X Factor was the Swedish version of The X Factor, with the only season of the series debuting on September 9, 2012 and ending on December 7, 2012. The winner of the series was Awa Santesson-Sey. TV4 announced in January 2013 that Idol, another singing talent show seeking to discover the best singer through nationwide auditions, would return in 2013 and that X Factor would not continue.
Series summary Contestant in "Boys" category Contestant in "Girls" category Contestant in "Over 25s" category Contestant in "Groups" category
Series Start Finish Winner Main judges Awa Santesson-SeyBenny HultIsak DanielsonAndreas Carlsson David Hellenius
Judges' categories and their contestants In the show's only season, each judge was allocated a category to mentor and chose three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows 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.
Series Orup Andreas Carlsson Ison Marie Serneholt One Over 25sBenny HultAlexander HolmgrenFreja Modin GirlsAwa Santesson-SeyManda NilséniusFrida Sandén BoysIsak DanielsonMalcolm BrandinOscar Zia GroupsJ.E.MHey MaryNJOY
The only season The only season of X Factor premiered on September 9, 2012 and ended on December 7, 2012. Leona Lewis, Axwell and E.M.D. were guest judges of the series at one point. Also, Britney Spears appeared in a video message to the contestants in the Girls category. One Direction and Olly Murs also performed on the live results shows.
24 acts reached judge's houses. Orup was helped by Eric Gadd, Ison by Leona Lewis, Carlsson by Axwell and Marie by E.M.D.
The twelve eliminated acts were: Boys: Simon Issa, Adam Kanyama, Lukas Wallströmer Girls: Sabina Ddumba, Juliette Holmqvist, Sara Nutti Over 25s: Kristin Amparo, Sofia Emefors, Christine Zakrisson Groups: Fusion, Natural Blondes, Sentiment Falls
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up Category (mentor) Acts Boys (Ison) Malcolm Brandin Isak Danielson Oscar Zia Girls (Carlsson) Manda Nilsénius Frida Sandén Awa Santesson-Sey Over 25s (Orup) Alexander HolmgrenBenny Hult Freja Modin Groups (Serneholt) Hey Mary J.E.M NJOY
Results summary Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Part 1 Part 2 Awa Santesson-Sey Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeWinner Benny Hult Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-Up Isak Danielson Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Safe 3rd 3rd Eliminated(Week 10) J.E.M Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th Safe Bottom two 4th Eliminated(Week 9) Malcolm Brandin Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 8) Alexander Holmgren Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Safe 6th Eliminated(Week 7) Manda Nilsénius Safe Safe Bottom two 8th Safe 7th Eliminated(Week 6) Oscar Zia Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated(Week 5) Hey Mary Safe Bottom two Safe 9th 9th Eliminated(Week 5) Frida Sandén Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 3) Freja Modin Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated(Week 2) NJOY Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom two Freja Modin,NJOY Freja Modin,Hey Mary Frida Sandén,Manda Nilsénius Hey Mary,Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren,Oscar Zia J.E.M,Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren,Isak Danielson J.E.M,Malcolm Brandin No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins Ison's vote to eliminate NJOY Freja Modin Frida Sandén Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren J.E.M Carlsson's vote to eliminate NJOY Freja Modin Frida Sandén Hey Mary Oscar Zia J.E.M Isak Danielson Malcolm Brandin Serneholt's vote to eliminate Freja Modin Freja Modin Frida Sandén Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren Malcolm Brandin Orup's Vote to eliminate NJOY Hey Mary Frida Sandén Hey Mary Oscar Zia J.E.M Isak Danielson Malcolm Brandin Eliminated NJOY3 of 4 votesMajority Freja Modin3 of 4 votesMajority Frida Sandén4 of 4 votesMajority No Elimination Hey Mary Public Vote Manda Nilsénius2 of 4 votesDeadlock Alexander Holmgren2 of 4 votesDeadlock Malcolm Brandin3 of 4 votesMajority J.E.M Bottom Isak Danielson Third Place Benny Hult Runner-Up Oscar Zia2 of 4 votesDeadlock Awa Santesson-Sey Winner
