The second Season of X Factor started on 30 August 2011. The auditions were held in April/May 2011. The show was broadcast every Tuesday and Sunday (only the Auditions and the Superbootcamp). The Judges were Sarah Connor, Das Bo and Till Brönner .
There were four phases: Auditions Bootcamp Judge's House Live Shows
This year twelve acts had been a part of the live shows, and not nine. Furthermore, from the first to sixth live show the judges decided which act had to leave the X Factor. In the final were three acts.
Selection process
Applications and auditions The first appeal for applicants for series 2 was broadcast during series 1 on 9 November 2010. Auditions in front of the judges for series 2 took place in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. After the acts sing in front of the judges, they could be eliminated or go through to the Bootcamp. The auditions were broadcast on 30 August, 4 September, 6 September, 11 September, 13 September, 18 September and 20 September 2011.
Superbootcamp The episodes of superbootcamp were broadcast on 25 September and on 27 September 2011. It showed 150 acts attend to the superbootcamp. The acts were split into 3 groups, 16-24s, Over 25s and Groups, in which to perform at Mitsubishi Electric Halle, and each group was given one song by the judges: the 16-24s sang "Born This Way", the Over 25s sang "True Colors" and the Groups sang "Could It Be Magic". The judges then went on to cut over 80 acts, but called some soloists back, who were asked if they were interested in forming groups. All agreed and were workshopped to see which singers would work well together. They formed two groups. Then eight groups of each category were built and they fought in a battle, only one act of each duet came into the next round. Sometimes the judges end both through, but sometimes no one got through. The judges then chose the top 24 acts, based on these performances.
Judges' houses Judges' houses, the final part of the selection process, was filmed in the summer 2011. The episodes were aired on 4 October 2011 and on 11 October. Judges were given their categories at the end of the "Superbootcamp". Brönner the Over 25s, Connor the Groups, and Das Bo the 16-24s. Mimi Müller-Westernhagen assisted Brönner in Edinburgh, Connor was accompanied by Jason Derulo in Berlin, and Das Bo received help from Melanie C in Hamburg. At judges' houses each act performed one song for their mentor and his/her guest, before the last performance, they practiced the song with their mentor and his/her guest.
The 24 acts who reached the Judges' Houses: Over 25: Rufus Martin, Sara Mosquera, Sven Kompaß, Gladys Mwachiti, Frederik Waldner, David Pfeffer, Mario Loritz, Volker Schlag 16-24: Nadir Alami, Kassim Auale, Monique Simon, Jennifer Hans, Martin Madeja, Barne Heimbucher, Sebastian Schmidt, Raffaela Wais Groups: Boyz II Hot, Different Alike, BenMan, Nica & Joe, High Intention, The Ord Brothers, Soultrip, Twelve Signs Up
The twelve eliminated acts were: Over 25: Sara Mosquera, Sven Kompaß, Frederik Waldner, Mario Loritz 16-24: Nadir Alami, Jennifer Hans, Barne Heimbucher, Sebastian Schmidt Groups: Different Alike, High Intention, The Ord Brothers, Twelve Signs Up
Contestants
Key:
– Winner – Runner-up
Category (mentor) Acts 16–24s (Das Bo)Kassim Auale (20)Martin Madeja (19)Monique Simon (16) Raffaela Wais (22) 25-and-overs (Brönner) David Pfeffer (29)Gladys Mwachiti (25)Rufus Martin (35)Volker Schlag (44) Groups (Connor)BenManBoyz II Hot Nica & JoeSoultrip
BenMan consists of Benjamin (19) & Manuel (18). Boyz II Hot consists of Daniel (18) & Nathanaele (19). Nica & Joe consists of Joseph (32) & Veronika (24). Soultrip consists of Blago (24), Martin (27) & Nunzio (24).
