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X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. Sofie Linde Lauridsen was the host again. Thomas Blachman, Mette Lindberg and Remee returned for their respective ninth second and seventh seasons as judges. Morten Nørgaard won the competition and Remee became the winning mentor for the 4th time and won 3 seasons in a row and also for the first time in the Danish X Factor history a judge has won the show with 3 different categories.
On 12 August 2016 it was announced that Sofie Linde Lauridsen would be the host again.[1] Also, Thomas Blachman, Mette Lindberg and Remee would also return as judges.[2]
Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Aarhus.
The 5 Chair Challenge returned for season 10. Thomas Blachman mentored the 15-22s, Remee had the Over 23s and Mette Lindberg had the Groups.
The 16 successful acts were:
Martin was originally eliminated from the 5 Chair Challenge but Blachman later regretted his decision. Therefore, he brought Martin back in the competition and therefore, 16 acts would be competing in Bootcamp.[3]
The Bootcamp took place at Egeskov Slot.
The 7 eliminated acts were:
Key:
– Winner
– Runner-up
| Act | Age(s) | Hometown | Category (mentor) | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Nørgaard | 27 | Odder | Over 23s (Remee) | Winner | |
| Chili Pedersen | 16 | Himmelev | 15-22s (Blachman) | Runner-up | |
| Mia Sørensen | 15 | Ølsted | 15-22s (Blachman) | 3rd place | |
| VKation | 17 | Odense | Groups (Lindberg) | 4th place | |
| Samanta Gomez | 28 | Over 23s (Remee) | 5th place | ||
| Martin Prytz | 16 | Lolland | 15-22s (Blachman) | 6th place | |
| Ladies with Attitude | 17-18 | Greve & Gladsaxe | Groups (Lindberg) | 7th place | |
| Mike Beck | 33 | Nordsøen | Over 23s (Remee) | 8th place | |
| Fyhnen Sisters | 18-22 | Lindkund | Groups (Lindberg) | 9th place |
The live shows started on February 17 at DR Byen.
| - | 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 |
Contestants' colour key:
| - 15-22s (Blachman's contestants) | |
| - Over 23s (Remee's contestants) | |
| - Groups (Lindberg's contestants) |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st round | 2nd round | ||||||||
| Morten Nørgaard | 1st 18,7% | 2nd 16,9% | 1st 20,9% | 2nd 20,7% | 1st 32,0% | 1st 32,5% | 2nd 33,8% | Winner 52,1% | |
| Chili Pedersen | 3rd 13,4% | 3rd 16,3% | 2nd 17,4% | 3rd 18,0% | 3rd 19,9% | 2nd 23,5% | 1st 34,7% | Runner-Up 47,9% | |
| Mia Sørensen | 2nd 15,1% | 1st 17,9% | 4th 14,6% | 4th 16,5% | 2nd 20,1% | 3rd 23,1% | 3rd 31,5% | Eliminated (Week 7) | |
| VKation | 5th 11,6% | 4th 10,6% | 7th 9,6% | 1st 21,7% | 4th 15,0% | 4th 20,9% | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||
| Samanta Gomez | 6th 9,7% | 5th 9,9% | 3rd 15,7% | 5th 13,7% | 5th 12,9% | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||
| Martin Prytz | 4th 13,4% | 6th 9,7% | 5th 11,3% | 6th 9,7% | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||
| Ladies with Attitude | 7th 7,6% | 7th 9,4% | 6th 10,6% | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||
| Mike Beck | 8th 6,4% | 8th 9,3% | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||
| Fyhnen Sisters | 9th 4,0% | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||
| Sing-Off | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | ||||||||
| Lindberg voted out | Mike Beck | Mike Beck | Ladies with Attitude | Martin Prytz | Samanta Gomez | ||||
| Blachman voted out | Fyhnen Sisters | Mike Beck | Ladies with Attitude | Samanta Gomez | Samanta Gomez | ||||
| Remee voted out | Fyhnen Sisters | Ladies with Attitude | VKation | Martin Prytz | VKation | ||||
| Eliminated | Fyhnen Sisters 9th | Mike Beck 8th | Ladies with Attitude 7th | Martin Prytz 6th | Samanta Gomez 5th | VKation 4th | Mia Sørensen 3rd | Chili Pedersen Runner-Up | |
| Morten Nørgaard Winner | |||||||||
| Order | Song[4] | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Ladies with Attitude | 1 | "Say My Name" | Safe |
| scope=row | Mia Sørensen | 2 | "Shock to My System" | Safe |
| scope=row | Mike Beck | 3 | "Guillotine" | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Fyhnen Sisters | 4 | "My Silver Lining" | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Martin Prytz | 5 | "Closer" | Safe |
| scope=row | Samanta Gomez | 6 | "Bare være mig selv" | Safe |
| scope=row | VKation | 7 | "Angel Zoo" | Safe |
| scope=row | Chili Pedersen | 8 | "Waiting Game" | Safe |
