X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. This season will be the first season broadcast on TV2. after DR1 announced on August 16, 2017, that Season 11 is the final season broadcast on their channel. Kristian Kjærlund won the competition and Thomas Blachman became the winning mentor for the 3rd time and the 2nd judge to win 2 seasons in a row.
Judges and hosts Sofie Linde Lauridsen returned as the main host of the show for the 4th time. Thomas Blachman returned as a judge for the 11th time while Remee and Sanne Salomonsen decided to quit. Oh Land and Ankerstjerne replaced them as judges.
Selection process
Auditions took place in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense.
5 Chair Challenge The 5 Chair Challenge returns for season 12. Ankerstjerne will mentor the 15-22s, Blachman has the Over 23s and Oh Land has the Groups/Bands.
The 15 successful acts were: 15-22s: Albina, Benjamin, Live, Patrick, Rasmus Over 23s: Andrea, Emil, Frank, Gina, Kristian Groups: Celina, Danjal & Mathias, Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne, Echo, Maria & Bea, Wild Mountains
Bootcamp
The 6 eliminated acts were: 15-22s: Albina, Rasmus Over 23s: Emil, Frank Groups: Celina, Danjal & Mathias, Wild Mountains
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Withdrew ActAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)ResultKristian Kjærlund23HorsensOver 23s (Blachman)WinnerBenjamin Rosenbohm16Copenhagen15-22s (Ankerstjerne)Runner-upLive Vogel15Espergærde15-22s (Ankerstjerne)3rd placeEcho15-21VariousGroups (Oh Land)4th placeMaria & Bea18Haderslev & SønderborgGroups (Oh Land)5th place Patrick Smith18Rødby15-22s (Ankerstjerne)6th place Gina Michaells43BrandeOver 23s (Blachman)7th placeAndrea Brøndsted29CopenhagenOver 23s (Blachman)8th placeDr. Rolf & Kanylerne59-70VariousGroups (Oh Land)9th place
Live shows
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 –Contestant withdrew from the competition
Contestants' colour key:
| – 15-22s (Ankerstjerne's contestants) |- | – Over 23s (Blachman's contestants) |- | – Groups (Oh Land's contestants)
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 1st round 2nd round Kristian Kjærlund 5th10.8% 2nd16.6% 2nd17.2% 1st24.8% Safe 2nd30.7% 1st47.7% Winner54.3% Benjamin Rosenbohm 2nd14.3% 1st17.2% 1st18.1% 2nd21.8% Safe 1st34.0% 2nd 37.8% Runner-Up45.7% Live Vogel 1st17.1% 3rd15.0% 4th13.8% 4th14.0% Safe 3rd18.6% 3rd14.5%Eliminated(Week 7) Echo 7th10.2% 6th11.1% 7th11.4% 6th11.8% Safe 4th16.6%Eliminated(Week 6) Maria & Bea 3rd13.9% 5th13.0% 3rd14.2% 3rd15.6% WithdrewWithdrew(Week 5) Patrick Smith 8th6.0% 7th7.4% 5th13.8% 5th12.0%Eliminated(Week 4) Gina Michaells 4th13.0% 4th13.6% 6th11.4%Eliminated(Week 3) Andrea Brøndsted 6th10.5% 8th6.2%Eliminated(Week 2) Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne 9th4.1%Eliminated(Week 1) Sing-Off Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne,Patrick Smith Patrick Smith,Andrea Brøndsted Gina Michaells,Echo Patrick Smith,Echo The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Ankerstjerne voted outDr. Rolf & Kanylerne Andrea Brøndsted Gina Michaells Echo Oh Land voted outPatrick Smith Andrea Brøndsted Gina Michaells Patrick Smith Blachman voted outDr. Rolf & Kanylerne Patrick Smith Echo Patrick Smith Eliminated Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne9th Andrea Brøndsted8th Gina Michaells7thPatrick Smith6thMaria & Bea 5th Echo4thLive Vogel 3rd Benjamin RosenbohmRunner-Up Kristian KjærlundWinner
Live show details
Week 1 (March 1) Theme: My Song
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Echo 1 "High Five" Safe Kristian Kjærlund 2 "Sweet Dreams, TN" Safe Benjamin Rosenbohm 3 "When You Love Someone" Safe Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne 4 "Hvorfor sku' vi synge" (Original song) Bottom two Gina Michaells 5 "Keep Lying" Safe Patrick Smith 6 "Entertaineren" Bottom two Andrea Brøndsted 7 "Poison" Safe Maria & Bea 8 "Bad Girls" Safe Live Vogel 9 "When the Party's Over" Safe Sing-Off details Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne 1 "Nattens Sang" (Original song) Eliminated Patrick Smith 2 "Det si'r sig selv" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Ankerstjerne: Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne Oh Land: Patrick Smith Blachman: Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne
Week 2 (March 8) Theme: Songs from the contestant's birthyears
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Live Vogel 1 "White Flag" Safe Maria & Bea 2 "Freestyler" Safe Patrick Smith 3 "De er meget interesserede i"/"Du kan gøre hvad du vil" Bottom two Andrea Brøndsted 4 "Eternal Flame" Bottom two Benjamin Rosenbohm 5 "Cry Me a River" Safe Gina Michaells 6 "I'm Not in Love" Safe Echo 7 "Clocks" Safe Kristian Kjærlund 8 "Common People" Safe Sing-Off details Patrick Smith 1 "Quang's Sang" Safe Andrea Brøndsted 2 "Don't Know Why" Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Ankerstjerne: Andrea Brøndsted Blachman: Patrick Smith Oh Land: Andrea Brøndsted
Week 3 (March 15) Theme: Songs from 2018/2019 Musical Guest: Hugo Helmig ("Young Like This") + Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Maria & Bea 1 "I Like It" Safe Benjamin Rosenbohm 2 "Be My Mistake" Safe Kristian Kjærlund 3 "Electrified" Safe Live Vogel 4 "God Is a Woman" Safe Echo 5 "Blur" Bottom two Gina Michaells 6 "Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman like Me to Have – but I Have It" Bottom two Patrick Smith 7 "Sort Tulipan" Safe Sing-Off details Gina Michaells 1 "I Hope You Dance" Eliminated Echo 2 "A Thousand Years" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Oh Land: Gina Michaells Blachman: Echo Ankerstjerne: Gina Michaells
Week 4 (March 22) Theme: Songs from movies
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Movie Result Patrick Smith 1 "Barndommens Gade" Barndommens Gade Bottom two Echo 2 "Chiquitita" Mamma Mia! Bottom two Kristian Kjærlund 3 "Blood in the Cut" XXX: Return of Xander Cage Safe Live Vogel 4 "Life on Mars?" The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Safe Maria & Bea 5 "Gangsta's Paradise" Dangerous Minds Safe Benjamin Rosenbohm 6 "Earned It" Fifty Shades of Grey Safe Sing-Off details Patrick Smith 1 "Fra mark til by" (Original song) Eliminated Echo 2 "Comfortably Numb" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Ankerstjerne: Echo Oh Land: Patrick Smith Blachman: Patrick Smith
Week 5 (March 29) Theme: Nordic songs Musical Guests: Alexander Oscar & SVEA ("Complicated") Group Performance: "Off to See the World" + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Benjamin Rosenbohm 1 "Crazy Love" Safe Echo 2 "When I Grow Up" Safe Live Vogel 3 "Alle skuffer over tid" Safe Kristian Kjærlund 4 "Youth Knows No Pain" Safe Maria & Bea N/A "Født i dag" Withdrew
Maria & Bea withdrew from the competition because of personal reasons, one of them being that Bea's father died, so this week there will be no elimination. However, there will still be a voting but all the publics votes will go through to next week.
Week 6: Semi-final (5 April) Theme: One Hit Wonders & Duet with a Special Guest Musical Guests: Emil Kruse & Benjamin Hav ("Air Tonight") + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song (One Hit Wonders) Order Second song (Duet with a Special Guest) Result Kristian Kjærlund 1 "You Get What You Give" 6 "Wish You Were Gay" (With Chili) Safe Live Vogel 2 "Stand by Me"5 "2000 meter i frit fald" (With Katinka Bjerregaard) Safe Benjamin Rosenbohm 3 "A Girl Like You" 8 "Planets" (With Nicklas Sahl) Safe Echo 4 "All the Things She Said" 7 "Fjerne slægtninge" (With Bisse) Eliminated The semi-final did not feature a sing-off and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Echo, were automatically eliminated.
This week's publics votes were combined from last weeks votes.
After Echo were eliminated they performed "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane
Week 7: Final (12 April) Theme: Judge's Choice, Producer's Choice and Winner's single Musical guests: Alphabeat ("Shadows") Scarlet Pleasure ("24/7") Group Performances: ("Giant" performed by X Factor 2019 Contestants) ("Shallow"/"7 Rings"/"My Silver Lining" performed by Malte Ebert, Sofie Linde and Audtionees) + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order Judge's Choice Song Order Producer's Choice SongProducer Order Winner's single Result Benjamin Rosenbohm 1 "Be Alright" 4 "Lost"Malthe Rostrup 8 "Worth a Broken Heart" Runner-Up Kristian Kjærlund 2 "Do I Wanna Know?" 5 "Green Light"Nicolai Kornerup 7 "Lost and Profound" Winner Live Vogel 3 "Finale på et filmset" 6 "Special"Malthe Rostrup N/A N/A (Already eliminated) 3rd Place
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