X Factor was the Flemish version of the British show The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. The new X Factor series was a successor to Idool which features contestants & jury members from both seasons.
Judges' categories and their contestants In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.
Key: – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Season Jean Blaute Kris Wauters Liliane Saint-Pierre One GroupsThe Cappaert SistersPatrick & CarinaThree CatsRm'NyOver 25sUdo MechelsHelena FontynRobin DaneelsVéronique Flamand 16-24sIvannPaco GarciaAlexander ChiafeleDavy Lakomy Season Maurice Engelen Kris Wauters Do Two 16-24sTom EeckhoutKarim LequenneStefanie SchaekersRodwan BalkaïdOver 25sDirk De SmetElien RoosenJurgen De JaegherAndy De Koker GroupsLester & AbdouMathieu & Guillaume EngelsLady-LikeMiss Behave
Series overview "Under 25 boys" category "Under 25 girls" category "16-24s" category "Over 25s" category "Groups" category
Season Air date Winner Third place Judges Winning mentor One 2005 Udo Mechels The Cappaert Sisters Ivann Koen Wauters Jean Blaute Kris Wauters Liliane Saint-Pierre Kris Wauters Two 2008Dirk De SmetTom EeckhoutLester & AbdouHadise Kris Wauters DoMaurice Engelen
Season 1 (2005) The first Belgian edition of X Factor started screening in late 2005 on vtm. The judges were Kris Wauters, Jean Blaute and Liliane Saint-Pierre; the show was hosted by Koen Wauters.
The winner of season one was Udo Mechels from Nossegem and the runner up was The Cappaert Sisters (Annelies & Sarah Cappaert) from Tongeren. Contestant Robin Danneels had to quit the show due to being hospitalized for his back pain. Therefore, Ivann could return to sing in the contest.
Name Category Date of birth Originating from Eliminated on/Position Udo Mechels 25+ 10 May 1976 Nossegem Winner Sarah and Annelies Cappaert (as The Cappaert Sisters) Groups 24 July 1987 (Sarah)10 September 1979 (Annelies) Zedelgem Finals Ivann (Ivan Vermeer) 16-24 16 June 1981 Wilrijk Semi-finals Paco Garcia 16-24 23 March 1982 Heusden 9th live show Patrick & Carina Groups Tongeren 8th live show Helena Fontyn 25+ 23 September 1974 Hemiksem 7th live show Alexander Chiafele 16-24 8 April 1982 Turnhout 6th live show Robin Daneels 25+ 29 November 1978 Bruges 5th live show Davy Lakomy 16-24 13 December 1987 As 4th live show Three Cats Groups 3rd live show Véronique Flamand 25+ 25 December 1972 Herentals 2nd live show Rm'Ny Groups 1st live show
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place – Withdrew
Category (mentor) Acts Over 25s (Kris Wauters) Robin Daneels Véronique Flamand Helena Fontyn Udo Mechels Groups (Jean Blaute) Patrick & Carina Rm'Ny The Cappaert Sisters Three Cats Under 25s (Liliane Saint-Pierre) Alexander Chiafele Paco Garcia Ivann Davy Lakomy
Results table
Contestants' colour key:
| – Kris Wauter's contestants (over 25s) |- | – Liliane Saint-Pierre's contestants (16–24s) |- | – Jean Blaute's contestants (groups)
| – Bottom two
| – Safe
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Udo Mechels 3rd 5th 6th 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st Winner(Week 11) The Cappaert Sisters 1st Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe 2nd Runner-up(Week 11) Ivann Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated(Week 10) Paco Garcia Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated(Week 9) Patrick & Carina Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Bottomtwo Bottomtwo Bottomtwo Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 8) Helena Fontyn Bottomtwo Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 7) Alexander Chiafele Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 6) Robin Daneels 4th 1st 1st 3rd 1st Withdrew(Week 5) Davy Lakomy Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 4) Three Cats Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 