The Uraps Factor (Series 2)

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The Uraps Factor
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Series 2
Broadcast 12 January 2013 - 30 June 2013
Judges Candi
Brett Clarkson
James Moss
Kleo
Presenters Chase Elite
Crystal Barker
Broascaster ITV
Winner Malaya Gold
Runner-up Chelsea Flowers


The Uraps Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The second series began airing on ITV in January 2013. Promotion for the second season began on 12 December 2012. There were several changes to the judge and hosting line-up, in order to increase viewers further. Brett Clarkson, Candi and James Moss all returned for a second season as judges, however Kleo was brought in to replace Stacy Hart from the previous year. Chase Elite and Crystal Barker were also hired as new presenters, replacing Paolo from Dante and Sara from INTOXICATED who presented the first series. Ruby and the Gems acted as a judge on Week 7, covering for Kleo who was ill.

Moss mentored the over 28s, Pledger had the boys, Elite mentored the groups and Clarkson had the boys. They selected their final four acts during judges' houses, which took place in Hollywood, Saint Lucia, Dublin and Magaluf. The 16 finalists were joined by a 17th wildcard, voted for by the public after each judge picked one of their rejected to return. The live shows started on 19 January.

Judges and presenters[edit | edit source]

On 12 December 2012, a statement for Uraps Factor published, stating: "After an explosive first season, which saw Candi bring Pandora and the girls category to the winner's podium, Uraps Factor is back to find the next big star. We've seen last year's winner and runner-up Pandora and Aimee Stevens enjoy chart success. Other acts have also achieved massive success with Calvin Hawthorne having a #1 album and Jetfire getting a #1 single. And it's time for 2013's stars to arrive. The Uraps Factor will be returning in January, with changes to the judging panel and presenting duo, it promises to be even bigger and better than last year!"

On 19 December, it was confirmed that Candi would be returning as a judge. The following day, Brett Clarkson was confirmed to be returning too. On 23 December, James Moss was confirmed to be returning too. On 27 December, it was revealed that Kleo would be joining the show as a brand new judge, replacing Stacy Hart who was removed from the panel after failing to connect with the audience the same as the other judges.

On 02 January, 2013 - a brand new advert for The Uraps Factor began airing on ITV, where it revealed Chase Elite and Crystal Barker were the show's new presenters. ITV released a statement the same day confirming this. Although producers were happy with Paolo and Sara's performance last year as presenters, they felt Barker would be able to draw in a much larger audience. Chase Elite was hired as her co-presenter due to being her partner, meaning the pair should have good chemistry on-screen. Also, as Candi's brother, he should be able to interact with the judges well.

Selection Process[edit | edit source]

Auditions[edit | edit source]

Auditions for The Uraps Factor were the same as last year, where they took part in front of show producers and ITV executives, with none of the four judges present. The application and audition process was carried out before the show was officially announced, with auditions taking place in late October and early November. Auditions were held across the country, in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff and London. It beat last year's record for the number of people auditioning, creating a new record.

Bootcamp[edit | edit source]

The bootcamp round was not broadcast either, however the judges were present during this. Where as last year 24 contestants progressed beyond this stage, due to a much higher amount of auditionees this year, 28 contestants progressed to this stage, split by seven contestants in each of the four categories.

Judges' Houses[edit | edit source]

The judges house stage was first broadcast on 12 January 2013. The judges discovered which category they were mentoring during the Judges' Houses round, where they had to eliminate three of their seven acts. They were also joined by a guest judge to aid in making the decision of who to put through and who to send home. James Moss mentored the Over 25's and was helped by his partner, James Frost, from Ireland. Candi Elite mentored the groups and was assisted by Ben Johnston in St Lucia. Brett Clarkson judged the girls with his INTOXICATED partner, Charlee Brookes in Magaluf. Kleo was with the last remaining category, the boys, in Hollywood, along with her guest judge, Ashley!.

Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Location Assistant Contestants eliminated
Clarkson Girls Magaluf Charlee Brookes Lenka Kocianova, Chelsea Flowers, Natalie Lough
Elite Groups Saint Lucia Ben Johnston Knightridaz, Jambalaya, Social Recall
Moss Overs Ireland James Frost Fook Mi, Terry, Ross Tracy
Pledger Boys Hollywood Ashley! Artemis Tolkien, Vincent King, Ricky Twist

At the end of judges' houses, it was announced that each judge could bring back one further act back as a wildcard. The public then voted for which of the four wildcards would become the seventeenth finalist. This left one judge with an extra act. Pledger chose Artemis Tolkien, Elite chose Social Recall, Clarkson chose Chelsea Flowers and Moss chose Ross Tracy. Flowers was revealed as the winner on a special wildcard episode on 14 January 2013. When the voting statistics were announced at the end of the series, Flowers was revealed to have received 58.3% of the vote to return, while Social Recall received 25.0%, Tracy received 8.5% and Tolkein received 8.2%

Finalists[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of The Uraps Factor finalists (Series 2)

The final 17 finalists were confirmed as follows;

Category
Winner Runner-Up Third Eliminated
Category (mentor) Acts
Girls (Clarkson) Alyssa Monroe Chelsea Flowers Jade Santiago Malaya Gold Raquel Sparks
Groups (Elite) 4EVR Diamante Indigo Indigo Kimono
Over 25s (Moss) Deidrea Wright Dustin Anderson Matt West Terry Harper
Boys (Pledger) Charleston Raleigh Damien Cruz Eoin O'Neill Justyce

Live shows[edit | edit source]

The live shows began on 19 January. Each week, the contestants' performances took place on Saturday and the results were announced on Sunday. Each live show also had a different theme. The results show often featured a group performance by the remaining contestants and guest live performances, usually from one past Uraps Factor contestant or a judge, along with an already established act.

The first live results show included live performances from judge Candi singing her new single "Best Damn Night" as season one's winner Pandora performed her second single "Anonymous". Week 2 saw Kleo and Paulo Araujo take to the stage. Moodring and Phoenix Rising performed on Week 3. Brett Clarkson performed "Brains Out" in Week 4, making it the fourth consecutive week a judge had performed. On Week 5, Honey performed her new single, and Jetfire performed "Midnight Trail".

Results summary[edit | edit source]

Colour Reason
Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdow
Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11
Saturday Sunday
Malaya Gold Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
(70%)
Chelsea Flowers Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
(week 11)
Indigo Indigo Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated
(week 11)
Justyce Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated
(week 10)
Damien Cruz Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Eliminated
(week 9)
Alyssa Monroe Safe Safe 12th Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th Eliminated
(week 8)
Raquel Sparks Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Eliminated
(week 7)
Deidrea Wright Safe Safe Safe Safe 9th Safe 8th Eliminated
(week 7)
Matt West Safe Safe Safe 10th Safe 9th Eliminated
(week 6)
Kimono Safe Safe Safe Safe 10th Eliminated
(week 5)
Jade Santiago Safe Safe Safe 11th Eliminated
(week 4)
Terry Harper Safe bottom 3 Safe 12th Eliminated
(week 4)
Diamante Safe Safe 13th Eliminated
(week 3)
Eoin O'Neill Safe bottom 3 Eliminated
(week 2)
Charleston Raleigh bottom 3 15th Eliminated
(week 2)
Dustin Anderson bottom 3 Eliminated
(week 1)
4EVR 17th Eliminated
(week 1)
Final showdown Charleston,
Dustin
Eoin,
Terry
Alyssa,
Diamante
Jade,
Matt
Deidrea,
Kimono
Malaya,
Matt
Chelsea,
Raquel
Alyssa,
Indigo Indigo
No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone
Moss's vote Charleston - Alyssa Matt Kimono Malaya Chelsea Indigo
Elite's vote Dustin Eoin Alyssa Jade Deidrea Malaya Raquel Alyssa
Clarkson's vote Dustin Eoin Diamante Matt Deidrea Matt Raquel Indigo
Pledger's vote Dustin Terry Diamante Jade Kimono Matt Chelsea Alyssa
Eliminated Dustin Anderson
3 out of 4 votes
Eoin O'Neill
2 out of 3 votes
Diamante
2 out of 4 votes
Deadlock
Jade Santiago
2 out of 4 votes
Deadlock
Kimono
2 out of 4 votes
Deadlock
Matt West
2 out of 4 votes
Deadlock
Raquel Sparks
2 out of 4 votes
Deadlock
Alyssa Monroe
2 out of 4 votes
Deadlock
Damien Cruz
Fewest Votes
Justyce
Fewest Votes
Indigo Indigo
Fewest Votes
to win
Chelsea Flowers
29.20%
of final vote
  • In Week 2, James Moss refused to vote

Live show details[edit | edit source]

