Three Irish X Factor acts will take to the stage at Wembley's SSE Arena this weekend as part of the Six-Chair Challenge.
For Dubliner Janet Grogan it's hopefully a case of second time lucky. She made it to the exact same round back in 2014 but Simon Cowell replaced her with actor Robert Pattinson's sister, Lizzie.
At the time Cowell's decision caused outrage and he later confessed on Twitter: “I should have kept Janet. My mistake.”
Janet, who sang at the Eurovision this year with Nicky Byrne, will be mentored by Sharon Osbourne in this year's competition.
Niall Sexton, a barman from Derry, previously impressed the panel with his performance of Gravity by Sara Bareilles and also survived to sing on front of a live audience next weekend. He will be mentored by former Pussycat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger.
In the six chair challenge, the acts will have one chance to impress their mentor who alone has the power to pick the singers to take to judges' houses with them.
Conor McGinty (below) is also doing Derry proud by sailing through to the next round. The 21-year-old photographic assistant wowed the judges with his performance of Say Something by A Great Big World and will be mentored by Nicole.
Following the judges' houses, the six contestants left in each category will jet across the globe to sing for a spot in the live shows - which can only mean one thing - Christmas is just around the corner!
While several favourites made it through to the dreaded Six Chair Challenge fans of the show were quick to blast the decision of the judges to send 'entertainers over singers' through to the round, and claimed once again that the show was a fix.
Viewers seemed to be baffled by Louis Walsh's decision to put through rapper Honey G, with one fan pointing out that the show has nothing to do with entertainment.
Honey G goes through, proving that @TheXFactor has absolutely nothing to do with talent, and everything to do with ratings.
— Dean Newby (@deannewby) September 18, 2016
You may as well just put Honey G through to the live shows. She is this year's joke act #XFactor
— Not Chloe Jasmine (@ChloeJasssmine) September 18, 2016
#XFactor honey g!!! R u joking.... wth!!! I feel like not flipping watching
— M&M (@Coolgirlmil) September 18, 2016
Simon Cowell has found himself in unfamiliar territory after landing the task of mentoring the girls on this year's competition.
Louis Walsh will be looking after the groups, making it the sixth time in 12 years that he has led this category.
Nicole will be mentoring the boys' category again this year. She previously helped James Arthur to take the X Factor crown in 2012, while Sharon Osbourne is set to mentor the so-called Overs.
