X Factor (Danish TV series)

X Factor
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Lise Rønne (1-2, 4-5) Signe Muusmann (3) Signe Molde (6) Eva Harlou (7-)
Judges	Thomas Blachman (1-2, 4-) Lina Rafn (1-2, 7-) Remee (1-3, 7-) Soulshock (3) Pernille Rosendahl (3-5) Cutfather (4-5) Ida Corr (6) Anne Linnet (6)
Country of origin	Denmark
No. of series	8
Production
Producers	DR1 fremantle Media SYCOtv
Production locations	Various (auditions) DR Byen Parken Stadium (2010-11 final) Jyske Bank Boxen (2012-13 final)
Running time	60–120 minutes
Original release
Network	DR1
Release	4 January 2008 – present
Related
The X Factor

X Factor is the Danish version of The X Factor, a show originating in the United Kingdom and is created by talent show judge and record and TV producer Simon Cowell. There has been seven winners to date: Martin Hoberg Hedegaard, Linda Andrews, Thomas Ring Petersen, Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen, Ida Østergaard Madsen, Chresten Falck Damborg and Anthony Jasmin.

The original and current judging panel consist of Thomas Blachman, Lina Rafn and Remee. Soulshock and Pernille Rosendahl took the places of Blachman and Rafn in season 3. Blachman returned to the panel in season 4 and Cutfather joined, replacing Soulshock and Remee. Ida Corr and Anne Linnet joined the panel in season 6 as replacements for Rosendahl and Cutfather. The original host was Lise Rønne. Signe Muusmann took Rønne's place in season 3, though Muusmann did not return for season 4 and was replaced by Rønne. Signe Molde replaced Rønne in season 6. Since season 7, the show has been hosted by Eva Harlou.

Series summary

  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Under 25s", "Under 24s" or "Under 23s" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s", "Over 24s" or "Over 23s" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Season	Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Winning mentor	Host(s)	Judges
One	2008	Martin Hoberg Hedegaard	Laura Arensbak Kjaergaard	Heidi Svelmøe Herløw	Remee	Lise Rønne	Thomas Blachman Lina Rafn Remee
Two	2009	Linda Andrews	Alien Beat Club	Mohamed Ali	Lina Rafn
Three	2010	Thomas Ring Petersen	Tine Midtgaard Madsen	Jesper Nohrstedt Boesgaard	Pernille Rosendahl	Signe Muusmann	Remee Soulshock Pernille Rosendahl
Four	2011	Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen	Annelouise	Babou	Cutfather	Lise Rønne	Thomas Blachman Pernille Rosendahl Cutfather
Five	2012	Ida Østergaard Madsen	Line Dissing Karred Larsen	Sveinur	Pernille Rosendahl
Six	2012-2013	Chresten Falck Damborg	Karoline	Wasteland	Ida Corr	Signe Molde	Thomas Blachman Ida Corr Anne Linnet
Seven	2014	Anthony Jasmin	Lucy Mardou	Henriette Haubjerg	Thomas Blachman	Eva Harlou	Thomas Blachman Lina Rafn Remee
Eight	2015	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Judges

Judge	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5	Season 6	Season 7	Season 8
Thomas Blachman
Lina Rafn
Remee
Soulshock
Pernille Rosendahl
Cutfather
Ida Corr
Anne Linnet

The judges in seasons 1 and 2 were Thomas Blachman, Lina Rafn and Remee.

Remee continued as a judge in season 3, while Blachman and Rafn resigned and were replaced by Soulshock and Pernille Rosendahl.

Rosendahl continued as a judge in seasons 4 and 5, while Soulshock and Remee were replaced with Blachman, who returned after one season away, and Cutfather.

Blachman continued as a judge in season 6, while Rosendahl and Cutfather decided to leave and were replaced by Ida Corr and Anne Linnet.

Seasons 7 and 8 returned to the original judging panel consisting of Blachman, Rafn and Remee following the departures of Corr and Linnet.

Judges' categories and their finalists

Key:

