The first Season of X Factor was started in 2010. The auditions were held in April 2010. The first show started on 20 August 2010. The Judges are Sarah Connor (16-24), George Glueck (Groups) and Till Brönner (25+).
There are four phases: 1. Auditions 2. Bootcamp 3. Judge's House 4. Live Shows
Judge's House The 18 acts who reached the Judge's Houses Brönner's acts (over 25): Anthony Thet, Denise Modjallal, Sven Merckel, Meral Al-Mer, Edita Abdieski and Alexander Knappe Connor's acts (16-24): Pino Severino, Mati Gavriel, Hendrik Ehrenthal, Caprice Edwards, Marlon Bertzbach and Maximilian Brands Gluek's acts (Groups): Drop-Dead-Dinky-Di, Big Soul, Urban Candy, LaFamille, Karma and Predestination
Nine of the 18 acts were eliminated with the 9 remaining moving to the live shows, three from each category. The eliminated acts were: (Over 25-s): Alexander Knappe, Denise Modjallal, Sven Merckel (16-24s): Caprice Edwards, Hendrik Ehrental, Maximilian Brands (Groups): Predestination, Karma, Drop-Dead-Dinky-Di
Contestants
The live shows commenced on 21 September 2010. The following artists made it to the live shows. Ages are as of the date of the show (2010).
Key:
– Winner – Runner-up
Category (mentor) Acts 16–24s (Connor)Marlon Bertzbach (18) Mati Gavriel (24) Pino Severino (18) 25-and-overs (Brönner)Anthony Thet (30) Edita Abdieski (25) Meral Al-Mer (29) Groups (Glueck) Big SoulLaFamille Urban Candy Big Soul consist of Nadine (28), Alexandra (33), Martina (33), and Michelle (35).LaFamille consist of Joel (35), Erkan (32) & Guido (31).Urban Candy consists of Roman (26), Marc (24) & Candy (25).
Results table
Contestants' colour key:
| – Till Brönner's contestants (over 25s) |- | – Sarah Connor's contestants (16–24s) |- | – George Glueck's contestants (groups) |- | – Bottom two |- | – Eliminated without a final showdown |- | – Contestant became the Runner-Up |- | – Highest Vote of a Week
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Edita Abdieski 4th13.92% 5th12.91% 3rd15.33% 3rd18.15% 3rd19.43% 1st27.42% 1st41.53% Winner74.10% Big Soul 1st25.00% 1st25.52% 1st22.40% 2nd19.50% 2nd22.50% 4th23.19% 2nd30.18% Runner-Up25.90% Mati Gavriel 5th10.36% 4th13.53% 5th10.71% 4th16.33% 5th14.90% 2nd25.05% 3rd28.29% Eliminated(Week 7) Anthony Thet 6th7.04% 2nd14.62% 4th11.55% 5th16.31% 1st27.02% 3rd24.34% Eliminated(Week 6) Marlon Bertzbach 2nd18.87% 3rd13.89% 6th10.52% 1st20.25% 4th16.15% Eliminated(Week 5) Pino Severino 3rd15.24% 7th7.04% 2nd20.94% 6th9.46% Eliminated(Week 4) Urban Candy 7th6.08% 6th9.21% 7th8.55% Eliminated(Week 3) Meral Al-Mer 8th1.80% 8th2.28% Eliminated(Week 2) LaFamille 9th1.69% Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom two Meral Al-Mer,LaFamille Meral Al-Mer,Pino Severino Marlon Bertzbach,Urban Candy Anthony Thet,Pino Severino Marlon Bertzbach,Mati Gavriel Anthony Thet,Big Soul No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Brönner's vote to eliminate LaFamille Pino Severino Urban Candy Pino Severino Marlon Bertzbach Big Soul Connors's vote to eliminate LaFamille Meral Al-Mer Urban Candy Anthony Thet Marlon Bertzbach Anthony Thet Glueck's vote to eliminate Meral Al-Mer Meral Al-Mer Marlon Bertzbach Pino Severino Marlon Bertzbach Anthony Thet Eliminated LaFamille2 of 3votes Meral Al-Mer2 of 3votes Urban Candy2 of 3votes Pino Severino2 of 3votes Marlon Bertzbach3 of 3votes Anthony Thet2 of 3votes Mati Gavriel28,29%to save Big Soul25,90%to win Edita Abdieski74,10%to win
Live show details
Week 1 (21 September 2010) Theme: Playlist 2010 Celebrity Performer: Enrique Iglesias ("I Like It") + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Anthony Thet 1 "Secrets" Safe LaFamille 2 "In My Head" Bottom two Mati Gavriel 3 "Undisclosed Desires" Safe Edita Abdieski 4 "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" Safe Urban Candy 5 "Meet Me Halfway" Safe Pino Severino 6 "She Said" Safe Meral Al-Mer 7 "Elektrisches Gefühl" Bottom two Big Soul 8 "Bad Boys" Safe Marlon Bertzbach 9 "I Like" SafeFinal showdown details Meral Al-Mer 1 "Ein Herz kann man nicht reparieren" Safe LaFamille 2 "Change" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Brönner: LaFamille, backed his own act Meral Al-Mer Connor: LaFamille, due to the lack of surprise and potential Glueck: Meral Al-Mer, backed his own act LaFamille
