X Factor (Danish TV series) season 4

X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The Third season premiered on January 1, 2010 and ended on March 27 on DR1. Lise Rønne returned as host. Thomas Blachman returned for his third series as judge Pernille Rosendahl for her second series and Cutfather joined for the first time as judge.

X Factor
Season 4
Hosted byLise Rønne
JudgesThomas Blachman
Pernille Rosendahl
Cutfather
WinnerSarah Skaalum Jørgensen
Winning mentorCutfather
Runner-upAnnelouise Sørensen
Finals venueParken
Release
Original networkDR1
Original releaseJanuary 1 (2011-01-01) –
March 25, 2011 (2011-03-25)
Season chronology
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Season 3
Next →
Season 5

Judges and hosts

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Selection process

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Auditions

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Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Århus in 2010.

Superbootcamp

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Cutfather was given the 15-24s category, Thomas Blachman was given the Over 25s and Pernille Rosendahl was given the Groups.

Bootcamp

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The 6 eliminated acts were:

  • 15-24s: Ericka, Jean
  • Over 25s: Maria, Mia
  • Groups: Michelle & Liva, Troels & Lasse

Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
Act Age(s) Hometown Category (mentor) Result
Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen 15 Herlev 15-24s (Cutfather) Winner
Annelouise Sørensen 32 Copenhagen V. Over 25s (Blachman) Runner-up
Babou 16 Aarhus 15-24s (Cutfather) 3rd place
Patricia Bull 32 Copenhagen S. Over 25s (Blachman) 4th place
Rikke & Trine 17 Borup Groups (Rosendahl) 5th place
Rasmus Nielsen 17 Kirke Såby 15-24s (Cutfather) 6th place
JR 17-18 Kastrup & Malmø Groups (Rosendahl) 7th place
Ercan Turan 25 Copenhagen S. Over 25s (Blachman) 8th place
DeeVibez 21-24 Unknown Groups (Rosendahl) 9th place

Live shows

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Results summary

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Colour key
  – Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
  – Contestant received the most public votes

Contestants' colour key:

  – Cutfather's contestants (15-24s)
  – Blachman's contestants (Over 25s)
  – Rosendahl's contestants (Groups)
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
1st round 2nd round
Sarah 4th
11,84%
1st
23,80%
1st
27,10%
3rd
17,52%
1st
25,12%
1st
33,48%
2nd
34,24%
Winner
50,20%
Annelouise 6th
8,97%
6th
7,37%
5th
11,04%
6th
13,92%
4th
18,63%
2nd
26,64%
1st
39,52%
Runner-Up
49,80%
Babou 1st
23,05%
2nd
21,28%
3rd
15,17%
4th
16,26%
3rd
20,79%
3rd
22,48%
3rd
26,23%
Eliminated
(Week 7)
Patricia 5th
10,02%
7th
6,90%
2nd
16,12%
2nd
17,78%
2nd
21,27%
4th
17,40%
Eliminated
(Week 6)
Rikke & Trine 7th
8,70%
5th
8,55%
6th
8,51%
1st
20,53%
5th
14,19%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Rasmus 2nd
15,06%
4th
12,44%
4th
13,73%
5th
14,00%
Eliminated
(Week 4)
JR 3rd
14,13%
3rd
13,73%
7th
8,33%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Ercan 8th
5,78%
8th
5,93%
Eliminated
(Week 2)
DeeVibez 9th
2,45%
Eliminated
(Week 1)
Fewest votes Ercan,
DeeVibez
Ercan,
Patricia
JR,
Rikke & Trine
Rasmus,
Annelouise
Rikke & Trine,
Annelouise
The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Cutfather voted out DeeVibez Patricia Rikke & Trine Annelouise Rikke & Trine
Rosendahl voted out Ercan Ercan JR Rasmus Annelouise
Blachman voted out DeeVibez Ercan JR Rasmus Rikke & Trine
Eliminated DeeVibez
9th
Ercan
8th
JR
7th
Rasmus
6th
Rikke & Trine
5th
Patricia
4th
Babou
3rd
Annelouise
Runner-Up
Sarah
Winner

