X Factor (Danish season 15)

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Season of television series

X Factor

Season 15
Hosted by| Sofie Linde Ingversen
Judges| Thomas Blachman
Kwamie Liv
Martin Jensen
Winner| Mads Moldt
Winning mentor| Thomas Blachman
Runner-up| Kári Fossdalsá
Release
Original network| TV2
Original release| January 1 (2022-01-01) –
April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)
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X Factor is a Danish television music competition showcasing new singing talent. Thomas Blachman and Martin Jensen returned as judges while Oh Land quitted and Kwamie Liv became her replacement and Sofie Linde returned as the host.

For the first time on the Danish X Factor, all groups were eliminated in the first 3 live shows.

## Judges and hosts[edit]

Thomas Blachman and Martin Jensen returned as judges while Oh Land decided to quit as a judge and Kwamie Liv[1] became the new judge Sofie Linde returned as the main host.

## Changes[edit]

For the first time on the Danish X Factor, no categories were given to the judges. Instead they mentored one act from each category, one from the 15 to 22s, one from the Over 23s and one group in the live shows.[2]

## Selection process[edit]

Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Aarhus.

The 18 successful acts were:

* Thomas Blachman: Emma & Filip, Mads Moldt, Maria Ranum, Lasse Skriver, Meseret Tesfamichael, Wela & Garcia
* Kwamie Liv: 2 Harmonies, Oliver Antonio, Rune Duch, Mathias Julin, Lorenzo & Charlo, Tina Mellemgaard
* Martin Jensen: Mille Bergholtz, Kári Fossdalsá, Lotte Røntved Knudsen, Oscar, RoxorLoops & Jasmin, Sofie Thomsen

### Bootcamp[edit]

The 9 eliminated acts were:

* Thomas Blachman: Emma & Filip, Lasse Skriver, Meseret Tesfamichael
* Kwamie Liv: 2 Harmonies, Rune Duch, Mathias Julin
* Martin Jensen: Lotte Røntved Knudsen, RoxorLoops & Jasmin, Sofie Thomsen

## Contestants[edit]

Key:

– Winner
– Runner-up
Act  | Age(s)  | Hometown  | Mentor  | Category  | Result

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Mads Moldt | 16 | Frederikshavn | Thomas Blachman | 15-22s | Winner
Kári Fossdalsá  | 25  | Aalborg | Martin Jensen  | Over 23s  | Runner-up
Tina Mellemgaard  | 18  | Hoyvik, Faroe Islands | Kwamie Liv  | 15-22s  | 3rd Place
Mille Bergholtz  | 21  | Falster | Martin Jensen  | 15-22s  | 4th Place
Maria Ranum  | 31  | Copenhagen | Thomas Blachman  | Over 23s  | 5th Place
Oliver Antonio  | 23  | Birkerød | Kwamie Liv  | Over 23s  | 6th Place
Lorenzo & Charlo  | 18-20  | Ikast | Kwamie Liv  | Groups  | 7th Place
Wela & Garcia  | 18-19  | Valby | Thomas Blachman  | Groups  | 8th Place
Oscar  | 17-18  | Trige | Martin Jensen  | Groups  | 9th Place

## Live shows[edit]

Colour key
- | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown

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- | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
- | Contestant received the most public votes

Contestants' colour key:

- Kwamie Liv's Contestants

- Thomas Blachmans's Contestants
- Martin Jensen's Contestants
| Contestant  | Week 1  | Week 2  | Week 3  | Week 4  | Week 5  | Week 6  | Week 7