Live show details
Week 1 (5 October)
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result J.E.M 1 "Wild Ones" Safe Freja Modin 2 "Evighet" Bottom two Awa Santesson-Sey 3 "Call Me Maybe" Safe Isak Danielson 4 "Somebody That I Used to Know" Safe Frida Sandén 5 "Teenage Dream" Safe Benny Hult 6 "Wild Horses" Safe Malcolm Brandin 7 "Bredängsstil" (original song) Safe Hey Mary 8 "With Every Heartbeat" Safe Manda Nilsénius 9 "We Found Love" Safe Alexander Holmgren 10 "Marry You" Safe NJOY 11 "La La Love" Bottom two Oscar Zia 12 "Boyfriend" Safe Final showdown details Freja Modin 1 "En dröm" Safe NJOY 2 "Free Your Mind" Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate Orup: NJOY Serneholt: Freja Modin Carlsson: NJOY Ison: NJOY
Week 2 (12 October) Musical guest: Loreen ("Crying Out Your Name")
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Benny Hult 1 "Crazy" Safe Oscar Zia 2 "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" Safe Frida Sandén 3 "Wherever You Will Go" Safe J.E.M 4 "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" Safe Freja Modin 5 "Bara Himlen Ser På" Bottom two Isak Danielson 6 "Keep On Walking" Safe Awa Santesson-Sey 7 "Mercy" Safe Hey Mary 8 "I Love It" Bottom two Alexander Holmgren 9 "The Whole of the Moon" Safe Manda Nilsénius 10 "One Last Time" Safe Malcolm Brandin 11 "Galen" (original song) Safe Final showdown details Freja Modin 1 "Genom Eld" Eliminated Hey Mary 2 "Emotion" Safe Judges votes to eliminate Orup: Hey Mary Serneholt: Freja Modin Carlsson: Freja Modin Ison: Freja Modin
Week 3 (19 October)
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Awa Santesson-Sey 1 "MMMBop" Safe Alexander Holmgren 2 "Turn Me On" Safe Hey Mary 3 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Safe Oscar Zia 4 "Danza Kuduro" Safe Benny Hult 5 "Mad World" Safe Manda Nilsénius 6 "It Feels So Good" Bottom two Malcolm Brandin 7 "Here Comes the Hotstepper" Safe Isak Danielson 8 "You're Beautiful" Safe Frida Sandén 9 "One of Us" Bottom two J.E.M 10 "Groove Is in the Heart" Safe Final showdown details Manda Nilsénius 1 "Wide Awake" Safe Frida Sandén 2 "Skyscraper" Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate Ison: Frida Sandén Carlsson: Frida Sandén Serneholt: Frida Sandén Orup: Frida Sandén
Week 4 (26 October)
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Oscar Zia 1 "When You Say Nothing At All" Safe Benny Hult 2 "Bad Things" Safe Awa Santesson-Sey 3 "Love Story" Safe Hey Mary 4 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" Bottom two Malcolm Brandin 5 "Malcolm B-thoven's femma" (original song) Safe Alexander Holmgren 6 "Tiny Dancer" Safe Manda Nilsénius 7 "Bad Romance" Bottom two Isak Danielson 8 "Skyfall" Safe J.E.M 9 "Give Me Everything" Safe Final showdown details Hey Mary 1 "One Night Only" Safe Manda Nilsénius 2 "No One" Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate Ison: Manda Nilsénius Carlsson: Hey Mary Serneholt: Manda Nilsénius Orup: Hey Mary
Although Manda Nilsénius was eliminated, after checking the votes, it was revealed that Hey Mary had received the fewest votes in that week. Therefore, it was decided that both acts would continue to Week 5; to make up for this, two acts would be eliminated in Week 5.
