document_title: Permanent residency in Canada

question_text: what is a landed immigrant status in canada

text: Permanent residency in Canada

text: Benefits of permanent residence[edit]

text: A Permanent Resident holds many of the same rights and responsibilities as a Canadian citizen, among others the right to live, study and work (subject to the restrictions of regulated professions), including for the federal or provincial government, anywhere in Canada.

text: Permanent residents may obtain social benefits, employment insurance and Canada Pension Plan payments, and may avail themselves of the rights, freedoms, and protections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, other than those only granted to Canadian citizens.

text: Permanent residents may apply for Canadian citizenship after four years in Canada; however, this is not mandatory.[2]

text: Restrictions[edit]

text: The main differences from citizenship are that permanent residents cannot:

text:
vote in federal elections in Canada;
run for elected office;
hold Canadian passports;
hold some jobs that need a high-level security clearance;

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text: Loss of status[edit]

text: A permanent resident must live in Canada for two years out of every five, or risk losing that status. Time spent travelling with a Canadian spouse or child, on a business trip for a Canadian business or working for a Canadian or provincial government office abroad can be included in the calculation.

text: Permanent residents also risk loss for serious crimes (those that may be punished by more than 10 years in Canada or actually being imprisoned for more than 6 months in Canada), being a security risk or associated with organized crime.

text: Failing to meet the residence or admissibility requirements above results in loss of permanent residence status when the finding of which becomes final without appeal, if the finding is made outside Canada, and upon the person being removed from Canada if the finding is made inside Canada.

text: A person automatically loses permanent residence status upon becoming a Canadian citizen.

text: A permanent resident may also voluntarily give up or renounce their status if the person possesses a citizenship or right of abode in another country. A person who gives up their status inside Canada becomes a temporary resident and must leave Canada within 6 months.

text: A permanent resident does not lose their status if their permanent resident card expires.

text: Permanent Resident Card[edit]

text: In 2002, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration started issuing the Permanent Resident Card (originally billed as and commonly referred to as the Maple Leaf Card) to all new Canadian permanent residents. All existing permanent residents were given the option of applying for a Permanent Resident Card at a cost of $50, though possessing a card is not mandatory except in the case of international travel.[3] From December 31, 2003, every permanent resident must be able to present his or her Permanent Resident Card upon boarding a commercial carrier (aircraft, train or bus) in order to travel to Canada. As the Permanent Resident Card may be issued only in Canada, those permanent residents who are outside Canada and without a Permanent Resident Card may apply for a single-use Travel Document which can be obtained from Canadian embassies abroad.

text: The Permanent Resident Card expires every five years, and then may be renewed by making application and proving that the applicant has been physically present in Canada for the requisite time period, or has otherwise satisfied the residency requirements. Although an individual may meet the residency requirements by living outside of Canada with a Canadian citizen spouse, or working outside Canada for a Canadian business, the Permanent Resident Card cannot be renewed without being present in Canada and having a Canadian address.

text: While the PR Card was introduced to facilitate ease of travel for permanent residents, it can also be used as a convenient method of proving status to government authorities, employers and schools.

text: Express Entry[edit]

text: In January 2015 the Government of Canada opened a new program to apply for Permanent Residence named "Express Entry". It replaced the existing model for almost all Economic immigrants (whereby applicants were granted residency on a 'first come, first served' basis) and gave priority to those most likely to succeed economically in Canada. It achieves this by assigning weight to factors such as age, education, work experience, and skills.[4] Some provincial nominees, Quebec applicants and all non-economic immigrants still apply using a paper-based system.

text: History – landed immigrant[edit]

text: The term "landed immigrant" (French: immigrant reçu) is an old classification for a person who has been admitted to Canada as a non-Canadian citizen permanent resident. The current official classification for such a person is simply "permanent resident". The term "Landed immigrant" has been in use for so long that it is still (15 years later) part of the Canadian vocabulary and still appears in some government publications and forms.

text: To become a landed immigrant from outside Canada, one had to legally enter Canada, or "land", at one of the designated ports of entry. Upon entry the immigrant's passport was be stamped with the words "Immigrant Landed". Once the immigrant had landed, an IMM 1000 form (Record of Landing or Confirmation of Permanent Residence) was be given to provide an official record of landed status.

text: Becoming a permanent resident[edit]

text: A person can become a Permanent Resident either by applying outside Canada or inside Canada. While the "Application Status" web application on the CIC website reflects this by showing different processing times, the differences and consequences for the applicant are not clearly identified.

text:
An application by a temporary resident, applying as a "Spouse or Common-law partner in Canada", "Live-in caregiver", "protected person" or "permit holder", from within Canada is referred to as a "Within Canada" (or "inland") application.
All other applications are "Outside Canada" (or "outland") applications processed by visa offices outside Canada.

text: Within Canada or inland applications[edit]

text: Only the following applications listed in Section 72(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations[5] may be made from within Canada and they are processed at a CPC in Canada:

text:
Spouse or common-law partner in Canada class
Live-in caregiver class (repealed)
Protected temporary residents class

text: On humanitarian and compassionate grounds,[6][7] the requirement to apply from outside Canada may be waived for other applications.

text: Processing is as follows:

text: During Stage 1 processing, the CPC verifies whether the minimum requirements to apply are met. For Spousal applications, this means verifying eligibility of sponsor and whether the relationship is genuine.

text: Stage 2 is a background check, including criminality, security, health and other requirements to determine if the applicant is allowed to be in Canada. Applicants must submit a police record and undergo a medical examination.

text: During processing,

text:
The applicant may apply for Provincial health care, before or after "Approval in Principle" depending on the province of residence. In Quebec, a Quebec Selection Certificate may also be required.
As of December 2014, during a trial period that was extended until December 2016, "Within Canada" applicants can receive a work permit within 4 months after submitting the application if they have temporary resident status and there are no inadmissibility issues.[8]
Applicants without valid status can obtain a work permit after receiving "Approval in Principle".

text: After processing, the applicant becomes a permanent resident after completing a final interview at a local IRCC office where a Confirmation of Permanent Residence will be issued.

text: Outside Canada or outland applications[edit]

text: All applications that are not "Within Canada" applications are processed outside Canada at a visa office, usually the Embassy or Consulate of Canada in or responsible for the country of nationality of the applicant or alternatively in the country where the applicant was lawfully admitted to for at least 1 year. All Express Entry applications are "Outside Canada" applications. Usually Stage 1 processing is done in Canada and then the application is sent to the visa office for Stage 2 and finalization.

text:
It will not lead to an "Approval in Principle" as the applicant is assumed to not move until the process is complete and the person has the "Confirmation of Permanent Residence" ("COPR") (and visa, if applicable) in hand.
An "Outside Canada" application is primarily for those who are outside Canada when they make their application.
After obtaining the COPR, the applicant has to fly to Canada or arrive at a land or sea border to become a permanent resident.
Anybody currently residing in Canada may also apply for an "Outside Canada" category in which case the application will be processed as if the person resides outside Canada. However, to become a permanent resident the applicant, after obtaining a COPR, either must leave Canada and re-enter to complete the process or, as of 2008, may attend at a local IRCC office.
An applicant may enter the country as a visitor and be entered on a "Visitor Record" but will not become eligible for social assistance, a SIN number, a health card or a driver's license (except in Ontario and Nova Scotia where anyone regardless of status can obtain a driver's license) until the entire process is complete.
"Outside Canada" applicants do not receive a work permit during application processing.
Processing times vary between visa offices but are on average less than those of "Within Canada" applications.
These applications also include a background check, including criminal and medical examinations.

text: Processing times[edit]

text: Processing times are published weekly on the IRCC website[9]


document_title: The X Factor (UK series 7)

question_text: who beat one direction to win x factor

question_tokens: who beat one direction to win x factor

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text: The X Factor (UK series 7)

text: Judges, presenters and other personnel[edit]

text: In February 2010, Dannii Minogue confirmed that she would not attend the auditions for series 7 due to being pregnant.[3] It was confirmed that guest judges would take Minogue's place alongside Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole during the auditions. The guest judges were Geri Halliwell, Natalie Imbruglia, Katy Perry, Pixie Lott and Nicole Scherzinger. On 11 June, Minogue was confirmed by ITV to return for the judges' houses stage.[4] Cole missed the Manchester auditions and bootcamp due to having malaria, so Scherzinger returned as a guest judge for bootcamp. Cole then returned for the judges' houses stage. Dermot O'Leary returned for his fourth series as presenter of the main show on ITV, but Holly Willoughby did not return for her third series as presenter on The Xtra Factor on ITV2 and was replaced by Konnie Huq. Brian Friedman returned as creative director, while Ali Tennant and Savan Kotecha were hired as vocal coaches. However, Tennant's contract was ended before the live shows and was replaced by Yvie Burnett, who worked as vocal coach from series 2–6. Richard "Biff" Stannard began working as show song producer for Minogue's contestant, and Grace Woodward began working on the show as fashion director.