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1st round | 2nd round
| Mads Moldt | 1st
18,6%  | 1st
18,0%  | 1st
21,2%  | 1st
25,0%  | 2nd
22,80%  | 1st
32,8%  | 1st
51,3%  | Winner
59,9%
| Kári Fossdalsá | 9th
7,6%  | 6th
10,3%  | 6th
13,68%  | 3rd
16,51%  | 3rd
21,7%  | 3rd
21,7%  | 2nd
28,9%  | Runner-up
40,1%
| Tina Mellemgaard | 2nd
15,9%  | 3rd
14,9%  | 3rd
14,2%  | 5th
14,2%  | 1st
22,82%  | 2nd
25,5%  | 3rd
19,9%  | Eliminated
(Week 7)
| Mille Bergholtz | 4th
11,3%  | 2nd
17,3%  | 2nd
15,6%  | 4th
15,0%  | 4th
18,1%  | 4th
19,7%  | Eliminated
(Week 6)
| Maria Ranum | 5th
11,1%  | 5th
11,3%  | 4th
13,73%  | 2nd
16,52%  | 5th
14,6%  | Eliminated
(Week 5)
| Oliver Antonio | 7th
8,0%  | 4th
13,4%  | 5th
13,70%  | 6th
12,8%  | Eliminated
(Week 4)
| Lorenzo & Charlo | 3rd
11,7%  | 8th
5,4%  | 7th
7,9%  | Eliminated
(Week 3)
| Wela & Garcia | 6th
8,3%  | 7th
8,8%  | Eliminated
(Week 2)
| Oscar | 8th
7,9%  | Eliminated
(Week 1)
Final Showdown | Oscar,
Kári Fossdalsá  | Wela & Garcia,
Lorenzo & Charlo  | Lorenzo & Charlo,
Kári Fossdalsá  | Oliver Antonio,
Tina Mellemgaard  | Maria Ranum,
Mille Bergholtz  | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Blachman voted out | Oscar | Lorenzo & Charlo | Lorenzo & Charlo | Oliver Antonio | Mille Bergholtz
Liv voted out | Kári Fossdalsá | Wela & Garcia | Kári Fossdalsá | Oliver Antonio | Maria Ranum
Jensen voted out | Oscar | Wela & Garcia | Lorenzo & Charlo | Tina Mellemgaard | Maria Ranum
Eliminated | Oscar
9th  | Wela & Garcia
8th  | Lorenzo & Charlo
7th  | Oliver Antonio
6th  | Maria Ranum
5th  | Mille Bergholtz
4th  | Tina Mellemgaard
3rd  | Kári Fossdalsá
Runner-Up
Mads Moldt
Winner

### Live show details[edit]

### Week 1 (February 26)[edit]

* Theme: Signature

Contestants' performances on the first live show  Act  | Order  | Song[3] | Result

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Oscar  | 1  | "Fucking Smuk"  | Bottom two
Oliver Antonio  | 2  | "Watermelon Sugar"  | Safe
Mads Moldt  | 3  | "When I R.I.P"  | Safe
Mille Bergholtz  | 4  | "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"  | Safe
Wela & Garcia  | 5  | "Dancing in the Dark"  | Safe
Tina Mellemgaard  | 6  | "Street Lights"  | Safe
Kári Fossdalsá  | 7  | "Please Don't Go"  | Bottom two
Maria Ranum  | 8  | "Oblivion"  | Safe
Lorenzo & Charlo  | 9  | "Kig op fra gulvet"  | Safe
Sing-Off details
Oscar  | 1  | "I morgen er der også en dag"  | Eliminated
Kári Fossdalsá  | 2  | "Thinking Out Loud"  | Saved

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Blachman: Oscar
* Liv: Kári Fossdalsá
* Jensen: Oscar

### Week 2 (March 4)[edit]

* Theme: 200th Program anniversary
* Musical Guest: Saveus ("Dark Vibrations")

Contestants' performances on the second live show  Act  | Order  | Song[4] | Sung before by  | Result

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Tina Mellemgaard  | 1  | "If I Ain't Got You"  | Laura (Season 1)  | Safe
Wela & Garcia  | 2  | "Time to Pretend"  | Anthony Jasmin (Season 7)  | Bottom two
Kári Fossdalsá  | 3  | "Let Her Go"  | Chresten (Season 6)  | Safe
Maria Ranum  | 4  | "Waiting Game"  | Chili (Season 10)  | Safe
Lorenzo & Charlo  | 5  | "Efter Festen"  | Mohamed (Season 2)  | Bottom two
Mads Moldt  | 6  | "1 Thing"  | Mohamed (Season 2)  | Safe
Oliver Antonio  | 7  | "My Body Is a Cage"  | Nicoline Simone & Jean Michel (Season 5)  | Safe
Mille Bergholtz  | 8  | "Stay"  | Reem (Season 9)  | Safe
Sing-Off details
Wela & Garcia  | 1  | "Somebody Else"  | Eliminated
Lorenzo & Charlo  | 2  | "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv"  | Saved

