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''The X Factor'' is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The seventh season premiered on the Seven Network on 13 September 2015 and concluded on 24 November 2015. Luke Jacobz returned as the host of the show. Dannii Minogue was the only judge from the previous season who returned, while Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Redfoo were replaced by former judge Guy Sebastian, as well as new judges James Blunt and Chris Isaak. The winner was Cyrus Villanueva and his winner's single "Stone" was released after the final. He was mentored by Isaak, who won as mentor for the first time.〔 Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 13 cities between January and March 2015. The successful auditionees chosen by the producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live audience in June 2015. The next round was bootcamp, which for the first time on ''The X Factor Australia'' incorporated the five seat challenge, where each act performed in front of the judges and a live audience to earn a place on one of the five seats in their category. Following bootcamp was the super home visits round in London, where each judge reduced their five acts to three, with help from guest mentors Simon Cowell, Olly Murs and Rita Ora. For the first time on ''The X Factor Australia'', instead of travelling to four different locations around the world, the super home visits for each category were all held together in the same location. The live shows began on 27 September 2015. They returned to Monday and Tuesday nights as previously seen in seasons three and four. This was a change of format from seasons two, five and six, in which the live shows were broadcast on Sunday and Monday nights. ==Judges== On 25 April 2015, Ronan Keating confirmed in an interview with ''The Sunday Telegraph'' that he would not be returning for the seventh season as he wanted to focus on his music career. He said, "I've had five great years working on an amazing show with a brilliant team of people. But I'm working on a new solo album and different projects so I can't make it back this year sadly." Natalie Bassingthwaighte announced her departure on her Twitter account on 29 April 2015. On 1 May 2015, Redfoo announced on his Facebook page that he would also not be returning as he wanted to focus on other projects including a new album. Dannii Minogue was the only judge from the previous season who returned. On 3 May 2015, it was confirmed that Guy Sebastian would be returning to the judging panel, after a two-year absence, as Bassingthwaighte's replacement, while James Blunt and Chris Isaak would be replacing Keating and Redfoo. Isaak said, "It is going to be surreal to be on the show as a judge after having watched so many episodes as a fan. I know it's a show with a history of articulate, intelligent judges, and I know they wanted to change that up so they called me."〔 Blunt previously appeared on the sixth season as a guest mentor for Minogue's Groups category during the home visits round. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The X Factor (Australia season 7)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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