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The second Season of X Factor started on 30 August 2011.[1] The auditions were held in April/May 2011. The show was broadcast every Tuesday and Sunday (only the Auditions and the Superbootcamp). The Judges were Sarah Connor, Das Bo and Till Brönner .
There were four phases:
This year twelve acts had been a part of the live shows, and not nine. Furthermore, from the first to sixth live show the judges decided which act had to leave the X Factor. In the final were three acts.
The first appeal for applicants for series 2 was broadcast during series 1 on 9 November 2010. Auditions in front of the judges for series 2 took place in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. After the acts sing in front of the judges, they could be eliminated or go through to the Bootcamp. The auditions were broadcast on 30 August, 4 September, 6 September, 11 September, 13 September, 18 September and 20 September 2011.
The episodes of superbootcamp were broadcast on 25 September and on 27 September 2011. It showed 150 acts attend to the superbootcamp. The acts were split into 3 groups, 16-24s, Over 25s and Groups, in which to perform at Mitsubishi Electric Halle, and each group was given one song by the judges: the 16-24s sang "Born This Way", the Over 25s sang "True Colors" and the Groups sang "Could It Be Magic". The judges then went on to cut over 80 acts, but called some soloists back, who were asked if they were interested in forming groups. All agreed and were workshopped to see which singers would work well together. They formed two groups. Then eight groups of each category were built and they fought in a battle, only one act of each duet came into the next round. Sometimes the judges end both through, but sometimes no one got through. The judges then chose the top 24 acts, based on these performances.
Judges' houses, the final part of the selection process, was filmed in the summer 2011. The episodes were aired on 4 October 2011 and on 11 October. Judges were given their categories at the end of the "Superbootcamp". Brönner the Over 25s, Connor the Groups, and Das Bo the 16-24s. Mimi Müller-Westernhagen assisted Brönner in Edinburgh, Connor was accompanied by Jason Derulo in Berlin, and Das Bo received help from Melanie C in Hamburg. At judges' houses each act performed one song for their mentor and his/her guest, before the last performance, they practiced the song with their mentor and his/her guest.
The 24 acts who reached the Judges' Houses:
The twelve eliminated acts were:
Key:
- Winner
- Runner-up
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–24s (Das Bo) | Kassim Auale (20) | Martin Madeja (19) | Monique Simon (16) | Raffaela Wais (22) | |
| 25-and-overs (Brönner) | David Pfeffer (29) | Gladys Mwachiti (25) | Rufus Martin (35) | Volker Schlag (44) | |
| Groups (Connor) | BenMan | Boyz II Hot | Nica & Joe | Soultrip | |
Contestants' colour key:
| - Over 25s | |
| - 16–24s | |
| - Groups | |
| – Bottom two or three | |
| – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated | |
| – Contestant became the Runner-Up | |
| – Highest Vote of a Week |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||
| David Pfeffer | 2nd 14.8% | 1st 28.1% | 1st 25.8% | 1st 27.9% | 1st 25.8% | 1st 31.1% | 1st 35.4% | 1st 48.5% | Winner 60.5% | |
| Raffaela Wais | 9th 4.5% | 8th 6.0% | 4th 9.2% | 4th 9.6% | 6th 6.9% | 4th 15.8% | 2nd 28.1% | 2nd 25.9% | Runner-Up 39.5% | |
| Nica & Joe | 1st 22.0% | 2nd 18.8% | 2nd 15.3% | 3rd 14.2% | 3rd 16.6% | 2nd 25.3% | 3rd 23.4% | 3rd 25.6% | Eliminated (week 8) | |
| Rufus Martin | 5th 7.4% | 5th 7.2% | 3rd 12.1% | 2nd 15.5% | 4th 16.0% | 3rd 17.9% | 4th 13.1% | Eliminated (week 7) | ||
| Monique Simon | 10th 3.9% | 9th 4.7% | 7th 7.6% | 8th 7.3% | 2nd 19.4% | 5th 9.9% | Eliminated (week 6) | |||
| BenMan | 8th 5.8% | 4th 8.0% | 6th 8.1% | 5th 9.4% | 5th 9.9% | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||