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text: Selection process[edit]

text: Applications and auditions[edit]

text: The first appeal for applicants for series 7 was broadcast during series 6 on 5 December 2009. Applicants for the seventh series were given the opportunity to apply by uploading a video audition to the Internet.[5] Auditions began in June 2010 in six cities: Glasgow (SECC, 9 June), Birmingham (LG Arena, 13–14 June), London (ExCeL London, 21–24 June), Dublin (Convention Centre Dublin, 28 June), Cardiff (International Arena, 2 July), and Manchester (Manchester Central, 9–11 July). Dublin returned as an audition city for the first time since the third series in 2006.[6]

text: Halliwell was the first guest judge, and attended the Glasgow auditions.[7][8] Imbruglia was the second guest judge, appearing for the Birmingham auditions.[6] The guest judge slot was axed for the London auditions,[9] but continued with Perry judging in Dublin,[10] Lott in Cardiff and Scherzinger at the auditions in Manchester.[11] Cole was unable to attend the Manchester auditions because she had contracted malaria[12] and was not replaced for them.

text: The first episode, broadcast on 21 August 2010, featured auditions from Glasgow and London,[13][14] while episode two, on 28 August, showcased Dublin's auditions and more from London.[15] More London auditions were shown on 4 September, along with those from Birmingham,[16] and Cardiff was featured in the 11 September broadcast along with the final set of London auditions.[17] Finally, the Manchester auditions were shown in the 18 and 19 September episodes.[18][19]

text:
Summary of auditions

City
Date(s)
Venue
Guest judge(s)
Permanent judges

Glasgow
9 June 2010
SECC
Geri Halliwell
Louis Walsh
Cheryl Cole
Simon Cowell

Birmingham
13–14 June 2010
LG Arena
Natalie Imbruglia

London
21–24 June 2010
ExCeL London
None

Dublin
28 June 2010
Convention Centre Dublin
Katy Perry

Cardiff
2 July 2010
International Arena
Pixie Lott

Manchester
9–11 July 2010
Manchester Central
Nicole Scherzinger
Louis Walsh
Simon Cowell

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text: Bootcamp[edit]

text: The bootcamp stage of the competition began on 22 July 2010 at Wembley Arena, London and was broadcast on 25–26 September.[20] Minogue continued her maternity leave and Cole did not attend because she was still in recovery.[21] As Cole and Minogue were absent, producers of the show decided to axe bootcamp's live audience.[22] The bootcamp stage was broadcast in two episodes on 25 and 26 September. The first day of bootcamp saw Cowell and Walsh split the 211 acts into their four categories: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups. They received vocal coaching and each category later performed one song: the Boys sang "Man in the Mirror", the Girls sang "If I Were a Boy", the Over 25s sang "Poker Face" and the Groups sang "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now". At the end of the day, the number of acts was cut to 108. On the second day, acts were given dance lessons by creative director Brian Friedman but they were not judged on their performances.[23]

text: Scherzinger then returned as a guest judge on the third day, where each act performed one song from a list of 40.[23][24] On the fifth day,[25] Scherzinger suggested that the Over-25s category be changed to Over 28s, as the quality of older singers was high. The Boys and Girls categories then comprised singers aged 16 to 28, rather than 16 to 25.[26][27] As the groups category was the weakest, five rejected soloists from the Boys category and four from the Girls category were asked to form two groups, One Direction and Belle Amie respectively.[25][28][29] After bootcamp, each judge was assigned a category: Cowell was given the Groups, Walsh had the Over-28s, Minogue was asked to look after the Boys and Cole was assigned the Girls.[28]

text: Judges' houses and wildcards[edit]

text: Minogue and Cole returned to the judging panel for the judges' houses stage of the competition,[6] where each judge mentored eight acts, increased from six in previous series.[26][29] Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts. Original judge Sharon Osbourne returned to assist Walsh at Adare Manor in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland,[30] Cole was assisted by will.i.am in Coworth Park, Ascot, Berkshire, England,[31][32] Cowell by Sinitta in Marbella, Spain,[33] and Natalie Imbruglia returned to assist Minogue in Melbourne, Australia.[34] Contestants spent a week at judges' houses and performed two songs for their respective judge.[35] Each judge and their guest eliminated five acts, leaving twelve remaining. The judges' houses stage was broadcast in two episodes on 2 and 3 October 2010.

text:
Summary of judges' houses

Judge
Category
Location
Assistant
Contestants eliminated[36]
Wildcards

Cole
Girls
Coworth Park, Berkshire
will.i.am
Keri Arrindell, Annastasia Baker, Gamu Nhengu, Raquel Thomas
Treyc Cohen

Cowell
Groups
Marbella
Sinitta
Husstle, Princes and Rogues, The Reason, Twem
Diva Fever

Minogue
Boys
Melbourne
Natalie Imbruglia
Karl Brown, Marlon McKenzie, Tom Richards, John Wilding
Paije Richardson

Walsh
Over 28s
Adare Manor, County Limerick
Sharon Osbourne
Stephen Hunter, Yuli Minguel, Elesha Moses, Justin Vanderhyde
Wagner

text: In the first live show on 9 October, Paije Richardson, Treyc Cohen, Wagner and Diva Fever were brought back as wildcards.[37]

text: Finalists[edit]

text: After the wildcards were revealed in the first live show, the final sixteen acts were confirmed as follows:

text: Key:

text:
Category (mentor)
Acts

Boys (Minogue)
Matt Cardle
Nicolo Festa
Aiden Grimshaw
Paije Richardson

Girls (Cole)
Treyc Cohen
Rebecca Ferguson
Cher Lloyd
Katie Waissel

Over 28s (Walsh)
John Adeleye
Mary Byrne
Storm Lee
Wagner

Groups (Cowell)
Belle Amie
Diva Fever
F.Y.D
One Direction

text: Live shows[edit]

text: Format[edit]

text: The live shows took place at The Fountain Studios in Wembley, north-west London.[38] They started on 9 October 2010, with contestants performing on the Saturday night shows and the results being announced on the Sunday night shows. As previously, each week had a different song theme. The two acts with the fewest public votes were in the bottom two and sang again in the "final showdown". The songs they performed in the bottom two were of their own choice and did not necessarily follow that week's 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. The first live show was extended to two and a half hours to include a surprise twist,[39] namely that each judge was given a wildcard, allowing them to bring back one rejected act from judges' houses, thus bringing the number of finalists up from twelve to sixteen.[40] Owing to the addition of the wildcards, the first two results were double eliminations. The eighth result was also a double elimination.[41] In the case of a double elimination, instead of the bottom two, the bottom three were announced and the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The two remaining acts from the bottom three then performed in the final showdown.[42][43] Starting from the eighth week of live shows, contestants performed two songs each on the Saturday night.[44]

text: At the start of each results show, the remaining finalists performed a song as a group. However, the song was pre-recorded and the contestants mimed, because of technical issues with mixing the number of microphones.[45] Starting this series, the contestants' live performances were made available to download from iTunes.[46] However, the songs are not eligible to chart to protect the integrity of the contest.[47] Viewers in Ireland were allowed vote again, having been unable to for four years.[48]

text: Each results show featured a number of guest performers. Joe McElderry and Usher performed on the first live results show,[37] and Diana Vickers and Katy Perry performed in the second week.[43] The third results show featured performances from judge Cole and Michael Bublé.[49] Rihanna, Bon Jovi and Jamiroquai performed in the fourth results show,[50] and Shayne Ward and Kylie Minogue performed in the fifth week.[51] Take That, Westlife and JLS all performed on the sixth results show,[52] and Olly Murs performed on the seventh.[53] Week eight featured performances from Justin Bieber, The Wanted and Nicole Scherzinger.[54] The cast of Glee performed on the semi-final on 5 December,[55] along with Alexandra Burke and The Black Eyed Peas.[56] Rihanna performed again in the first show of the final, and Christina Aguilera also performed.[57] Take That performed again in the second show of the final.[58]

text: The final took place on 11 and 12 December, with each episode lasting two hours. During the first show, the voting lines were frozen and the fourth placed contestant was eliminated. The votes carried over and the third placed contestant left on the second show following another freeze. The final two performed the potential winner's singles before the winner was announced.[59]

text: Results summary[edit]

text:
–
Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown

     –
Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated

     –
Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)

     –
Contestant received the most public votes

text:
Weekly results per contestant[60]

Contestant
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10

Saturday
Sunday

Round 1
Round 2

Matt Cardle
2nd
15.14%
1st
24.39%
1st
23.97%
1st
20.60%
1st
33.41%
1st
23.16%
1st
18.44%
1st
31.95%
1st
35.84%
1st
39.92%
1st
39.83%2
Winner
44.61%2

Rebecca Ferguson
6th
6.51%
5th
7.99%
5th
8.46%
5th
9.79%
2nd
12.80%
2nd
18.24%
3rd
12.85%
2nd
13.98%
2nd
20.22%
2nd
25.71%
2nd
32.80%2
Runner-up
38.63%2

One Direction
4th
10.04%
3rd
9.84%
3rd
11.08%
4th
11.79%
3rd
12.13%
3rd
14.44%
4th
12.65%
4th
11.90%
3rd
17.38%
3rd
17.38%
3rd
20.72%2
Eliminated
(week 10)

Cher Lloyd
3rd
10.31%
6th
7.17%
4th
9.12%
2nd
19.72%
5th
7.64%
5th
8.88%
8th
8.00%
3rd
13.19%
5th
11.57%
4th
15.83%
Eliminated
(week 10)

Mary Byrne
1st
22.28%
2nd
18.55%
2nd
13.92%
3rd
11.98%
4th
12.02%
4th
10.66%
5th
11.97%
5th
11.29%
4th
14.99%
Eliminated
(week 9)

Wagner
12th
1.91%
11th
2.47%
9th
4.50%
8th
4.77%
8th
4.21%
7th
6.30%
6th
9.90%
6th
10.48%
Eliminated
(week 8)

Katie Waissel
15th
1.55%
8th
4.30%
8th
5.95%
10th
2.73%
10th
3.22%
8th
5.29%
2nd
16.82%
7th
7.21%
Eliminated
(week 8)