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Season	Thomas Blachman	Lina Rafn	Remee
One	Over 25s Heidi Svelmøe Herløw Lisa Maria Birkekvist Frederik Konradsen	Groups Vocaloca RaiDen Anne & Søren	15-24s Martin Hoberg Hedegaard Laura Arensbak Kjaergaard Basim Moujahid
Two	15-24s Mohamed Ali Sidsel Lieknins Vestertjele Lucas Francis Claver	Over 25s Linda Andrews Claus Seest Claus Lillelund	Groups Alien Beat Club Asian Sensation Tårnhøj
Season	Soulshock	Pernille Rosendahl	Remee
Three	Groups The Fireflies 8210 In-Joy	Over 25s Thomas Ring Petersen Daniel Vengsgaard Peter Søborg	15-24s Tine Midtgaard Madsen Jesper Boesgaard Anna Nygaard
Season	Thomas Blachman	Pernille Rosendahl	Cutfather
Four	Over 25s Annelouise Patricia Ercan	Groups Rikke & Trine JR Deevibez	15-24s Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen Babou Rasmus
Five	Groups Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel Tandberg & Østenby Phuong & Rasmus	15-24s Ida Østergaard Madsen Line Morten Benjamin	Over 25s Sveinur Mulila Katrine
Season	Thomas Blachman	Ida Corr	Anne Linnet
Six	15-23s Karoline Amanda Zaina	Over 24s Chresten Falck Damborg Stephanie Jonas	Groups Wasteland Anna & Lusanda Lotus
Season	Thomas Blachman	Lina Rafn	Remee
Seven	Groups Anthony Jasmin ManBand lickety-split	15-22s Henriette Haubjerg Fie Winther Mathias Chrøis	Over 23s Lucy Mardou Pernille Nordtorp Steffen Gilmartin
Eight	Groups Citybois Finn & Rie Mathias, Josefin & Neumann	Over 23s Jógvan Nanni Sophia	15-22s Baraa Emelie Tannaz

Season 1 (2008)

The judges were Remee, Lina Rafn and Thomas Blachman. Remee had the Under 25s, Rafn was given the Groups and Blachman was in charge of the Over 25s. The winner was Martin Hoberg Hedegaard, mentored by Remee.

Contestants' colour key:

– Remee's contestants (Under 25s)

– Blachman's contestants (Under 25s)

– Rafn's contestants (Groups)

Contestant		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
	Martin	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	WINNER (Week 8)
	Laura	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	RUNNER UP (Week 8)
	Heidi	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Out	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Basim	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Out	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Vocaloca	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Out	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Lisa	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Out	Eliminated (Week 4)
	RaiDen	Safe	Bottom Two	Out	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Frederik	Safe	Out	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Søren & Anne	Out	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two		Lisa Søren & Anne	Frederik RaiDen	RaiDen Vocaloca	Lisa Vocaloca	Basim Vocaloca	No bottom two, public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Remee voted out		Søren & Anne	Frederik	RaiDen	Lisa	Vocaloca
Rafn voted out		Lisa	Frederik	RaiDen	Lisa	Basim
Blachman voted out		Søren & Anne	RaiDen	Vocaloca	Vocaloca	Vocaloca
Eliminated		Søren & Anne 9th	Frederik 8th	RaiDen 7th	Lisa 6th	Vocaloca 5th	Basim 4th	Heidi 3rd	Laura RUNNER UP
									Martin WINNER

Season 2 (2009)

Remee, Lina Rafn and Thomas Blachman returned as judges. Remee was given the Groups, Rafn was given the Over 25s and Blachman was in charge of the Under 25s. The winner was Linda Andrews, mentored by Rafn.

Contestants' colour key:

– Rafn's contestants (Over 25s)

– Remee's contestants (Groups)

– Blachman's contestants (Under 25s)

Contestant		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Final Week 7
								Round 1	Round 2
	Linda	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	WINNER (Week 7)
	Alien Beat Club	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	RUNNER UP (Week 7)
	Mohamed	safe	safe	safe	safe	bottom two	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Sidsel	safe	safe	safe	bottom two	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Lucas	safe	bottom two	safe	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Asian Sensation	safe	safe	bottom two	out	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Seest	safe	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Claus	bottom two	out	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Tårnhøj	out	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two		Claus Tårnhøj	Claus Lucas	Asian Sensation Seest	Asian Sensation Sidsel	Lucas Mohamed	No bottom two, public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Remee voted out		Claus	Claus	Seest	Sidsel	Lucas
Rafn voted out		Tårnhøj	Lucas	Asian Sensation	Asian Sensation	Mohamed
Blachman voted out		Tårnhøj	Claus	Seest	Asian Sensation	Lucas
Eliminated		Tårnhøj 9th	Claus 8th	Seest 7th	Asian Sensation 6th	Lucas 5th	Sidsel 4th	Mohamed 3rd	Alien Beat Club RUNNER UP
									Linda WINNER

Season 3 (2010)

Remee returned as a judge, while Thomas Blachman and Lina Rafn were replaced by Soulshock and Pernille Rosendahl. Soulshock was given the Groups, Rosendahl was given the Over 25s and Remee was in charge of the Under 25s. The winner was Thomas Ring Petersen, mentored by Rosendahl. British singer and X Factor UK judge Cheryl Cole performed her number one single "Fight for This Love".

