X Factor (Denmark season 2)

X Factor
Season 2
Broadcast from	January 2, 2009 – March 27, 2009
Judges	Thomas Blachman Lina Rafn Remee
Host(s)	Lise Rønne
Broadcaster	DR1
Finals venue	DR Byen
Winner:
Linda Andrews
Song	"Det Bedste Til Sidst"
Genre(s)	Soul, gospel, pop
Runner-up
Alien Beat Club
Chronology
◀ 2009 ►

X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The second season premiered on January 2, 2009 and ended on March 27 on DR1. Lise Rønne returned as host, while Thomas Blachman, Lina Rafn and Remee returned as judges.

Judges and hosts

In March 2008, Thomas Blachman announced that he would not be returning as a judge for season 2. On September 18, 2008, Ekstra Bladet revealed that Lina Rafn would be returning as a judge for season 2.^[1] The following day, it was officially confirmed that Blachman, Rafn and Remee would all be returning as judges for season 2.^[2] Lise Rønne returned as host.

Selection process

Auditions

Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Århus in 2008.

Superbootcamp

Remee was given the Groups category, Rafn was given the Over 25s and Blachman was given the 15-24s.

Bootcamp

For the first time in the show's history, the judges had an assistant to help them decide which acts to take to the live shows. Remee was assisted by Martin Dodd, but Rafn and Blachman were not assisted.

Finalists

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third place

Category (mentor)	Acts
15–24s (Blachman)	Mohamed	Lucas	Sidsel
Over 25s (Rafn)	Linda	Claus	Seest
Groups (Remee)	Asien Sensation	Alien Beat Club	Tårnhøj

Live shows

The live shows began on February 13, 2009 and ended on March 27, 2009 at DR Byen.

Contestants' colour key:

– Rafn's contestants (Over 25s)

– Remee's contestants (Groups)

– Blachman's contestants (Under 25s)

Contestant		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Final Week 7
								Round 1	Round 2
	Linda	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	WINNER (Week 7)
	Alien Beat Club	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	safe	RUNNER UP (Week 7)
	Mohamed	safe	safe	safe	safe	bottom two	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Sidsel	safe	safe	safe	bottom two	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Lucas	safe	bottom two	safe	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Asian Sensation	safe	safe	bottom two	out	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Seest	safe	safe	out	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Claus	bottom two	out	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Tårnhøj	out	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two		Claus Tårnhøj	Claus Lucas	Asian Sensation Seest	Asian Sensation Sidsel	Lucas Mohamed	No bottom two, public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Remee voted out		Claus	Claus	Seest	Sidsel	Lucas
Rafn voted out		Tårnhøj	Lucas	Asian Sensation	Asian Sensation	Mohamed
Blachman voted out		Tårnhøj	Claus	Seest	Asian Sensation	Lucas
Eliminated		Tårnhøj 9th	Claus 8th	Seest 7th	Asian Sensation 6th	Lucas 5th	Sidsel 4th	Mohamed Ali 3rd	Alien Beat Club RUNNER UP
									Linda Andrews WINNER

Live show details

Week 1 (February 13)

• Theme: Hits

Contestants' performances on the first live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Asian Sensation	1	"Stayin' Alive"	Safe
Seest	2	"Wonderful World"	Safe
Mohamed	3	"1 Thing"	Safe
Claus	4	"Ordinary People"	Bottom two
Tårnhøj	5	"Uninvited"	Eliminated
Lucas	6	"Tainted Love"	Safe
Linda	7	"Because of You"	Safe
Alien Beat Club	8	"Warwick Avenue"	Safe
Sidsel	9	"Nothing Else Matters"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Remee: Claus
• Rafn: Tårnhøj
• Blachman: Tårnhøj

Week 2 (February 20)

• Theme: Made in Denmark

Contestants' performances on the second live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Lucas	1	"Hvorfor er lykken så lunefuld"	Bottom two
Alien Beat Club	2	"Dig og mig"/"Calabria"	Safe
Linda	3	"Vårvise"	Safe
Sidsel	4	"Rocket Brothers"	Safe
Asian Sensation	5	"Elsker hende mere"	Safe
Claus	6	"Kys det nu"	Eliminated
Mohamed	7	"Det er sent nu"	Safe
Seest	8	"Transparent and glasslike"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Blachman: Claus
• Rafn: Lucas
• Remee: Claus

Week 3 (February 27)

• Theme: Motown

Contestants' performances on the third live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Linda	1	"You Can't Hurry Love"	Safe
Sidsel	2	"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"	Safe
Asian Sensation	3	"Dancing in the Street"	Bottom two
Seest	4	"Lately"	Eliminated
Lucas	5	"Baby Love"	Safe
Alien Beat Club	6	"I'll Be There"	Safe
Mohamed	7	"I Want You Back"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Remee: Seest
• Rafn: Asian Sensation
• Blachman: Seest

Week 4 (March 6)

• Theme: Songs by ABBA

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Alien Beat Club	1	"Voulez-Vous"	Safe
Sidsel	2	"Knowing Me, Knowing You"	Bottom two
Mohamed	3	"SOS"	Safe
Asian Sensation	4	"One Night in Bangkok"	Eliminated
Linda	5	"Money, Money, Money"	Safe
Lucas	6	"Does Your Mother Know"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Remee: Sidsel
• Blachman: Asian Sensation
• Rafn: Asian Sensation

Week 5 (March 13)

• Theme: DR Bigband

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Mohamed	1	"Crazy in Love"	Bottom two
Lucas	2	"The Lovecats"	Eliminated
Linda	3	"Mercy"	Safe
Sidsel	4	"How?"	Safe
Alien Beat Club	5	"Toxic"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Remee: Lucas
• Rafn: Mohamed
• Blachman: Lucas

Week 6: Semi-final (March 20)

• Theme: Songs by Sanne Salomonsen; Dedication

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show

Act	Order	First song	Order	Second song	Result
Sidsel	1	"Kærligheden Kalder"	6	"Tom's Diner"	Eliminated
Alien Beat Club	2	"Taxa"	5	"I'm Yours"	Safe
Linda	3	"Hvis Du Forstod"	8	"Unwritten"	Safe
Mohamed	4	"Efter Festen"	7	"Dirty Diana"	Safe

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

References

X Factor (Denmark) Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Judges Current Thomas Blachman Lina Rafn Remee Former Soulshock Pernille Rosendahl Cutfather Ida Corr Anne Linnet Winners Martin Hoberg Hedegaard Linda Andrews Thomas Ring Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen Ida Østergaard Madsen Chresten Falck Damborg Anthony Jasmin Emilie Esther Related singles Winner's singles: "The 1" "Det bedste til sidst" "My Dream" "Min øjesten" "I Can Be" "Let Go" "Do Ya" "Undiscovered" Charity singles "You've Got a Friend" "I'll Be There"