X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth season premiered on 1 January 2012 on DR1, and ended on 23 March 2012 at Jyske Bank Boxen. Lise Rønne returned for her fourth season as host. Thomas Blachman, Pernille Rosendahl and Cutfather returned for their respective fourth, third and second seasons.
Judges and host On 12 September 2011 it was announced that Thomas Blachman, Pernille Rosendahl and Cutfather would all be returning as judges for season 5, along with Lise Rønne as host.
Selection process
Auditions Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Århus.
Superbootcamp Cutfather was given the Over 25s category, Rosendahl was given the 15–24s and Blachman was given the Groups.
Bootcamp Cutfather was assisted by Kato in choosing his final three in the Over 25s category for the live shows; Rosendahl was assisted by Mattias Kolstrup in choosing her final three in the 15–24s category; and Blachman was assisted in choosing his final three in the Groups category by Dicte.
The 6 eliminated acts were: 15–24s: Jonas, Kristel Over 25s: Jason, Kristel Groups: Double Trouble, Julie & Johnnie
Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Withdrew
ActAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)ResultIda Østergaard Madsen17Videbæk15-24s (Rosendahl)WinnerLine Dissing Karred Larsen15Ålbæk15-24s (Rosendahl)Runner-upSveinur Gaard Olsen30CopenhagenOver 25s (Cufather)3rd placeMorten Benjamin22Horsens15-24s (Rosendahl)4th placeNicoline Simone & Jean Michel16-24Nordborg & NyborgGroups (Blachman)5th place Tandberg & Østenby19-20Køge & FaxeGroups (Blachman) 6th place Mulila Phiri26OdenseOver 25s (Cutfather)7th placeKatrine Klith Andersen27RandersOver 25s (Cufather)8th placePhoung & Rasmus19-22Aarhus & OdenseGroups (Blachman) 9th place
Live shows The live shows started on 10 February 2012 at DR Byen. 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:
| – Rosendahl's contestants (15–24s) |- | – Cutfather's contestants (Over 25s) |- | – Blachman's contestants (Groups)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Normal Voting Elimination Results (+ Week 5) 1st round 2nd round Ida1st25,2%1st26,7%1st25,2%1st20,7%1st30,9%1st32,8%1st32,1%1st45,8%Winner61,7% Line 6th6,7% 4th9,8% 5th12,4% 4th16,7%2nd26,7%2nd24,0%2nd25,1%2nd37,6%Runner-Up38,3% Sveinur 3rd12,5% 6th9,0% 4th15,8% 3rd17,9% 3rd23,1% 4th21,3% 3rd22,0%3rd16,6%Eliminated(Week 7) Morten Benjamin2nd22,4% 3rd13,5%2nd16,5%5th13,9% 4th19,2% 3rd21,9%4th20,9%Eliminated(Week 6) Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel 5th9,9%2nd15,3% 3rd16,2%2nd18,1% Withdrew(Week 5) Tandberg & Østenby 7th5,9% 5th9,4%7th6,8%6th12,7%Eliminated(Week 4) Mulila 4th11,4%8th8,1%6th7,0%Eliminated(Week 3) Katrine9th1,8%7th8,2%Eliminated(Week 2) Phuong & Rasmus8th4,1%Eliminated(Week 1) Fewest votes Katrine,Phuong & Rasmus Katrine,Mulila Mulila,Tandberg & Østenby Morten Benjamin,Tandberg & Østenby The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Cutfather voted outPhuong & Rasmus Katrine Tandberg & Østenby Rosendahl voted outPhuong & Rasmus Mulila Mulila Tandberg & Østenby Blachman voted outKatrine Katrine Mulila Tandberg & Østenby Eliminated Phuong & Rasmus9th Katrine8th Mulila7th Tandberg & Østenby6th Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel5thwithdrew Morten Benjamin4th Sveinur3rd LineRunner-Up IdaWinner In week 4, Blachman voted against his own act and Cutfather didn't have to vote, but he later said that he would have voted against Tandberg & Østenby.