Contestants' colour key:

– Remee's contestants (Under 25s)

– Rosendahl's contestants (Over 25s)

– Soulshock's contestants (Groups)

Contestant		Week 1 (Free choice)	Week 2 (Michael Jackson)	Week 3 (Rock)	Week 4 (UK number one)	Week 5 (James Bond)	Week 6 (Gasolin') (Public choice)	Week 7 Final
	Thomas	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Tine	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
	Jesper	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Eliminated
	The Fireflies	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Anna "Faroe" Nygaard	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Daniel	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 4)
	8210	Safe	Safe	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 3)
	In-Joy	Bottom 2	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Peter	Eliminated	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom 2		In-Joy, Peter	In-Joy, Daniel	8210, The Fireflies	Tine, Daniel	Anna, Jesper	The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Soulshock voted out		Peter	Daniel	8210	Daniel	Jesper
Rosendahl voted out		In-Joy	In-Joy	8210	Tine	Anna
Remee voted out		Peter	In-Joy	The Fireflies	Daniel	Anna
Eliminated		Peter 9th	In-Joy 8th	8210 7th	Daniel 6th	Anna 5th	The Fireflies 4th	Tine Runner-Up
								Thomas Winner

Season 4 (2011)

Pernille Rosendahl continued as a judge, while original judge Thomas Blachman and new judge Cutfather replaced Soulshock and Remee on the judging panel. Cutfather was given the Under 25s, Rosendahl was given the Groups and Blachman was given the Over 25s. The winner was Sarah, mentored by Cutfather.

Contestants' colour key:

– Cutfather's contestants (Under 25s)

– Blachman's contestants (Over 25s)

– Rosendahl's contestants (Groups)

Contestant		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
								1st round	2nd round
	Sarah	4th 11,84%	1st 23,80%	1st 27,10%	3rd 17,52%	1st 25,12%	1st 33,48%	2nd 34,24%	Winner 50,20%
	Annelouise	6th 8,97%	6th 7,37%	5th 11,04%	6th 13,92%	4th 18,63%	2nd 26,64%	1st 39,52%	Runner-Up 49,80%
	Babou	1st 23,05%	2nd 21,28%	3rd 15,17%	4th 16,26%	3rd 20,79%	3rd 22,48%	3rd 26,23%	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Patricia	5th 10,02%	7th 6,90%	2nd 16,12%	2nd 17,78%	2nd 21,27%	4th 17,40%	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Rikke & Trine	7th 8,70%	5th 8,55%	6th 8,51%	1st 20,53%	5th 14,19%	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Rasmus	2nd 15,06%	4th 12,44%	4th 13,73%	5th 14,00%	Eliminated (Week 4)
	JR	3rd 14,13%	3rd 13,73%	7th 8,33%	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Ercan	8th 5,78%	8th 5,93%	Eliminated (Week 2)
	DeeVibez	9th 2,45%	Eliminated (Week 1)
Least votes		Ercan, DeeVibez	Ercan, Patricia	JR, Rikke & Trine	Rasmus, Annelouise	Rikke & Trine, Annelouise	The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Cutfather voted out		DeeVibez	Patricia	Rikke & Trine	Annelouise	Rikke & Trine
Rosendahl voted out		Ercan	Ercan	JR	Rasmus	Annelouise
Blachman voted out		DeeVibez	Ercan	JR	Rasmus	Rikke & Trine
Eliminated		DeeVibez 9th	Ercan 8th	JR 7th	Rasmus 6th	Rikke & Trine 5th	Patricia 17,40% to save	Babou 26,23% to win	Annelouise 49,80% to win
									Sarah 50,20% to win

Season 5 (2012)

Thomas Blachman, Pernille Rosendahl and Cutfather returned for their respective fourth, third and second seasons. Cutfather was given the Over 25s, Rosendahl was given the Under 25s and Blachman was in charge of the Groups. The winner was Ida Østergaard Madsen, mentored by Rosendahl.

For the first (and currently only) time, a judge made an unforced decision to eliminate their own act.

Contestants' colour key:

– Rosendahl's contestants (Under 25s)

– Cutfather's contestants (Over 25s)

– Blachman's contestants (Groups)