Week 2 (28 September 2010) Theme: Blockbuster Night Celebrity Performer: Hurts ("Wonderful Life") + Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Pino Severino 1 "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" Bottom two Urban Candy 2 "Crazy in Love" Safe Meral Al-Mer 3 "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann" Bottom two Anthony Thet 4 "Purple Rain" Safe Marlon Bertzbach 5 "The Blower's Daughter" Safe Edita Abdieski 6 "Street Life" Safe Mati Gavriel 7 "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" Safe Big Soul 8 "Think" SafeFinal showdown details Meral Al-Mer 1 "Young Hearts Run Free" Eliminated Pino Severino 2 "Stop Me" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Brönner: Pino Severino, backed his own act Meral Al-Mer Connor: Meral Al-Mer, backed her own act Pino Severino Glueck: Meral Al-Mer, because of missing singing abilities
Week 3 (5 October 2010) Theme: King & Queens of Pop Celebrity Performer: Seal ("Secret") + Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Edita Abdieski 1 "Respect" Safe Marlon Bertzbach 2 "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Bottom two Urban Candy 3 "Geh' davon aus" Bottom two Mati Gavriel 4 "Don't Stop Me Now" Safe Pino Severino 5 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe Anthony Thet 6 "I'll Be Waiting" Safe Big Soul 7 "Free Your Mind" SafeFinal showdown details Marlon Bertzbach 1 "Last Request" Safe Urban Candy 2 "Ding" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Brönner: Urban Candy, because they can't deliver their message and don't feel united as a group Connor: Urban Candy, backed her own act Marlon Bertzbach Glueck: Marlon Bertzbach, backed his own act Urban Candy
Week 4 (12 October 2010) Theme: Mystery Night Celebrity Performers: Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love") and Culcha Candela ("Move It") + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Marlon Bertzbach 1 "Zombie" Safe Edita Abdieski 2 "Heavy Cross" Safe Pino Severino 3 "Sympathy for the Devil" Bottom two Mati Gavriel 4 "Hallelujah" Safe Big Soul 5 "Thriller" Safe Anthony Thet 6 "Black Hole Sun" Bottom twoFinal showdown details Anthony Thet 1 "My Love Is Your Love" Safe Pino Severino 2 "The Climb" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Brönner: Pino Severino, backed his own act Anthony Thet Connor: Anthony Thet, backed her own act Pino Severino Glueck: Pino Severino, because of his second bottom two appearance
Week 5 (19 October 2010) Theme: Loud vs. Quiet Celebrity Performers: Till Brönner ("Summer Breeze") + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Loud Song Quiet Song ResultMati Gavriel 1 "Song 2" "Sexed Up" Bottom twoBig Soul 2 "Sex on Fire" "One" SafeAnthony Thet 3 "Walk This Way" "Under the Bridge" SafeEdita Abdieski 4 "Just Like a Pill" "Russian Roulette" SafeMarlon Bertzbach 5 "Closer to the Edge" "Nothing Else Matters" Bottom twoFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Marlon Bertzbach 1 "Feeling Good" Eliminated Mati Gavriel 2 "Hurt" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: Marlon Bertzbach Connor: Marlon Bertzbach Glueck: Marlon Bertzbach
Week 6 (26 October 2010) Theme: A night at the club Celebrity Performers: Sarah Connor ("Real Love") + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order Song 1 Song 2 ResultBig Soul 1 "It's Raining Men" "From Zero to Hero" Bottom twoAnthony Thet 2 "When Love Takes Over" "Give It to Me Right" Bottom twoEdita Abdieski 3 "Why Don't You Love Me" "Release Me" SafeMati Gavriel 4 "Music" "California Gurls" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Anthony Thet 1 "Never Ever" Eliminated Big Soul 2 "You Can't Hurry Love" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: Big Soul, backed his own act Anthony Thet Connor: Anthony Thet Glueck: Anthony Thet, backed his own act Big Soul
Week 7 (2 November 2010) Theme: Michael Jackson & Friends Celebrity Performers: Gossip ("Men in Love") and Flo Rida ("Club Can't Handle Me") Group Performance: "Over the Rainbow" The act with the fewest votes was eliminated from the competition.
+ Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order Friends Song Order Jackson Song ResultEdita Abdieski 1 "You Are So Beautiful" 4 "Blame It on the Boogie" Safe Mati Gavriel 2 "Imagine" 5 "You Are Not Alone" EliminatedBig Soul 3 "As" 6 "I'll Be There" Safe
Week 8 (9 November 2010) Theme: Final Celebrity Performers: "Loca" (Shakira) and "Bitte Hör nicht auf zu träumen" (Xavier Naidoo) and "Break my Chains" (Sarah Connor) Group Performance (Top 9): "Back for Good" The Celebrity Guests performed with one act.
+ Contestants' performances on the eighth live show Act Order Song Order Celebrity Duet Order Winner's Song ResultBig Soul 1 "That's What Friends Are For" 3 "Underneath Your Clothes" (with Shakira) 5 "I've come to Life" Runner-UpEdita Abdieski 2 "Run" 4 "Wo willst du hin?" (with Xavier Naidoo) 6 "I've come to Life" Winner
External links Official German X Factor site
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