X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh season premiered on January 3, 2014, on DR1 and ended on March 28. Eva Harlou replaced Signe Molde as host. Thomas Blachman returned for his sixth season as judge and was rejoined by Lina Rafn and Remee, reinstating the original judging panel from seasons 1 and 2. Rafn and Remee rejoined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Ida Corr and Anne Linnet. Spin-off show Xtra Factor did not return.
Judges and hosts
After the sixth live show of the sixth season on March 15, 2013, Ida Corr was asked if she would return as a judge for another season and said that she did not know. On 17 June, it was reported that former judge Remee, who appeared in the first three seasons, was in talks with DR1 to return as a judge for season 7. On August 16, it was announced that Eva Harlou would replace Signe Molde as host for the seventh season. On 17 September, judge Anne Linnet revealed that Lina Rafn, who appeared in the first two seasons, and Remee would be re-joining Thomas Blachman for season 7. The following day, the judging panel was officially confirmed as Blachman, Rafn and Remee.
Selection process
Auditions The live auditions were dropped and replaced by the room auditions last used in season 3. The auditions took place in Århus from September 24–26, 2013, and at DR Byen in Copenhagen from September 30 – October 2, 2013.
+Judges' auditions City Dates Venue Århus September 24–26, 2013 Copenhagen September 30 – October 2, 2013 DR Byen
Superbootcamp Superbootcamp took place at Vega. The 15-23s and Over 24s categories were changed to 15-22s and Over 23s. Remee received the Over 23s category, Rafn received the 14-23s and Blachman received the Groups.
Bootcamp Remee took the Over 23s to his home and was assisted by Chief 1; Rafn took the 15-23s to Kødbyen with Glamboy P and Jonas Worup; and Blachman took the Groups to Rundetårn, with assistance from Lennart Ginman and Carsten Dahl.
The 6 eliminated acts were: 14-22s: Dannie, Hadiel Over 23s: Chaimae, Tommy Groups: Anne Sophie & Ida, Ása & Carsten
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up ActAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)ResultAnthony Jasmin15-19Høje Gladsaxe & AlbertslundGroups (Blachman)WinnerLucy Mardou23Thy-lejrenOver 23s (Remee)Runner-upHenriette Haubjerg16Brande14-22s (Rafn)3rd placePernille Nordtorp27CopenhagenOver 23s (Remee)4th placeManBand31-44Vesterbro, Valby & HerlevGroups (Blachman)5th placeSteffen Gilmartin50VesterbroOver 23s (Remee)6th placeFie Winther16Helsingør14-22s (Rafn)7th placeMathias Chrøis17Taastrup14-22s (Rafn)8th placelickety-split15-19Aarhus & HadstenGroups (Blachman)9th place
Live shows The live shows started on February 14, 2014, at DR Byen. The season 7 final was the first since season 2 to be held at DR Byen after being held in Parken from seasons 3-4 and Jyske Bank Boxen from seasons 5–6.
Results summary Contestants' colour key:
| – Remee's contestants (Over 23s) |- | – Rafn's contestants (14-22s) |- | – Blachman's contestants (Groups)
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 1st round 2nd round Anthony Jasmin 6th9.13% 5th10.42%1st22.65%1st21.81% 2nd21.71% 2nd26.93% 2nd37.46%Winner54.40% Lucy Mardou1st24.02%1st26.90% 2nd20.01% 3rd17.60%1st25.68%1st33.23%1st38.51%Runner-Up45.60% Henriette Haubjerg 4th12.59% 4th11.04%6th10.24% 2nd20.22%5th17.01% 3rd20.45%3rd24.03%Eliminated(Week 7) Pernille Nordtorp9th4.68% 2nd15.04% 4th11.85%5th14.69% 3rd18.06%4th19.39%Eliminated(Week 6) ManBand2nd14.29% 3rd14.26% 3rd17.85% 4th15.90%4th17.53%Eliminated(Week 5) Steffen Gilmartin 3rd13.64% 6th8.82% 5th10.42%6th9.79%Eliminated(Week 4) Fie Winther 5th9.49%8th6.58%7th6.97%Eliminated(Week 3) Mathias Chrøis 7th7.46%7th6.94%Eliminated(Week 2) lickety-split8th4.71%Eliminated(Week 1) Fewest votes lickety-split,Pernille Nordtorp Fie Winther,Mathias Chrøis Fie Winther,Henriette Haubjerg Pernille Nordtorp,Steffen Gilmartin Henriette Haubjerg,ManBand The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Remee voted to eliminate lickety-split Fie Winther Fie Winther Steffen Gilmartin ManBand Rafn voted to eliminate lickety-split Mathias Chrøis Fie Winther Pernille Nordtorp ManBand Blachman voted to eliminate Pernille Nordtorp Mathias Chrøis Henriette Haubjerg Steffen Gilmartin Henriette Haubjerg Eliminated lickety-split9th Mathias Chrøis8th Fie Winther7th Steffen Gilmartin6th ManBand5th Pernille Nordtorp4th Henriette Haubjerg3rd Lucy MardouRunner-Up Anthony JasminWinner
