X Factor 2008 Contestants

The auditions are over and the real game has started with a million pound record up for grabs for the winner, this is no longer a game, this is the real thing for the the X Factor 2008 contestants.   The 12 lucky finalists have been allocated their mentor and must compete against each other in live knockout finals.

See the contestants latest odds to win the competition here.

Boys mentored by Simon Cowell

• Austin Drage, 21, from Essex.
  Austin was eliminated from live show 4 - 2nd November 2008
• Eoghan Quigg, 16, from Derry, Northern Ireland.
• Scott Bruton, 19, from Manchester.
  Scott was eliminated from live show 3 -  25th October 2008

Girls mentored by Cheryl Cole

• Alexandra Burke, 20, from London.
• Diana Vickers, 17, from Accrington.
  Diana was voted off live show 9, 6th December 2008
• Laura White, 20, from Manchester.
  Laura was voted off live show 5 - 9th November 2008

Groups mentored by Louis Walsh

• Bad Lashes from County Durham.
  Bad Lashes were eliminated from live show 1 -  11th October 2008
• Girlband, from Bristol and Birmingham.
  Girlband were eliminated from live show 2 -  18th October 2008
• JLS, from London.

Over 25's mentored by Dannii Minogue

• Daniel Evans, 38, from London, but lives in Spain.
  Daniel was eliminated from live show 6, 15th November 2008
• Rachel Hylton, 26, from London.
  Rachel was eliminated from live show 7, 22nd November 2008
• Ruth Lorenzo, 25, from Spain but now lives in Surrey.
  Ruth was eliminated from live show 8, 29th November 2008