The 16 contestants including Cher Lloyd, Katie Waissel, Storm, One Direction, Mary Byrne, and Wagner will record a version of the classic track Heroes.
Cash raised from the song will go towards building recovery centres for wounded soldiers.
Bowie originally released the anthem in 1977 but the song only reached number 24 in the charts.
Taken from the album of the same name, Heroes is one of Bowie's best-known songs and tells the tale of two lovers who meet at the Berlin Wall.
The Sun reports that glam rock icon Bowie knows about the X Factor plans.
Last month Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Alexandra Burke, Pixie Lott, Plan B, James Blunt, and The Saturdays played a charity gig for Help for Heroes.
The X Factor contestants' cover of Heroes is out on November 7.
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