They came in their thousands all chasing the X Factor dream - a recording contract and a cool car to drive their mates round in for a week before selling it to pay the rent.
For many, that dream crashed and burned on impact but for the lucky few the dream stayed alive.
Seven months on three contestants are left standing. At 7:30p.m tonight the final results show kicks off and there will be only one.
Then The X Factor 2013 will be no more on our screens.
The judges have become household names. They are The X Factor's heroes and villains, often the same person. It's been amazing how they've changed the way yous all speak, changed the colour of your hair.
They've mentored their contestants through to the bitter end.
For the fans X Factor has had it all. There's been outrage when charming rocker Tom Batchelor was voted off.
There's been heartbreak - when Christchurch's young hotties Moorhouse narrowly missed their place in the grand final, tiny loud teenie hearts broke all over the country.
But who will triumph? Will it be Whenua, with the beast of a voice from Christchurch? Talented, skinny indie kid from Palmerston North, Benny Tipene? Or Jackie Thomas? Voted off by the judges, voted back in by the judges, she carries the hopes of Greymouth with her.
New Zealand, you decide.
source: newshub archive
