The X Factor judges, Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul and LA Reid have chosen the acts from their category that they will be taking to the live shows.

They made their decision after giving the acts a final chance to shine at judges houses this summer. Simon went to Paris, LA the Hamptons, Paula to Santa Barbara and Nicole to her mountain retreat in Malibu.

To help them reach a decision on their acts, each judge was joined by a celebrity guest judge from the world of music. Paula was joined by N.E.R.D’s Pharrell Williams, Enrique Iglesias joined Nicole, Rihanna travelled to LA’s home in The Hamptons and Simon Cowell went solo because his guest judge failed to arrive due to bad weather.

After the final performances by the contestants, the judges reached their decisions and delivered the final verdict to the worried looking contestants. Checkout the video below:

The names of the acts from each category going through to the live shows are:

Girls

1. Simone Battle
2. Drew Ryniewics
3. Tiah Tolliver
4. Rachel Crow
5. Melanie Amaro.

Boys

1. Brian Bradley
2. Phillip Lomax
3. Chris Rene
4. Marcus Canty.

Groups

1. The Brewer Boys
2. Intensity
3. Lakoda Rayne
4. StereoHoggz.

Over 30s

1. Josh Kracjik
2. Dexter Haywood
3. Leroy Bell
4. Stacy Francis.