3) Véronique Flamand Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 2) Rm'Ny Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 1) Withdrew None Robin Daneels NoneBottom two Helena Fontyn,Rm'Ny Alexander Chiafele,Véronique Flamand Patrick & Carina,Three Cats Davy Lakomy,Helena Fontyn Ivann,Patrick & Carina Alexander Chiafele,Patrick & Carina Helena Fontyn,Patrick & Carina Patrick & Carina,The Cappaert Sisters - - - Blaute's vote to eliminate Helena Fontyn Véronique Flamand - Davy Lakomy Ivann Alexander Chiafele Helena Fontyn - - - - Saint-Pierre's vote to eliminate Rm'Ny Véronique Flamand Three Cats - Patrick & Carina Patrick & Carina Helena Fontyn Patrick & Carina Wauters' vote to eliminate Rm'Ny Alexander Chiafele Three Cats Davy Lakomy Ivann Alexander Chiafele Patrick & Carina Patrick & Carina Eliminated Rm'Ny2 of 3votes Véronique Flamand2 of 3 votes Three Cats2 of 2votes Davy Lakomy2 of 2votes Ivann2 of 3votes Alexander Chiafele2 of 3votes Helena Fontyn2 of 3votes Patrick & Carina2 of 2votes Paco GarciaBottom IvannBottom The Cappaert SistersRunner-up Udo MechelsWinner
Season 2 (2008) The second and final season aired in 2008. Dirk De Smet in the "Over 25" category and mentored by Kris Wauters won the title. Tom Dice who competed under his real name Tom Eeckhout was runner-up. The show was hosted by Hadise.
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts Over 25s (Kris Wauters) Jurgen De Jaegher Andy De Koker Dirk De Smet Elien Rossen Groups (Do) Lady-Like Lester & Abdou Mathieu & Guillaume Engels Miss Behave Under 25s (Maurice Engelen) Rodwan Balkaïd Tom Eeckhout Karim Lequenne Stefanie Schaekers
Results table
Contestants' colour key:
| – Kris Wauter's contestants (over 25s) |- | – Maurice Engelen's contestants (16–24s) |- | – Do's contestants (groups)
| – Bottom two
| – Safe |- | – Eliminated (no bottom two)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Dirk De Smet 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st Winner(Week 11) Tom Eeckhout 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd Runner-up(Week 11) Lester & Abdou 12th 8th 6th 9th 5th 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 3rd Eliminated(Week 10) Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 6th 3rd 4th Eliminated(Week 9) Karim Lequenne 4th 5th 10th 5th 4th 2nd 2nd 4th Eliminated(Week 8) Elien Roosen 6th 7th 4th 6th 7th 6th 5th Eliminated(Week 7) Lady-Like 5th 4th 5th 4th 6th 7th Eliminated(Week 6) Jurgen De Jaegher 7th 6th 7th 7th 8th Eliminated(Week 5) Stefanie Schaekers 9th 10th 8th 8th Eliminated(Week 4) Rodwan Balkaïd 8th 9th 9th Eliminated(Week 3) Miss Behave 10th 11th Eliminated(Week 2) Andy De Koker 11th Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom two Andy De Kocker,Lester & Abdou Miss Behave,Stefanie Schaekers Karim Lequenne,Rodwan Balkaïd Lester & Abdou,Stephanie Schaekers Elien Roosen,Jurgen De Jaegher Elien Roosen,Lady-Like Elien Roosen,Mathieu & Guillaume Engels Karim Lequenne,Lester & Abdou - - - Do's vote to eliminate Andy De Koker Stefanie Schaekers Karim Lequenne Stefanie Schaekers Elien Roosen Elien Roosen Elien Roosen Karim Lequenne - - - Engelen's vote to eliminate Andy De Koker Miss Behave Rodwan Balkaïd Lester & Abou Jurgen De Jaegher Lady-Like Elien Roosen Lester & Abou Wauters' vote to eliminate Lester & Abdou Miss Behave Rodwan Balkaïd Stefanie Schaekers Jurgen De Jaegher Lady-Like Mathieu & Guillaume Engels Karim Lequenne Eliminated Andy De Koker2 of 3votes Miss Behave2 of 3 votes Rodwan Balkaïd2 of 3votes Stefanie Schaekers2 of 3votes Jurgen De Jaegher2 of 3votes Lady-Like2 of 3votes Elien Roosen2 of 3votes Karim Lequenne2 of 3votes Mathieu & Guillaume EngelsBottom Lester & AbdouBottom Tom EeckhoutRunner-up Dirk De SmetWinner
Live show details
Week 1 (8 October 2008)