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Blachman: Lorenzo & Charlo
* Liv: Wela & Garcia
* Jensen: Wela & Garcia

### Week 3 (March 11)[edit]

* Theme: SoMe-Stars (Social Media Stars)
* Musical Guest: Ericka Jane ("Forget Being Sober")

Contestants' performances on the third live show  Act  | Order  | Song[5] | Result

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Mads Moldt  | 1  | "Holy"  | Safe
Oliver Antonio  | 2  | "House of Balloons"/"Glass Table Girls"  | Safe
Mille Bergholtz  | 3  | "Without Me"  | Safe
Lorenzo & Charlo  | 4  | "Industry Baby"  | Bottom two
Maria Ranum  | 5  | "Gangsta"  | Safe
Kári Fossdalsá  | 6  | "I'm So Tired..."  | Bottom two
Tina Mellemgaard  | 7  | "All I Need"  | Safe
Sing-Off details
Lorenzo & Charlo  | 1  | "I’m Sorry"  | Eliminated
Kári Fossdalsá  | 2  | "I’m Not The Only One"  | Saved

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Jensen: Lorenzo & Charlo
* Liv: Kári Fossdalsá
* Blachman: Lorenzo & Charlo

### Week 4 (March 18)[edit]

* Theme: TV & Movie Songs

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show  Act  | Order  | Song[6] | Movie/TV show  | Result

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Oliver Antonio  | 1  | "Another Way to Die"  | Quantum of Solace | Bottom two
Maria Ranum  | 2  | "Atlas"  | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Safe
Mille Bergholtz  | 3  | "Love Me like You Do"  | Fifty Shades of Grey | Safe
Mads Moldt  | 4  | "Wreak Havoc"  | Suicide Squad | Safe
Tina Mellemgaard  | 5  | "Same Girl"  | Euphoria | Bottom two
Kári Fossdalsá  | 6  | "Rewrite the Stars"  | The Greatest Showman | Safe
Sing-Off details
Oliver Antonio  | 1  | "Happier"  | Eliminated
Tina Mellemgaard  | 2  | "All I Ask"  | Saved

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Blachman: Oliver Antonio
* Jensen: Tina Mellemgaard
* Liv: Oliver Antonio

### Week 5 (March 25)[edit]

* Theme: Nordic Artists
* Group Performance: "Noget for nogen"
* Musical Guest: Molly Sandén ("Nån annan nu")

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show  Act  | Order  | Song[7] | Result

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Mille Bergholtz  | 1  | "Such a Boy"  | Bottom two
Maria Ranum  | 2  | "The Middle"  | Bottom two
Tina Mellemgaard  | 3  | "Ord" (Original Song) | Safe
Kári Fossdalsá  | 4  | "Svag"  | Safe
Mads Moldt  | 5  | "Dagdrøm"  | Safe
Sing-Off details
Mille Bergholtz  | 1  | "All I Want"  | Saved
Maria Ranum  | 2  | "Something To Say"  | Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Blachman: Mille Bergholtz
* Jensen: Maria Ranum
* Liv: Maria Ranum

### Week 6: Semi-final (1 April)[edit]

* Theme: Party & The Day After
* Musical Guest: Solveig Lindelof ("Superficial")

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show  Act  | Order  | First song (Party Song)[8] | Order  | Second song (The Day After Song)[8] | Result

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Kári Fossdalsá  | 1  | "Get Lucky"  | 5  | "Dancing On My Own"  | Safe
Mads Moldt  | 2  | "SexyBack"  | 6  | "Super Rich Kids"  | Safe
Tina Mellemgaard  | 3  | "Åben" (Original Song) | 7  | "I'll Never Love Again"  | Safe
Mille Bergholtz  | 4  | "Remember"  | 8  | "Drunk in the Morning"  | Eliminated

