X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The first season premiered on 4 January 2008 and ended on 28 March on DR1. Lise Rønne was the host, while Thomas Blachman, Lina Rafn and Remee were the judges.
Martin Hoberg Hedegaard was the winner.
Judges and hosts Lise Rønne was the host Thomas Blachman Lina Rafn & Remee were the judges
Selection process
Auditions Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Århus in 2007.
Bootcamp
Remee was given the 15-24s category, Thomas Blachman was given the Over 25s and Lina Rafn was given the Groups.
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up ActAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)ResultMartin Hedegaard15Ørum15-24s (Remee)WinnerLaura Kjærgaard23Aarhus15-24s (Remee) Runner-upHeidi Herløw29OdenseOver 25s (Blachman)3rd placeBasim Moujahid15Høje Gladsaxe15-24s (Remee) 4th placeVocaLoca21-24Copenhagen Groups (Rafn)5th placeLisa Birkevist27StrøbyOver 25s (Blachman)6th place RaiDen16-28Copenhagen S., Brøndbyøster & BrøndbyGroups (Rafn)7th placeFrederik Konradsen28CopenhagenOver 25s (Blachman)8th placeSøren & Anne21Aarhus & ØksbølGroups (Rafn)9th place
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 was saved by the public
Contestants' colour key:
| – Remee's contestants (15-24s) |- | – Blachman's contestants (Over 25s) |- | – Rafn's contestants (Groups)
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Martin HedegaardSafe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner(Week 8) Laura KjærgaardSafe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up(Week 8) Heidi HerløwSafe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated(Week 7) Basim MoujahidSafe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two 4th Eliminated(Week 6) VocaLocaSafe Safe Bottom two Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated(Week 5) Lisa Birkevist Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 4) RaiDenSafe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated(Week 3) Frederik KonradsenSafe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 2) Søren & Anne Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom two Lisa BirkevistSøren & Anne Frederik KonradsenRaiDen RaiDenVocaloca Lisa BirkevistVocaloca Basim MoujahidVocaloca No bottom two, public votes alone decide who is eliminated. Remee voted out Søren & Anne Frederik Konradsen RaiDen Lisa Birkevist VocaLoca Rafn voted out Lisa Birkevist Frederik Konradsen RaiDen Lisa Birkevist Basim Moujahid Blachman voted out Søren & Anne RaiDen VocaLoca VocaLoca VocaLoca Eliminated Søren & Anne9th Frederik Konradsen8th RaiDen7th Lisa Birkevist6th VocaLoca5th Basim Moujahid4th Heidi Herløw3rd Laura KjærgaardRunner-up Martin HedegaardWinner
Live show details Colour key:
| – Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |- | – Contestant was eliminated |- | – Contestant was saved by the public
Week 1 (8 February) Theme: Hits from Tjeklisten
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Martin Hedegaard 1 "As"Safe Søren & Anne 2 "When You're Gone" Eliminated Lisa Birkevist 3 "Crazy" Bottom two Basim Moujahid 4 "Du Kan Gøre Hvad Du Vil" Safe VocaLoca 5 "It's My Life" Safe Fredrik Konradsen 6 "My Love Is Your Love" Safe Laura Kjærgaard 7 "Un-Break My Heart" Safe RaiDen 8 "When You're Looking Like That"Safe Heidi Herløw 9 "Whispering at the Top of My Lungs"Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Søren & Anne Rafn: Lisa Birkevist Remee: Søren & Anne
Week 2 (15 February) Theme: Moviehits
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Movie Result Laura Kjærgaard 1 "Licence to Kill" Licence to Kill Safe Frederik Konradsen 2 "My Girl" My Girl Eliminated RaiDen 3 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Armageddon Bottom two Basim Moujahid 4 "You Are the Music in Me" High School Musical 2Safe Heidi Herløw 5 "Calling You" Out of Rosenheim Safe VocaLoca 6 "Krummes Sang"Krummerne Safe Martin Hedegaard 7 "Kiss from a Rose" Batman ForeverSafe Lisa Birkevist 8 "Purple Rain" Purple Rain Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: RaiDen Rafn: Frederik Konradsen Remee: Frederik Konradsen
Week 3 (22 February) Theme: Disco
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Basim Moujahid 1 "Celebration"Safe VocaLoca 2 "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" Bottom two Lisa Birkevist 3 "I'm Every Woman"Safe Martin Hedegaard 4 "Rock with You" Safe RaiDen 5 "Tragedy" Eliminated Heidi Herløw 6 "All Around the World" Safe Laura Kjærgaard 7 "I Will Survive" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: Vocaloca Remee: RaiDen Rafn: RaiDen
Week 4 (29 February) Theme: Sing Danish + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Martin Hedegaard 1 "Kom Tilbage Nu" Safe Lisa Birkevist 2 "Dansevise" Eliminated VocaLoca 3 "Buster" Bottom two Heidi Herløw 4 "Verden er i Farver" Safe Basim Moujahid 5 "Tænder på dig" Safe Laura Kjærgaard 6 "Du Er" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: VocaLoca Rafn: Lisa Birkevist Remee: Lisa Birkevist
Week 5 (7 March) Theme: BigBand + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Laura Kjærgaard 1 "If I Ain't Got You" Safe Basim Moujahid 2 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Bottom two Heidi Herløw 3 "Walk Away"Safe Martin Hedegaard 4 "Somebody to Love" Safe VocaLoca 5 "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Remee: VocaLoca Rafn: Basim Moujahid Blachman: VocaLoca
Week 6: Quarter-Final (14 March) Theme: Anne Linnet and Elvis Presley Musical Guest: Shayne Ward ("No U Hang Up") + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Martin Hedegaard 1 "Smuk og Dejlig" 5 "Can't Help Falling in Love" Safe Laura Kjærgaard 2 "Ingen Anden Drøm" 6 "Suspicious Minds" Safe Basim Moujahid 3 "Glor på Vinduer" 7 "Always On My Mind" Eliminated Heidi Herløw 4 "Det er Ikke Det Du Siger" 8 "A Little Less Conversation" Safe Basim Moujahid received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated
Week 7: Semi-Final (21 March) Theme: James Blunt and Free Choice Musical Guest: James Blunt ("Carry You Home") + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Martin Hedegaard 1 "Goodbye My Lover" 4 "What Goes Around... Comes Around"Safe Heidi Herløw 2 "You're Beautiful" 5 "Why" Eliminated Laura Kjærgaard 3 "Same Mistake" 6 "No One" Safe Heidi Herløw received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated
Week 8: Final (28 March) Theme: Viewers Choice; Free Choice; winner's single
+ Contestants' performances on the eight live show Act Order Viewers Choice Song Order Free Choice Song Order Winner's single Result Martin Hedegaard 1 "Somebody to Love" 3 "For Once in My Life" 6 "The 1" Winner Laura Kjærgaard 2 "Du Er" 4 "You Raise Me Up" 5 "The 1" Runner-up
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