Paije Richardson
7th
5.83%
9th
3.80%
7th
6.10%
7th
6.22%
7th
5.19%
6th
8.02%
7th
9.37%
Eliminated
(week 7)

Aiden Grimshaw
5th
9.78%
4th
8.82%
6th
6.58%
6th
6.70%
6th
5.85%
9th
5.01%
Eliminated
(week 6)

Treyc Cohen
8th
4.82%
10th
2.82%
12th
2.39%
9th
3.14%
9th
3.53%
Eliminated
(week 5)

Belle Amie
11th
2.13%
13th
1.86%
10th
4.15%
11th
2.56%
Eliminated
(week 4)

John Adeleye
9th
2.46%
7th
4.50%
11th
3.78%
Eliminated
(week 3)

Diva Fever
10th
2.28%
12th
2.05%
Eliminated
(week 2)

Storm Lee
13th
1.89%
14th
1.44%
Eliminated
(week 2)

F.Y.D.
14th
1.71%
Eliminated
(week 1)

Nicolo Festa
16th
1.51%
Eliminated
(week 1)

Final showdown
F.Y.D.,
Waissel
Belle Amie,
Diva Fever
Adeleye,
Cohen
Belle Amie,
Waissel
Cohen,
Waissel
Grimshaw,
Waissel
Lloyd,
Richardson
Byrne,
Wagner
Byrne,
Lloyd
No final showdown or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone

Judges voted to
Eliminate
Send through

Walsh's vote
F.Y.D.
Diva Fever
Cohen
Waissel
Cohen
Waissel
Richardson
Wagner
Byrne

Minogue's vote
F.Y.D.
Diva Fever
Adeleye
Belle Amie
Waissel
Waissel
Lloyd
Wagner
Lloyd

Cole's vote
F.Y.D.
Diva Fever
Adeleye
Belle Amie
None (abstained)
Grimshaw
Richardson
Wagner
Lloyd

Cowell's vote
Waissel
N/A1
Adeleye
Waissel
Cohen
Grimshaw
Richardson
N/A1
Lloyd

Eliminated
Nicolo Festa
1.51%
to save
Storm Lee
1.44%
to save
John Adeleye
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Belle Amie
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Treyc Cohen
2 of 3 votes
Majority
Aiden Grimshaw
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Paije Richardson
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Katie Waissel
7.21%
to save
Mary Byrne
1 of 4 votes
Minority
Cher Lloyd
15.83%
to win
One Direction
20.72%
to win
Rebecca Ferguson
38.63%
to win

F.Y.D.
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Diva Fever
3 of 3 votes
Majority
Wagner
3 of 3 votes
Majority

Reference(s)
[61][62]
[61][63]
[61][64]
[50][61]
[51][61]
[52][61]
[53][61]
[61][65]
[61][66]
[57][61]
[58][61]

text:
^1 Cowell was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
^2 The voting percentages in week 10 for Sunday rounds 1 and 2 do not add up to 100%, owing to the freezing of votes. Cher Lloyd received 6.65% of the vote at the second freeze, and 4.07% of the final vote. One Direction received 12.69% of the final vote.[61]

text: Live show details[edit]

text: Week 1 (9/10 October)[edit]

text:
Theme: Number-one singles[37]
Group performance: "The Rhythm of the Night"[67]
Musical guests: Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" / "OMG")[37][68] and Joe McElderry ("Ambitions")[69]

text:
Contestants' performances on the first live show

Act
Order
Song[70][71]
Result[62]

F.Y.D
1
"Billionaire"
Bottom three

Matt Cardle
2
"When Love Takes Over"
Safe

John Adeleye
3
"One Sweet Day"
Safe

Rebecca Ferguson
4
"Teardrops"
Safe

Storm Lee
5
"We Built This City"
Safe

Belle Amie
6
"Airplanes"
Safe

Cher Lloyd
7
"Just Be Good to Me"
Safe

Diva Fever
8
"Sunny"
Safe

Paije Richardson
9
"Killing Me Softly"
Safe

Katie Waissel
10
"We Are the Champions"
Bottom three

Mary Byrne
11
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Safe

Nicolo Festa
12
"Just Dance"
Eliminated

One Direction
13
"Viva la Vida"
Safe

Wagner
14
"She Bangs"/"Love Shack"
Safe

Aiden Grimshaw
15
"Mad World"
Safe

Treyc Cohen
16
"One"
Safe

Final showdown details[72]

F.Y.D
1
"Don't Stop the Music"
Eliminated

Katie Waissel
2
"Don't Let Me Down"
Safe

text: Owing to the addition of four wildcard contestants, two acts were eliminated from the series' first results show.[37] The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.[62]

text:
Cowell: Katie Waissel – backed his own act, F.Y.D.
Cole: F.Y.D. – based on the final showdown performance, effectively backing her own act, Katie Waissel
Minogue: F.Y.D. – based on the final showdown performance
Walsh: F.Y.D. – stated that he had to choose the act with more potential, as well as "the right act"

text: Week 2 (16/17 October)[edit]

text:
Theme: Heroes[73][74]
Group performance: "Telephone"[63]
Musical guests: Diana Vickers ("My Wicked Heart")[75] and Katy Perry ("Firework")[63]

text:
Contestants' performances on the second live show

Act
Order
Song[73]
Hero[73]
Result[63]

Storm Lee
1
"Born to Run"
Bruce Springsteen
Eliminated

Treyc Cohen
2
"Purple Rain"
Prince
Safe

Paije Richardson
3
"If I Ain't Got You"
Alicia Keys
Safe

One Direction
4
"My Life Would Suck Without You"
Kelly Clarkson
Safe

Cher Lloyd
5
"It's the Hard Knock Life"/"Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
Jay-Z
Safe

John Adeleye
6
"A Song for You"
Donny Hathaway
Safe

Diva Fever
7
"Gotta Go Home"[76] / "Barbra Streisand"
Boney M.[77]
Bottom three

Rebecca Ferguson
8
"Feeling Good"
Nina Simone
Safe

Aiden Grimshaw
9
"Jealous Guy"
John Lennon
Safe

Wagner
10
"Help Yourself"
Tom Jones
Safe

Katie Waissel
11
"I'd Rather Go Blind"
Etta James
Safe

Belle Amie
12
"You Really Got Me"
The Kinks
Bottom three

Mary Byrne
13
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
Dusty Springfield
Safe

Matt Cardle
14
"Just the Way You Are"
Bruno Mars
Safe

Final showdown details[63]

Diva Fever
1
"I Will Survive"
Eliminated

Belle Amie
2
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
Safe

text: Owing to the addition of the wildcard contestants, two acts were eliminated from the series' second results show. The three acts with the fewest public votes were announced as the bottom three and then the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.[43]

text:
Walsh: Diva Fever – thought Belle Amie would get better in the competition
Minogue: Diva Fever – based on final showdown performances
Cole: Diva Fever – gave no reason
Cowell was not required to vote as there was already a majority and refused to say how he would have voted as he was mentor to both acts

text: Week 3 (23/24 October)[edit]

text:
Theme: Guilty pleasures[78]
Group performance: "Forget You"[64]
Musical guests: Michael Bublé ("Hollywood") and Cheryl Cole ("Promise This")[64]

text:
Contestants' performances on the third live show

Act
Order
Song[79]
Result[64]

Paije Richardson
1
"Ain't Nobody"
Safe

John Adeleye
2
"Zoom"
Bottom two

Rebecca Ferguson
3
"Why Don't You Do Right?"
Safe

Cher Lloyd
4
"No Diggity"/"Shout"
Safe

Matt Cardle
5
"...Baby One More Time"
Safe

One Direction
6
"Nobody Knows"
Safe

Treyc Cohen
7
"Whole Lotta Love"
Bottom two

Mary Byrne
8
"I (Who Have Nothing)"
Safe

Aiden Grimshaw
9
"Diamonds Are Forever"
Safe

Belle Amie
10
"I'll Stand by You"
Safe

Wagner
11
"Spice Up Your Life"/"Livin' la Vida Loca"
Safe

Katie Waissel
12
"I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)"
Safe

Final showdown details[64]

John Adeleye
1
"Because of You"
Eliminated

Treyc Cohen
2
"One Night Only"
Safe

text:
Walsh: Treyc Cohen – said Adeleye had more potential, effectively backing his own act, John Adeleye
Minogue: John Adeleye – based on the final showdown performances
Cole: John Adeleye – backed her own act, Treyc Cohen
Cowell: John Adeleye – based on final showdown performances and stated that Adeleye was not improving as much as Cohen

text: Week 4 (30/31 October)[edit]

text:
Theme: Halloween[81]
Group performance: "Livin' on a Prayer" (with Bon Jovi)[50]
Musical guests: Bon Jovi with finalists ("Livin' on a Prayer"), Jamiroquai ("White Knuckle Ride") and Rihanna ("Only Girl (In the World)")[50]

text:
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show

Act
Order
Song[82]
Result[50]

Mary Byrne
1
"Could It Be Magic"
Safe

Aiden Grimshaw
2
"Thriller"
Safe

Belle Amie
3
"Venus"
Bottom two

Rebecca Ferguson
4
"Wicked Game"
Safe

Treyc Cohen
5
"Relight My Fire"
Safe

Matt Cardle
6
"Bleeding Love"
Safe

Wagner
7
"O Fortuna" / "Bat Out of Hell"
Safe

Paije Richardson
8
"Back to Black"
Safe

Katie Waissel
9
"Bewitched"
Bottom two

One Direction
10
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Safe

Cher Lloyd
11
"Stay"
Safe

Final showdown details[50]