| Martin Madeja | 3rd 12.9% | 3rd 11.3% | 5th 9.0% | 6th 8.3% | 7th 5.4% | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||
| Kassim Auale | 7th 6.3% | 6th 6.4% | 8th 7.3% | 7th 7.7% | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||
| Volker Schlag | 4th 11.7% | 7th 6.1% | 9th 5.7% | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||
| Gladys Mwachiti | 6th 6.3% | 10th 3.4% | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||||
| Boyz II Hot | 11th 2.4% | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| Soultrip | 12th 2.1% | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| Bottom two | Monique Simon, Boys II Hot | Monique Simon, Gladys Mwachiti | Kassim Auale, Volker Schlag | Kassim Auale, Monique Simon | Raffaela Wais, BenMan | Monique Simon, Raffaela Wais | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | |||
| Brönner's vote to eliminate | Boyz II Hot | Monique Simon | Kassim Auale | Kassim Auale | BenMan | Monique Simon | ||||
| Connor's vote to eliminate | Monique Simon | Gladys Mwachiti | Volker Schlag | Monique Simon | Raffaela Wais | Monique Simon | ||||
| Das Bo's vote to eliminate | Boyz II Hot | Gladys Mwachiti | Volker Schlag | Kassim Auale | BenMan | Monique Simon | ||||
| Eliminated | Soultrip 2.1% to save | Gladys Mwachiti 2 of 3 votes | Volker Schlag 2 of 3 votes | Kassim Auale 2 of 3 votes | Martin Madeja 5.4% to save | Monique Simon 3 of 3 votes | Rufus Martin 13.1% to save | Nica & Joe 25.6% to win | Raffaela Wais 39.5% to win | |
| Boyz II Hot 2 of 3 votes | BenMan 2 of 3 votes | David Pfeffer 60.5% to win | ||||||||
| Order | Song | Result[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus Martin | 1 | "Freedom" | Safe | |
| Raffaela Wais | 2 | "Torn" | Safe | |
| BenMan | 3 | "Fireflies" | Safe | |
| Gladys Mwachiti | 4 | "California King Bed" | Safe | |
| Monique Simon | 5 | "Price Tag" | Bottom three | |
| Boyz II Hot | 6 | "When Will I Be Famous?" | Bottom three | |
| Volker Schlag | 7 | "Halt mich" | Safe | |
| Soultrip | 8 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" | Eliminated | |
| Martin Madeja | 9 | "Eternity" | Safe | |
| David Pfeffer | 10 | "Stop and Stare" | Safe | |
| Kassim Auale | 11 | "Stay the Night" | Safe | |
| Nica & Joe | 12 | "My Immortal" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Monique Simon | 1 | "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" | Safe | |
| Boys II Hot | 2 | "Dance with Somebody" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Song | Result[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladys Mwachiti | 1 | "If I Were a Boy" | Bottom two | |
| BenMan | 2 | "Jessie" | Safe | |
| Kassim Auale | 3 | "The Lazy Song" | Safe | |
| Raffaela Wais | 4 | "Soulmate" | Safe | |
| Rufus Martin | 5 | "Fly Away" | Safe | |
| Martin Madeja | 6 | "New Age" | Safe | |
| Volker Schlag | 7 | "Pflaster" | Safe | |
| Nica & Joe | 8 | "One" | Safe | |
| Monique Simon | 9 | "So What" | Bottom two | |
| David Pfeffer | 10 | "Use Somebody" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Monique Simon | 1 | "Make You Feel My Love" | Safe | |
| Gladys Mwachiti | 2 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Song | Result[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monique Simon | 1 | "Time After Time" | Safe | |
| Rufus Martin | 2 | "Kiss" | Safe | |
| Kassim Auale | 3 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Bottom two | |
| BenMan | 4 | "Uptown Girl" | Safe | |
| Martin Madeja | 5 | "Reality" | Safe | |
| Volker Schlag | 6 | "Sexy" | Bottom two | |
| Nica & Joe | 7 | "One Moment in Time" | Safe | |
| David Pfeffer | 8 | "Every Breath You Take" | Safe | |
| Raffaela Wais | 9 | "On the Radio" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Kassim Auale | 1 | "Hey There Delilah" | Safe | |
| Volker Schlag | 2 | "Ohne dich" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Song | Result[5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nica & Joe | 1 | "When Love Takes Over" | Safe | |