The semi-final did not feature a sing-off and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Mille Bergholtz was automacally eliminated

### Week 7: Final (April 8)[edit]

* Theme: Judges Choice, Duet with a Special Guest, Winner Song
* Musical Guests: Brandon Beal & Lukas Graham together with the 3 finalists Tina, Kári & Mads Moldt ("Higher"), Dean Lewis "Hurtless"
* Group Performance: Cover Me in Sunshine" (P!nk performed by the 9 Finalists) "Half A Man"/"Be Alright" (Dean Lewis performed by Dean Lewis & The Auditionees)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show  Act  | Order  | Judges Choice Song[9] | Order  | Duet song (with a Special Guest)[9] | Result  | Order  | Winner Song[9] | Result

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Tina Mellemgaard  | 1  | "Love On Top"  | 4  | "Du er" & "Den jeg elsker, elsker jeg" with (Søs Fenger)  | Eliminated  | N/A (Already Eliminated)  | 3rd Place
Kári Fossdalsá  | 2  | "Happy"  | 5  | "Daughter of Jonah" & "House on Fire" with (Jonah Blacksmith)  | Safe  | 8  | "Believer"  | Runner-up
Mads Moldt  | 3  | "See You Again"  | 6  | "Føler mig selv 100" & "Hjem fra Fabrikken" with (Andreas Odbjerg)  | Safe  | 7  | "Clingy"  | Winner

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Her er den nye 'X Factor'-dommer i 2022 - TV 2". 24 September 2021.
2. ^ "For første gang nogensinde: Kæmpe ændring i 'X Factor' 2022 - TV 2". 16 December 2021.
3. ^ "Det skal de synge i årets første 'X Factor'-liveshow - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. February 25, 2022.
4. ^ "Det skal de til årets andet 'X Factor'-liveshow - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. March 4, 2022.
5. ^ "Det skal deltagerne synge til årets trejde 'X Factor'-liveshow - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. March 11, 2022.
6. ^ "Det skal deltagerne i årets fjerde 'X Factor'-liveshow - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. March 18, 2022.
7. ^ "Det skal deltagerne i femte 'X Factor'-liveshow - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. March 25, 2022.
8. ^ a b "Det skal de deltagerne synge i 'X Factor'-semifinale - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. April 1, 2022.
9. ^ a b c "Duetter med kendte danske musikere - det skal deltagerne synge til 'X Factor'-finalen - TV 2". underholdning.tv2.dk. April 8, 2022.

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X Factor (Denmark)

Seasons|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11
* 12
* 13
* 14
* 15
* 16
* 17

Winners|

* Martin Hoberg Hedegaard
* Linda Andrews
* Thomas Ring Petersen
* Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen
* Ida Østergaard Madsen
* Chresten Falck Damborg
* Anthony Jasmin
* Emilie Esther
* Embrace
* Morten Nørgaard
* Place on Earth
* Kristian Kjærlund
* Alma Agger
* Solveig Lindelof
* Mads Moldt
* ROSÉL

Other notable
contestants|

* Basim
* VocaLoca
* Alien Beat Club
* Mohamed Ali
* Tine Midtgaard Madsen
* Jesper Nohrstedt
* The Fireflies
* In-Joy
* Babou
* Line Dissing Karree Larsen
* Kristel Lisberg
* Citybois
* VKation
* Jamie Talbot
* Benjamin Rosenbohm
* Rasmus Therkildsen
* Mathilde Caffey

Winner's singles|

* "The 1"
* "Det Bedste til Sidst"
* "My Dream"
* "Min Øjesten"
* "I Can Be"
* "Let go"
* "Do Ya"
* "Undiscovered"
* "Commitment Issues"
* "The Underdog"
* "Young"
* "Lost and Profound"
* "The Last Dance"
* "Cranes in the Sky"
* "Clingy"
* "JEG ER ALMINDELIG"

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