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Week one: Number 1s – ‘Viva La Vida’ by Coldplay

Week two: Heroes – ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ by Kelly Clarkson

Week three: Guilty Pleasures – ‘Nobody Knows’ by Pink

Week four: Halloween – ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ by Bonnie Tyler

Week five: American Anthems – ‘Kids in America’ by Kim Wilde

Week six: Elton John – ‘Something About the Way You Look Tonight’

Week seven: The Beatles – ‘All You Need Is Love’

Week eight: Rock – ‘Summer of ’69’ by Bryan Adams and ‘You Are So Beautiful’ by Joe Cocker

Week nine: Semi-final – ‘Only Girl in the World’ by Rihanna and ‘Chasing Cars’ by Snow Patrol

Week ten: Final – ‘Your Song’ by Elton John, ‘She’s the One’ by Robbie Williams and ‘Torn’ by Natalie Imbruglia

There were some ups and downs during the X Factor live shows for Harry. In one week during the sound check he went to sing but couldn’t; he felt as if he was going to be sick. He was taken to the doctors but it turned out he had just had very bad stage fright. Poor Harry! The other boys rallied round and he managed to control his nerves so that he could perform on the Saturday night. He caught a bug another week and was sick a few times, along with a few of the other contestants.

Sinitta tweeted: ‘Saw XF kids today, poor little Niall from 1 direction has a bad throat so was sent to doctor and Harry threw up again, I think he may have a bug.

‘Please put up some prayers for the wee ones, it’s bad enough without getting struck down, mind you Mary recovered in time, I hope they will.’

Rebecca Ferguson (who would eventually come second in the competition) had been ill that week, too, and revealed in an interview for the official X Factor website: ‘We’re all dropping like flies! Storm [a contestant] and Harry are seeking medical advice so we’re all really worried about them.’ However, Harry and Niall did recover enough to perform that week, which must have been a relief for Louis, Zayn and Liam.

Out of the 10 weeks of live shows, Harry was ill the most, with stage fright, stomach bugs, food poisoning and throat problems. One week Niall confessed to the official X Factor Magazine: ‘The other night we’d got some food in but Harry felt a bit sick. He ran into the toilet but I was doing a poo at the time. He’s shouting at me, “Get out the way, get out the way!”, but I can’t move because I’m on the loo. He ends up being sick into the bath. It turned out he burst blood vessels in his neck and he had to go to the doctor. He’d got food poisoning.’