X Factor (Danish TV series) season 3

X Factor is a Danish musical talent show. Its third season premiered on 1 January 2010 and ended on 27 March on DR1. Signe Muusmann replaced Lise Rønne as host. Remee returned for his third season as judge and Pernille Rosendahl and Soushock replaced Thomas Blachman and Lina Rafn as judges.

X Factor
Season 3
Hosted by	Signe Muusmann
Judges	Remee Pernille Rosendahl Soulshock
Winner	Thomas Ring[1]
Winning mentor	Pernille Rosendahl
Runner-up	Tine Midtgaard
Finals venue	Parken
Release
Original network	DR1
Original release	1 January (2010-01-01) – 27 March 2010 (2010-03-27)
Season chronology

Judges and hosts

Selection process

Auditions

Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Århus in 2009.

Superbootcamp

Remee was given the 15-24s category, Rosendahl was given the Over 25s and Soulshock was given the Groups.

Bootcamp

The 6 eliminated acts were:

• 15-24s: Rasmus, Tine
• Over 25s: Eline, Joan
• Groups: Frigg, Freja & Katie, Sistersoul

Finalists

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

Act	Age(s)	Hometown	Category (mentor)	Result
Thomas Ring	30	Copenhagen	Over 25s (Rosendahl)	Winner
Tine Midtgaard	16	Lyngby	15-24s (Remee)	Runner-up
Jesper Boesgaard	15	Taastrup	15-24s (Remee)	3rd place
The Fireflies	15-22	Randers, Skanderborg & Frederiksberg	Groups (Soulshock)	4th place
Anna Nygaard	18	Copenhagen	15-24s (Remee)	5th place
Daniel Vensgaard	27	Aalborg	Over 25s (Rosendahl)	6th place
8210	15-19	Aarhus	Groups (Soulshock)	7th place
In-Joy	15-24	Aarhus, Høje Gladsaxe, Copenhagen & Herlev	Groups (Soulshock)	8th place
Peter Søberg	28	Aalborg	Over 25s (Rosendahl)	9th place

Live shows

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 was saved by the public

Contestants' colour key:

– Remee's contestants (15-24s)

– Rosendahl's contestants (Over 25s)

– Soulshock's contestants (Groups)

Contestant		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Final Week 7
								Round 1	Round 2
	Thomas Ring	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (week 7)
	Tine Midtgaard	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (week 7)
	Jesper Boesgaard	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Week 7)
	The Fireflies	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	4th	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Anna Nygaard	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Daniel Vensgaard	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	8210	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	In-Joy	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Peter Søberg	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two		Peter Søberg In-Joy	Daniel Vensgaard In-Joy	8210 The Fireflies	Daniel Vensgaard Tine Midtgaard	Anna Nygaard Jesper Boesgaard	No bottom two, public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Remee voted out		Peter Søberg	In-Joy	The Fireflies	Daniel Vensgaard	Anna Nygaard
Rosendahl voted out		In-Joy	In-Joy	8210	Tine Midtgaard	Anna Nygaard
Soulshock voted out		Peter Søberg	Daniel Vensgaard	8210	Daniel Vensgaard	Jesper Boesgaard
Eliminated		Peter Søberg 9th	In-Joy 8th	8210 7th	Daniel Vensgaard 6th	Anna Nygaard 5th	The Fireflies 4th	Jesper Boesgaard 3rd	Tine Midtgaard Runner-up
									Thomas Ring Winner

Live show details

Colour key:

– Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown

– Contestant was eliminated

– Contestant was saved by the public

Week 1 (12 February)

• Theme: Free Choice

Contestants' performances on the first live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Tine Midtgaard	1	"Just Like a Pill"	Safe
Peter Søberg	2	"Hold On"	Eliminated
8210	3	"Tik Tok"	Safe
Anna Nygaard	4	"You Know I'm No Good"	Safe
Daniel Vensgaard	5	"Hurtful"	Safe
The Fireflies	6	"You're Still the One"	Safe
Jesper Boesgaard	7	"Uprising"	Safe
In-Joy	8	"Down"	Bottom two
Thomas Ring	9	"Viva la Vida"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Soulshock: Peter Søberg
• Rosendahl: In-Joy
• Remee: Peter Søberg

Week 2 (19 February)

• Theme: Michael Jackson songs

Contestants' performances on the second live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Jesper Boesgaard	1	"Say Say Say"	Safe
The Fireflies	2	"Human Nature"	Safe
Daniel Vensgaard	3	"Black or White"	Bottom two
In-Joy	4	"Remember the Time"	Eliminated
Anna Nygaard	5	"Whatever Happens"	Safe
8210	6	"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"	Safe
Thomas Ring	7	"Man in the Mirror"	Safe
Tine Midtgaard	8	"Earth Song"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Soulshock: Daniel Vensgaard
• Rosendahl: In-Joy
• Remee: In-Joy

Week 3 (26 February)

• Theme: Rock
• Musical Guest: The Storm ("Honesty")

Contestants' performances on the third live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Thomas Ring	1	"When You Were Young"	Safe
Anna Nygaard	2	"Fighter"	Safe
8210	3	"Walk This Way"	Eliminated
Tine Midtgaard	4	"Sweet Child o' Mine"	Safe
Jesper Boesgaard	5	"Dry Lips"	Safe
The Fireflies	6	"Wake Me Up When September Ends"	Bottom two
Daniel Vensgaard	7	"Are You Gonna Go My Way"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Rosendahl: 8210
• Remee: The Fireflies
• Soulshock: 8210

Week 4 (5 March)

• Theme: UK Number Ones
• Musical Guest: Cheryl Cole ("Fight for This Love")

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Daniel Vensgaard	1	"Paint It Black"	Eliminated
Jesper Boesgaard	2	"Fireflies"	Safe
Anna Nygaard	3	"American Boy"	Safe
Thomas Ring	4	"Mad World"	Safe
Tine Midtgaard	5	"Sex on Fire"	Bottom two
The Fireflies	6	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Remee: Daniel Vensgaard
• Rosendahl: Tine Midtgaard
• Soulshock: Daniel Vensgaard

Week 5 (12 March)

• Theme: James Bond songs Associated Of DR Big Band

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Tine Midtgaard	1	"Licence to Kill"	Safe
Anna Nygaard	2	"Tomorrow Never Dies"	Eliminated
Jesper Boesgaard	3	"A View to a Kill"	Bottom two
The Fireflies	4	"For Your Eyes Only"	Safe
Thomas Ring	5	"You Know My Name"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Soulshock: Jesper Boesgaard
• Rosendahl: Anna Nygaard
• Remee: Anna Nygaard

Week 6 Semi-Final (19 March)

• Theme: Gasolin and Viewers Choice

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show

Act	Order	First song	Order	Second song	Result
Jesper Boesgaard	1	"Kvinde min"	5	"Speed of Sound"	Safe
The Fireflies	2	"Hvad gør vi nu, lille du"	6	"Jolene"	Eliminated
Thomas Ring	3	"Langebro"	7	"Karma Police"	Safe
Tine Midtgaard	4	"This Is My Life"	8	"Black Velvet"	Safe

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

Week 7: Final (27 March)

• 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
Jesper Boesgaard	1	"Born to Be Wild"	5	"Let Go Of Your Love" (with Dúné)	N/A	N/A (Already eliminated)	Eliminated
Tine Midtgaard	2	"If That's What It Takes"	4	"Hurtful" (with Erik Hassle)	7	"My Dream"	Runner-up
Thomas Ring	3	"With or Without You"	6	"Ensom" (with Medina)	8	"My Dream"	Winner