Live show details

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Week 1 (February 11)

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Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Deevibez 1 "Well, Well, Well," Eliminated
Sarah 2 "Raise Your Glass" Safe
Ercan 3 "My Love" Bottom two
JR 4 "Grenade" Safe
Patricia 5 "You're the One That I Want" Safe
Rasmus 6 "Chasing Cars" Safe
Rikke & Trine 7 "You're Not Alone" Safe
Babou 8 "Just the Way You Are" Safe
Annelouise 9 "Igen & Igen &" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rosendahl: Ercan
  • Blachman: Deevibez
  • Cutfather: Deevibez

Week 2 (February 18)

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Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Rasmus 1 "Drive My Car" Safe
Rikke & Trine 2 "Here Comes the Sun" Safe
Patricia 3 "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Bottom two
Babou 4 "Can't Buy Me Love" Safe
Annelouise 5 "Golden Slumbers" Safe
Sarah 6 "Come Together" Safe
Ercan 7 "Something" Eliminated
JR 8 "All You Need Is Love" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rosendahl: Ercan
  • Cutfather: Patricia
  • Blachman: Ercan

Week 3 (February 25)

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  • Theme: Danish Hits from the 2000s
  • Musical Guest: Nik & Jay ("Mod solnedgangen")
  • Group Performance: "En dag tilbage" performed by Nik & Jay and the final 7
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Babou 1 "De første kærester på månen" Safe
JR 2 "Natteravn" Eliminated
Annelouise 3 "Splittet til atomer" Safe
Rasmus 4 "Superliga" Safe
Riike & Trine 5 "Kun for mig" Bottom two
Sarah 6 "Engel" Safe
Patricia 7 "Uden hinanden" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Blachman: JR
  • Cutfather: Rikke & Trine
  • Rosendahl: JR

Week 4 (March 4)

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  • Theme: Rock
  • Musical Guest: Heidi Herløw ("Angerholic")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Sarah 1 "Save Me from Myself" Safe
Annelouise 2 "Creep" Bottom two
Babou 3 "Numb" Safe
Patricia 4 "Song 2" Safe
Rasmus 5 "Black Hole Sun" Eliminated
Rikke & Trine 6 "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Cufather: Annelouise
  • Blachman: Rasmus
  • Rosendahl: Rasmus

Week 5 (March 11)

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  • Theme: Free Choice accompanied by DR UnderholdningsOrkestret
  • Group Performance: "Fuck You"
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Rikke & Trine 1 "Riverside" Eliminated
Sarah 2 "The Climb" Safe
Patricia 3 "Feeling Good" Safe
Babou 4 "Hurt" Safe
Annelouise 5 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Bottom two
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rosendahl: Annelouise
  • Blachman: Rikke & Trine
  • Cutfather: Rikke & Trine

Week 6: Semi-Final (March 18)

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  • Theme: DJ Night (with Rune RK & Kato) & Viewers choice
  • Musical Guests: Clara Sofie & Rune RK ("Lever for en anden"), Infernal & Kato ("Speakers On")
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Babou 1 "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" 6 "Baby" Safe
Annelouise 2 "Sweet Child o' Mine" 7 "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" Safe
Sarah 3 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 5 "Fuckin' Perfect" Safe
Patricia 4 "Når tiden går baglæns" 8 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Eliminated

Week 7: Final (25 March)

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  • Theme: Free Choice; Duet with Musical Guests; winner's single
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Free Choice Song Order Duet with Musical guest (Musical Guests) Order Winner's single Result
Sarah 1 "Poker Face" 4 "Shall We Be Grateful"(with Carpark North) 8 "Mit Øjesten" Winner
Annelouise 2 "Breathe Me" 5 "Out of It" (with Fallulah) 7 "Mit Øjesten" Runner-up
Babou 3 "All the Right Moves" 6 "Back to the 80's" (with Aqua) N/A N/A (Already eliminated) Eliminated