The X Factor (UK): Season 7, Episode 11

7 - 11: Series 7 - Elimination - 1

Dermot returns to present the first of the live finals and reveals there is a twist this year. Each of the judges has to select one act they have rejected at the judges houses stage of the competition and give them a second change as the final twelve becomes the final sixteen. The finalists perform live for the first time. After each act has performed the judges give their verdicts on what they have heard. Most of the acts manage to give a good first performance. At the end of the show the phone lines are opened for tonight's public vote and Dermot announces that two acts will be eliminated from the competition tomorrow.