X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. Sofie Linde Lauridsen was the host again. Thomas Blachman, Mette Lindberg and Remee returned for their respective ninth second and seventh seasons as judges. Morten Nørgaard won the competition and Remee became the winning mentor for the 4th time and won 3 seasons in a row and also for the first time in the Danish X Factor history a judge has won the show with 3 different categories.
Judges and hosts On 12 August 2016 it was announced that Sofie Linde Lauridsen would be the host again. Also, Thomas Blachman, Mette Lindberg and Remee would also return as judges.
Selection process
Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Aarhus.
5 Chair Challenge The 5 Chair Challenge returned for season 10. Thomas Blachman mentored the 15-22s, Remee had the Over 23s and Mette Lindberg had the Groups.
The 16 successful acts were: 15-22s: Chili, Liv, Martin, Mia, Rosa, Saliou Over 23s: Anders, Libbi, Mike, Morten, Samanta Groups: Fyhnen Sisters, Ladies with Attitude, Lasse & Nanna, Southside, VKation
Martin was originally eliminated from the 5 Chair Challenge but Blachman later regretted his decision. Therefore, he brought Martin back in the competition and therefore, 16 acts would be competing in Bootcamp.
Bootcamp The Bootcamp took place at Egeskov Slot.
The 7 eliminated acts were: 15-22s: Liv, Rosa, Saliou Over 23s: Anders, Libbi Groups: Lasse & Nanna, Southside
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up ActAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)ResultMorten Nørgaard27OdderOver 23s (Remee)WinnerChili Pedersen16Himmelev15-22s (Blachman)Runner-upMia Sørensen15Ølsted15-22s (Blachman) 3rd placeVKation17OdenseGroups (Lindberg)4th placeSamanta Gomez28Lyngby Over 23s (Remee)5th placeMartin Prytz16Lolland15-22s (Blachman)6th place Ladies with Attitude17-18Greve & GladsaxeGroups (Lindberg)7th placeMike Beck33NordsøenOver 23s (Remee)8th placeFyhnen Sisters18-22LindkundGroups (Lindberg)9th place
Live shows The live shows started on February 17 at DR Byen. Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the Sing-Off –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no Sing-Off) –Contestant received the most public votes
Contestants' colour key:
| – 15-22s (Blachman's contestants) |- | – Over 23s (Remee's contestants) |- | – Groups (Lindberg's contestants)
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 1st round 2nd round Morten Nørgaard1st18,7% 2nd16,9% 1st20,9%2nd20,7%1st32,0%1st32,5%2nd33,8%Winner52,1% Chili Pedersen 3rd13,4% 3rd16,3% 2nd17,4% 3rd18,0% 3rd19,9% 2nd23,5%1st34,7%Runner-Up47,9% Mia Sørensen 2nd15,1%1st17,9% 4th14,6% 4th16,5% 2nd20,1% 3rd23,1%3rd31,5%Eliminated(Week 7) VKation 5th11,6% 4th10,6%7th9,6% 1st21,7% 4th15,0%4th20,9%Eliminated(Week 6) Samanta Gomez 6th9,7% 5th9,9% 3rd15,7% 5th13,7%5th12,9%Eliminated(Week 5) Martin Prytz 4th13,4% 6th9,7% 5th11,3%6th9,7%Eliminated(Week 4) Ladies with Attitude 7th7,6%7th9,4%6th10,6% Eliminated(Week 3) Mike Beck8th6,4%8th9,3%Eliminated(Week 2) Fyhnen Sisters9th4,0%Eliminated(Week 1) Sing-Off The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Lindberg voted out Mike Beck Mike Beck Ladies with Attitude Martin Prytz Samanta Gomez Blachman voted out Fyhnen Sisters Mike Beck Ladies with Attitude Samanta Gomez Samanta Gomez Remee voted out Fyhnen Sisters Ladies with Attitude VKation Martin Prytz VKation Eliminated Fyhnen Sisters9th Mike Beck8thLadies with Attitude 7thMartin Prytz 6thSamanta Gomez 5thVKation 4thMia Sørensen 3rd Chili PedersenRunner-Up Morten NørgaardWinner
Live show details
Week 1 (February 17) Theme: Signature
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Ladies with Attitude 1 "Say My Name" Safe Mia Sørensen 2 "Shock to My System" Safe Mike Beck 3 "Guillotine" Bottom two Fyhnen Sisters 4 "My Silver Lining" Bottom two Martin Prytz 5 "Closer" Safe Samanta Gomez 6 "Bare være mig selv" Safe VKation 7 "Angel Zoo" Safe Chili Pedersen 8"Waiting Game" SafeMorten Nørgaard 9 "Hero" Safe (Highest votes) Sing-Off details Mike Beck 1 "Can't Help But Wait" Saved Fyhnen Sisters 2 "Ring of Fire" Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Remee: Fyhnen Sisters Lindberg: Mike Beck Blachman: Fyhnen Sisters
Week 2 (February 24) Theme: Songs from the judges decades
