X Factor (Norwegian TV series)

For versions in other countries, see The X Factor.

X Factor is a Norwegian television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is broadcast on Friday evenings on the TV 2 Network in Norway.

X Factor
X Factor current logo (2009 – 2010)
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Guri Solberg (2010) Ravi (2010) Charlotte Thorstvedt (2009)
Judges	Jan Fredrik Karlsen Marion Ravn Elisabeth Andreassen Klaus Sonstad
Original language	Norwegian
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producers	FremantleMedia Monster Media Syco
Production locations	Exporama Hellerudsletta (Skedsmo), Telenor Arena (Bærum) (Final)
Running time	60mins (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network	TV 2
Release	September 11, 2009 (2009-09-11) – December 17, 2010 (2010-12-17)

Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, 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.

Season	Jan Fredrik Karlsen	Mira Craig	Peter Peters	—
One	Over 25's Chand Torsvik Mari Lorentzen Tommy Fredvang Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	Groups Shackles The Johnsen Sisters No Name - No Fame Reaching Horizons	16-24s Lise Mæland Pernille Svensen Øiestad Gabrielle Leithaug Rikke Lie
Season	Jan Fredrik Karlsen	Elisabeth Andreassen	Klaus Sonstad	Marion Ravn
Two	Girls Annsofi Pettersen Sofie Braseth Tanita Kolås	Over 25s Hans Bollandsås Marthe Valle Ole Gustav Johnsen	Groups Post 4 Irresistible 2 Elements	Boys Atle Pettersen Mo Eivind Nyberg Sagli

Season 1 (2009)

The first season of the show was aired from September through to December 2009. The contestants were divided into three categories. Groups were mentored by Mira Craig, Over 25s by Jan Fredrik Karlsen and the 16-24s by Peter Peters.

Contestants

The top 12 acts were confirmed as follows:^[1]

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

  – Third Place

Category (mentor)	Acts
Over 25s (Karlsen)	Tommy Fredvang	Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	Chand Torsvik	Mari Lorentzen
Groups (Craig)	Reaching Horizons	The Johnsen Sisters	No Name - No Fame	Shackles
16-24s (Peters)	Pernille Svensen Øiestad	Lise Mæland	Rikke Lie	Gabrielle Leithaug

Results summary

Colour key:

– Mentored by Karlsen (Over 25s)   – Mentored by Craig (Groups)   – Mentored by Peters (16-24s)

– Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown   – Contestant was announced as safe (no particular order)   – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)   – Contestant has been announced to be participating in round 2 of The X Factor 2009 Final.

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Final
	Chand Torsvik	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Shackles	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Runner up
	Mari Lorentzen	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd	3rd Place (Week 10)
	Lise Mæland	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 9)
	Tommy Fredvang	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Pernille Svensen Øiestad	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Gabrielle Leithaug	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 6)
	The Johnsen Sisters	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Rikke Lie	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	No Name - No Fame	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Reaching Horizons	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two		Lise Mæland, Reaching Horizons	Gabrielle Leithaug, Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	Shackles, No Name - No Fame	Lise Mæland, Rikke Lie	The Johnsen Sisters, Shackles	Mari Lorentzen, Gabrielle Leithaug	Pernille Svensen Øiestad, Shackles	Lise Mæland, Tommy Fredvang	Lise Mæland, Shackles	No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins
Karlsen's vote to eliminate		Reaching Horizons	Gabrielle Leithaug	No Name - No Fame	Lise Mæland	The Johnsen Sisters	Gabrielle Leithaug	Pernille Svensen Øiestad	Lise Mæland	Lise Mæland
Craig's vote to eliminate		Lise Mæland	Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	No Name - No Fame	Rikke Lie	The Johnsen Sisters	Gabrielle Leithaug	Pernille Svensen Øiestad	Tommy Fredvang	Lise Mæland
Peters' vote to eliminate		Reaching Horizons	Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	No Name - No Fame	Rikke Lie	The Johnsen Sisters	Mari Lorentzen	Shackles	Tommy Fredvang	Shackles
Eliminated		Reaching Horizons 2 of 3 votes	Stine Terese Tinker Julseth 2 of 3 votes	No Name - No Fame 3 of 3 votes	Rikke Lie 2 of 3 votes	The Johnsen Sisters 3 of 3 votes	Gabrielle Leithaug 2 of 3 votes	Pernille Svensen Øiestad 2 of 3 votes	Tommy Fredvang 2 of 3 votes	Lise Mæland 2 of 3 votes	Mari Lorentzen	Shackles
												Chand Torsvik

