X Factor (Danish season 7)

X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh season premiered on January 3, 2014 on DR1 and ended on March 28. Eva Harlou replaced Signe Molde as host. Thomas Blachman returned for his sixth season as judge and was rejoined by Lina Rafn and Remee, reinstating the original judging panel from seasons 1 and 2. Rafn and Remee rejoined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Ida Corr and Anne Linnet. Spin-off show Xtra Factor did not return.

X Factor
Season 7
Hosted byEva Harlou
JudgesThomas Blachman
Lina Rafn
Remee
WinnerAnthony Jasmin
Winning mentorThomas Blachman
Runner-upLucy Mardou
Finals venueDR Byen
Release
Original networkDR1
Original releaseJanuary 3 
March 28, 2014
Season chronology

Judges and hosts

After the sixth live show of the sixth season on March 15, 2013, Ida Corr was asked if she would return as a judge for another season and said that she did not know.[1] On 17 June, it was reported that former judge Remee, who appeared in the first three seasons, was in talks with DR1 to return as a judge for season 7.[2] On August 16, it was announced that Eva Harlou would replace Signe Molde as host for the seventh season.[3] On 17 September, judge Anne Linnet revealed that Lina Rafn, who appeared in the first two seasons, and Remee would be re-joining Thomas Blachman for season 7.[4] The following day, the judging panel was officially confirmed as Blachman, Rafn and Remee.[5]

Selection process

Auditions

The live auditions were dropped and replaced by the room auditions last used in season 3. The auditions took place in Århus from September 24-26, 2013, and at DR Byen in Copenhagen from September 30-October 2, 2013.

Judges' auditions
City Dates Venue
Århus September 24-26, 2013
Copenhagen September 30-October 2, 2013 DR Byen

Superbootcamp

Superbootcamp took place at Vega. The 15-23s and Over 24s categories were changed to 15-22s and Over 23s. Remee received the Over 23s category, Rafn received the 14-23s and Blachman received the Groups.

Bootcamp

Remee took the Over 23s to his home and was assisted by Chief 1; Rafn took the 15-23s to Kødbyen with Glamboy P and Jonas Worup; and Blachman took the Groups to Rundetårn, with assistance from Lennart Ginman and Carsten Dahl.

The 6 eliminated acts were:

  • 14-22s: Dannie, Hadiel
  • Over 23s: Chaimae, Tommy
  • Groups: Anne Sophie & Ida, Ása & Carsten

Finalists

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Categories (mentor) Acts
14-22s (Rafn) Mathias ChrøisHenriette HaubjergFie Winther
Over 23s (Remee) Steffen GilmartinLucy MardouPernille Nordtorp
Groups (Blachman) Anthony Jasminlickety-splitManBand

Live shows

The live shows started on February 14, 2014 at DR Byen. The season 7 final was the first since season 2 to be held at DR Byen after being held in Parken from seasons 3-4 and Jyske Bank Boxen from seasons 5-6.

Results summary

Contestants' colour key:[6]

  Remee's contestants (Over 23s)
  Rafn's contestants (Under 23s)
  Blachman's contestants (Groups)
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
1st round2nd round
Anthony Jasmin 6th
9.13%
5th
10.42%
1st
22.65%
1st
21.81%
2nd
21.71%
2nd
26.93%
2nd
37.46%
Winner
54.40%
Lucy Mardou 1st
24.02%
1st
26.90%
2nd
20.01%
3rd
17.60%
1st
25.68%
1st
33.23%
1st
38.51%
Runner-Up
45.60%
Henriette Haubjerg 4th
12.59%
4th
11.04%
6th
10.24%
2nd
20.22%
5th
17.01%
3rd
20.45%
3rd
24.03%
Eliminated
(Week 7)
Pernille Nordtorp 9th
4.68%
2nd
15.04%
4th
11.85%
5th
14.69%
3rd
18.06%
4th
19.39%
Eliminated
(Week 6)
ManBand 2nd
14.29%
3rd
14.26%
3rd
17.85%
4th
15.90%
4th
17.53%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Steffen Gilmartin 3rd
13.64%
6th
8.82%
5th
10.42%
6th
9.79%
Eliminated
(Week 4)
Fie Winther 5th
9.49%
8th
6.58%
7th
6.97%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Mathias Chrøis 7th
7.46%
7th
6.94%
Eliminated
(Week 2)
lickety-split 8th
4.71%
Eliminated
(Week 1)
Fewest votes lickety-split,
Pernille Nordtorp
Fie Winther,
Mathias Chrøis
Fie Winther,
Henriette Haubjerg
Pernille Nordtorp,
Steffen Gilmartin
Henriette Haubjerg,
ManBand
The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Remee voted to eliminate lickety-splitFie WintherFie WintherSteffen GilmartinManBand
Rafn voted to eliminate lickety-splitMathias ChrøisFie WintherPernille NordtorpManBand
Blachman voted to eliminate Pernille NordtorpMathias ChrøisHenriette HaubjergSteffen GilmartinHenriette Haubjerg
Eliminated lickety-split
9th
Mathias Chrøis
8th
Fie Winther
7th
Steffen Gilmartin
6th
ManBand
5th
Pernille Nordtorp
4th
Henriette Haubjerg
3rd
Lucy Mardou
Runner-Up
Anthony Jasmin
Winner