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result VKation 1 "Take On Me" Safe Samanta Gomez 2 "Wild Horses" Safe Martin Prytz 3 "Fever" Safe Morten Nørgaard 4 "How Deep Is Your Love" Safe Ladies with Attitude 5 "I Feel for You" Bottom two Chili Pedersen 6 "Train Song" Safe Mike Beck 7 "Moondance" Bottom two Mia Sørensen 8 "California Dreamin'" Safe (Highest votes) Sing-Off details Ladies with Attitude 1"Side to Side" Saved Mike Beck 2 "I Need a Dollar"Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Lindberg: Mike Beck Remee: Ladies with Attitude Blachman: Mike Beck
Week 3 (March 3) Theme: Break-up songs
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Mia Sørensen 1 "Shake It Out" Safe Morten Nørgaard 2 "This Town" Safe (Highest votes) Ladies with Attitude 3 "Warwick Avenue" Bottom two Chili Pedersen 4 "Do You Remember" Safe VKation 5 "Summertime Sadness"Bottom two Martin Prytz 6 "Fools" Safe Samanta Gomez 7"One" Safe Sing-Off details Ladies with Attitude 1"Dark Horse" Eliminated VKation 2 "You're Not Alone" Saved Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Ladies with Attitude Remee: VKation Lindberg: Ladies with Attitude
Week 4 (March 10) Theme: Crooners and Divas accompanied by DR Big Band
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Crooner/Diva Result Martin Prytz 1 "Suit & Tie" Justin Timberlake Bottom two Samanta Gomez 2 "Judge Me" K. Michelle Bottom two Mia Sørensen 3 "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" Mary Martin Safe VKation 4 "Unchained Melody" Todd Duncan Safe (Highest votes) Morten Nørgaard 5 "Backwards" Lars H.U.G. and Lisa Ekdahl Safe Chili Pedersen 6 "Weight In Gold" Gallant Safe Sing-Off details Martin Prytz 1 "Follow You Home" Eliminated Samanta Gomez 2 "Smile" Saved Judges' votes to eliminate Remee: Martin Prytz Blachman: Samanta Gomez Lindberg: Martin Prytz
Week 5 (March 17) Theme: International hits Group Performance: "Rock Your Body"/"Sorry"/"...Baby One More Time"/"Thriller"/"24K Magic"/"Purple Rain" (Performed of the 5 Finalists) + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Chili Pedersen 1 "Video Games" Safe Morten Nørgaard 2 "Say You Won't Let Go" Safe (Highest votes) Mia Sørensen 3 "Halo" Safe Samanta Gomez 4 "Make Me (Cry)" Bottom two VKation 5 "I Feel It Coming" Bottom two Sing-Off details Samanta Gomez 1"Crazy" Eliminated VKation 2 "Overleve" Saved Judges' votes to eliminate Lindberg: Samanta Gomez Remee: VKation Blachman: Samanta Gomez
Week 6: Semi-final (24 March) Theme: Anniversary Song (songs previously performed by previous finalists), Viewers Choice Musical Guest: KAPUTU ("Hvor du går") + Choices for Viewers choice song week Act Song choices Result Public Vote Chili Pedersen "Porcelain" Not chosen 22,72% "Bad Blood" Not chosen 38,62% "Higher" Chosen 38,66% Mia Sørensen "Running with the Wolves" Chosen 48,14% "Stronger Than Ever" Not chosen 35,90% "Sippy Cup" Not chosen 15,96% Morten Nørgaard "Hey There Delilah" Not chosen 26,74% "Dancing On My Own" Chosen 56,51% "Arthur's Theme" Not chosen 16,75% VKation "Sorry" Not chosen 18,65% "All My Love" Not chosen 33,89% "Final Song" Chosen 47,46%
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Previous finalist Order Second song Result Morten Nørgaard 1"Mad World" Thomas Ring5"Dancing On My Own"Safe (Highest votes)Chili Pedersen 2 "DJ, Ease My Mind" Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel 6 "Higher"SafeVKation 3 "Stay with Me" Jógvan 7 "Final Song" Eliminated Mia Sørensen 4"Oh Love"Amanda 8 "Running with the Wolves" Safe The semi-final did not feature a Sing-Off and instead the act with the fewest public votes, VKation, was automatically eliminated.
Week 7: Final (31 March) Theme: Free Choice, Dallas Austin's Choice, Winner's single Musical guests: Gulddreng ("Utro"), Ed Sheeran ("Castle on the Hill") & ("Shape of You") Group Performances: "Fem Fine Frøkner" (Gabrielle; Performed of X Factor 2017 Finalists and Sofie Linde Lauridsen); "Ked af det" (Performed of Gulddreng and Auditionees) + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order Free Choice Song Order Dallas Austin's Choice Order Winner's single Result Mia Sørensen 1 "Issues" 4 "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" N/A N/A (Already eliminated) 3rd Place Morten Nørgaard 2 "Runnin' (Lose It All)" 5 "Pompeii" 8"The Underdog"Winner Chili Pedersen 3 "Feel Like Me" 6 "Dangerous Woman"7"Plated Gold"Runner-up
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