X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth season premiered on December 28, 2012 on DR1 and ended on March 22, 2013. Signe Molde replaced Lise Rønne as host, while Emil Thorup hosted new spin-off show Xtra Factor. Thomas Blachman returned for his fifth season as judge, while Ida Corr and Anne Linnet joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Pernille Rosendahl and Cutfather.
At the final on March 22 at Jyske Bank Boxen, Chresten, mentored by Corr, was announced as the winner.
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.
Selection process
Bootcamp
The 6 eliminated acts were: 15-23s: Emil, Sarah Over 24s: Dariana, Stine Groups: Mette & Henrik, Nanna & Sofia
Contestants – Winner – Runner-up Categories (mentor)Acts 15-23s (Blachman) Amanda Pedersen Karoline Hassan Zaina Jouret Over 24s (Corr) Chresten Falck Damborg Jonas Præst Nielsen Stephanie Ravn Carlsen Groups (Linnet) Anna & Lusanda Lotus Wasteland
Live shows Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) –Contestant received the most public votes Contestants' colour key:
| – Blachman's contestants (15-23s) |- | – Corr's contestants (Over 24s) |- | – Linnet's contestants (Groups)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 1st round 2nd round 1st round 2nd round Chresten1st25,7%1st19,1% 3rd17,0% 3rd19,7%1st33,4% 1st33,6% 1st48,3%Winner57,9% Karoline 4th13,5% 3rd14,4%2nd17,0%1st20,1% 4th14,3% 1st64,8% 2nd24,6%2nd36,5%Runner-Up42,1% Wasteland 5th8,5%2nd14,9%1st18,2%6th13,1% 2nd24,4% 3rd21,5%3rd15,2%Eliminated(Week 7) Amanda 3rd14,9% 5th12,2% 4th14,9%2nd19,9% 3rd21,9% 4th20,3%Eliminated(Week 6) Stephanie 7th5,9% 6th10,6%7th9,3% 4th13,8%5th6,0%2nd35,2%Eliminated(Week 5) Anna & Lusanda2nd17,0% 4th13,8% 5th14,9%5th13,5%Eliminated(Week 4) Jonas8th4,7%7th9,3%6th10,9%Eliminated(Week 3) Zaina 6th7,1%8th5,7%Eliminated(Week 2) Lotus9th2,7%Eliminated(Week 1) Fewest votes Jonas,Lotus Jonas,Zaina Jonas,Stephanie Anna & Lusanda,Wasteland Karoline,Stephanie The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Linnet voted out Jonas Zaina - Anna & Lusanda colspan=2 Corr voted out Lotus Zaina Jonas Anna & Lusanda colspan=2 Blachman voted out Lotus Jonas Jonas Wasteland colspan=2 Eliminated Lotus9th Zaina8th Jonas7th Anna & Lusanda6th Stephanie5th Amanda4th Wasteland3rd KarolineRunner-up ChrestenWinner
Live show details
Week 1 (February 9) Theme: Hope
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Wasteland 1 "Too Close" Safe Stephanie 2 "Jóga" Safe Zaina 3 "Breezeblocks" Safe Lotus 4 "Tror på dig" Eliminated Chresten 5 "Last Po' Man"/"No Diggity" Safe (Highest votes) Karoline 6 "DJ Blues" Safe Anna & Lusanda 7 "My Kind of Love" Safe Amanda 8 "Oh Love" Safe Jonas 9 "With Every Heartbeat" Bottom two Judges' votes to eliminate Corr: Lotus Linnet: Jonas Blachman: Lotus
Week 2 (February 15) Theme: Against
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Zaina 1 "Green Garden" Eliminated Chresten 2 "Magic"/"Love Lockdown" Safe (Highest votes) Anna & Lusanda 3 "Lights" Safe Amanda 4 "Chimacum Rain" Safe Jonas 5 "Bulletproof" Bottom two Karoline 6 "Get Free" Safe Wasteland 7 "Radioactive" Safe Stephanie 8 "Heartbeats" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Corr: Zaina Blachman: Jonas Linnet: Zaina
Week 3 (February 22) Theme: Power
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Anna & Lusanda 1 "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" Safe Jonas 2 "Take Me Out" Eliminated Amanda 3 "Youth" Safe Chresten 4 "Little Black Submarines"/"No Church in the Wild" Safe Karoline 5 "The Gentle Roar" Safe Stephanie 6 "The Power of Good-Bye" Bottom two Wasteland 7 "Stop for a Minute" Safe (Highest votes) Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Jonas Linnet decided to let Corr decide between her two acts Corr: Jonas
Week 4 (March 1) Theme: DR Bigband
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Chresten 1 "Bitter Sweet Symphony" Safe Amanda 2 "Cry Me a River" Safe Wasteland 3 "Diamonds" Bottom two Anna & Lusanda 4 "The Boy Is Mine" Eliminated Karoline 5 "Don't Stop the Music" Safe (Highest votes) Stephanie 6 "Spectrum (Say My Name)" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Wasteland Corr: Anna & Lusanda Linnet: Anna & Lusanda
Week 5 (March 8) Theme: Danish hits Guest mentors: Remee and Cutfather Musical Guests: Panamah ("Børn af Natten") & Rasmus Walter ("Endeløst") Group performances: "Mine øjne de skal se" / "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" / "Jeg tager imod" / "Den jeg elsker" / "Midt om natten"
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Chresten 1 "Sweet Dogs" Safe (Highest votes) Stephanie 2 "Under the Water" Eliminated Wasteland 3 "Fact-Fiction" Safe Amanda 4 "Hollow Talk" Safe Karoline 5 "Superstar" Bottom two
Week 6: Semi-final (March 15) Theme: Viewers choice; Judges choice Musical Guest: Ida ("Underdog")
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Amanda 1 "I Knew You Were Trouble" 5 "Lullabies" Eliminated Chresten 2 "Let Her Go" 6 "One Day / Reckoning Song" Safe (Highest votes) Karoline 3 "As Long as You Love Me" 7 "Girl with the Tattoo (Enter.Lewd)" Safe Wasteland 4 "What Makes You Beautiful" 8 "She Has No Time" Safe The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Amanda, was automatically eliminated.
Week 7: Final (March 22) + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order First song Order Second song (duet) Order Third song Result Chresten 1 "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" 4 "Uden forsvar" and "Endeløst" (with Marie Key and Rasmus Walter) 8 "Let Go" Winner Wasteland 2 "Ikke mere tid" 5 "Børn af natten" and "Elephant" (with Panamah and Mads Langer) N/A N/A (Already eliminated) 3rd Place Karoline 3 "Glass" 6 "Ask Yourself" and "Din for evigt" (with Nabiha and Burhan G) 7 "Det er her vi bor" Runner-up
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