Week 1 (19/20 January)[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: 90's music
  • Celebrity performers: Candi ("Best Damn Night"), Pandora ("Anonymous")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Jade Santiago 1 Chains Safe
Charleston Raleigh 2 Virtual Insanity Bottom three
Diamanté 3 Heartbreaker Safe
Matt West 4 Don't Speak Safe
Malaya Gold 5 Right Here Safe
Damien Cruz 6 Beat It Safe
Kimono 7 Wannabe Safe
Deidrea Wright 8 All That She Wants Safe
Raquel Sparks 9 You Outta Know Safe
Justyce 10 Walking On Broken Glass Safe
4EVR 11 Mi Chico Latino Eliminated
Dustin Anderson 12 Trippin on a Hole In a Paper Heart Bottom three
Alyssa Monroe 13 Don't Look Back In Under Safe
Eoin O'Neill 14 Crazy Safe
Indigo Indigo 15 Rhythm of the Night Safe
Terry Harper 16 Frozen / Ray of Light Safe
Chelsea Flowers 17 Stay Safe
Final showdown details
Charleston Raleigh 1 "Virtual Insanity" Safe
Dustin Anderson 2 "Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Moss: Charleston – Saved his own act
  • Pledger: Dustin – Saved her own act
  • Elite: Dustin – Thought Charleston deserved to stay
  • Clarkson: Dustin - Believed the competition didn't need Dustin

Week 2 (26/27 January)[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: 2010's music
  • Celebrity performers: Kleo ("Mrs D08"), Paulo Araujo ("Full Throttle"/"As I Lay Dying")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Diedrea Wright 1 Where Have You Been Safe
Chelsea Flowers 2 Primadonna Safe
Eoin O'Neill 3 Taking Over Me Bottom three
Indigo Indigo 4 Anything Could Happen / Midnight Sky Safe
Justyce 5 Flaws Safe
Alyssa Monroe 6 R.I.P Safe
Terry Harper 7 10,000 Butterflies Bottom three
Raquel Sparks 8 You & I Safe
Diamanté 9 Super Bass Safe
Malaya Gold 10 Swimming Pools (Drank) Safe
Damien Cruz 11 Climax Safe
Kimono 12 Call My Name / Gangnam Style Safe
Jade Santiago 13 Inescapable Safe
Matt West 14 Latch Safe
Charleston Raleigh 15 Cooler Than Me Eliminated
Final showdown details
Eoin O'Neill 1 "Taking Over Me" Eliminated
Terry Harper 2 "10,000 Butterflies" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Moss: N/A - Refused to vote
  • Pledger: Terry - Saved her own act
  • Elite: Eoin - Felt Terry could go further in the competition
  • Clarkson: Eoin - Found Eoin boring

Week 3 (02/03 February)[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: Current Uraps Chart Top 40 * Airplay Top 40
  • Celebrity performers: Moodring ("Spaceman"), Phoenix Rising ("Space Cowboy")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Kimono 1 Best Damn Night Safe
Alyssa Monroe 2 Anonymous Bottom two
Terry Harper 3 Adam & Eve & Me Safe
Damien Cruz 4 All The Same Safe
Jade Santiago 5 Rhythm of Dance Safe
Diamante 6 Heels Bottom two
Matt West 7 The Rising Safe
Chelsea Flowers 8 As I Lay Dying Safe
Indigo Indigo 9 Crisis: Identity Safe
Deidrea Wright 10 Rebel Rebel Safe
Malaya Gold 11 Sydney Safe
Justyce 12 Spaceman Safe
Raquel Sparks 13 Ashes To Ashes Safe
Final showdown details
Diamante 1 "Heels" Eliminated
Alyssa Monroe 2 "Anonymous" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Elite: Alyssa - Saved her own act
  • Clarkson: Diamante - Saved his own act
  • Moss: Alyssa - Believed Diamante had more too often
  • Pledger: Diamante - Felt Alyssa's performance was better

Week 4 (09/10 February)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Malaya Gold 1 I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself Safe
Raquel Sparks 2 Running Up That Hills Safe
Deidrea Wright 3 Pure Shores Safe
Matt West 4 Candy Bottom three
Indigo Indigo 5 Promises Safe
Alyssa Monroe 6 You Know I'm No Good Safe
Damien Cruz 7 She Said Safe
Chelsea Flowers 8 Picking Up The Pieces Safe
Justyce 9 Together In Electric Dreams Safe
Kimono 10 About You Now Safe
Terry Harper 11 Drive My Car Eliminated
Jade Santiago 12 Come Alive Bottom three
Final showdown details
Jade Santiago 1 "Come Alive" Eliminated
Matt West 2 "Candy" Safe
  • Clarkson: Matt - Saved his own act
  • Moss: Matt - Went with his gut (voted out own act)
  • Pledger: Jade - See's Matt having a better career
  • Elite: Jade - Felt Matt has more to give