Results table
Contestants' colour key:
| – Over 25s |- | – 16–24s |- | – Groups |- | – Bottom two or three |- | – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |- | – 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 Round 1 Round 2 David Pfeffer 2nd14.8%1st28.1%1st25.8%1st27.9%1st25.8%1st31.1%1st35.4%1st48.5%Winner60.5% Raffaela Wais 9th4.5% 8th6.0% 4th9.2% 4th9.6%6th6.9%4th15.8% 2nd28.1% 2nd25.9%Runner-Up39.5% Nica & Joe1st22.0% 2nd18.8% 2nd15.3% 3rd14.2% 3rd16.6% 2nd25.3% 3rd23.4% 3rd25.6% Eliminated(week 8) Rufus Martin 5th7.4% 5th7.2% 3rd12.1% 2nd15.5% 4th16.0% 3rd17.9% 4th13.1% Eliminated(week 7) Monique Simon10th3.9%9th4.7% 7th7.6%8th7.3% 2nd19.4%5th9.9% Eliminated(week 6) BenMan 8th5.8% 4th8.0% 6th8.1% 5th9.4%5th9.9% Eliminated(week 5) Martin Madeja 3rd12.9% 3rd11.3% 5th9.0% 6th8.3% 7th5.4% Eliminated(week 5) Kassim Auale 7th6.3% 6th6.4%8th7.3%7th7.7% Eliminated(week 4) Volker Schlag 4th11.7% 7th6.1%9th5.7% Eliminated(week 3) Gladys Mwachiti 6th6.3%10th3.4% Eliminated(week 2) Boyz II Hot11th2.4% Eliminated(week 1) Soultrip 12th2.1% Eliminated(week 1) Bottom two Monique Simon,Boys II Hot Monique Simon,Gladys Mwachiti Kassim Auale,Volker Schlag Kassim Auale,Monique Simon Raffaela Wais,BenMan Monique Simon,Raffaela Wais No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Brönner's vote to eliminate Boyz II Hot Monique Simon Kassim Auale Kassim Auale BenMan Monique Simon Connor's vote to eliminate Monique Simon Gladys Mwachiti Volker Schlag Monique Simon Raffaela Wais Monique Simon Das Bo's vote to eliminate Boyz II Hot Gladys Mwachiti Volker Schlag Kassim Auale BenMan Monique Simon Eliminated Soultrip 2.1%to save Gladys Mwachiti 2 of 3votes Volker Schlag 2 of 3votes Kassim Auale 2 of 3votes Martin Madeja 5.4%to save Monique Simon 3 of 3votes Rufus Martin 13.1%to save Nica& Joe 25.6%to win Raffaela Wais 39.5%to win Boyz II Hot 2 of 3votes BenMan 2 of 3votes David Pfeffer 60.5%to win
Live show details
Week 1 (18 October) Theme: The Big Live Opening Special Guest: Leona Lewis ("Run") Group Performance: "Beautiful Day" Two acts were eliminated from the series first results show. The three acts with the fewest public votes were announced as the bottom three and then the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown and faced the judges' votes.
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song ResultRufus Martin 1 "Freedom" SafeRaffaela Wais 2 "Torn" SafeBenMan 3 "Fireflies" SafeGladys Mwachiti 4 "California King Bed" SafeMonique Simon 5 "Price Tag" Bottom threeBoyz II Hot 6 "When Will I Be Famous?" Bottom threeVolker Schlag 7 "Halt mich" SafeSoultrip 8 "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" EliminatedMartin Madeja 9 "Eternity" SafeDavid Pfeffer 10 "Stop and Stare" SafeKassim Auale 11 "Stay the Night" SafeNica & Joe 12 "My Immortal" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Monique Simon 1 "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" Safe Boys II Hot 2 "Dance with Somebody" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: Boys II Hot – said Monique has a better voice and more potential to sing Connor: Monique Simon – backed on her own act, Boys II Hot Das Bo: Boys II Hot – backed on his own act, Monique Simon
Week 2 (25 October) Theme: The biggest radio hits Special Guest: James Morrison ("I Won't Let You Go") and Madcon ("Glow" / "Freaky Like Me" / "Helluva Nite")
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song ResultGladys Mwachiti 1 "If I Were a Boy" Bottom twoBenMan 2 "Jessie" SafeKassim Auale 3 "The Lazy Song" SafeRaffaela Wais 4 "Soulmate" SafeRufus Martin 5 "Fly Away" SafeMartin Madeja 6 "New Age" SafeVolker Schlag 7 "Pflaster" SafeNica & Joe 8 "One" SafeMonique Simon 9 "So What" Bottom twoDavid Pfeffer 10 "Use Somebody" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Monique Simon 1 "Make You Feel My Love" Safe Gladys Mwachiti 2 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: Monique Simon – backed his own act Gladys Mwachiti Connor: Gladys Mwachiti – gave no reason Das Bo: Gladys Mwachiti – backed his own act Monique Simon
