en X Factor (Danish TV series) season 1

*X Factor*
X Factor
Season 1
Hosted by	Lise Rønne
Judges	Thomas Blachman; Lina Rafn; Remee
Winner	Martin Hoberg Hedegaard
Winning mentor	Remee
Runner-up	Laura Arensbak Kjaergaard
Finals venue	DR Byen
Release
Original network	DR1
Original release	4 January –; 28 March 2008
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2

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.

Judges and hosts

Lise Rønne was the host Thomas Blachman Lina Rafn & Remee were the judges

Season 1 judges

Thomas Blachman

Lina Rafn

Remee

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

Act	Age(s)	Hometown	Category (mentor)	Result
Martin Hedegaard	15	Ørum	15-24s (Remee)	Winner
Laura Kjærgaard	23	Aarhus	15-24s (Remee)	Runner-up
Heidi Herløw	29	Odense	Over 25s (Blachman)	3rd place
Basim Moujahid	15	Høje Gladsaxe	15-24s (Remee)	4th place
VocaLoca	21-24	Copenhagen	Groups (Rafn)	5th place
Lisa Birkevist	27	Strøby	Over 25s (Blachman)	6th place
RaiDen	16-28	Copenhagen S., Brøndbyøster & Brøndby	Groups (Rafn)	7th place
Frederik Konradsen	28	Copenhagen	Over 25s (Blachman)	8th place
Søren & Anne	21	Aarhus & Øksbøl	Groups (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 Hedegaard	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Week 8)
	Laura Kjærgaard	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (Week 8)
	Heidi Herløw	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Basim Moujahid	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	4th	Eliminated (Week 6)
	VocaLoca	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Lisa Birkevist	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	RaiDen	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Frederik Konradsen	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Søren & Anne	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 1)

Bottom two		Lisa Birkevist Søren & Anne	Frederik Konradsen RaiDen	RaiDen Vocaloca	Lisa Birkevist Vocaloca	Basim Moujahid Vocaloca	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 & Anne 9th	Frederik Konradsen 8th	RaiDen 7th	Lisa Birkevist 6th	VocaLoca 5th	Basim Moujahid 4th	Heidi Herløw 3rd	Laura Kjærgaard Runner-up
Eliminated		Søren & Anne 9th	Frederik Konradsen 8th	RaiDen 7th	Lisa Birkevist 6th	VocaLoca 5th	Basim Moujahid 4th	Heidi Herløw 3rd	Martin Hedegaard Winner

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: Filmhits

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act	Order	Song	Film	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	Safe
Heidi Herløw	5	"Calling You"	Out of Rosenheim	Safe
VocaLoca	6	"Krummes Sang"	Krummerne	Safe
Martin Hedegaard	7	"Kiss from a Rose"	Batman Forever	Safe
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

X Factor (Danish TV series) season 1