| scope=row | Morten Nørgaard | 9 | "Hero" | Safe |
| Sing-Off details | ||||
| Mike Beck | 1 | "Can't Help But Wait" | Saved | |
| Fyhnen Sisters | 2 | "Ring of Fire" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Song[5] | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | VKation | 1 | "Take On Me" | Safe |
| scope=row | Samanta Gomez | 2 | "Wild Horses" | Safe |
| scope=row | Martin Prytz | 3 | "Fever" | Safe |
| scope=row | Morten Nørgaard | 4 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Safe |
| scope=row | Ladies with Attitude | 5 | "I Feel for You" | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Chili Pedersen | 6 | "Train Song" | Safe |
| scope=row | Mike Beck | 7 | "Moondance" | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Mia Sørensen | 8 | "California Dreamin'" | Safe |
| Sing-Off details | ||||
| Ladies with Attitude | 1 | "Side to Side" | Saved | |
| Mike Beck | 2 | "I Need a Dollar" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Song[6] | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Mia Sørensen | 1 | "Shake It Out" | Safe |
| scope=row | Morten Nørgaard | 2 | "This Town" | Safe |
| scope=row | Ladies with Attitude | 3 | "Warwick Avenue" | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Chili Pedersen | 4 | "Do You Remember" | Safe |
| scope=row | VKation | 5 | "Summertime Sadness" | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Martin Prytz | 6 | "Fools" | Safe |
| scope=row | Samanta Gomez | 7 | "One" | Safe |
| Sing-Off details | ||||
| Ladies with Attitude | 1 | "Dark Horse" | Eliminated | |
| VKation | 2 | "You're Not Alone" | Saved | |
| Order | Song[7] | Crooner/Diva | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Martin Prytz | 1 | "Suit & Tie" | Justin Timberlake | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Samanta Gomez | 2 | "Judge Me" | K. Michelle | Bottom two |
| scope=row | Mia Sørensen | 3 | "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | Mary Martin | Safe |
| scope=row | VKation | 4 | "Unchained Melody" | Todd Duncan | Safe |
| scope=row | Morten Nørgaard | 5 | "Backwards" | Lars H.U.G. and Lisa Ekdahl | Safe |
| scope=row | Chili Pedersen | 6 | "Weight In Gold" | Gallant | Safe |
| Sing-Off details | |||||
| Martin Prytz | 1 | "Follow You Home" | Eliminated | ||
| Samanta Gomez | 2 | "Smile" | Saved | ||
| Order | Song[8] | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Chili Pedersen | 1 | "Video Games" | Safe |
| scope=row | Morten Nørgaard | 2 | "Say You Won't Let Go" | Safe |
| scope=row | Mia Sørensen | 3 | "Halo" | Safe |
| scope=row | Samanta Gomez | 4 | "Make Me (Cry)" | Bottom two |
| scope=row | VKation | 5 | "I Feel It Coming" | Bottom two |
| Sing-Off details | ||||
| Samanta Gomez | 1 | "Crazy" | Eliminated | |
| VKation | 2 | "Overleve" | Saved | |
| Song choices | Result | Public Vote[9] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chili Pedersen | "Porcelain" | Not chosen | 22,72% |
| "Bad Blood" | Not chosen | 38,62% | |
| "Higher" | Chosen | 38,66% | |
| Mia Sørensen | |||
| "Running with the Wolves" | Chosen | 48,14% | |
| "Stronger Than Ever" | Not chosen | 35,90% | |
| "Sippy Cup" | Not chosen | 15,96% | |
| Morten Nørgaard | "Hey There Delilah" | Not chosen | 26,74% |
| "Dancing On My Own" | Chosen | 56,51% | |
| "Arthur's Theme" | Not chosen | 16,75% | |
| VKation | |||
| "Sorry" | Not chosen | 18,65% | |
| "All My Love" | Not chosen | 33,89% | |
| "Final Song" | Chosen | 47,46% |
| Act | Order | First song[10] | Previous finalist | Order | Second song[11] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Morten Nørgaard | 1 | "Mad World" | Thomas Ring | 5 | "Dancing On My Own" | Safe |
| scope=row | Chili Pedersen | 2 | "DJ, Ease My Mind" | Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel | 6 | "Higher" | Safe |
| scope=row | VKation | 3 | "Stay with Me" | Jógvan | 7 | "Final Song" | Eliminated |
| scope=row | Mia Sørensen | 4 | "Oh Love" | Amanda | 8 | "Running with the Wolves" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Free Choice Song[12] | Order | Dallas Austin's Choice[13] | Order | Winner's single[14] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mia Sørensen | 1 | "Issues" | 4 | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | N/A | N/A (Already eliminated) | 3rd Place | |
| Morten Nørgaard | 2 | "Runnin' (Lose It All)" | 5 | "Pompeii" | 8 | "The Underdog" | Winner | |
| Chili Pedersen | 3 | "Feel Like Me" | 6 | "Dangerous Woman" | 7 | "Plated Gold" | Runner-up |