Live show details
Week 1 (February 14) Theme: Signature
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Pernille Nordtorp 1 "Blue Jeans" Bottom two lickety-split 2 "La La La" Eliminated Mathias Chrøis 3 "Sig det" Safe ManBand 4 "Do You Realize??" Safe Fie Winther 5 "Nightcall" Safe Lucy Mardou 6 "Colors" Safe (Highest votes) Anthony Jasmin 7 "Brother Where Are You" Safe Steffen Gilmartin 8 "Fred" Safe Henriette Haubjerg 9 "Running to the Sea" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Pernille Nordtorp Remee: lickety-split Rafn: lickety-split
Week 2 (February 21) Theme: Danish hits Musical guest: Shaka Loveless ("Dengang du græd" og "2 mod verden")
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Fie Winther 1 "Landet" Bottom two Steffen Gilmartin 2 "Pandora" Safe Anthony Jasmin 3 "Hos mig igen" Safe Mathias Chrøis 4 "Veninder" Eliminated Pernille Nordtorp 5 "Ridset i panden" Safe Henriette Haubjerg 6 "Du og jeg" Safe ManBand 7 "Snehvidekys" Safe Lucy Mardou 8 "Kringsat af fjender" Safe (Highest votes) Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Mathias Chrøis Remee: Fie Winther Rafn: Mathias Chrøis
Week 3 (February 28) Theme: Top 40 Hits
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Steffen Gilmartin 1 "Ho Hey" Safe Henriette Haubjerg 2 "Wrecking Ball" Bottom two ManBand 3 "Hey Brother" Safe Lucy Mardou 4 "Somewhere Only We Know" Safe Fie Winther 5 "Burn" Eliminated Pernille Nordtorp 6 "Holy Grail" Safe Anthony Jasmin 7 "Happy" Safe (Highest votes) Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Henriette Haubjerg Remee: Fie Winther Rafn: Fie Winther
Week 4 (March 7) Theme: Eurovision hits
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Lucy Mardou 1 "Nocturne"/"Satellite" Safe Steffen Gilmartin 2 "What's Another Year" Eliminated Henriette Haubjerg 3 "Danse i måneskin" Safe Anthony Jasmin 4 "To lys på et bord" Safe (Highest votes) Pernille Nordtorp 5 "Divine" Bottom two ManBand 6 "Save Your Kisses for Me" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Rafn: Pernille Nordtorp Blachman: Steffen Gilmartin Remee: Steffen Gilmartin
Week 5 (March 14) Theme: British beats Musical guest: John Newman ("Losing Sleep") Group performance: John Newman & The Top 5: ("Love Me Again") + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result ManBand 1 "Don't Talk Just Kiss" Eliminated Henriette Haubjerg 2 "Wonderful Life" Bottom two Lucy Mardou 3 "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"Black Skinhead"/"London Calling"/"Eleanor Rigby"/"Chase the Devil" Safe (Highest votes) Anthony Jasmin 4 "Latch" Safe Pernille Nordtorp 5 "Smooth Operator" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Rafn: ManBand Blachman: Henriette Haubjerg Remee: ManBand
Week 6: Semi-final (March 21) Theme: Songs from the contestants birth years; winner song Musical guest: Chresten ("Hanging My Youth Out")
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Henriette Haubjerg 1 "Free" 5 "I Follow Rivers" Safe Pernille Nordtorp 2 "Take My Breath Away" 6 "Habits" Eliminated Lucy Mardou 3 "Dub Be Good to Me" 7 "Soon We'll Be Found" Safe (Highest votes) Anthony Jasmin 4 "Broken Homes" 8 "Hey Love" Safe The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Pernille Nordtorp, was automatically eliminated.
Week 7 (28 March): Final Theme: Free choice; duet with guest artists; winner's single Group performances: "All Night" (all contestants) and "You're the Voice" (auditionees) Musical guests: Carpark North ("Renegade"), Medina ("Jalousi"), Christopher ("Crazy"), Quadron ("Favorite Star") and Kim Cesarion ("I Love This Life") + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order First song Order Duet Order Winner's single Result Lucy Mardou 1 "Team" 4 "32" (with Carpark North) 8 "The Switch" Runner-up Anthony Jasmin 2 "Time to Pretend" 5 "Told You So" (with Christopher) 7 "Do Ya" Winner Henriette Haubjerg 3 "Tomorrow" 6 "Kun for mig" (with Medina) N/A 3rd Place
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