X Factor (German TV series) season 4

X Factor
Season 4
Hosted byCharlotte Würdig and Bence Istenes
JudgesThomas Anders
Iggy Uriarte
Jennifer Weist
Sido
WinnerEES & The Yes-Ja! Band
Runner-upWait of the World
Release
Original networkSky 1
Original release27 August (2018-08-27) –
19 October 2018 (2018-10-19)
Season chronology
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Season 3

The fourth season of X Factor premiered on Sky 1 on August 27, 2018 and consists of a new judging line-up comprising former Modern Talking lead vocalist Thomas Anders, American singer Iggy Uriarte, singer Jennifer Weist and rapper Sido. It was presented by Charlotte Würdig and Bence Istenes, who replaced former host Jochen Schropp.[1]

Production

The show was originally cancelled in 2012 after the third series but an announcement was made for a revival series to be aired in 2018 on a new channel with an all-new judging line up and presenter.[2] According to reports, the revival's premiere achieved only 30,000 viewers. Throughout the season, the show's viewership has been between 10,000 to 70,000 viewers. The finale only had 40,000 viewers.

The revival was shortly canceled after the final show.

Finalists

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Sido) Jan-Marten Block (23) Leonardo Davi (20) Robin Hoff (20)
Girls (Uriarte) Leonie-Susanne Happel (19) Selina Shirin Hinzmann (20) Stefanie Black (20)
Over 25s (Anders) Alexander Grant (30) Manuel "Elto" El-Tohamy (29) Sheila "Shylee" Rothberg (28)
Groups and Bands (Weist) EES & The Yes-Ja! Band Scheer Wait of the World

Elimination Chart

Colour key
  – Contestant was saved by the judges
  – Contestant was saved by the public
  – Contestant was not saved by the public or by the judges and was eliminated
  – Contestant was eliminated in the Sing-off
  – Contestant became the winner
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
EES & The Yes-Ja! Band Safe Safe Winner
Wait of the World Safe Saved Runner-up
Sheila "Shylee" Rothberg Safe Safe Eliminated in Round 2 (Week 3)
Jan-Marten Block Safe Safe Eliminated in Round 1 (Week 3)
Scheer Safe Eliminated Eliminated (week 2)
Robin Hoff Safe Eliminated
Leonie-Susanne Hapel Safe Eliminated
Manuel "Elto" El-Tohamy Safe Eliminated
Selina Shirin Hinzmann Eliminated Eliminated (week 1)
Stefanie Black Eliminated
Alexander Grant Eliminated
Leonardo Davi Eliminated
Sing-off Scheer,
Wait of the World
Sido' vote
to save
Scheer
Uriate's vote
to save
Wait of the World
Weist's vote
to save
Wait of the World
Anders's vote
to save
Wait of the World
Eliminated Leonardo Davi
Fewest votes
to save
Scheer
1 of 4 votes
to save
Jan-Marten Block
Fewest votes
to win
Alexander Grant
Fewest votes
to save
Manuel "Elto" El-Tohamy
Fewest votes
to save
Sheila "Shylee" Rothberg
Fewest votes
to win
Stefanie Black
Fewest votes
to save
Leonie-Susanne Hapel
Fewest votes
to save
Waif of the World
Fewest votes
to win
Selina Shirin Hinzmann
Fewest votes
to save
Robin Hoff
Fewest votes
to save
EES & The Yes-Ja! Band
Most votes
to win

Live show details

Week 1 (5 October)

This week the 4 acts with most votes from the public were saved while the judges chose which 4 acts to save.

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
EES & The Yes-Ja! Band 1 "Never Hold Us Down" (original song) Public vote
Alexander Grant 2 "Leave a Light On" Eliminated
Leonie-Susanne Hapel 3 "Pretty Girl Rock" Iggy's choice
Stefanie Black 4 "Niemals" Eliminated
Manuel "Elto" El-Tohamy 5 "In My Blood" Thomas' choice
Robin Hoff 6 "Schwerkraft" (original song) Public Vote
Scheer 7 "Das mutige Ich" (original song) Jennifer's choice
Sheila "Shylee" Rothberg 8 "Lay Me Down" Public vote
Jan-Marten Block 9 "Unchain My Heart" Sido's choice
Leonardo Davi 10 "Youngblood" Eliminated
Selina Shirin Hinzmann 11 "Sandcastles" Eliminated
Wait of the World 12 "Glacier" (original song) Public vote

Week 2 (12 October)

The 3 acts who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the public voting progressed to the final while the 2 acts who placed 4th and 5th in the public voting battled it out in the sing-off for the last place in the final while the remaining 3 acts who placed 6th, 7th and 8th in the public voting were eliminated.

Act Order Song Result
Wait of the World 1 "Until your Home" Sing-off
Jan-Marten Block 2 "Skinny Love" Public vote
Sheila "Shylee" Rothberg 3 "Valerie" Public vote
Scheer 4 "Unendlich" Sing-off
Leonie-Susanne Hapel 5 "No Tears Left to Cry" Eliminated
Manuel "Elto" El-Tohamy 6 "Thinking Out Loud" Eliminated
Robin Hoff 7 "Facetime" Eliminated
EES & The Yes-Ja! Band 8 "Original" Public vote
Sing-off details
Scheer 1 "Kilometer" Eliminated
Wait of the World 2 "You've Got the Love" Saved

Week 3 Final (19 October)

Act Order First song Order Second song Result
EES & The Yes-Ja! Band 1 "Just Do It" 5 "Try Try Try" Winner
Jan-Marten Block 2 "Sanctuary" 6 "Los" 4th Place
Wait of the World 3 "Rune" 7 "Glacier" Runner-up
Sheila "Shylee" Rothberg 4 "Chandelier" 8 "Bulletproof" 3rd Place

References

  1. ^ "X Factor on Sky Deutschland". Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ^ ""X Factor": Reicht das, um besser zu sein als "The Voice"?". dwdl.de. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.