X Factor (Belgian TV series)

X Factor
Presenters
Judges
Season 1 (2005) contestants
  • Winner: Udo Mechels (25+)
  • Runner-up: The Cappaert Sisters (Group)
  • 3rd: Ivann (16-24)
  • 4th: Paco Garcia (16-24)
  • 5th: Patrick & Carina (Group)
  • 6th: Helena Fontyn (25+)
  • 7th: Alexander Chiafele (16-24)
  • 8th: Robin Danneels (25+)
  • 9th: Davy Lakomy (16-24)
  • 10th: Three Cats (Group)
  • 11th: Véronique Flamand (25+)
  • 12th: Rm'Ny (Group)
Season 2 (2008) contestants
  • Winner: Dirk De Smet (25+)
  • Runner-up: Tom Eeckhout (16-24)
  • 3rd: Lester & Abdou (Group)
  • 4th: Mathieu & Guillaume Engels (Group)
  • 5th: Karim Lequenne (16-24)
  • 6th: Elien Roosen (25+)
  • 7th: Lady-Like (Group)
  • 8th: Jurgen De Jaegher (25+)
  • 9th: Stefanie Schaekers (16-24)
  • 10th: Rodwan Balkaïd (16-24)
  • 11th: Miss Behave (Group)
  • 12th: Andy De Koker (25+)

X Factor was the Flemish version of the British show The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. The new X Factor series was a successor to Idool which features contestants & jury members from both seasons.

Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.

Key:

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.


Season Jean Blaute Kris Wauters Liliane Saint-Pierre
One Groups
The Cappaert Sisters
Patrick & Carina
Three Cats
Rm'Ny
Over 25s
Udo Mechels
Helena Fontyn
Robin Daneels
Véronique Flamand
16-24s
Ivann
Paco Garcia
Alexander Chiafele
Davy Lakomy
Season Maurice Engelen Kris Wauters Do
Two 16-24s
Tom Eeckhout
Karim Lequenne
Stefanie Schaekers
Rodwan Balkaïd
Over 25s
Dirk De Smet
Elien Roosen
Jurgen De Jaegher
Andy De Koker
Groups
Lester & Abdou
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels
Lady-Like
Miss Behave

Series overview

  "Under 25 boys" category
  "Under 25 girls" category
  "16-24s" category
  "Over 25s" category
  "Groups" category

Season Air date Winner Runner-up Third place Host(s) Judges Winning mentor
One 2005 Udo Mechels The Cappaert Sisters Ivann Koen Wauters
Jean Blaute
Kris Wauters
Liliane Saint-Pierre
Kris Wauters
Two 2008 Dirk De Smet Tom Eeckhout Lester & Abdou Hadise
Kris Wauters
Do
Maurice Engelen

Season 1 (2005)

The first Belgian edition of X Factor started screening in late 2005 on vtm. The judges were Kris Wauters, Jean Blaute and Liliane Saint-Pierre; the show was hosted by Koen Wauters.

The winner of season one was Udo Mechels from Nossegem and the runner up was The Cappaert Sisters (Annelies & Sarah Cappaert) from Tongeren. Contestant Robin Danneels had to quit the show due to being hospitalized for his back pain. Therefore, Ivann could return to sing in the contest.

Name Category Date of birth Originating from Eliminated on/Position
Udo Mechels 25+ 10 May 1976 Nossegem Winner
Sarah and Annelies Cappaert
(as The Cappaert Sisters)
Groups 24 July 1987 (Sarah)
10 September 1979 (Annelies)
Zedelgem Finals
Ivann (Ivan Vermeer) 16-24 16 June 1981 Wilrijk Semi-finals
Paco Garcia 16-24 23 March 1982 Heusden 9th live show
Patrick & Carina Groups Tongeren 8th live show
Helena Fontyn 25+ 23 September 1974 Hemiksem 7th live show
Alexander Chiafele 16-24 8 April 1982 Turnhout 6th live show
Robin Daneels 25+ 29 November 1978 Bruges 5th live show
Davy Lakomy 16-24 13 December 1987 As 4th live show
Three Cats Groups 3rd live show
Véronique Flamand 25+ 25 December 1972 Herentals 2nd live show
Rm'Ny Groups 1st live show

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
  – Withdrew
Category
(mentor)
Acts
Over 25s
(Kris Wauters)
Robin Daneels Véronique Flamand Helena Fontyn Udo Mechels
Groups
(Jean Blaute)
Patrick & Carina Rm'Ny The Cappaert Sisters Three Cats
Under 25s
(Liliane Saint-Pierre)
Alexander Chiafele Paco Garcia Ivann Davy Lakomy

Results table

Contestants' colour key:

  – Kris Wauter's contestants (over 25s)
  – Liliane Saint-Pierre's contestants (16–24s)
  – Jean Blaute's contestants (groups)
  – Bottom two
  – Safe
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11
Udo Mechels 3rd 5th 6th 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st Winner
(Week 11)
The Cappaert Sisters 1st Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe 2nd Runner-up
(Week 11)
Ivann Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated
(Week 10)
Paco Garcia Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated
(Week 9)
Patrick & Carina Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe Bottom
two
Bottom
two
Bottom
two
Bottom
two
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Helena Fontyn Bottom
two
Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(Week 7)
Alexander Chiafele Safe Bottom
two
Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(Week 6)
Robin Daneels 4th 1st 1st 3rd 1st Withdrew
(Week 5)
Davy Lakomy Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(Week 4)
Three Cats Safe Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Véronique Flamand Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(Week 2)
Rm'Ny Bottom
two
Eliminated
(Week 1)
Withdrew None Robin Daneels None
Bottom two Helena Fontyn,
Rm'Ny
Alexander Chiafele,
Véronique Flamand
Patrick & Carina,
Three Cats
Davy Lakomy,
Helena Fontyn
Ivann,
Patrick & Carina
Alexander Chiafele,
Patrick & Carina
Helena Fontyn,
Patrick & Carina
Patrick & Carina,
The Cappaert Sisters
- - -
Blaute's vote to eliminate Helena Fontyn Véronique Flamand - Davy Lakomy Ivann Alexander Chiafele Helena Fontyn - - - -
Saint-Pierre's vote to eliminate Rm'Ny Véronique Flamand Three Cats - Patrick & Carina Patrick & Carina Helena Fontyn Patrick & Carina
Wauters' vote to eliminate Rm'Ny Alexander Chiafele Three Cats Davy Lakomy Ivann Alexander Chiafele Patrick & Carina Patrick & Carina
Eliminated Rm'Ny
2 of 3
votes
Véronique Flamand
2 of 3
votes
Three Cats
2 of 2
votes
Davy Lakomy
2 of 2
votes
Ivann
2 of 3
votes
Alexander Chiafele
2 of 3
votes
Helena Fontyn
2 of 3
votes
Patrick & Carina
2 of 2
votes
Paco Garcia
Bottom
Ivann
Bottom
The Cappaert Sisters
Runner-up
Udo Mechels
Winner

Season 2 (2008)

The second and final season aired in 2008. Dirk De Smet in the "Over 25" category and mentored by Kris Wauters won the title. Tom Dice who competed under his real name Tom Eeckhout was runner-up. The show was hosted by Hadise.

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category
(mentor)
Acts
Over 25s
(Kris Wauters)
Jurgen De Jaegher Andy De Koker Dirk De Smet Elien Rossen
Groups
(Do)
Lady-Like Lester & Abdou Mathieu & Guillaume Engels Miss Behave
Under 25s
(Maurice Engelen)
Rodwan Balkaïd Tom Eeckhout Karim Lequenne Stefanie Schaekers

Results table

Contestants' colour key:

  – Kris Wauter's contestants (over 25s)
  – Maurice Engelen's contestants (16–24s)
  – Do's contestants (groups)
  – Bottom two
  – Safe
  – Eliminated (no bottom two)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11
Dirk De Smet 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st Winner
(Week 11)
Tom Eeckhout 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd Runner-up
(Week 11)
Lester & Abdou 12th 8th 6th 9th 5th 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 3rd Eliminated
(Week 10)
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 6th 3rd 4th Eliminated
(Week 9)
Karim Lequenne 4th 5th 10th 5th 4th 2nd 2nd 4th Eliminated
(Week 8)
Elien Roosen 6th 7th 4th 6th 7th 6th 5th Eliminated
(Week 7)
Lady-Like 5th 4th 5th 4th 6th 7th Eliminated
(Week 6)
Jurgen De Jaegher 7th 6th 7th 7th 8th Eliminated
(Week 5)
Stefanie Schaekers 9th 10th 8th 8th Eliminated
(Week 4)
Rodwan Balkaïd 8th 9th 9th Eliminated
(Week 3)
Miss Behave 10th 11th Eliminated
(Week 2)
Andy De Koker 11th Eliminated
(Week 1)
Bottom two Andy De Kocker,
Lester & Abdou
Miss Behave,
Stefanie Schaekers
Karim Lequenne,
Rodwan Balkaïd
Lester & Abdou,
Stephanie Schaekers
Elien Roosen,
Jurgen De Jaegher
Elien Roosen,
Lady-Like
Elien Roosen,
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels
Karim Lequenne,
Lester & Abdou
- - -
Do's vote to eliminate Andy De Koker Stefanie Schaekers Karim Lequenne Stefanie Schaekers Elien Roosen Elien Roosen Elien Roosen Karim Lequenne - - -
Engelen's vote to eliminate Andy De Koker Miss Behave Rodwan Balkaïd Lester & Abou Jurgen De Jaegher Lady-Like Elien Roosen Lester & Abou
Wauters' vote to eliminate Lester & Abdou Miss Behave Rodwan Balkaïd Stefanie Schaekers Jurgen De Jaegher Lady-Like Mathieu & Guillaume Engels Karim Lequenne
Eliminated Andy De Koker
2 of 3
votes
Miss Behave
2 of 3
votes
Rodwan Balkaïd
2 of 3
votes
Stefanie Schaekers
2 of 3
votes
Jurgen De Jaegher
2 of 3
votes
Lady-Like
2 of 3
votes
Elien Roosen
2 of 3
votes
Karim Lequenne
2 of 3
votes
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels
Bottom
Lester & Abdou
Bottom
Tom Eeckhout
Runner-up
Dirk De Smet
Winner