Belle Amie
1
"Breakaway"
Eliminated

Katie Waissel
2
"Trust in Me"
Safe

text:
Cowell: Katie Waissel – backed his own act, Belle Amie
Cole: Belle Amie – gave no reason, though effectively backed her own act, Katie Waissel
Minogue: Belle Amie – based on the final showdown performance
Walsh: Katie Waissel – gave no reason

text: With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Belle Amie were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[50]

text: Week 5 (6/7 November)[edit]

text:
Theme: American anthems[83]
Group performance: "So What"[51]
Musical guests: Shayne Ward ("Gotta Be Somebody") and Kylie Minogue ("Better than Today")[51]

text:
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show

Act
Order
Song[83]
Result[51]

Cher Lloyd
1
"Empire State of Mind (Part II)"/"Empire State of Mind"
Safe

Mary Byrne
2
"There You'll Be"
Safe

Katie Waissel
3
"Don't Speak"
Bottom two

Aiden Grimshaw
4
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
Safe

Paije Richardson
5
"I'm a Believer"/"Hey Ya!"
Safe

Rebecca Ferguson
6
"Make You Feel My Love"
Safe

Wagner
7
"Viva Las Vegas"/"The Wonder of You"
Safe

Matt Cardle
8
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Safe

Treyc Cohen
9
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Bottom two

One Direction
10
"Kids in America"
Safe

Final showdown details[51]

Katie Waissel
1
"Don't Give Up on Me"
Safe

Treyc Cohen
2
"Un-Break My Heart"
Eliminated

text:
Cowell: Treyc Cohen – based on who he would prefer to see again the following week
Cole refused to vote off either of her acts and offered to vote last to force a deadlock, but O'Leary then announced it would go to a majority vote
Minogue: Katie Waissel – gave no reason
Walsh: Treyc Cohen – stated that he would follow his heart and save Katie Waissel

text: Week 6 (13/14 November)[edit]

text:
Theme: Songs by Elton John[85][86]
Group performance: "Can't Stop Moving"[87]
Musical guests: JLS ("Love You More"), Westlife ("Safe") and Take That ("The Flood")[87]

text:
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show

Act
Order
Song[86]
Result[52]

Paije Richardson
1
"Crocodile Rock"
Safe

Aiden Grimshaw
2
"Rocket Man"
Bottom two

Mary Byrne
3
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
Safe

Katie Waissel
4
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Bottom two

Matt Cardle
5
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Safe

Cher Lloyd
6
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"/"Mockingbird"
Safe

Wagner
7
"I'm Still Standing"/"Circle of Life"
Safe

One Direction
8
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
Safe

Rebecca Ferguson
9
"Candle in the Wind"
Safe

Final showdown details[52]

Aiden Grimshaw
1
"Don't Dream It's Over"
Eliminated

Katie Waissel
2
"Save Me from Myself"
Safe

text:
Cowell: Aiden Grimshaw – gave no reason
Cole: Aiden Grimshaw – backed her own act, Katie Waissel
Minogue: Katie Waissel – gave no reason, though effectively backed her own act, Aiden Grimshaw
Walsh: Katie Waissel – felt Grimshaw had more potential

text: With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Grimshaw was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[52]

text: Week 7 (20/21 November)[edit]

text:
Theme: Songs by The Beatles[89][90]
Group performance: "Heroes" (all finalists)[53]
Musical guest: Olly Murs ("Thinking of Me")[53]

text:
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show

Act
Order
Song[90]
Result[53]

Matt Cardle
1
"Come Together"
Safe

Cher Lloyd
2
"Imagine"
Bottom two

One Direction
3
"All You Need Is Love"
Safe

Rebecca Ferguson
4
"Yesterday"
Safe

Mary Byrne
5
"Something"
Safe

Paije Richardson
6
"Let It Be"
Bottom two

Wagner
7
"Get Back"/"Hippy Hippy Shake"/"Hey Jude"
Safe

Katie Waissel
8
"Help!"
Safe

Final showdown details[53]

Paije Richardson
1
"Stop!"
Eliminated

Cher Lloyd
2
"Stay"
Safe

text:
Cowell: Paije Richardson – said he would want to back Lloyd whom he had continually supported
Cole: Paije Richardson – backed her own act, Cher Lloyd
Minogue: Cher Lloyd – backed her own act, Paije Richardson
Walsh: Paije Richardson – gave no reason

text: Week 8 (27/28 November)[edit]

text:
Theme: Rock[91]
Musical guests: The Wanted ("Lose My Mind"),[92] Justin Bieber ("Somebody to Love" / "Baby") and Nicole Scherzinger ("Poison")[65]

text: For the first time this series, each contestant performed two songs.[44]

text:
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show

Act
Order
First song[93]
Order
Second song[93]
Result[65]

Wagner
1
"Creep"
8
"Addicted to Love"
Bottom three

One Direction
2
"Summer of '69"
9
"You Are So Beautiful"
Safe

Mary Byrne
3
"All I Want Is You"
10
"Brass in Pocket"
Bottom three

Cher Lloyd
4
"Girlfriend"
14
"Walk This Way"
Safe

Rebecca Ferguson
5
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
11
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Safe

Matt Cardle
6
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
13
"Nights in White Satin"
Safe

Katie Waissel
7
"Sex on Fire"
12
"Everybody Hurts"
Eliminated

Final showdown details[65]

Wagner
1
"Unforgettable"
Eliminated

Mary Byrne
2
"This Is My Life"
Safe

text: Two acts were eliminated from the series' eighth results show.[41] The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and then the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.

text:
Walsh: Wagner – based on the final showdown performances
Minogue: Wagner – backed Byrne whom she thought was the better singer
Cole: Wagner – gave no reason
Cowell was not required to vote as there was already a majority, but stated that he would have voted for Wagner as he wanted to return the show to being a talent competition

text: Week 9: Semi-final (4/5 December)[edit]

text:
Themes: Club classics; "songs to get you to the final" (no theme)[94]
Musical guests: Alexandra Burke ("The Silence"), Glee Cast ("Don't Stop Believin'") and The Black Eyed Peas ("The Time (Dirty Bit)")[66]

text:
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show

Act
Order
First song[94]
Order
Second song[94]
Result[66]

Rebecca Ferguson
1
"Show Me Love"
6
"Amazing Grace"
Safe

Mary Byrne
2
"Never Can Say Goodbye"
7
"The Way We Were"
Bottom two

Matt Cardle
3
"You Got the Love"
8
"She's Always a Woman"
Safe

Cher Lloyd
4
"Nothin' on You"
9
"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"/"Love the Way You Lie"
Bottom two

One Direction
5
"Only Girl (In the World)"
10
"Chasing Cars"
Safe

Final showdown details[66]

Mary Byrne
1
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Eliminated

Cher Lloyd
2
"Everytime"
Safe

text: For the first time in The X Factor history, the judges chose which act they wanted to see progress to the final.

text:
Walsh: Mary Byrne – backed his own act, Mary Byrne
Minogue: Cher Lloyd – stated Lloyd sang better than Byrne in the sing off
Cole: Cher Lloyd – backed her own act, Cher Lloyd
Cowell: Cher Lloyd – gave no reason

text: Week 10: Final (11/12 December)[edit]

text: 11 December

text:
Themes: No theme; celebrity duets[96]
Group performance: "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (all finalists)[57]
Musical guests: Rihanna ("What's My Name?") and Christina Aguilera ("Express")[57]

text:
Contestants' performances on the tenth live show

Act
Order
First song[96]
Order
Second song (duet)[96][97]
Result[57]

Matt Cardle
1
"Here with Me"
5
"Unfaithful" (with Rihanna)
Safe

Rebecca Ferguson
2
"Like a Star"
6
"Beautiful" (with Christina Aguilera)
Safe

One Direction
3
"Your Song"
7
"She's the One" (with Robbie Williams)
Safe

Cher Lloyd
4
"The Clapping Song"/"Get Ur Freak On"
8
"Where Is the Love?"/"I Gotta Feeling" (with will.i.am)
Eliminated

text: 12 December

text:
Themes: No theme; winner's single[59]
Group performances: "Never Forget" (performed with Take That) and "Bad Romance" (auditionees)[58]
Musical guest: Take That ("Never Forget" with finalists and "The Flood")[58]

text:
Contestants' performances on the final live show

Act
Order
First song[58]
Order
Second song[58]
Result[58]

