Week 1. Saturday. Sunday. Joe Mc. Elderry. 3rd. Winner. 61. 3Olly Murs. Runner up. 38. 7Stacey Solomon. Eliminatedweek 1.