Live show details

Week 1 (9 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the first live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Shackles	1	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	Safe
Gabrielle Leithaug	2	"Ambitions"	Safe
Tommy Fredvang	3	"The Man Who Can't Be Moved"	Safe
Reaching Horizons	4	"We Are the Champions"	Eliminated
Pernille Svensen Øiestad	5	"Because of You"	Safe
Mari Lorentzen	6	"Alone"	Safe
No Name - No Fame	7	"I Get Around"	Safe
Rikke Lie	8	"All This Time (Pick-Me-Up Song)"	Safe
Chand Torsvik	9	"Diamanten"	Safe
The Johnsen Sisters	10	"Potential Breakup Song"	Safe
Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	11	"Poker Face"	Safe
Lise Mæland	12	"Say My Name"	Bottom two

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Peters: Reaching Horizons
• Craig: Lise Mæland
• Karlsen: Reaching Horizons

Week 2 (16 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the second live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Stine Terese Tinker Julseth	1	"I Want You Back"	Eliminated
No Name - No Fame	2	"Lollipop"	Safe
Gabrielle Leithaug	3	"Be Mine!"	Bottom two
Chand Torsvik	4	"Æ e trønder æ"	Safe
Lise Mæland	5	"No Air"	Safe
Shackles	6	"I'm So Excited"	Safe
Tommy Fredvang	7	"Me to går alltid aleina"	Safe
Rikke Lie	8	"Jolene"	Safe
The Johnsen Sisters	9	"Hit the Road Jack"	Safe
Mari Lorentzen	10	"Livin' on a Prayer"	Safe
Pernille Svensen Øiestad	11	"A Thousand Miles"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: Gabrielle Leithaug
• Peters: Stine Terese Tinker Julseth
• Craig: Stine Terese Tinker Julseth

Week 3 (23 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the third live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
The Johnsen Sisters	1	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Safe
Lise Mæland	2	"Eg Ser"	Safe
Tommy Fredvang	3	"Use Somebody"	Safe
Pernille Svensen Øiestad	4	"Bleeding Love"	Safe
No Name - No Fame	5	"Help!"	Eliminated
Mari Lorentzen	6	"Cryin'"	Safe
Rikke Lie	7	"Better Off" (original song)	Safe
Shackles	8	"Circle of Life"	Bottom two
Chand Torsvik	9	"Eg Komme"	Safe
Gabrielle Leithaug	10	"These Words"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: No Name - No Fame
• Peters: No Name - No Fame
• Craig: No Name - No Fame

Week 4 (30 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Chand Torsvik	1	"En Jävel På Kärlek"	Safe
Rikke Lie	2	"Lovefool"	Eliminated
The Johnsen Sisters	3	"Sober"	Safe
Gabrielle Leithaug	4	"Is This Love"	Safe
Shackles	5	"Survivor"	Safe
Lise Mæland	6	"Wish I Didn't Miss You"	Bottom two
Tommy Fredvang	7	"Wake Up Call" (original song)	Safe
Pernille Svensen Øiestad	8	"Måndagsbarn"	Safe
Mari Lorentzen	9	"Säg Det Igjen"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: Lise Mæland
• Craig: Rikke Lie
• Peters: Rikke Lie

