X Factor (Danish TV series) season 12

X Factor
Season 12
Hosted bySofie Linde Ingversen (TV 2)
JudgesThomas Blachman
Oh Land
Ankerstjerne
WinnerKristian Kjærlund
Winning mentorThomas Blachman
Runner-upBenjamin Rosenbohm
Finals venueForum Horsens
Release
Original networkTV 2
TV 2 Zulu (Z Factor)
Original releaseJanuary 4 (2019-01-04) –
April 12, 2019 (2019-04-12)
Season chronology
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Season 11
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Season 13

X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. This season will be the first season broadcast on TV2.[1] after DR1 announced on August 16, 2017, that Season 11 is the final season broadcast on their channel.[2] 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
Act Age(s) Hometown Category (mentor) Result
Kristian Kjærlund 23 Horsens Over 23s (Blachman) Winner
Benjamin Rosenbohm 16 Copenhagen 15-22s (Ankerstjerne) Runner-up
Live Vogel 15 Espergærde 15-22s (Ankerstjerne) 3rd place
Echo 15-21 Various Groups (Oh Land) 4th place
Maria & Bea 18 Haderslev & Sønderborg Groups (Oh Land) 5th place
Patrick Smith 18 Rødby 15-22s (Ankerstjerne) 6th place
Gina Michaells 43 Brande Over 23s (Blachman) 7th place
Andrea Brøndsted 29 Copenhagen Over 23s (Blachman) 8th place
Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne 59-70 Various Groups (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 5th
10.8% 		2nd
16.6% 		2nd
17.2% 		1st
24.8% 		Safe 2nd
30.7% 		1st
47.7% 		Winner
54.3%
Benjamin Rosenbohm 2nd
14.3% 		1st
17.2% 		1st
18.1% 		2nd
21.8% 		Safe 1st
34.0% 		2nd
37.8% 		Runner-Up
45.7%
Live Vogel 1st
17.1% 		3rd
15.0% 		4th
13.8% 		4th
14.0% 		Safe 3rd
18.6% 		3rd
14.5% 		Eliminated
(Week 7)
Echo 7th
10.2% 		6th
11.1% 		7th
11.4% 		6th
11.8% 		Safe 4th
16.6% 		Eliminated
(Week 6)
Maria & Bea 3rd
13.9% 		5th
13.0% 		3rd
14.2% 		3rd
15.6% 		Withdrew Withdrew
(Week 5)
Patrick Smith 8th
6.0% 		7th
7.4% 		5th
13.8% 		5th
12.0% 		Eliminated
(Week 4)
Gina Michaells 4th
13.0% 		4th
13.6% 		6th
11.4% 		Eliminated
(Week 3)
Andrea Brøndsted 6th
10.5% 		8th
6.2% 		Eliminated
(Week 2)
Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne 9th
4.1% 		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 out Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne Andrea Brøndsted Gina Michaells Echo —
Oh Land voted out Patrick Smith Andrea Brøndsted Gina Michaells Patrick Smith —
Blachman voted out Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne Patrick Smith Echo Patrick Smith —
Eliminated Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne
9th 		Andrea Brøndsted
8th 		Gina Michaells
7th 		Patrick Smith
6th 		Maria & Bea
5th 		Echo
4th 		Live Vogel
3rd 		Benjamin Rosenbohm
Runner-Up
Kristian Kjærlund
Winner

Live show details

Week 1 (March 1)

  • Theme: My Song
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song[3] 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[4] 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[5] 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[6] 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[7] 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)[8] Order Second song (Duet with a Special Guest)[8] 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)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Judge's Choice Song[9] Order Producer's Choice Song[9] Producer Order Winner's single[10] 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

References

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  2. ^ "DR slår fast: X Factor stopper". SE og HØR. 14 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Særligt én sang overrasker før fredagens liveshow i 'X Factor' - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. February 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Stort "X Factor"-benspænd: De sange skal deltagerne synge". SE og HØR. 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Få overblikket her – det skal 'X Factor'-deltagerne synge i aften - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. March 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Mamma Mia og Fifty Shades Of Grey – disse filmhits skal 'X Factor'-deltagerne synge i aften - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. March 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "Deltagerne skal på scenen sammen - det skal de synge i aften - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. March 29, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "'X Factor'-deltagere får hjælp på scenen - sådan bliver semifinalen - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. April 5, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Det skal de synge i finalen - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. April 12, 2019.
  10. ^ "Hør 'X Factor'-finalisternes vindersange - Remee blev tilkaldt i sidste øjeblik - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. April 8, 2019.