X Factor (Danish TV series) season 6
Template:Infobox reality talent competition X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth season premiered on December 28, 2012 on DR1 and ended on March 22, 2013. Signe Molde replaced Lise Rønne as host, while Emil Thorup hosted new spin-off show Xtra Factor. Thomas Blachman returned for his fifth season as judge, while Ida Corr and Anne Linnet joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Pernille Rosendahl and Cutfather.
At the final on March 22 at Jyske Bank Boxen, Chresten Damborg Falck, mentored by Corr, was announced as the winner.
Judges and host
On December 20, 2011, Thomas Blachman announced that he would be leaving after season 5.[1] On February 8, 2012, Pernille Rosendahl announced that season 5 would be her final season as judge.[2] On February 10, two days after Rosendahl announced her departure, Cutfather announced his departure as well.[3] On March 8, Lise Rønne announced that she would be leaving as host after season 5.[4]
Live shows
Results summary
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 | ||||||||||
Live show details
Week 1 (February 9)
- Theme: Hope
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasteland | 1 | "Too Close" | Safe |
| Stephanie | 2 | "Jóga" | Safe |
| Zaina | 3 | "Breezeblocks" | Safe |
| Lotus | 4 | "Tror på dig" | Eliminated |
| Chresten | 5 | "Last Po' Man"/"No Diggity" | Safe |
| Karoline | 6 | "DJ Blues" | Safe |
| Anna & Lusanda | 7 | "My Kind of Love" | Safe |
| Amanda | 8 | "Oh Love" | Safe |
| Jonas | 9 | "With Every Heartbeat" | Bottom two |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Corr: Lotus
- Linnet: Jonas
- Blachman: Lotus
Week 2 (February 15)
- Theme: Against
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaina | 1 | "Green Garden" | Eliminated |
| Chresten | 2 | "Magic"/"Love Lockdown" | Safe |
| Anna & Lusanda | 3 | "Lights" | Safe |
| Amanda | 4 | "Chimacum Rain" | Safe |
| Jonas | 5 | "Bulletproof" | Bottom two |
| Karoline | 6 | "Get Free" | Safe |
| Wasteland | 7 | "Radioactive" | Safe |
| Stephanie | 8 | "Heartbeats" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Corr: Zaina
- Blachman: Jonas
- Linnet: Zaina
Week 3 (February 22)
- Theme: Power
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna & Lusanda | 1 | "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" | Safe |
| Jonas | 2 | "Take Me Out" | Eliminated |
| Amanda | 3 | "Youth" | Safe |
| Chresten | 4 | "Little Black Submarines"/"No Church in the Wild" | Safe |
| Karoline | 5 | "The Gentle Roar" | Safe |
| Stephanie | 6 | "The Power of Good-Bye" | Bottom two |
| Wasteland | 7 | "Stop for a Minute" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Blachman: Jonas
- Linnet: left it to Corr to decide.
- Corr: Jonas
Week 4 (March 1)
- Theme: Bigband
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chresten | 1 | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | Safe |
| Amanda | 2 | "Cry Me a River" | Safe |
| Wasteland | 3 | "Diamonds" | Bottom two |
| Anna & Lusanda | 4 | "The Boy Is Mine" | Eliminated |
| Karoline | 5 | "Don't Stop the Music" | Safe |
| Stephanie | 6 | "Spectrum (Say My Name)" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Blachman: Wasteland
- Corr: Anna & Lusanda
- Linnet: Anna & Lusanda
Week 5 (March 8)
- Theme: Danish hits
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chresten | 1 | "Sweet Dogs" | Safe |
| Stephanie | 2 | "Under the Water" | Eliminated |
| Wasteland | 3 | "Fact-Fiction" | Safe |
| Amanda | 4 | "Hollow Talk" | Safe |
| Karoline | 5 | "Superstar" | Safe |