Week 5 (6 November 2009)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Lise Mæland	1	"The Power of Love"	Safe
Shackles	2	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"/"Voulez-Vous"	Bottom two
Mari Lorentzen	3	"Unintended"	Safe
Gabrielle Leithaug	4	"Valerie"	Safe
Pernille Svensen Øiestad	5	"I Will Always Love You"	Safe
Tommy Fredvang	6	"Man in the Mirror"	Safe
The Johnsen Sisters	7	"Can't Fight the Moonlight	Eliminated
Chand Torsvik	8	"Sånne Som Oss"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: The Johnsen Sisters
• Peters: The Johnsen Sisters
• Craig: The Johnsen Sisters

Week 6 (13 November 2009)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Chand Torsvik	1	"Levva Livet"	Safe
Pernille Svensen Øiestad	2	"Imagine"	Safe
Mari Lorentzen	3	"Stop!"	Bottom two
Gabrielle Leithaug	4	"En natt forbi"	Eliminated
Tommy Fredvang	5	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"	Safe
Shackles	6	"Free Your Mind"	Safe
Lise Mæland	7	"Gabriellas sång"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: Gabrielle Leithaug
• Peters: Mari Lorentzen
• Craig: Gabrielle Leithaug

Week 7 (20 November 2009)

• Theme: Songs from films

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show

Act	Order	Song	Film	Result
Tommy Fredvang	1	"Life Is a Highway"	Cars	Safe
Pernille Svensen Øiestad	2	"All Dressed in Love"	Sex and the City	Eliminated
Mari Lorentzen	3	"Blaze of Glory"	Young Guns II	Safe
Shackles	4	"Move"	Dreamgirls	Bottom two
Lise Mæland	5	"Work It Out"	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Safe
Chand Torsvik	6	"Love Don't Bother Me"	Nord	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Peters: Shackles
• Craig: Pernille Svensen Øiestad
• Karlsen: Pernille Svensen Øiestad

Season 2 (2010)

The second and final season of the show was aired from September to December 2010. Auditions were held in Tromsø (28–29 April 2010), Trondheim (7–9 May), Bergen (26–28 May), Kristiansand (5–6 June) and Oslo (17–20 June 2010).

Replacing Charlotte Thorstvedt as new program presenters were Ravi and Guri Solberg after Thorstvedt received much criticism for her efforts in the first season. The judges were Elisabeth Andreassen, Klaus Sonstad, Jan Fredrik Karlsen and Marion Ravn.

The format had changed with 4 categories instead of three (with Under 25s now divided between Boys Under 25 and Girls Under 25). Each category had three finalists instead of the earlier four.

24 reached judges houses. Andreassen was helped by Alexander Rybak, Sonstad by Mariann Thomassen, Karlsen by Chand Torsvik and Ravn by Sveinung Sundli. Singer Benn was a guest judge.

The 12 eliminated acts were:

• Boys: Adrian Jørgensen, Bjørn Henrik Brandtenborg, Jonas Nybakk Benyoub
• Girls: Ingrid Galadriel Aune Brosveet, Ingrid Haukland, Madeleine Christensen
• Over 25s: Marianne Solberg Follestad, Jan Hedelund, Dilsa Calimli
• Groups: Nemesis, Skatebirds, Mama's Garden

Contestants

The top 12 acts were confirmed as follows:^[1]

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

  – Third Place

Category (mentor)	Acts
Over 25s (Andreassen)	Ole Gustav Johnsen	Marthe Valle	Hans Bollandsås
Groups (Sonstad)	Irresistible	2 Elements	Post 4
Girls (Karlsen)	Annsofi Pettersen	Sofie Braseth	Tanita Kolås
Boys (Ravn)	Mo	Eivind Nyberg Sagli	Atle Pettersen

Results summary

Colour key:

– Mentored by Karlsen (Girls)   – Mentored by Sonstad (Groups)   – Mentored by Ravn (Boys)   – Mentored by Andreassen (Over 25s)

– Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown   – Contestant was announced as safe (no particular order)   – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Final
											Round 1	Round 2
	Hans Bollandsås	11th	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	WINNER
	Atle Pettersen	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	RUNNER UP
	Annsofi Pettersen	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	6th	Safe	4th	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Week 10)
	Mo	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	4th	Eliminated (Week 9)
	Eivind Nyberg Sagli	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	5th	5th	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Post 4	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	6th	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Marthe Valle	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	7th	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Ole Gustav Johnsen	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Irresistible	Safe	10th	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Sofie Bratseth	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Tanita Kolås	Safe	11th	Eliminated (Week 2)
	2 Elements	12th	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two		Hans Bollandsås, 2 Elements	Irresistible, Tanita Kolås	Marthe Valle, Sofie Bratseth	Annsofi Pettersen, Irresistible	Eivind Nyberg Sagli, Ole Gustav Johnsen	Annsofi Pettersen, Marthe Valle	No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins
Karlsen's vote to eliminate		Hans Bollandsås	Irresistible	Sofie Bratseth	Irresistible	Ole Gustav Johnsen	Marthe Valle
Ravn's vote to eliminate		2 Elements	Tanita Kolås	Sofie Bratseth	Irresistible	Ole Gustav Johnsen	Marthe Valle
Sonstad's vote to eliminate		Hans Bollandsås	Tanita Kolås	Sofie Bratseth	Annsofi Pettersen	Ole Gustav Johnsen	Annsofi Pettersen
Andreassen's Vote to eliminate		2 Elements	Irresistible	Sofie Bratseth	Irresistible	Eivind Nyberg Sagli	Annsofi Pettersen
Eliminated
		2 Elements 2 of 4 votes - televote	Tanita Kolås 2 of 4 votes - televote	Sofie Bratseth 4 of 4 votes	Irresistible 3 of 4 votes	Ole Gustav Johnsen 3 of 4 votes	Marthe Valle 2 of 4 votes - televote	Post 4	Eivind Nyberg Sagli	Mo	Annsofi Pettersen	Atle Petterson
												Hans Bollandsås

Live show details

Week 1 (8 October 2010)

Contestants' performances on the first live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Hans Bollandsås	1	"Bad Things"	Bottom two
2 Elements	2	"Long Train Runnin'"	Eliminated
Sofie Bratseth	3	"The Scientist"	Safe
Atle Pettersen	4	"Iris"	Safe
Tanita Kolås	5	"Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"/"Russian Roulette"	Safe
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	6	"Who Says"	Safe
Post 4	7	"You Get What You Give"	Safe
Marthe Valle	8	"Angel"	Safe
Ole Gustav Johnsen	9	"Everything"	Safe
Irresistible	10	"(You Drive Me) Crazy"	Safe
Annsofi Pettersen	11	"Stay with Me"	Safe
Mo	12	"Jailhouse Rock"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Andreassen: 2 Elements
• Sonstad: Hans Bollandsås
• Ravn: 2 Elements
• Karlsen: Hans Bollandsås

Week 2 (15 October 2010)

• Theme: Love songs

Contestants' performances on the second live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Tanita Kolås	1	"Bed of Roses"	Eliminated
Ole Gustav Johnsen	2	"Min første kjærlighet"	Safe
Post 4	3	"Everything"	Safe
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	4	"Let's Just Fall In Love Again"	Safe
Irresistible	5	"There You'll Be"	Bottom two
Hans Bollandsås	6	"If It Wasn't For You" (original song)	Safe
Annsofi Pettersen	7	"Genie in a Bottle"	Safe
Mo	8	"Bad Romance"	Safe
Sofie Bratseth	9	"Miss You Like Crazy"	Safe
Atle Pettersen	10	"Dancing on My Own"	Safe
Marthe Valle	11	"Need You Now"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: Irresistible
• Ravn: Tanita Kolås
• Sonstad: Tanita Kolås
• Andreassen: Irresistible

Week 3 (22 October 2010)

