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Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw have chosen their contestants for the ‘X Factor’ live shows.

The ‘Body On Me’ singer was joined by popstar Meghan Trainor at Judges’ Houses in Los Angeles where she worked on whittling the six performers in her Girls category down to three.

Rita chose Louisa Johnson, Lauren Murray and Kiera Weathers.

Radio 1 DJ Nick brought his acts in the Boys category to the Cotswolds, where he enlisted the help of producer Mark Ronson to choose his final three.

Nick opted for Seann Miley Moore, Che Chesterman and Mason Noise.

Rita and Nick made their final decision on Sunday’s (25.10.15) live episode, one night after Simon Cowell and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini picked their final three acts.

The music mogul was joined by One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson at Judges’ Houses at a chateau in France and chose to take Anton Stephans, Bupsi and Max Stone forward with him.

Cheryl, assisted by Jess Glynne in Rome, opted for Fourth Impact, Alien and Reggie & Bollie.

While the actual Judges’ Houses performances were pre-recorded, the final decisions were made during live segments of the show.

The judges made their choices live on stage at Wembley Arena in London in a programme hosted by Olly Murs and Caroline Flack.


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