Matt Cardle
1
"Firework"
4
"When We Collide"
Winner

One Direction
2
"Torn"
N/A (already eliminated)
Third place

Rebecca Ferguson
3
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
5
"Distant Dreamer"
Runner-up

text: Charity single[edit]

text: The series 7 finalists recorded a cover of David Bowie's 1977 song "Heroes" as a charity single in aid of Help for Heroes, a charity which supports injured servicemen and women. The song was recorded in the week beginning 18 October 2010.[98] The video for the single was filmed on 2 November[99] at Three Mills Studios.[100] All sixteen finalists performed the song on 20 November's results show.[89] It was the third year in a row that finalists have released a charity record. The single entered both the Irish Singles Chart on 25 November 2010 and the UK Singles Chart on 28 November 2010 at number 1.[101][102]

text: Winner's single[edit]

text: It was reported on 2 December 2010 by the Daily Mirror that the final five contestants, Mary Byrne, Matt Cardle, Cher Lloyd, One Direction and Rebecca Ferguson, would each record a different song, rather than the same song as in previous series, for their potential debut single. The change was made after Cowell reportedly increased the budget as he wanted songs to suit each act.[103] It was reported on 10 December that Cardle's song would be "Many of Horror", Lloyd's would be "Impossible", Ferguson's would be "Distant Dreamer" and One Direction's song would be "Forever Young".[104] Cardle and Ferguson performed their songs in the final as the last two remaining acts and upon Cardle's winning the contest, his version of "Many of Horror", renamed to "When We Collide", was released.[105][106] It entered both the UK and Ireland Singles Charts at number 1.[107][108]

text: Voting, revenue and sponsors[edit]

text: Over the course of the live shows, 15,488,019 votes were cast. Votes made via landline telephones or from the Red Button service cost 35 pence each, with calls made from mobile telephones expected to be more expensive. The votes brought in revenue of more than £5.4 million, though it was expected to be a lot higher because of the unknown cost of mobile phone votes. Proceeds were split between production company Syco, co-producer FremantleMedia, broadcaster ITV and phone vote operator Harvest Media.[109] Advertising slots during the final were sold for up to £250,000, which expected to bring in a further £25 million in advertising revenues, with the number of commercial breaks increased from five to six.[110]

text: For the second year in a row, The X Factor was sponsored by TalkTalk, as part of a three-year sponsorship deal thought to be worth £20 million, including sponsorship of the show, the 2011 live tour and rights to online clips.[111] TalkTalk enlisted series 6 contestants Jedward to launch its interactive initiative on 17 August 2010. Viewers were invited to record a video of themselves performing karaoke in front of a TalkTalk bright lights backdrop, and clips were screened as part of TalkTalk's sponsorship break bumpers.[112] In Ireland, where the series was broadcast on TV3, The X Factor was sponsored by Dominos Pizza.[113]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Ratings[edit]

text: The first episode on 21 August attracted 11.88 million viewers on ITV1,[114] the highest ever ratings for a series premiere of The X Factor.[115] It was watched by 46.5% of television viewers during its original broadcast.[115] The episode also received ratings of 568,000 on ITV1 HD.[116] The first live performance show on 9 October 2010 gained 12.62 million viewers,[114] attaining a 48.5% share of the audience during broadcast.[117] The final result on 12 December was the highest rated episode with 16.55 million viewers on ITV1,[114] a 51.5% audience share[118] and 1.16 million viewers on ITV1 HD.[116] It peaked at 19.4 million (18.14 million on ITV1 and 1.3 million on ITV1 HD)[118] and was the highest rated television episode of 2010 in the UK.[119] Official ratings concluded that the series averaged 14.13 million (including HD), making it the most watched series to date. The series dominated the weekly rankings, taking up the top position for the first four weeks, then the top two positions until the final. The first part of the final was beaten into fourth rank by two episodes of Coronation Street.[114]

text:
Episode
Date
Official ITV1 rating[114]
(millions)
Weekly rank[114]
Share (%)
Official ITV1 HD rating[116]
(millions)
Total viewers
(millions)

Auditions 1
000000002018-08-21-000021 August
11.88
1
48.6[115]
0.57
12.45

Auditions 2
000000002018-08-28-000028 August
10.81
1
44.9[120]
0.55
11.36

Auditions 3
000000002018-09-04-00004 September
11.69
1
49.2[121]
0.64
12.33

Auditions 4
000000002018-09-11-000011 September
11.78
1
45.0[122]
0.56
12.34

Auditions 5
000000002018-09-18-000018 September
11.65
2
46.0[123]
0.68
12.33

Auditions 6
000000002018-09-19-000019 September
12.15
1
42.8[124]
0.71
12.86

Bootcamp 1
000000002018-09-25-000025 September
12.07
2
46.4[125]
0.71
12.78

Bootcamp 2
000000002018-09-26-000026 September
13.26
1
44.4[126]
0.82
14.08

Judges' houses 1
000000002018-10-02-00002 October
12.68
2
47.3[127]
0.82
13.50

Judges' houses 2
000000002018-10-03-00003 October
14.51
1
48.5[128]
0.90
15.41

Live show 1
000000002018-10-09-00009 October
12.62
2
48.5[117]
0.91
13.53

Results 1
000000002018-10-10-000010 October
13.17
1
46.3[129]
0.90
14.07

Live show 2
000000002018-10-16-000016 October
12.14
2
47.2[130]
0.97
13.11

Results 2
000000002018-10-17-000017 October
13.42
1
46.7[131]
0.90
14.32

Live show 3
000000002018-10-23-000023 October
12.39
2
47.5[132]
0.95
13.34

Results 3
000000002018-10-24-000024 October
13.73
1
47.7[133]
0.95
14.68

Live show 4
000000002018-10-30-000030 October
12.69
2
47.1[134]
0.81
13.50

Results 4
000000002018-10-31-000031 October
13.74
1
47.5[135]
0.93
14.67

Live show 5
000000002018-11-06-00006 November
12.50
2
47.7[136]
1.11
13.61

Results 5
000000002018-11-07-00007 November
14.29
1
49.7[137]
1.07
15.36

Live show 6
000000002018-11-13-000013 November
13.61
2
49.9[138]
0.99
14.60

Results 6
000000002018-11-14-000014 November
14.69
1
47.7[139]
1.06
15.75

Live show 7
000000002018-11-20-000020 November
13.28
2
48.7[140]
1.13
14.41

Results 7
000000002018-11-21-000021 November
15.04
1
50.0[141]
1.09
16.13

Live show 8
000000002018-11-27-000027 November
13.57
2
49.0[142]
1.09
14.66

Results 8
000000002018-11-28-000028 November
14.42
1
48.7[143]
1.05
15.47

Live show 9
000000002018-12-04-00004 December
13.73
2
48.4[144]
1.22
14.95

Results 9
000000002018-12-05-00005 December
14.53
1
48.6[145]
0.99
15.52

Final part 1
000000002018-12-11-000011 December
13.94
4
52.6[146]
1.17
15.11

Final part 2
000000002018-12-12-000012 December
16.55
1
54.9[118]
1.16
17.71

Series average
2010
13.22
N/A
47.9
0.85
14.13

text: Controversies[edit]

text: The seventh series of The X Factor sparked several heated controversies, with over 5,000 complaints registered with Ofcom throughout the series. A spokesperson told the Daily Mirror newspaper that ITV bosses were worried about the number of complaints as claims that the show had become "seedy and oversexed" and accusations of fixing would tarnish the image of the show and ITV.[147]

text: Contestants[edit]

text: On 25 August, it was announced that contestant Shirlena Johnson had been asked to leave the show because of concerns over her mental health, that she had apparently kept hidden from the producers. Johnson's successful audition was broadcast on 21 August. Johnson's mother claimed that producers knew of Johnson's medical history as they requested her general practitioner's details at bootcamp, but producers said the medical report arrived late. A spokesperson said, "The welfare of contestants is of paramount importance, and for this reason it has been agreed that Shirlena Johnson should not continue in the competition."[148][149]

text: The decision to form two groups, Belle Amie and One Direction, from soloists at the end of the bootcamp stage was branded unfair by some of the other groups, as neither had entered the competition as groups. The controversy deepened after Cowell put through both Belle Amie and One Direction and picked just one of the original applicants.[150] Cowell defended the decision, saying that the existing groups were not good enough and other groups such as The Wanted and the Spice Girls were created similarly.[151]

text: More controversy erupted after the News of the World reported that after failing to qualify in 2009, Treyc Cohen signed a management deal with Artimis Music Management Ltd that landed her a recording contract in October that year with Birmingham-based Ajoupa Records and she released a single entitled "A Time to Be Heard".[152] The rules of The X Factor strictly forbid record deals while a contestant is on the show. According to the newspaper, The X Factor was attempting to release Cohen from her management deal and remove the single from sale.[152] Katie Waissel also had to be released from a contract in the United States after her audition.[153]

text: Judges' actions[edit]

text: Controversy was caused when Cole chose not to send popular contestant Gamu Nhengu through to the live shows. Nhengu was an early favourite to win and many viewers were angry that Waissel and Cher Lloyd were put through despite failing to complete their performances at judges' houses.[154] Around 1,000 people complained to ITV and by 7 October 220,000 had joined a Facebook page called "Gamu Should Have Got Through".[155] Cole reportedly became the target of death threats,[156] and took extra security precautions in her home as well as at The X Factor.[157] Bookmaker Paddy Power were forced to give odds on Nhengu winning the show after a large number of bets were placed,[158] and made her the favourite to win, but all punters had their losing bets refunded when Nhengu was not chosen as Cole's wildcard.[159] There was speculation that Cole was pressured by producers to axe Nhengu over issues with her visa, but Cheryl denied those claims,[160] saying it was entirely down to her "gut instinct" and that she believed Lloyd, Waissel and Rebecca Ferguson were the best singers in her category.[35] Later in her 2012 autobiography Cheryl: My Story, Cheryl confessed that she had chosen Waissel for the live shows because she was more entertaining, claiming ..."[Cowell] had spent the past two years drumming into me that we needed acts who would be 'good TV.'...she had the character and drive it took to withstand the pressure of the show, and so I put her through, even though she messed up when she sang in front of Will.i.am."[161]

text: More than 1,000 viewers complained to ITV and more than 2,000 to Ofcom when, in week 5 of the live shows, Cole refused to vote off either act in the bottom two (Cohen and Waissel) and was not allowed to vote last and force a deadlock. A spokesperson for The X Factor explained: "A judge can abstain from placing a vote. [Cole] made it clear that she would not send anyone home and therefore abstained from voting. [O'Leary] went back to her to clarify that it was going to go to a majority vote if she did that. [Cole] was unable to take the vote to deadlock as deadlock requires a valid active vote."[162] However, a Daily Mail poll of 6,890 people showed that 4,795 of them wanted Cole to be sacked for refusing to vote. O'Leary revealed that during the previous commercial break, when the bottom two was known to the producers, they realized that Cole might abstain and decided in that if she did, they would go to a majority vote.[162] After the series ended, voting statistics showed that Waissel received fewer votes than Cohen, meaning that if the result went to deadlock, Waissel would have been eliminated.[163]