Week 5 (16/17 February)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Justyce 1 I Knew You Were Trouble Safe
Chelsea Flowers 2 Iris Safe
Raquel Sparks 3 Feeling Good Safe
Kimono 4 Cry Me A River Bottom two
Deidrea Wright 5 Let Me Love You Bottom two
Indigo Indigo 6 Too Close Safe
Alyssa Monroe 7 You Need Me Safe
Matt West 8 E.T Safe
Malaya Gold 9 Miguel Safe
Damien Cruz 10 Stay Safe
Final showdown details
Deidrea Wright 1 "Let Me Love You" Safe
Kimono 2 "Cry Me A River" Eliminated
  • Elite: Deidrea - Saved her own act
  • Moss: Kimono - Saved his own act
  • Pledger: Kimono - Gave no reason
  • Clarkson: Deidrea - Decided to send it to deadlock

Week 6 (24/25 February)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Damien Cruz 1 It Will Rain Safe
Malaya Gold 2 Lose Yourself Bottom two
Matt West 3 Neutron Star Collision Bottom two
Indigo Indigo 4 Live and Let Die Safe
Raquel Sparks 5 Diamonds Are Forever Safe
Alyssa Monroe 6 Skyfall Safe
Justyce 7 Uninvited Safe
Chelsea Flowers 8 Don't Let Go (Love) Safe
Deidrea Wright 9 Lady Marmalade Safe
Final showdown details
Matt West 1 "Neutron Star Collision" Eliminated
Malaya Gold 2 "Lose Yourself" Safe
  • Moss: Malaya - Saved his own act
  • Clarkson: Matt - Saved his own act
  • Elite: Malaya - felt Malaya lacked identity as an artist
  • Pledger: Matt - felt Matt didn't evolve in the competition

Week 7 (02/03 March)[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: Songs from the World (None UK/US artists)
  • Celebrity performers: Nicholas X and Vixen ("Glass"), Aimee Lyons and Angelie ("Dance Explosion")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Chelsea Flowers 1 Dancing On My Own Bottom two
Deidrea Wright 2 Do It Like That Eliminated
Justyce 3 Clap Your Hands Safe
Raquel Sparks 4 Untouched Bottom two
Damien Cruz 5 Save The World Safe
Malaya Gold 6 No Woman No Cry Safe
Indigo Indigo 7 We Run The Night Safe
Alyssa Monroe 8 My Heart is Refusing Me Safe
Final showdown details
Chelsea Flowers 1 "Dancing On My Own" Safe
Raquel Sparks 2 "Untouched" Eliminated
  • Pledger: Chelsea - Connected more with Raquel
  • Elite: Raquel - Connected more with Chelsea
  • Moss: Chelsea - Thought Raquel had improved most
  • Clarkson: Raquel - Decided to send vote to deadlock

Week 8 (09/10 March)[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: Debut singles
  • Celebrity performers: L.E.X. ("Medicine Man")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Alyssa Monroe 1 Under The Sheets Bottom two
Damien Cruz 2 Crazy Safe
Malaya Gold 3 Your Love Is King Safe
Indigo Indigo 4 New In Town Bottom two
Chelsea Flowers 5 Here With Me Safe
Justyce 6 Animal Safe
Final showdown details
Alyssa Monroe 1 "Under The Sheets" Eliminated
Indigo Indigo 2 "New In Town" Safe
  • Clarkson: Indigo - Saved his own act
  • Elite: Alyssa - Saved her own act
  • Moss: Indigo - Thought Alyssa had improved more
  • Pledger: Alyssa - Thought Indigo Indigo had improved more

Week 9 (16/17 March)[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: Musical Heroes & Songs by a judge
  • Celebrity performers: TBA
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Indigo Indigo 1 "Call Me" 6 "Kingdom Hearts" Safe
Justyce 2 "Underneath It All" 7 "Sailors Vs Mermaids" Safe
Chelsea Flowers 3 "Like A Prayer" 8 "Welcome To Dystopia" Safe
Damien Cruz 4 "Mirrors" 9 "Nobody Wanted To Dance With You" Eliminated
Malaya Gold 5 "Ain't No Mountain" 10 "Love Combustion" Safe

The quarter-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, were automatically eliminated.