Week 3 (1 November) Theme: Wild 80s Special Guest: Kelly Clarkson ("Mr. Know It All") Over 25s Group Performance: "Ain't No Sunshine"
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song ResultMonique Simon 1 "Time After Time" SafeRufus Martin 2 "Kiss" SafeKassim Auale 3 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Bottom twoBenMan 4 "Uptown Girl" SafeMartin Madeja 5 "Reality" SafeVolker Schlag 6 "Sexy" Bottom twoNica & Joe 7 "One Moment in Time" SafeDavid Pfeffer 8 "Every Breath You Take" SafeRaffaela Wais 9 "On the Radio" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Kassim Auale 1 "Hey There Delilah" Safe Volker Schlag 2 "Ohne dich" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: Kassim Auale – backed his own act Volker Schlag Connor: Volker Schlag – because he is the weaker singer of both acts Das Bo: Volker Schlag – backed his own act Kassim Auale
Week 4 (8 November) Theme: Party Special Guest: Taio Cruz ("Hangover") 16-24s Group Performance: "Kids"
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song ResultNica & Joe 1 "When Love Takes Over" SafeRaffaela Wais 2 "One Love" SafeKassim Auale 3 "Moves Like Jagger" Bottom twoRufus Martin 4 "Closer" SafeBenMan 5 "Stand by Me" SafeMonique Simon 6 "The Edge of Glory" Bottom twoDavid Pfeffer 7 "What Is Love" SafeMartin Madeja 8 "Titanium" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Monique Simon 1 "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Safe Kassim Auale 2 "Chicago" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: Kassim Auale – gave no reason Connor: Monique Simon – because of her 3rd time in the bottom 2 Das Bo: Kassim Auale – gave no reason
Week 5 (15 November) Theme: Indecent Proposal Special guest: Justin Bieber ("Mistletoe") / Pitbull ("Rain Over Me") Groups category Group Performance: "Crazy" Two acts were eliminated from the series fifth results show. The three acts with the fewest public votes were announced as the bottom three and then the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown and faced the judges' votes.
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song ResultMartin Madeja 1 "Don't Speak" EliminatedRufus Martin 2 "Hero" SafeBenMan 3 "Bleeding Love" Bottom threeMonique Simon 4 "If I Ain't Got You" SafeDavid Pfeffer 5 "Nothing Compares 2 U" SafeNica & Joe 6 "Nessun Dorma" SafeRaffaela Wais 7 "Tainted Love" Bottom threeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Raffaela Wais 1 "I Have Nothing" Safe BenMan 2 "Heaven" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: BenMan – said Raffaela has a better voice Connor: Raffaela Wais – backed on her own act, BenMan Das Bo: BenMan – backed on his own act, Raffaela Wais
Week 6 (22 November) Theme: Loud vs. Quiet Special Guest: Dick Brave and the Backbeats For the first time this series, each contestant performed two songs.
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order Loud Song Quiet Song ResultMonique Simon 1 "Sweet About Me" "Oh Mother" Bottom twoDavid Pfeffer 2 "Valerie" "Hometown Glory" SafeRufus Martin 3 "I Wish" "You Give Me Something" SafeRaffaela Wais 4 "This Love" "Unfaithful" Bottom twoNica & Joe 5 "Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann" "Nothing Else Matters" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Monique Simon 1 "Hurt" Eliminated Raffaela Wais 2 "Russian Roulette" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Brönner: Monique Simon Connor: Monique Simon Das Bo: Monique Simon
Week 7 (29 November) Theme: Rock meets Soul (One song is chosen by the act and one is chosen by the mentor.) Special Guest: Jason Derülo ("Don't Wanna Go Home"/"It Girl") & Tim Bendzko ("Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären"/"Nur noch kurz die Welt retten") The act with the fewest votes was directly eliminated from the competition.