X Factor (Swedish TV series)

For versions in other countries, see The X Factor.
X Factor
Created by Simon Cowell
Presented by David Hellenius
Judges Orup
Andreas Carlsson
Ison
Marie Serneholt
Country of origin Sweden
No. of series 1
Production
Running time 60–120 minutes
Production company(s) FremantleMedia
SYCOtv
Broadcast
Original channel TV4
Picture format 16:9
Original run September 9, 2012 – December 7, 2012
Chronology
Related shows Idol
The Voice Sverige
External links
Website

X Factor was the Swedish version of The X Factor, with the only season of the series debuting on September 9, 2012 and ending on December 7, 2012. The winner of the series was Awa Santesson-Sey. TV4 announced in January 2013 that Idol, another singing talent show seeking to discover the best singer through nationwide auditions, would return in 2013 and that X Factor will not continue.[1]

Series summary

     Contestant in "Boys" category
     Contestant in "Girls" category
     Contestant in "Over 25s" category
     Contestant in "Groups" category

Series Start Finish Winner Runner-up Third place Winning mentor Main host Main judges
One 9 September 2012 7 December 2012 Awa Santesson-Sey Benny Hult Isak Danielson Andreas Carlsson David Hellenius Orup
Andreas Carlsson
Ison
Marie Serneholt

Judges' categories and their finalists

In the show's only season, each judge was allocated a category to mentor and chose three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.

Key:

     – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Series Orup Andreas Carlsson Ison Marie Serneholt
One Over 25s
Benny Hult
Alexander Holmgren
Freja Modin		 Girls
Awa Santesson-Sey
Manda Nilsénius
Frida Sandén		 Boys
Isak Danielson
Malcolm Brandin
Oscar Zia		 Groups
J.E.M
Hey Mary
NJOY

The only season

The only season of X Factor premiered on September 9, 2012 and ended on December 7, 2012.[2] Leona Lewis, Axwell and E.M.D. were guest judges of the series at one point. Also, Britney Spears appeared in a video message to the finalists in the Girls category.[3] One Direction and Olly Murs also performed on the live results shows.

24 acts reached judge's houses. Orup was helped by Eric Gadd, Ison by Leona Lewis, Carlsson by Axwell and Marie by E.M.D..

The twelve eliminated acts were:

Results summary

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Part 1 Part 2
Awa Santesson-Sey Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Benny Hult Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-Up
Isak Danielson Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated
(Week 10)
J.E.M Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th Safe Bottom Two 4th Eliminated
(Week 9)
Malcolm Brandin Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 8)
Alexander Holmgren Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Safe 6th Eliminated
(Week 7)
Manda Nilsénius Safe Safe Bottom Two 8th Safe 7th Eliminated
(Week 6)
Oscar Zia Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated
(Week 5)
Hey Mary Safe Bottom Two Safe 9th 9th Eliminated
(Week 5)
Frida Sandén Safe Safe Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 3)
Freja Modin Bottom Two Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 2)
NJOY Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 1)
Bottom two Freja Modin,
NJOY		 Freja Modin,
Hey Mary		 Frida Sandén,
Manda Nilsénius		 Hey Mary,
Manda Nilsénius		 Alexander Holmgren,
Oscar Zia		 J.E.M.,
Manda Nilsénius		 Alexander Holmgren,
Isak Danielson		 J.E.M.,
Malcolm Brandin		 No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins
Ison's vote to eliminate NJOY Freja Modin Frida Sandén Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren J.E.M.
Carlsson's vote to eliminate NJOY Freja Modin Frida Sandén Hey Mary Oscar Zia J.E.M. Isak Danielson Malcolm Brandin
Serneholt's vote to eliminate Freja Modin Freja Modin Frida Sandén Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren Manda Nilsénius Alexander Holmgren Malcolm Brandin
Orup's Vote to eliminate NJOY Hey Mary Frida Sandén Hey Mary Oscar Zia J.E.M. Isak Danielson Malcolm Brandin
Eliminated
NJOY
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 Freja Modin
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 Frida Sandén
4 of 4 votes
Majority		 No Elimination
Due to David Hellenius announcing the wrong results for Manda Nilsénius and Hey Mary.		 Hey Mary
Public Vote 		Manda Nilsénius
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock		 Alexander Holmgren
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock		 Malcolm Brandin
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 J.E.M.
Bottom 		Isak Danielson
Third Place 		Benny Hult
Runner-Up
Oscar Zia
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock 		style="background:#FFE87C;" width:5%" rowspan=2 | Awa Santesson-Sey
Winner

Xtra Factor

Xtra Factor was an after show which was broadcast after every week's live show and results. It was hosted in season one by Sara Lumholdt and Martin Björk.[4]

Errors

In Week 4, David Hellenius had incorrectly announced that Manda Nilsénius had received fewer public votes than Hey Mary from deadlock and had to leave the competition. But after checking the votes, it was revealed that Hey Mary had received the fewest votes in that week.[5] Therefore, it was decided that both acts would continue to Week 5; to make up for this, two acts would be eliminated in Week 5.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Henriksson, Sally (2013-01-15). "TV 4 tar tillbaka "Idol" i höst". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  2. ↑ Publicerat: (2012-09-09). "Premiär ikväll för X Factor i TV4 – se ny förhandstitt med Kristin Amparo | Kingsizemagazine". Kingsizemagazine.se. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Världsartist klar för svenska "X-factor" | Nöje | Expressen Nöje | Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Expressen.se. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  4. ↑ Stockholm TT Spektra (2012-09-30). "Sara Lumholdt leder "Xtra factor" | Kultur | SvD" (in Swedish). Svd.se. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Manda Nilsénius felaktigt utröstad ur "X-factor" – efter TV4:s superblunder | TV | Nöjesbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2012-10-28.