text: Accusations of fixing[edit]

text: After O'Leary's revelation that producers had rehearsed what would happen if Cole abstained in week 5, allegations were made that the result was rigged for Waissel to stay, given that her outlandish performances and growing unpopularity with the public resulted in better ratings and sensational press for the show. Cowell denied this claim, saying he would never want to defraud viewers and said the situation had "been blown out of proportion".[164] O'Leary defended himself and the show on Twitter, saying "We never know which way the judges are going to vote. Ever. The only thing I know is who's in the bottom two when I'm given the card. I don't know which judge to go to until I'm called and the judges, including [Cowell], don't know the vote or who we're coming to next. It's that simple."[164] The following week, Heat magazine printed a report claiming that Cowell was aware of the public votes before the judges make their votes, and several other media reports contained rumours of the show being fixed. The X Factor's bosses instructed their lawyers to file a formal complaint to the Press Complaints Commission against Heat, saying that the article was a lie, that very few people know the actual public voting results and conspiracy theories being printed in the media are "total and utter rubbish".[165] Heat printed an apology in their 1 January 2011 issue and accepted that Cowell was unaware of the votes cast until after the final.[166]

text: There were accusations from viewers of fixing during the semi-final when O'Leary announced that only the public's votes would decide which contestants would make it through to the final, but the next day this was changed and there was a final showdown. The show's official website also stated that it would be decided by public vote, and Walsh confirmed it on a radio show earlier in the week.[167] It was the first time in the show's history that the judges were given a vote in a semi-final. A spokesperson insisted the change was decided weeks in advance.[168] Cowell (incorrectly) stated that "There has always been a sing-off when there are five people left in the competition. This is a lot of nonsense about nothing."[169] However, eliminated contestant Mary Byrne said she believed the decision would be solely down to the public until the day of the semi-final performances and even claimed that Cowell did not want her in the final.[169] Following Byrne's comments, Cowell wrote an open letter to the viewers in the Daily Mirror, saying:

text: "It's always our sole intention to try and make the show as entertaining and hopefully exciting every week. Our main focus is to ensure that the contestants are given every opportunity to benefit from being on the show and show their talent. Throughout the series I have met with fans of the show on a regular basis and have listened and acted on their feedback. I believe they have enjoyed the changes in the show this year and I feel it's been a better series as it hasn't followed the same pattern as before. This year we decided to give four contestants a second chance and introduce them as wild card entrants on the first live show. And having 16 finalists rather than just 12 meant that we introduced both single and double eliminations. We decided for the first time some weeks ago to put four people into the final and this meant having five semi-finalists. We also felt it would be fairer that there would be a sing-off rather than automatic elimination as there were more contestants. I understand new decisions are seen as controversial by our viewers but it stops the show becoming boring. As the excitement heats up, debates begin but I do want to assure people that the show is definitely not fixed. The sing-off on Sunday was something that was always going to happen regardless of who was in the bottom two. The contestants all prepared their save-me songs on Monday last week. It was always going to be sad for whoever left. [...] I have always listened to and respected our viewers and have always believed viewers ultimately make the right decision. I hope the viewers trust the show that this is a fair competition."[170]

text: Voting statistics revealed that Lloyd would have been eliminated had there been no judges' vote or if the vote had gone to deadlock.[163]

text: Pitch-correction use[edit]

text: Following the first episode, viewers complained on social networking websites after it appeared that pitch correction (which has been seen as controversial in the music industry) was used to improve the quality of some singers' voices,[171] and forty-five viewers complained to Ofcom.[172] Series producers claimed post-production work was necessary on the show because of the number of microphones used during filming: "The judges make their decisions at the auditions stage based on what they hear on the day, live in the arena. The footage and sound is then edited and dubbed into a finished programme, to deliver the most entertaining experience possible for viewers. When it gets to the live shows, it will be all live."[173] It was reported on 26 August that Cowell had ordered a ban on pitch correction in future episodes, asking for them to be re-edited.[174] In October 2010, Ofcom ruled that viewers had not been "materially misled" as pitch correction was only used during auditions and not when viewers were paying to vote for the contestants.[172]

text: 'Raunchy' final[edit]

text: In December 2010, it emerged that Ofcom were investigating the show after claims that viewers were being encouraged to purchase songs recorded by guest performers Michael Bublé and Diana Vickers.[175] Ofcom also received over 2,868 complaints[176] from viewers about "raunchy" dance routines from Rihanna and Christina Aguilera during the final. Although an ITV spokesperson denied the routines were inappropriate,[177] Cowell was warned by ITV to "cut the sleaze".[147] In April 2011, Ofcom ruled that there had been no breach of guidelines over the performances, and highlighted that "approximately 2,000" of the complaints were received after the routines were covered by the Daily Mail, and said the newspaper's report featured a number of stills that were "significantly more graphic and close-up" than material broadcast, and that were "taken from a different angle to the television cameras".[176]

text: Praise and awards[edit]

text: In its 7 December 2010 issue, Heat magazine said series 7 of The X Factor had been the best series to date, citing many of the controversies, plus events such as Lloyd singing on a spiral staircase, Wagner's "ludicrous" performances and Walsh likening Richardson to "a little Lenny Henry", as moments that helped make it "the most deliriously, thrilling, controversial and demented yet. [...] This was the year the biggest and best show on TV somehow got bigger and better."[178] Before the final, Digital Spy's reality television editor Alex Fletcher listed his five favourite moments from the series. His favourite moment was Nhengu's elimination, on which he said "No other show can make people so passionate, angry and feel like they really know the programme's stars. With only approximately 30 minutes of screentime, Gamu had managed to capture the hearts of millions. Whatever you think of Simon Cowell's programmes, you have to give them credit for achieving that."[179]

text: The series won in the Most Popular Talent Show category at the 16th National Television Awards in 2011, beating series 4 of Britain's Got Talent, series 6 of Dancing on Ice and series 8 of Strictly Come Dancing.[180] It was also nominated in the TV Reality Programme category at the 2011 TRIC awards,[181] the Entertainment Programme category at the 2011 British Academy Television Awards,[182] and the Best Talent Show category at the 2011 TV Choice Awards.[183]


document_title: Finding Nemo

question_text: what's the name of the little turtle in finding nemo

question_tokens: what 's the name of the little turtle in finding nemo

text: Finding Nemo

text: Plot[edit]

text: Two clownfish, Marlin and Coral, are admiring their new home in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and their clutch of hundreds of eggs, when a barracuda attacks. Marlin is knocked unconscious, and wakes up to find Coral and all but one of the eggs gone. He names this last egg Nemo, a name that Coral had chosen.

text: On the first day of school, Marlin embarrasses Nemo during a field trip. While Marlin talks to the teacher, Mr. Ray, Nemo sneaks away from the reef toward a boat and is captured by a scuba diver. As the boat departs, one of the divers accidentally knocks his diving mask overboard. Marlin chases after the boat and meets Dory, a blue tang who suffers from short-term memory loss. The two encounter Bruce, Anchor, and Chum, three reformed sharks who have renounced eating other fish. While at their meeting, Marlin discovers the diver's mask and notices an address written on it. However, Dory and Marlin fight over the mask, giving Dory a bloody nose. The blood sends Bruce into a feeding frenzy, and he attacks Marlin and Dory, who narrowly escape.

text: Nemo is placed in a fish tank in a dentist’s office, where he meets the Tank Gang, led by Gill. The gang learn Nemo is to be given to the dentist's niece Darla, who has killed previous fish given to her. Gill devises a plan to escape: jam the tank's filter with a pebble so the dentist will put the fish in plastic bags to clean the tank, then roll out the window and into the harbor. Nemo attempts to jam the filter but fails, nearly dying in the process.

text: The mask falls into a trench in the deep sea, where, while battling an anglerfish, Dory reads the address as 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. To her own disbelief, Dory remembers the address despite her short-term memory loss. Dory and Marlin receive directions to Sydney from a school of moonfish. On the way, they encounter a bloom of jellyfish that traps and nearly stings them to death. Marlin loses consciousness and awakens on the back of a sea turtle named Crush, who shuttles Marlin and Dory on the East Australian Current. Marlin tells the story of his journey to a group of young sea turtles led by Crush's son Squirt. News of his quest spreads across the ocean. Near the harbor, a pelican named Nigel flies to the dentist's office and brings news of Marlin's efforts. Inspired, Nemo makes a second attempt to jam the filter. He succeeds, but the dentist installs a new high-tech filter before the Tank Gang can escape.

text: Marlin and Dory exit the East Australian Current and are engulfed by a blue whale. Dory communicates with the whale, which carries them to Sydney Harbour and expels them through his blowhole. They meet Nigel, who helps the pair escape from a flock of seagulls and takes them to the dentist's office. Darla has just arrived, and the dentist is handing Nemo to her. Nemo plays dead to save himself as Nigel arrives, terrifying Darla and throwing the office into chaos. After Nigel is violently thrown out by the dentist, Gill helps Nemo escape into a drain that leads to the ocean.

text: Having mistaken Nemo for dead, Marlin thanks Dory and starts his return journey. Dory meets Nemo when he reaches the ocean, but she has lost her memory. Eventually, Dory's memory returns when she reads the word Sydney on a drainpipe. She reunites Nemo with Marlin, but she is caught in a fishing net with a school of grouper. Nemo enters the net and orders the grouper to swim downward to break the net and escape. Later, having returned home, Marlin and Dory proudly watch Mr. Ray carry Nemo and his friends to school.