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Miss Behave 1 "Toxic" Safe Rodwan Balkaïd 2 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" Safe Tom Eeckhout 3 "Bleeding Love" Safe Andy De Koker 4 "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Eliminated Elien Roosen 5 "Love Song" Safe Jurgen De Jaegher 6 "Ik Ga Dood Aan Jou" Safe Lester & Abdou 7 "Valerie" Bottom two Dirk De Smet 8 "You Give Me Something" Safe Lady-Like 9 "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" Safe Stefanie Schaekers 10 "Because of You" Safe Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 11 "Ik Heb Je Lief" Safe Karim Lequenne 12 "One" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Wauters: Lester & Abdou Do: Andy De Koker Engelen: Andy De Koker
Week 2 (15 October 2008)
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Dirk De Smet 1 "Another Day" Safe Lady-Like 2 "Don't Let Go (Love)" Safe Karim Lequenne 3 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Safe Jurgen De Jaegher 4 "Ik Leef Voor Jou" Safe Stefanie Schaekers 5 "Unwritten" Bottom two Lester & Abdou 6 "Closer" Safe Tom Eeckhout 7 "Clocks" Safe Miss Behave 8 "Sway" Eliminated Elien Roosen 9 "All the Times I Cried" Safe Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 10 "Poolijs" Safe Rodwan Balkaïd 11 "Black and Gold" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Do: Stefanie Schaekers Engelen: Miss Behave Wauters: Miss Behave
Week 3 (22 October 2008)
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Lester & Abdou 1 "What Goes Around... Comes Around" Safe Rodwan Balkaïd 2 "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" Eliminated Jurgen De Jaegher 3 "Zij" Safe Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 4 "Zuster" Safe Stefanie Schaekers 5 "Dance with My Father" Safe Elien Roosen 6 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Safe Lady-Like 7 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Safe Karim Lequenne 8 "Sick and Tired" Bottom two Tom Eeckhout 9 "The Long and Winding Road" Safe Dirk De Smet 10 "Don't Look Back" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Wauters: Rodwan Balkaïd Do: Karim Lequenne Engelen: Rodwan Balkaïd
Week 4 (29 October 2008)
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Tom Eeckhout 1 "I Don't Want to Be" Safe Lester & Abdou 2 "It Wasn't Me" Bottom two Dirk De Smet 3 "Still Crazy After All These Years" Safe Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 4 "J'te mentirais" Safe Karim Lequenne 5 "Somebody to Love" Safe Elien Roosen 6 "Warwick Avenue" Safe Lady-Like 7 "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" Safe Jurgen De Jaegher 8 "Kom wat dichterbij" Safe Stefanie Schaekers 9 "I Kissed a Girl" Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Do: Stefanie Schaekers Engelen: Lester & Abdou Wauters: Stefanie Schaekers
Week 5 (5 November 2008)
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Jurgen De Jaegher 1 "Geen Toeval" Eliminated Lady-Like 2 "Mercy" Safe Karim Lequenne 3 "Ordinary People" Safe Elien Roosen 4 "That's Alright" Bottom two Lester & Abdou 5 "Lost Without U" Safe Tom Eeckhout 6 "Don't Stop the Music" Safe Dirk De Smet 7 "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" Safe Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 8 "Van God Los" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Do: Elien Roosen Engelen: Jurgen De Jaegher Wauters: Jurgen De Jaegher
Week 6 (12 November 2008)
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order Song Result Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 1 "Hallelujah" Safe Tom Eeckhout 2 "Wonderwall" Safe Lester & Abdou 3 "Pop" Safe Elien Roosen 4 "Wicked Game" Bottom two Karim Lequenne 5 "Purple Rain" Safe Dirk De Smet 6 "I Wonder Why" Safe Lady-Like 7 "Stop!" Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Wauters: Lady-Like Do: Elien Roosen Engelen: Lady-Like
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