Live show details
Week 1 (10 February) Theme: Free choice
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Katrine 1 "White Nights" Bottom two Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel 2 "My Body Is a Cage" Safe Line 3 "Heaven" Safe Sveinur 4 "Somebody That I Used to Know" Safe Tandberg & Østenby 5 "Toxic" Safe Mulila 6 "That's Not My Name" Safe Morten Benjamin 7 "Titanium" Safe Phuong & Rasmus 8 "Speak Out Now" Eliminated Ida 9 "Skinny Love" Safe (Highest votes) Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Katrine Cutfather: Phuong & Rasmus Rosendahl: Phuong & Rasmus
Week 2 (17 February) Theme: Danish hits
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Morten Benjamin 1 "København" Safe Mulila 2 "Søvnløs" Bottom two Sveinur 3 "Surprise Me" Safe Tandberg & Østenby 4 "The Void (Trentemøller Piano Version)" Safe Line 5 "Glemmer dig aldrig" Safe Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel 6 "Somersault" Safe Ida 7 "Nothing's Wrong Song" Safe (Highest votes) Katrine 8 "The Second You Sleep" Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Cutfather: Katrine Rosendahl: Mulila Blachman: Katrine
Week 3 (24 February) Theme: Dance hits
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Line 1 "Only Girl (In the World)" Safe Tandberg & Østenby 2 "Raise Your Weapon" Bottom two Sveinur 3 "Blue Monday" Safe Ida 4 "Save the World" Safe (Highest votes) Mulila 5 "Wild Ones" Eliminated Morten Benjamin 6 "Beautiful People" Safe Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel 7 "DJ, Ease My Mind" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Cutfather: Tandberg & Østenby Rosendahl: Mulila Blachman: Mulila
Week 4 (2 March) Theme: Mash-ups
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Ida 1 "Fix You"/"Use Somebody" Safe (Highest votes) Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel 2 "Some Velvet Morning"/"Policy of Truth"/"Strangelove"/"Down by the Water" Safe Morten Benjamin 3 "No Surprises"/"What a Wonderful World" Bottom two Line 4 "Mercy"/"Rolling in the Deep"/"Bad Romance"/"Crazy" Safe Tandberg & Østenby 5 "Teardrop"/"Within You Without You"/"Born This Way" Eliminated Sveinur 6 "Misery Business"/"E.T." Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Rosendahl: Tandberg & Østenby Blachman: Tandberg & Østenby Cutfather: didn't have to vote, but he later said that he would have voted against Tandberg & Østenby.
Week 5 (9 March) Theme: Songs by Rasmus Seebach Musical Guest: Lionel Richie & Rasmus Seebach ("Say You, Say Me")
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Morten Benjamin 1 "En skygge af dig selv" Safe Line 2 "Den jeg er" Safe Sveinur 3 "Glad igen" Safe Ida 4 "Nangijala" Safe (Highest votes)
There was no elimination this week due to Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel withdrawing for personal reasons. All votes from this week were moved forward to the next week.
Week 6: Semi-final (16 March) Theme: Unplugged songs; Rap songs (duet) Musical Guests: Yepha ("Det går ned"), Kesi ("Ku Godt") & Clemens feat. Sarah West ("Ingen kender dagen")
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Sveinur 1 "Little Lion Man" 8 "Hurricane" (together with Clemens) Safe Line 2 "I'm with You" 5 "Invincible" (together with Kesi) Safe Morten Benjamin 3 "Cecilia" 6 "Limit to Your Love" (together with Yepha) Eliminated Ida 4 "Dream" 7 "You Got the Love" (together with Kesi) Safe (Highest votes) The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Morten Benjamin, was automatically eliminated.
Week 7: Final (23 March) + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order First song Order Second song (duet) Order Third song ResultIda 1 "Paradise" 4 "Ordinary Things" (with Lukas Graham) 8 "I Can Be" WinnerSveinur 2 "Hysteria" 5 "Sun of a Gun" (with Oh Land) N/A N/A (Already eliminated) 3rd PlaceLine 3 "Skyscraper" 6 "The Spell" (with Alphabeat) 7 "Efter dig" Runner-up
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