Week 10 (23/24 March)[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: Song chosen by contestant & Song chosen by judge
  • Celebrity performers: TBA
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Justyce 1 "Lies" 5 "America" Eliminated
Malaya Gold 2 "Losing You" 6 "Be Without You" Safe
Chelsea Flowers 3 "What You Waiting For?" 7 "Torn" Safe
Indigo Indigo 4 "You & I" 8 "Sweet Dreams" Safe

The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, were automatically eliminated.

Week 11 (29 June)[edit | edit source]

Saturday Final[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Duet partner Result
Malaya Gold 1 "Be Without You" 4 "The Boy Is Mine " Honey Top Two
Indigo Indigo 2 "Anything Could Happen / Midnight City" 5 "Boss Of Me" Tommy Gunn Third Place
Chelsea Flowers 3 "Just Like A Prayer" 6 "Waiting" Ruby and the Gems Top Two

Sunday Final[edit | edit source]

  • Theme: Winner's Single
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First song Result
Malaya Gold 1 "Power To Heal" Winner
Chelsea Flowers 2 "Power To Heal" Runner-Up

Controversy[edit | edit source]

As with the previous series, the show has managed to attract mass media attention. The first controversy was over judge Clarkson's decission to not put contestant Chelsea Flowers through to the live shows, despite the fact she was regarded as the best singer in his category. Due to the fact he voted through the sexiest girls, many criticised his judging technique, however Flowers was voted through as the wildcard and the attention died down.

There has been quite a large amount of controversy surrounding judge James Moss this series. In Week 2, Eoin O'Neill and Terry Harper were in the bottom two, where Moss refused to vote, despite the fact Harper was in his category and O'Neill was not. The media and fans of the show criticsed Moss for his lack of loyalty towards his acts, as this had happened the previous year when Moss voted out one of his own acts. Also, in Week 1 Dustin Anderson was eliminated in 16th place. Several days before the airing of Week 3, it was revealed Anderson had overdosed and killed him, due to missing out on "his final chance to become a star". Moss became quite clearly traumatised by this, especially during the week 3 Saturday show, where he stormed off set crying, and heavily criticsed several of his own acts, a first for the show. Further controversy surrounding Moss occured in week 4, when Jade Santiago and Matt West were placed in the bottom two. Despite the fact West was in Moss's category, and Santiago was mentored by Brett Clarkson, Moss decided to vote his own act again. This marks the third time Moss has done this (Series 1, Week 3 he voted out Kimono and Series 2 and Week 2 he refused to vote to save his own act prior to this occurance). This event caused a massive backlash for the show and for Moss, with many fans of the show calling for his sacking.

Promotional Images[edit | edit source]

Success after the show[edit | edit source]

  • Winner Malaya Gold released her winners single "Power To Heal" which charted at #2. Since then she has achieved several number ones.
  • Runner-up Chelsea Flowers appeared on a track on one of Iris' album.
  • 4th place Justyce has scored several number ones singles and albums.
  • 6th place Alyssa Monroe has released two singles, including one #1.
  • Sakura Kimura from 10th place girlgroup Kimono featured on a top ten single with "Babycakes".
  • 14th place Eoin O'Neill has scored numerous number one singles and albums.


This season of The Uraps Factor is regarded by many as one of the most successful seasons of any reality competition ever on Uraps, due to finding Malaya, Justyce and Eoin O'Neill who have all gone on to have enormous success.

The Uraps Factor
Series 1 · 2 · 3
Presenters Current: Chase Elite · Crystal Barker
Former: Paolo Rossi · Sara Walters
Judges Current: Candi · James Moss · Kleo · Paulo Araujo
Former: Brett Clarkson · Stacy Hart
Winners Pandora · Malaya Gold · Kenzi Hale
Runner-ups Aimee Stevens · Chelsea Flowers · Angel Vice
Other alumni Sasha Snow · Jetfire · Kicks · Calvin Hawthorne · Kimono · Audiodrama · Rod Cox · Indigo Indigo · Justyce · Alyssa Monroe · Eoin O'Neill · Terry · Javier Marquez
Winner singles On A Mission · Power To Heal
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