text: Voice cast[edit]

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Albert Brooks as Marlin, a clownfish, Coral's husband and Nemo's father.
Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, a regal blue tang with short-term memory loss.
Alexander Gould as Nemo, Marlin's only surviving son, who is excited about life and exploring the ocean, but gets captured and domesticated as a pet.
Willem Dafoe as Gill, a moorish idol fish living in an aquarium in a dentist clinic, and the leader of the Tank Gang.
Brad Garrett as Bloat, the aquarium's pufferfish.
Allison Janney as Peach, the aquarium's starfish.
Stephen Root as Bubbles, the aquarium's yellow tang fish.
Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, the aquarium's royal gramma fish.
Vicki Lewis as Deb/Flo, the aquarium's striped damselfish.
Joe Ranft as Jacques, the aquarium's cleaner shrimp.
Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, an Australian pelican, who often visits the dentist clinic and is friends with the aquarium fish.
Andrew Stanton as Crush, a green sea turtle, and the Seagulls.
Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, Marlin's wife and Nemo's mother.
Nicholas Bird as Squirt, Crush's son.
Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, a spotted eagle ray and Nemo's schoolteacher.
Barry Humphries as Bruce, a vegetarian great white shark, who fights his instinctive wills to eat innocent fish and is friends with Anchor and Chum.
Eric Bana as Anchor, a hammerhead shark, who is friends with Bruce and Chum.
Bruce Spence as Chum, a mako shark who is friends with Bruce and Anchor.
Bill Hunter as The Dentist.
LuLu Ebeling as Darla, the dentist's rambunctious young niece.
Jordy Ranft as Tad, a butterfly fish fingerling and Nemo's friend at school.
Erica Beck as Pearl, a young flapjack octopus and Nemo's friend at school.
Erik Per Sullivan as Sheldon, a young seahorse, and Nemo's friend at school.
John Ratzenberger as the school of moonfish.

text: Production[edit]

text: The inspiration for Nemo sprang from multiple experiences, going back to director Andrew Stanton's childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home.[6] In 1992, shortly after his son was born, he and his family took a trip to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (which was called Marine World at the time). There, after seeing the shark tube and various exhibits, he felt that the underwater world could be done beautifully in computer animation.[7] Later, in 1997, he took his son for a walk in the park, but realized that he was overprotecting him and lost an opportunity to have a father-son experience that day.[6]

text: In an interview with National Geographic magazine, Stanton said that the idea for the characters of Marlin and Nemo came from a photograph of two clownfish peeking out of an anemone:

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It was so arresting. I had no idea what kind of fish they were, but I couldn't take my eyes off them. And as an entertainer, the fact that they were called clownfish—it was perfect. There's almost nothing more appealing than these little fish that want to play peekaboo with you.[8]

”

text: In addition, clownfish are colourful, but do not tend to come out of an anemone often. For a character who has to go on a dangerous journey, Stanton felt a clownfish was the perfect type of fish for the character.[6] Pre-production of the film began in early 1997. Stanton began writing the screenplay during the post-production of A Bug's Life. As a result, Finding Nemo began production with a complete screenplay, something that co-director Lee Unkrich called "very unusual for an animated film".[6] The artists took scuba diving lessons to study the coral reef.[6]

text: The idea for the initiation sequence came from a story conference between Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson while they were driving to record the actors. Stanton was inspired to cast Ellen DeGeneres when he watched an episode of Ellen in which he saw her "change the subject five times before finishing one sentence".[6] The pelican character named Gerald (who in the final film ends up swallowing and choking on Marlin and Dory) was originally a friend of Nigel. They were going to play against each other with Nigel being neat and fastidious and Gerald being scruffy and sloppy. The filmmakers could not find an appropriate scene for them that did not slow the pace of the picture, so Gerald's character was minimized.[6]

text: Stanton himself provided the voice of Crush the sea turtle. He originally did the voice for the film's story reel, and assumed they would find an actor later. When Stanton's performance became popular in test screenings, he decided to keep his performance in the film. He recorded all his dialogue while lying on a sofa in Unkrich's office.[6] Crush's son Squirt was voiced by Nicholas Bird, the young son of fellow Pixar director Brad Bird. According to Stanton, the elder Bird was playing a tape recording of his young son around the Pixar studios one day. Stanton felt the voice was "this generation's Thumper" and immediately cast Nicholas.[6]

text: Megan Mullally was originally going to provide a voice in the film. According to Mullally, the producers were dissatisfied to learn that the voice of her character Karen Walker on the television show Will & Grace was not her natural speaking voice. The producers hired her anyway, and then strongly encouraged her to use her Karen Walker voice for the role. When Mullally refused, she was dismissed.[9]

text: To ensure that the movements of the fish in the film were believable, the animators took a crash course in fish biology and oceanography. They visited aquariums, went diving in Hawaii and received in-house lectures from an ichthyologist.[10] As a result, Pixar's animator for Dory, Gini Cruz Santos, integrated "the fish movement, human movement, and facial expressions to make them look and feel like real characters."[11][12]

text: The film was dedicated to Glenn McQueen, a Pixar animator who died of melanoma in October 2002.[13] Finding Nemo shares many plot elements with Pierrot the Clownfish,[14] a children's book published in 2002, but allegedly conceived in 1995. The author, Franck Le Calvez, sued Disney for infringement of his intellectual rights and to bar Finding Nemo merchandise in France. The judge ruled against him, citing the color differences between Pierrot and Nemo.[15]

text: Video game[edit]

text: A video game based on the film was released in 2003, for PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. The goal of the game is to complete different levels under the roles of Nemo, Marlin or Dory. It includes cut scenes from the movie, and each clip is based on a level. It was also the last Pixar game developed by Traveller's Tales. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews.[16][17][18][19][20][21] A Game Boy Advance sequel, titled Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures, was released in 2004.[22]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 99% approval rating, with a rating average of 8.7/10, based on 260 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Breathtakingly lovely and grounded by the stellar efforts of a well-chosen cast, Finding Nemo adds another beautifully crafted gem to Pixar's crown."[23] Another review aggregation website, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 90 out of 100, based on 38 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[24]

text: Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, calling it "one of those rare movies where I wanted to sit in the front row and let the images wash out to the edges of my field of vision".[25] Broadway star Nathan Lane, who was the voice of Timon the meerkat in The Lion King, has said Finding Nemo was his favorite animated film.[26] Ed Park of The Village Voice gave the film a positive review, saying "It's an ocean of eye candy that tastes fresh even in this ADD-addled era of SpongeBob SquarePants."[27] Mark Caro of the Chicago Tribune gave the film four out of four stars, saying "You connect to these sea creatures as you rarely do with humans in big-screen adventures. The result: a true sunken treasure."[28] Hazel-Dawn Dumpert of LA Weekly gave the film a positive review, saying "As gorgeous a film as Disney's ever put out, with astonishing qualities of light, movement, surface and color at the service of the best professional imaginations money can buy."[29] Jeff Strickler of the Star Tribune gave the film a positive review, saying it "proves that even when Pixar is not at the top of its game, it still produces better animation than some of its competitors on their best days."[29] Gene Seymour of Newsday gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "The underwater backdrops take your breath away. No, really. They're so lifelike, you almost feel like holding your breath while watching."[29] Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Parental anxiety may not be the kind of stuff children's films are usually made of, but this perfectly enchanting movie knows how to cater to its kiddie audience without condescending to them."[30]

text: Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film three-and-a-half out of five, saying "The best break of all is that Pixar's traditionally untethered imagination can't be kept under wraps forever, and "Nemo" erupts with sea creatures that showcase Stanton and company's gift for character and peerless eye for skewering contemporary culture."[31] Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film four out of five stars, saying "Visual imagination and sophisticated wit raise Finding Nemo to a level just below the peaks of Pixar's Toy Story movies and Monsters, Inc.."[32] Terry Lawson of the Detroit Free Press gave the film three out of four, saying "As we now expect from Pixar, even the supporting fish in "Finding Nemo" are more developed as characters than any human in the Mission: Impossible movies."[33] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three and half out of four, saying "Finding Nemo is an undersea treasure. The most gorgeous of all the Pixar films—which include Toy Story 1 and 2, A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc.—Nemo treats family audiences to a sweet, resonant story and breathtaking visuals. It may lack Monsters, Inc.'s clever humor, but kids will identify with the spunky sea fish Nemo, and adults will relate to Marlin, Nemo's devoted dad."[34] Bruce Westbrook of the Houston Chronicle gave the film an A-, saying "Finding Nemo lives up to Pixar's high standards for wildly creative visuals, clever comedy, solid characters and an involving story."[35] Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film an A-, saying "A simple test of humanity: If you don't laugh aloud while watching it, you've got a battery not a heart."[29]

text: Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film four out of four, saying "A dazzling, computer-animated fish tale with a funny, touching script and wonderful voice performances that make it an unqualified treat for all ages."[29] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times gave the film four out of four, saying "Enchanting; written with an effortless blend of sweetness and silliness, and animated with such rainbow-hued beauty, you may find yourself wanting to freeze-frame it."[29] Daphne Gordon of the Toronto Star gave the film four out of five, saying "One of the strongest releases from Disney in years, thanks to the work of Andrew Stanton, possibly one of the most successful directors you've never heard of."[29] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe gave the film three and a half out of four, saying "Finding Nemo isn't quite up there with the company's finest work—there's finally a sense of formula setting in—but it's hands down the best family film since Monsters, Inc."[29] C.W. Nevius of The San Francisco Chronicle gave the film four out of four, saying "The visuals pop, the fish emote and the ocean comes alive. That's in the first two minutes. After that, they do some really cool stuff."[36] Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post gave the film a positive review, saying "Finding Nemo will engross kids with its absorbing story, brightly drawn characters and lively action, and grown-ups will be equally entertained by the film's subtle humor and the sophistication of its visuals."[29] David Ansen of Newsweek gave the film a positive review, saying "A visual marvel, every frame packed to the gills with clever details, Finding Nemo is the best big-studio release so far this year."[37]

