X Factor judges houses 2015: Louis Tomlinson joins Simon Cowell to choose his final three contestants
Simon Cowell has recruited the help of One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson for the Judges’ Houses stage of The X Factor.
The 55-year-old music mogul – who used to make the decision with Sinitta – called on the former X Factor contestant to help whittle his group of over-25s down to three hopefuls to take through to the live shows.
Anton Stephans, Bupsi, Ebru Ellis, Jennifer Phillips, Kerrie-Anne Phillips and Max Stone were whisked off to the French Riviera where they sang to Cowell and Tomlinson in a bid for survival.
In a dramatic twist the contestants won't find out who has progressed to the live shows until this weekend's live broadcast from Wembley.
X Factor 2015: Manchester Auditions
Viewers saw Cowell repeatedly change his mind as he selected contestants during the Six Chair Challenge on Sunday night.
Cowell – who made it quite clear that he did not want to mentor the Overs – described the process as “torture” and twice swapped out Ann Nash, once for Joseph McCaul and a second time for Tonatha Raihan.
He then made another last minute change as be brought back Max Stone and sent home Hannah Marie Kilminster right at the last minute.
X Factor Judges' Houses is on ITV at 8pm on Saturday.