Live show details

Week 1 (8 October 2008)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Miss Behave 1 "Toxic" Safe
Rodwan Balkaïd 2 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" Safe
Tom Eeckhout 3 "Bleeding Love" Safe
Andy De Koker 4 "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" Eliminated
Elien Roosen 5 "Love Song" Safe
Jurgen De Jaegher 6 "Ik Ga Dood Aan Jou" Safe
Lester & Abdou 7 "Valerie" Bottom two
Dirk De Smet 8 "You Give Me Something" Safe
Lady-Like 9 "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" Safe
Stefanie Schaekers 10 "Because of You" Safe
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 11 "Ik Heb Je Lief" Safe
Karim Lequenne 12 "One" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Wauters: Lester & Abdou
  • Do: Andy De Koker
  • Engelen: Andy De Koker

Week 2 (15 October 2008)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Dirk De Smet 1 "Another Day" Safe
Lady-Like 2 "Don't Let Go (Love)" Safe
Karim Lequenne 3 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Safe
Jurgen De Jaegher 4 "Ik Leef Voor Jou" Safe
Stefanie Schaekers 5 "Unwritten" Bottom two
Lester & Abdou 6 "Closer" Safe
Tom Eeckhout 7 "Clocks" Safe
Miss Behave 8 "Sway" Eliminated
Elien Roosen 9 "All the Times I Cried" Safe
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 10 "Poolijs" Safe
Rodwan Balkaïd 11 "Black and Gold" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Do: Stefanie Schaekers
  • Engelen: Miss Behave
  • Wauters: Miss Behave

Week 3 (22 October 2008)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Lester & Abdou 1 "What Goes Around... Comes Around" Safe
Rodwan Balkaïd 2 "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" Eliminated
Jurgen De Jaegher 3 "Zij" Safe
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 4 "Zuster" Safe
Stefanie Schaekers 5 "Dance with My Father" Safe
Elien Roosen 6 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Safe
Lady-Like 7 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Safe
Karim Lequenne 8 "Sick and Tired" Bottom two
Tom Eeckhout 9 "The Long and Winding Road" Safe
Dirk De Smet 10 "Don't Look Back" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Wauters: Rodwan Balkaïd
  • Do: Karim Lequenne
  • Engelen: Rodwan Balkaïd

Week 4 (29 October 2008)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result
Tom Eeckhout 1 "I Don't Want to Be" Safe
Lester & Abdou 2 "It Wasn't Me" Bottom two
Dirk De Smet 3 "Still Crazy After All These Years" Safe
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 4 "J'te mentirais" Safe
Karim Lequenne 5 "Somebody to Love" Safe
Elien Roosen 6 "Warwick Avenue" Safe
Lady-Like 7 "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" Safe
Jurgen De Jaegher 8 "Kom wat dichterbij" Safe
Stefanie Schaekers 9 "I Kissed a Girl" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Do: Stefanie Schaekers
  • Engelen: Lester & Abdou
  • Wauters: Stefanie Schaekers

Week 5 (5 November 2008)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
Jurgen De Jaegher 1 "Geen Toeval" Eliminated
Lady-Like 2 "Mercy" Safe
Karim Lequenne 3 "Ordinary People" Safe
Elien Roosen 4 "That's Alright" Bottom two
Lester & Abdou 5 "Lost Without U" Safe
Tom Eeckhout 6 "Don't Stop the Music" Safe
Dirk De Smet 7 "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" Safe
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 8 "Van God Los" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Do: Elien Roosen
  • Engelen: Jurgen De Jaegher
  • Wauters: Jurgen De Jaegher

Week 6 (12 November 2008)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Mathieu & Guillaume Engels 1 "Hallelujah" Safe
Tom Eeckhout 2 "Wonderwall" Safe
Lester & Abdou 3 "Pop" Safe
Elien Roosen 4 "Wicked Game" Bottom two
Karim Lequenne 5 "Purple Rain" Safe
Dirk De Smet 6 "I Wonder Why" Safe
Lady-Like 7 "Stop!" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Wauters: Lady-Like
  • Do: Elien Roosen
  • Engelen: Lady-Like

References