Week 1 (February 14)

  • Theme: Signature
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Pernille Nordtorp 1 "Blue Jeans" Bottom two
lickety-split 2 "La La La" Eliminated
Mathias Chrøis 3 "Sig det" Safe
ManBand 4 "Do You Realize??" Safe
Fie Winther 5 "Nightcall" Safe
Lucy Mardou 6 "Colors" Safe
Anthony Jasmin 7 "Brother Where Are You" Safe
Steffen Gilmartin 8 "Fred" Safe
Henriette Haubjerg 9 "Running to the Sea" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Blachman: Pernille Nordtorp
  • Remee: lickety-split
  • Rafn: lickety-split

Week 2 (February 21)

  • Theme: Danish hits
  • Musical guest: Shaka Loveless ("Dengang du græd" og "2 mod verden")
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Fie Winther 1 "Landet" Bottom two
Steffen Gilmartin 2 "Pandora" Safe
Anthony Jasmin 3 "Hos mig igen" Safe
Mathias Chrøis 4 "Veninder" Eliminated
Pernille Nordtorp 5 "Ridset i panden" Safe
Henriette Haubjerg 6 "Du og jeg" Safe
ManBand 7 "Snehvidekys" Safe
Lucy Mardou 8 "Kringsat af fjender" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Blachman: Mathias Chrøis
  • Remee: Fie Winther
  • Rafn: Mathias Chrøis

Week 3 (February 28)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Steffen Gilmartin 1 "Ho Hey" Safe
Henriette Haubjerg 2 "Wrecking Ball" Bottom two
ManBand 3 "Hey Brother" Safe
Lucy Mardou 4 "Somewhere Only We Know" Safe
Fie Winther 5 "Burn" Eliminated
Pernille Nordtorp 6 "Holy Grail" Safe
Anthony Jasmin 7 "Happy" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Blachman: Henriette Haubjerg
  • Remee: Fie Winther
  • Rafn: Fie Winther

Week 4 (March 7)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result
Lucy Mardou 1 "Nocturne"/"Satellite" Safe
Steffen Gilmartin 2 "What's Another Year" Eliminated
Henriette Haubjerg 3 "Danse i måneskin" Safe
Anthony Jasmin 4 "To lys på et bord" Safe
Pernille Nordtorp 5 "Divine" Bottom two
ManBand 6 "Save Your Kisses for Me" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rafn: Pernille Nordtorp
  • Blachman: Steffen Gilmartin
  • Remee: Steffen Gilmartin

Week 5 (March 14)

  • Theme: British beats
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
ManBand 1 "Don't Talk Just Kiss" Eliminated
Henriette Haubjerg 2 "Wonderful Life" Bottom two
Lucy Mardou 3 "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"Black Skinhead"/"London Calling"/"Eleanor Rigby"/"Chase the Devil" Safe
Anthony Jasmin 4 "Latch" Safe
Pernille Nordtorp 5 "Smooth Operator" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rafn: ManBand
  • Blachman: Henriette Haubjerg
  • Remee: ManBand

Week 6: Semi-final (March 21)

  • Theme: Songs from the contestants birth years; winner song
  • Musical guest: Chresten ("Hanging My Youth Out")
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Henriette Haubjerg 1 "Free" 5 "I Follow Rivers" Safe
Pernille Nordtorp 2 "Take My Breath Away" 6 "Habits" Eliminated
Lucy Mardou 3 "Dub Be Good to Me" 7 "Soon We'll Be Found" Safe
Anthony Jasmin 4 "Broken Homes" 8 "Hey Love" Safe

The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Pernille Nordtorp, was automatically eliminated.

Week 7 (28 March): Final

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order First song Order Duet Order Winner's single Result
Lucy Mardou 1 "Team" 4 "32" (with Carpark North) 8 "The Switch" Runner-up
Anthony Jasmin 2 "Time to Pretend" 5 "Told You So" (with Christopher) 7 "Do Ya" Winner
Henriette Haubjerg 3 "Tomorrow" 6 "Kun for dig" (with Medina) N/A 3rd Place

References

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