| Raffaela Wais | 2 | "One Love" | Safe | |
| Kassim Auale | 3 | "Moves Like Jagger" | Bottom two | |
| Rufus Martin | 4 | "Closer" | Safe | |
| BenMan | 5 | "Stand by Me" | Safe | |
| Monique Simon | 6 | "The Edge of Glory" | Bottom two | |
| David Pfeffer | 7 | "What Is Love" | Safe | |
| Martin Madeja | 8 | "Titanium" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Monique Simon | 1 | "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" | Safe | |
| Kassim Auale | 2 | "Chicago" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Song | Result[6] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Madeja | 1 | "Don't Speak" | Eliminated | |
| Rufus Martin | 2 | "Hero" | Safe | |
| BenMan | 3 | "Bleeding Love" | Bottom three | |
| Monique Simon | 4 | "If I Ain't Got You" | Safe | |
| David Pfeffer | 5 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | Safe | |
| Nica & Joe | 6 | "Nessun Dorma" | Safe | |
| Raffaela Wais | 7 | "Tainted Love" | Bottom three | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Raffaela Wais | 1 | "I Have Nothing" | Safe | |
| BenMan | 2 | "Heaven" | Eliminated | |
| Order | Loud Song | Quiet Song | Result[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monique Simon | 1 | "Sweet About Me" | "Oh Mother" | Bottom two | |
| David Pfeffer | 2 | "Valerie" | "Hometown Glory" | Safe | |
| Rufus Martin | 3 | "I Wish" | "You Give Me Something" | Safe | |
| Raffaela Wais | 4 | "This Love" | "Unfaithful" | Bottom two | |
| Nica & Joe | 5 | "Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann" | "Nothing Else Matters" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
| Monique Simon | 1 | "Hurt" | Eliminated | ||
| Raffaela Wais | 2 | "Russian Roulette" | Safe | ||
| Order | Mentor's Choice | Act's Choice | Result[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus Martin | 1 | "It Will Rain" | "Ironic" | Eliminated | |
| David Pfeffer | 2 | "Angel" | "Yellow" | Safe | |
| Nica & Joe | 3 | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | "A Moment Like This" | Safe | |
| Raffaela Wais | 4 | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" | "Someone Like You" | Safe |
| Order | Winner's Song | Order | Celebrity Duet | Result | Order | Magic Moment | Result[9] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Pfeffer | 1 | "I'm Here" | 5 | "First Day of My Life" (with Melanie C) | Safe | 8 | "The Reason" | Winner | |
| Nica & Joe | 2 | "Build a Palace" | 6 | "Home" (with Michael Bublé) | Eliminated | N/A | |||
| Raffaela Wais | 3 | "Heaven Only Knows" | 4 | "When Love Takes Over" (with Kelly Rowland) | Safe | 7 | "Empire State of Mind" | Runner-up | |
| Episode | Date | Viewers | Market share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 14 to 49 years | Total | 14 to 49 years | |||
| Audition 1 | 2.04 Mio. | 1.39 Mio. | 7.0% | 12.1% | ||
| Audition 2 | 2.33 Mio. | 1.61 Mio. | 6.9% | 10.9% | ||
| Audition 3 | 2.21 Mio. | 1.41 Mio. | 7.2% | 11.3% | ||
| Audition 4 | 2.05 Mio. | 1.38 Mio. | 6.2% | 9.6% | ||
| Audition 5 | 2.14 Mio. | 1.47 Mio. | 7.1% | 12.2% | ||
| Audition 6 | 1.85 Mio. | 1.16 Mio. | 5.3% | 7.7% | ||
| Audition 2 | 2.35 Mio. | 1.56 Mio. | 7.8% | 12.9% | ||
| Superbootcamp 1 | 2.11 Mio. | 1.51 Mio. | 6.2% | 10.6% | ||
| Superbootcamp 2 | 1.97 Mio. | 1.37 Mio. | 6.5% | 11.5% | ||
| Judge's House 1 | 1.88 Mio. | 1.26 Mio. | 6.3% | 10.3% | ||
| Judge's House 2 | 1.72 Mio. | 1.19 Mio. | 5.3% | 8.9% | ||
| Live Show 1 | 1.96 Mio. | 1.30 Mio. | 7.2% | 11.6% | ||
| Live Show 2 | 1.78 Mio. | 1.15 Mio. | 6.0% | 9.4% | ||
| Live Show 3 | 1.98 Mio. | 1.30 Mio. | 6.6% | 10.2% | ||
| Live Show 4 | 2.01 Mio. | 1.31 Mio. | 7.1% | 10.9% | ||
| Live Show 5 | 1.61 Mio. | 1.00 Mio. | 5.3% | 7.8% | ||
| Live Show 6 | 1.75 Mio. | 1.10 Mio. | 6.2% | 9.3% | ||
| Live Show 7 | 1.75 Mio. | 1.12 Mio. | 6.2% | 9.9% | ||
| Live Show 8 | 1.80 Mio. | 1.12 Mio. | 6.9% | 10.4% | ||