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6		Week 7
							Normal Voting	Elimination Results (+ Week 5)	1st round	2nd round
	Ida	1st 25,2%	1st 26,7%	1st 25,2%	1st 20,7%	1st 30,9%	1st 32,8%	1st 32,1%	1st 45,8%	Winner 61,7%
	Line	6th 6,7%	4th 9,8%	5th 12,4%	4th 16,7%	2nd 26,7%	2nd 24,0%	2nd 25,1%	2nd 37,6%	Runner-Up 38,3%
	Sveinur	3rd 12,5%	6th 9,0%	4th 15,8%	3rd 17,9%	3rd 23,1%	4th 21,3%	3rd 22,0%	3rd 16,6%	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Morten Benjamin	2nd 22,4%	3rd 13,5%	2nd 16,5%	5th 13,9%	4th 19,2%	3rd 21,9%	4th 20,9%	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel	5th 9,9%	2nd 15,3%	3rd 16,2%	2nd 18,1%	—	Withdrew (Week 5)
	Tandberg & Østenby	7th 5,9%	5th 9,4%	7th 6,8%	6th 12,7%	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Mulila	4th 11,4%	8th 8,1%	6th 7,0%	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Katrine	9th 1,8%	7th 8,2%	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Phuong & Rasmus	8th 4,1%	Eliminated (Week 1)
Least votes		Katrine, Phuong & Rasmus	Katrine, Mulila	Mulila, Tandberg & Østenby	Morten Benjamin, Tandberg & Østenby	—	The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Cutfather voted out		Phuong & Rasmus	Katrine	Tandberg & Østenby	—1	—
Rosendahl voted out		Phuong & Rasmus	Mulila	Mulila	Tandberg & Østenby	—
Blachman voted out		Katrine	Katrine	Mulila	Tandberg & Østenby1	—
Eliminated		Phuong & Rasmus 9th	Katrine 8th	Mulila 7th	Tandberg & Østenby 6th	Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel 5th withdrew	Morten Benjamin 4th		Sveinur 3rd	Line Runner-Up
										Ida Winner

¹ In week 4, Blachman voted against his own act and Cutfather didn't have to vote, but he later said that he would have voted against Tandberg & Østenby.

Season 6 (2012-13)

Thomas Blachman returned to the judging panel, while Pernille Rosendahl and Cutfather were replaced by new judges Ida Corr and Anne Linnet. Linnet was given the Groups, Corr was given the Over 24s and Blachman was in charge of the Under 24s. The winner was Chresten Falck Damborg, mentored by Corr.

Contestants' colour key:

– Blachman's contestants (Under 24s)

– Corr's contestants (Over 24s)

– Linnet's contestants (Groups)

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
								1st round	2nd round
	Chresten	1st 25,7%	1st 19,1%	3rd 17,0%	3rd 19,7%	1st 33,4%	1st 33,6%	1st 48,3%	Winner 57,9%
	Karoline	4th 13,5%	3rd 14,4%	2nd 17,0%	1st 20,1%	4th 14,3%	2nd 24,6%	2nd 36,5%	Runner-Up 42,1%
	Wasteland	5th 8,5%	2nd 14,9%	1st 18,2%	6th 13,1%	2nd 24,4%	3rd 21,5%	3rd 15,2%	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Amanda	3rd 14,9%	5th 12,2%	4th 14,9%	2nd 19,9%	3rd 21,9%	4th 20,3%	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Stephanie	7th 5,9%	6th 10,6%	7th 9,3%	4th 13,8%	5th 6,0%	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Anna & Lusanda	2nd 17,0%	4th 13,8%	5th 14,9%	5th 13,5%	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Jonas	8th 4,7%	7th 9,3%	6th 10,9%	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Zaina	6th 7,1%	8th 5,7%	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Lotus	9th 2,7%	Eliminated (Week 1)
Least votes		Jonas, Lotus	Jonas, Zaina	Jonas, Stephanie	Anna & Lusanda, Wasteland	The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Linnet voted out		Jonas	Zaina	-	Anna & Lusanda
Corr voted out		Lotus	Zaina	Jonas	Anna & Lusanda
Blachman voted out		Lotus	Jonas	Jonas	Wasteland
Eliminated		Lotus 9th	Zaina 8th	Jonas 7th	Anna & Lusanda 6th	Stephanie 5th	Amanda 4th	Wasteland 3rd	Karoline Runner-up
									Chresten Winner

Season 7 (2014)

Main article: X Factor (Denmark season 7)

The seventh season returned to the original judging panel consisting of Thomas Blachman, Lina Rafn and Remee following the departures of Ida Corr and Anne Linnet. Remee had the Over 23s, Rafn had the Under 23s and Blachman was in charge of the Groups. The winners were Anthony Jasmin, mentored by Blachman.

Season 8 (2015)

Main article: X Factor (Denmark season 8)

Thomas Blachman, Remee and Lina Rafn will return to the judging panel for their respective seventh, fifth and fourth seasons.

Controversy

The Danish X Factor has been criticised by music expert and consultant for The Danish Musicians' Association (Dansk Musiker Forbund) Mikael Højris, who claims that the contracts for participation in the show are unfair on participants and almost amount to serfdom to DR1 (the channel airing the show) stating that clauses in the contracts forbid the participants - whether they pass the first round or not - from performing or participating in any other musical event for three months. He also criticises that participants are obliged to travel at their own expense.

External links

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