text: Richard Corliss of Time gave the film a positive review, saying "Nemo, with its ravishing underwater fantasia, manages to trump the design glamour of earlier Pixar films."[38] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, saying "In this seamless blending of technical brilliance and storytelling verve, the Pixar team has made something as marvelously soulful and innately, fluidly American as jazz."[39] Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three out of four, saying "As eye-popping as Nemo's peepers and as eccentric as this little fish with asymmetrical fins."[29] David Germain of the Associated Press gave the film a positive review, saying "Finding Nemo is laced with smart humor and clever gags, and buoyed by another cheery story of mismatched buddies: a pair of fish voiced by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres."[40] Anthony Lane of The New Yorker gave the film a positive review, saying "The latest flood of wizardry from Pixar, whose productions, from Toy Story onward, have lent an indispensable vigor and wit to the sagging art of mainstream animation."[41] The 3D re-release prompted a retrospective on the film nine years after its initial release. Stephen Whitty of The Star-Ledger described it as "a genuinely funny and touching film that, in less than a decade, has established itself as a timeless classic."[42] On the 3D re-release, Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote that its emotional power was deepened by "the dimensionality of the oceanic deep" where "the spatial mysteries of watery currents and floating worlds are exactly where 3D explorers were born to boldly go".[43]

text: Box office[edit]

text: During its original theatrical run, Finding Nemo grossed $339,714,978 in North America, and $559,492,275 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $940,335,536.[2] It is currently the forty-third-highest-grossing film, the ninth highest-grossing animated film, and the second-highest-grossing film of 2003, behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[44] Worldwide, it was the highest-grossing Pixar film, up until 2010, when Toy Story 3 surpassed it.[45] The film sold an estimated 56,337,500 tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run.[46]

text: In North America, Finding Nemo set an opening weekend record for an animated feature, making $70,251,710 (first surpassed by Shrek 2) and ended up spending 11 weeks in the top 10 domestically (including 7 weeks in the top 5), remaining there until August 14.[47] It became the highest-grossing animated film in North America ($339.7 million), outside North America ($528.2 million), and worldwide ($867.9 million), in all three occasions out-grossing The Lion King.[48] In North America, it was surpassed by both Shrek 2 in 2004 and Toy Story 3 in 2010.[49] After the re-release of The Lion King in 2011, and then Despicable Me 2 and Frozen in 2013, Minions in 2015, Zootopia, its sequel Finding Dory in 2016, Despicable Me 3 in 2017, and Incredibles 2 in 2018, passed it, it stands as the tenth highest-grossing animated film in these regions. Outside North America, it stands as the fifth-highest-grossing animated film. Worldwide, it now ranks fourth among animated films.[50]

text: The film had impressive box office runs in many international markets. In Japan, its highest-grossing market after North America, it grossed ¥11.2 billion ($102.4 million), becoming the highest-grossing foreign animated film in local currency (yen).[51] It has only been surpassed by Frozen (¥12.1 billion).[52] Following in biggest grosses are the U.K., Ireland and Malta, where it grossed £37.2 million ($67.1 million), France and the Maghreb region ($64.8 million), Germany ($53.9 million), and Spain ($29.5 million).[53]

text: 3D re-release[edit]

text: After the success of the 3D re-release of The Lion King, Disney re-released Finding Nemo in 3D on September 14, 2012,[54] with a conversion cost estimated to be below $5 million.[55] For the opening weekend of its 3D re-release in North America, Finding Nemo grossed $16.7 million, debuting at the No. 2 spot behind Resident Evil: Retribution.[56] The film earned $41.1 million in North America and $31.0 million internationally, for a combined total of $72.1 million, and a cumulative worldwide total of $940.3 million.[1]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: Finding Nemo won the Academy Award and Saturn Award for Best Animated Film.[57] It also won the award for Best Animated Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, the National Board of Review Awards, the Online Film Critics Society Awards, and the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.[58] The film received many other awards, including: Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Movie and Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Ellen DeGeneres), and the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (Ellen DeGeneres).[58]

text: The film was also nominated for two Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Ellen DeGeneres), a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and two MTV Movie Awards, for Best Movie and Best Comedic Performance (Ellen DeGeneres).[58]

text: In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its "Ten Top Ten", the best 10 films in 10 "classic" American film genres, after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Finding Nemo was acknowledged as the 10th best film in the animation genre.[4] It was the most recently released film among all 10 lists, and one of only three movies made after the year 2000 (the others being The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Shrek).[59]

text: American Film Institute recognition:

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AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – Nominated[59]
AFI's 10 Top 10 – No. 10 Animated film[4]

text: Environmental concerns and consequences[edit]

text: The film's use of clownfish prompted mass purchase of the fish breed as pets in the United States, even though the story portrayed the use of fish as pets negatively and suggested that saltwater aquariums are notably tricky and expensive to maintain.[60] The demand for clownfish was supplied by large-scale harvesting of tropical fish in regions like Vanuatu.[61] The Australian Tourism Commission (ATC) launched several marketing campaigns in China and the United States to improve tourism in Australia, many of them utilizing Finding Nemo clips.[62][63] Queensland used Finding Nemo to draw tourists to promote its state for vacationers.[64] According to National Geographic, "Ironically, Finding Nemo, a movie about the anguish of a captured clownfish, caused home-aquarium demand for them to triple."[65]

text: The reaction to the film by the general public has led to environmental devastation for the clownfish, and has provoked an outcry from several environmental protection agencies, including the Marine Aquarium Council, Australia. The demand for tropical fish skyrocketed after the film's release, causing reef species decimation in Vanuatu and many other reef areas.[66] After seeing the film, some aquarium owners released their pet fish into the ocean, but failed to release them into the correct oceanic habitat, which introduced species that are harmful to the indigenous environment, a practice that is harming reefs worldwide.[67][68]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Finding Nemo was released on VHS and DVD on November 4, 2003.[69] The DVD release included an original short film, Exploring the Reef, and the short animated film, Knick Knack (1989).[70] It would go on to become the best-selling DVD of its time, selling over 2 million units in its first two weeks of release.[71]

text: The film was then released on both Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on December 4, 2012, with both a 3-disc and a 5-disc set.[72]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: Finding Nemo was the first Pixar film not to be scored by Randy Newman. The original soundtrack album, Finding Nemo, was scored by Thomas Newman, his cousin, and released on May 20, 2003.[73][74] The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Music Score, losing to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[75]

text: Theme park attractions[edit]

text: Finding Nemo has inspired numerous attractions and properties at Disney Parks around the world, including: Turtle Talk with Crush, which opened in 2004 at Epcot, 2005 in Disney California Adventure Park, 2008 in Hong Kong Disneyland, and 2009 in Tokyo DisneySea; Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, which opened in 2007 in Disneyland Park; The Seas with Nemo & Friends, which opened in 2007 at Epcot; Finding Nemo – The Musical, which opened in 2007 in Disney's Animal Kingdom; and Crush's Coaster, which opened in 2007 at Walt Disney Studios Park.[76][77][78]

text: Sequel[edit]

text: In 2005, after disagreements between Disney's Michael Eisner and Pixar's Steve Jobs over the distribution of Pixar's films, Disney announced that they would be creating a new animation studio, Circle 7 Animation, to make sequels to the seven Disney-owned Pixar films (which consisted of the films released between 1995 and 2006).[79] The studio had put Toy Story 3 and Monsters University into development, and had hired screenwriter Laurie Craig to write a draft for Finding Dory.[80] Circle 7 was subsequently shut down after Robert Iger replaced Eisner as CEO of Disney and arranged the acquisition of Pixar.

text: In July 2012, it was reported that Andrew Stanton was developing a sequel to Finding Nemo, to be titled Finding Dory,[81] with Victoria Strouse writing the script, and the film scheduled to be released in 2016.[82] The same day the news of a potential sequel broke, Stanton called into question the accuracy of the reports. The message said, "Didn't you all learn from Chicken Little? Everyone calm down. Don't believe everything you read. Nothing to see here now. #skyisnotfalling".[83] According to the report by The Hollywood Reporter published in August 2012, Ellen DeGeneres was in negotiations to reprise her role of Dory.[84] In September 2012, Stanton confirmed, saying, "What was immediately on the list was writing a second Carter movie. When that went away, everything slid up. I know I'll be accused by more sarcastic people that it's a reaction to Carter not doing well, but only in its timing, but not in its conceit".[85] In February 2013, it was confirmed by the press that Albert Brooks would reprise the role of Marlin in the sequel.[86]

text: In April 2013, Disney announced the sequel Finding Dory, confirming that DeGeneres and Brooks would be reprising their roles as Dory and Marlin, respectively. It was scheduled to be released on November 25, 2015,[87][88] but the film's ending was revised after Pixar executives viewed Blackfish.[89][90] On September 18, 2013, it was announced that the film would be pushed back to a UK July 29, 2016 release. Pixar's The Good Dinosaur was moved to the November 25, 2015 slot to allow more time for production of the film.[91]