• Theme: Songs from childhood

Contestants' performances on the third live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Mo	1	"Heal the World"	Safe
Sofie Bratseth	2	"Unforgivable Sinner"	Eliminated
Marthe Valle	3	"Benen i kors"	Bottom two
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	4	"In My Head"	Safe
Post 4	5	"Walking the Unknown" (original song)	Safe
Annsofi Pettersen	6	"Think Twice"	Safe
Hans Bollandsås	7	"Hoochie Coochie Man"	Safe
Ole Gustav Johnsen	8	"Lost In the Tango"	Safe
Irresistible	9	"AM to PM"	Safe
Atle Pettersen	10	"Sex on Fire"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: Sofie Bratseth
• Andreassen: Sofie Bratseth
• Ravn: Sofie Bratseth
• Sonstad: Sofie Bratseth

Week 4 (29 October 2010)

• Theme: Unplugged songs

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Atle Pettersen	1	"Free Fallin'"	Safe
Ole Gustav Johnsen	2	"Tir Na Noir"	Safe
Annsofi Pettersen	3	"Nothing Else Matters"	Bottom two
Mo	4	"Faith"	Safe
Irresistible	5	"Irreplaceable"	Eliminated
Hans Bollandsås	6	"Hunting High and Low"	Safe
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	7	"Tears in Heaven"	Safe
Post 4	8	"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"	Safe
Marthe Valle	9	"Inni dæ sjøl" (original song)	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: Irresistible
• Ravn: Irresistible
• Sonstad: Annsofi Pettersen
• Andreassen: Irresistible

Week 5 (5 November 2010)

• Theme: Songs from films

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show

Act	Order	Song	Film	Result
Ole Gustav Johnsen	1	"As Time Goes By"	Casablanca	Eliminated
Post 4	2	"Everybody's Changing"	One Tree Hill	Safe
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	3	"A Thousand Miles"	White Chicks	Bottom two
Hans Bollandsås	4	"Footloose"	Footloose	Safe
Annsofi Pettersen	5	"Proud Mary"	What's Love Got to Do with It	Safe
Atle Pettersen	6	"We All Die Young"	Rock Star	Safe
Marthe Valle	7	"Both Sides, Now"	Love Actually	Safe
Mo	8	"You're the One That I Want"	Grease	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Andreassen: Eivind Nyberg Sagli
• Sonstad: Ole Gustav Johnsen
• Ravn: Ole Gustav Johnsen
• Karlsen: Ole Gustav Johnsen

Week 6 (12 November 2010)

• Theme: Songs about friendship

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show

Act	Order	Song	Result
Marthe Valle	1	"Pride (In the Name of Love)"	Eliminated
Atle Pettersen	2	"Umbrella"	Safe
Mo	3	"That's What Friends Are For"	Safe
Post 4	4	"Ordinary World"	Safe
Hans Bollandsås	5	"Moments" (original song)	Safe
Annsofi Pettersen	6	"Black Velvet"	Bottom two
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	7	"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)"	Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Karlsen: Marthe Valle
• Andreassen: Annsofi Pettersen
• Ravn: Marthe Valle
• Sonstad: Annsofi Pettersen

Week 7 (19 November 2010)

• Theme: Songs by Norwegian artists

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show

Act	Order	First Song	Order	Second Song	Result
Atle Pettersen	1	"Forelska i lærer'n"	7	"Velvet"	Safe
Hans Bollandsås	2	"Avsted" (original song)	9	"I Came Here to Rock"	Safe
Post 4	3	"Englefjes"	10	"Her kommer vinteren"	Eliminated
Annsofi Pettersen	4	"Tigergutt"	8	"My Lullaby"	Safe
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	5	"Jenter"	11	"If a Song Could Get Me You"	Safe
Mo	6	"Optimist"	12	"Glow"	Safe

Week 8 (26 November 2010)

• Theme: Role models

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show

Act	Order	First Song	Order	Second Song	Result
Mo	1	"Purple Rain"	8	"Beat It"	Safe
Eivind Nyberg Sagli	2	"Your Song"	5	"I'm Yours"	Eliminated
Hans Bollandsås	3	"Love Hurts"	7	"Chain of Fools"	Safe
Annsofi Pettersen	4	"Speechless"	9	"I Don't Believe You"	Safe
Atle Pettersen	6	"Use Somebody"	10	"You Give Love a Bad Name"	Safe