List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 6)

The sixth UK series of The X Factor was broadcast on ITV. It began airing on 22 August 2009 and finished with a grand finale on 13 December 2009. Each category was mentored by one of the show's four judges: Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole. Cowell mentored the Over 25s, Minogue was looking after the Girls, Walsh had the Groups and Cole mentored the Boys. In the final, Joe McElderry was declared the winner, Olly Murs was the runner-up and Stacey Solomon finished in third place.

Lloyd Michael Daniels, (born 14 December 1992), was the youngest act in the X Factor of 2009. He is from Treharris, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. In his first audition, Cheryl Cole described him as "the first person I'm going to say you've got the X Factor to." He was placed in the bottom two after the rock-themed week, but the public vote saved him at the expense of Rachel Adedeji. He was in the bottom two again in week 6 but was saved when the vote went to deadlock and Jamie Archer was sent home. On 29 November, Daniels was eliminated from the competition, finishing in fifth place. On 7 December 2009, he performed a homecoming concert outside the St David's Centre in Cardiff, and toured with the X Factor live tour . Since then, Lloyd has regularly sung a gigs across the country and performed in many pantomimes and a touring naked comedy alongside big brother star nikki graham called 'Up4aMeet'. Daniels has been a part of many shoots, including Gay Times magazine, and Coitus. His EP 'Suburbian Girl' was released in December 2011 making it into the top 40 iTunes chart. Since November 2014 Daniels has been performing the leading role of Joseph in the UK tour of Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat, his first stage musical role with 5 star reviews stating he is the perfect Joseph.

Rikki Loney (born 30 September 1987) is from Glasgow. He auditioned in 2008 but was rejected on day two of bootcamp, narrowly missing out on a spot at the Judges' Homes round. He re-auditioned in 2009 without telling his parents. Loney was in the bottom two in the second week along with Rachel Adedeji (17/18 October 2009) after he sang "Respect". The judges voted to eliminate him after his rendition of "Flying Without Wings", with only his mentor voting to save him. Walsh was absent but confirmed on the Xtra Factor that he would have eliminated him.

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