They made it through auditions, and sang their way through Bootcamp – but now the contestants have faced the dreaded Six Chair Challenge.
The round is one of the most intense in the competition and sees the groups fight for one of six chairs in front of a live audience.
Once all of the chairs are filled, any successful singer could still be swapped out for another contestant – meaning nobody is safe.
Simon Cowell had the job of whittling down 11 girls ahead of Judges’ Houses – and he made some brutal decisions.
The music mogul, 56, chose Soheila Clifford, Kayleigh Marie Morgan, Gifty Louise, Emily Middlemas, Olivia Garcia and Caitlyn Vanbeck, who impressed Cowell so much he didn’t just want to give her a chair but a sofa.
Faye Horne, 24 – who flirted up a storm with Cowell during auditions – bagged herself a seat after performing Queen Latifah’s I Know Where I’ve Been, but she was booted out minutes later in favour of 22-year-old Jordina Miller who wowed the judge with her rendition of Amazing Grace.
But Miller wasn’t safe and was kicked off in favour of 17-year-old Middlemas who received a standing ovation for her “amazing” acoustic cover of Cindy Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
The X Factor 2016: judges and presenters
Samantha Lavery, 16, lost her seat to Gifty because Cowell said he loves people who “take risks” and a tearful Olivia Garcia, 16, stole Luena Martinez’s seat after her performance of Paloma Faith’s single, Changing.
Boys judge Nicole Scherzinger chose James Hughes, Niall Sexton, Matt Terry, Freddy Parker, Nate Simpson and Christian Burrows to join her at Judges' Houses.
X Factor is on ITV tomorrow night at 7pm.
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