Week 5 (2 November) Musical guest: One Direction ("Live While We're Young" & "What Makes You Beautiful")
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Isak Danielson 1 "Dancing on My Own"/"Från och med Du" Safe Benny Hult 2 "Don't You Worry Child" Safe Hey Mary 3 "Eternal Flame" Eliminated Awa Santesson-Sey 4 "Upside Down" Safe Malcolm Brandin 5 "Fest på röda linjen" (original song) Safe Manda Nilsénius 6 "If I Were a Boy" Safe Alexander Holmgren 7 "Lemon Tree" Bottom two Oscar Zia 8 "Moves Like Jagger" Bottom two J.E.M 9 "On the Floor" Safe Final showdown details Alexander Holmgren 1 "All Right Now" Safe Oscar Zia 2 "It Will Rain" Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate Orup: Oscar Zia Serneholt: Alexander Holmgren Carlsson: Oscar Zia Ison: Alexander Holmgren
Week 6 (9 November) Musical guest: Danny Saucedo ("Delirious")
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order Song Result J.E.M 1 "Me and My Drum" Bottom two Awa Santesson-Sey 2 "Måndagsbarn" Safe Benny Hult 3 "Longing for Lullabies" Safe Malcolm Brandin 4 "Tar det tillbaka" Safe Alexander Holmgren 5 "Happyland" Safe Manda Nilsénius 6 "Listen to Your Heart" Bottom two Isak Danielson 7 "Silhouettes" Safe Final showdown details J.E.M 1 "Nothin' on You" Safe Manda Nilsénius 2 "Oops!... I Did It Again" Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate Orup: J.E.M Serneholt: Manda Nilsénius Carlsson: J.E.M Ison: Manda Nilsénius
Week 7 (16 November) Musical guest: Olly Murs ("Heart Skips a Beat" & "Troublemaker")
+ Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order Song Result Isak Danielson 1 "Feeling Good" Bottom two Alexander Holmgren 2 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Bottom two J.E.M 3 "Turn Your Lights Down Low" Safe Malcolm Brandin 4 "Jag saknar dig" (original song) Safe Awa Santesson-Sey 5 "Blame It on the Boogie" Safe Benny Hult 6 "What's Going On" Safe Final showdown details Isak Danielson 1 "I Was Here" Safe Alexander Holmgren 2 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate Ison: Alexander Holmgren Carlsson: Isak Danielson Serneholt: Alexander Holmgren Orup: Isak Danielson
Week 8 (23 November)
+ Contestants' performances on the eighth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result J.E.M 1 "I Gotta Feeling" 6 "Starships" Bottom two Isak Danielson 2 "Ordinary People" 7 "9 to 5" Safe Awa Santesson-Sey 3 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" 8 "Crazy in Love" Safe Benny Hult 4 "If You Don't Know Me by Now" 9 "Bed of Roses" Safe Malcolm Brandin 5 "Best I Ever Had" (Swedish) 10 "Everything Is Everything" Bottom twoFinal showdown details J.E.M 1 "Airplanes" Safe Malcolm Brandin 2 Original song Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Ison: J.E.M Carlsson: Malcolm Brandin Serneholt: Malcolm Brandin Orup: Malcolm Brandin
Week 9: Semi-Final (30 November)
+ Contestants' performances on the ninth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result J.E.M 1 "Wild Ones" 5 "Alone Again" Bottom two Isak Danielson 2 "Skyfall" 6 "Viva la Vida" Bottom two Benny Hult 3 "Don't You Worry Child" 7 "Halo" Safe Awa Santesson-Sey 4 "Mercy" 8 "Jump (For My Love)" SafeFinal showdown details J.E.M 1 "Written in the Stars" Eliminated Isak Danielson 2 Read All About It, Pt. III Safe
Public votes alone decided who would advance to the final.
Week 10: Final (7 December)
+ Contestants' performances on the tenth live show Act Order Song Order Duet Order Song Result Awa Santesson-Sey 1 "Independent Women" 4 "My Heart Is Refusing Me" (with Loreen) 7 "You Can't Hurry Love" Winner Isak Danielson 2 "Titanium" 5 "Life is a Rollercoaster" (with Ronan Keating) N/A N/A (Already eliminated) Eliminated Benny Hult 3 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" 6 "Hungry Heart" (with Orup) 8 "More Than You'll Ever Know" Runner-up
Xtra Factor Xtra Factor was an after show which was broadcast after every week's live show and results. It was hosted in season one by Sara Lumholdt and Martin Björk.
Errors In Week 4, David Hellenius incorrectly announced that Manda Nilsénius had received fewer public votes than Hey Mary from deadlock and had to leave the competition. But after checking the votes, it was revealed that Hey Mary had received the fewest votes in that week. Therefore, it was decided that both acts would continue to Week 5; to make up for this, two acts would be eliminated in Week 5.
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