X Factor (German season 3)

Season of television series

X Factor

Season 3
Hosted by| Jochen Schropp
Judges| Sarah Connor
H.P. Baxxter
Sandra Nasic
Moses Pelham
Winner| Mrs. Greenbird
Runner-up| Melissa Heiduk
Release
Original network| VOX
Kick-off show on RTL
Original release| 25 August (2012-08-25) –
25 November 2012 (2012-11-25)
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The third Season of X Factor started on 25 August 2012.[1] The auditions were held in April/May 2012. The show was broadcast every Sunday. The judges were Sarah Connor, H.P. Baxxter, Sandra Nasic and Moses Pelham. In October 2012 Connor announced that she would not return to the judging panel for the Fourth Season.

There were four phases: 1\. Auditions 2\. Bootcamp 3\. Judge's House 4\. Live Shows

This year twelve acts had been a part of the live shows, but not in 3 categories like the two seasons before. In season 3 there were four categories. This year only the viewers voted who will go through. There wouldn't be a final showdown.[2] The Live shows were cut to four, instead of eight.[3]

## Selection process[edit]

### Applications and auditions[edit]

The first appeal for applicants for series 3 was broadcast during series 2 on 6 December 2012. Auditions in front of the judges for series 3 took place in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. After the acts sing in front of the judges, they would be eliminated or go through to the Bootcamp, but they need 3 of 4 votes to get through. The first audition was broadcast on 25 August 2012 on RTL Television. The rest aired on VOX every Sunday.

### Bootcamp[edit]

The episodes of Bootcamp were broadcast in September 2012. It showed 92 acts attend to the Bootcamp. The acts were split into 4 groups, Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups and Bands, in which to perform in Düsseldorf. At first the 92 acts were reduced to the last 48, after a one-minute performance. The second phase was a duel where two acts of a category had to perform the same song and after this the judges decided which act got through to the Judges' House. The boys category had only five acts because both acts of one battle were send home and two of the girls category (Loredana Giarraputo & Klementine Hendrichs) have to repeat the battle in the judges house because the judges couldn't decided.

The 24 acts who reached the Judges' Houses:

* Boys: Richard Geldner, Aron Verfinger, Lavien Partawie, Barne Heimbucher, Andrew Fischer
* Girls: Lisa Aberer, Alexia Drawhorn, Fabienne Bender, Melissa Heiduk, Anna Hodowaniec, Loredana Giarraputo, Klementine Hendrichs
* Over 25s: Colin Rich, Sascha Miskovic, Joey Jobbagy, Janine Smith, Björn Paulsen, Willy Hubbard
* Groups and Bands: Mrs. Greenbird, Rune, Swave, aVid*, Josephine, Die Mayers

### Judges' houses[edit]

Judges' houses, the final part of the selection process, was filmed in summer 2012. The episodes aired in October 2012. Judges decided alone which categories they want to get, so at the end of the Bootcamp they discussed their favourites. Baxxter the Girls, Nasic the Groups and Bands, Connor the Over 25s, and Pelham the Boys. At judges' houses each act performed one song for their mentor and his/her guest, before the last performance, they practiced the song with their mentor and his/her guest.

The twelve eliminated acts were:

* Boys: Lavien Partawie, Aron Verfinger
* Girls: Loredana Giarraputo, Fabienne Bender, Anna Hodowaniec, Alexia Drawhorn
* Over 25s: Joey Jobbagy, Janine Smith, Sascha Miskovic
* Groups and Bands: aVid*, Die Mayers, Swave

## Contestants[edit]

Key:

– Winner
– Runner-up
Category (mentor) | Acts

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Boys (Pelham)  | Andrew Fischer (21)  | Barne Heimbucher (20)  | Richard Geldner (24)
Girls (Baxxter)  | Klementine Hendrichs (23)  | Lisa Aberer (19)  | Melissa Heiduk (23)
Over 25s (Connor)  | Björn Paulsen (27)  | Colin Rich (40)  | Willy Hubbard (31)
Groups and Bands (Nasic)  | Josephine  | Mrs. Greenbird | Rune

Josephine consists of Christian (29), Daniel (33), Imme (30) & Victor (22).
Mrs. Greenbird consists of Sarah (28) & Steffen (36).
Rune consists of Marvin (18), Patrick (20), Sebastian (22) & Steffen (20).

## Results table[edit]

Contestants' colour key:

- Boys

- Girls
- Over 25s
- Groups and Bands
\- Act did not perform
– the act got the fewest votes (per category) and leave the competition
– the act got the fewest votes and has to sing again in the final showdown
– Contestant became the Runner-Up
– Highest (per category) Vote of a Week
| Week 1  | Week 2  | Week 3  | Week 4

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Over 25s  | Girls  | Boys  | Groups and Bands  | Boys  | Over 25s  | Girls  | Groups and Bands  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 1  | Round 2
| Mrs. Greenbird  | —  | —  | —  | 1st
63.16%  | —  | —  | —  | 1st
86.08%  | 1st
44.46%  | —  | 1st
54.49%  | 1st
61.78%
| Melissa Heiduk  | —  | 1st
60.92%  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 1st
56.69%  | —  | 2nd
19.57%  | —  | 2nd
27.92%  | Runner-Up
38.22%
| Björn Paulsen  | 1st
40.19%  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 1st
60.23%  | —  | —  | 3rd
18.51%  | 1st
54.88%  | 3rd
17.59%  | Eliminated
(week 4)
| Barne Heimbucher  | —  | —  | 2nd
27.81%  | —  | 1st
59.55%  | —  | —  | —  | 4th
17.46%  | 2nd
45.12%  | Eliminated
(week 3)
| Rune  | —  | —  | —  | 2nd
19.83%  | —  | —  | —  | 2nd
13.92%  | Eliminated
(week 2)
| Klementine Hendrichs  | —  | 2nd
21.77%  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 2nd
43.31%  | Eliminated
(week 2)
| Willy Hubbard  | 2nd
39.08%  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 2nd
39.77%  | Eliminated
(week 2)
| Richard Geldner  | —  | —  | 1st
49.93%  | —  | 2nd
40.45%  | Eliminated
(week 2)
| Josephine  | —  | —  | —  | 3rd
17.01%  | Eliminated
(week 1)
| Andrew Fischer  | —  | —  | 3rd
22.26%  | Eliminated
(week 1)
| Lisa Aberer  | —  | 3rd
17.31%  | Eliminated
(week 1)
| Colin Rich  | 3rd
20.73%  | Eliminated
(week 1)
Eliminated  | Colin Rich
20.73%
to save | Lisa Aberer
17.31%
to save | Andrew Fischer
22.26%
to save | Josephine
17.01%
to save | Richard Geldner
40.45%
to save | Willy Hubbard
39.77%
to save | Klementine Hendrichs
43.31%
to save | Rune
13.92%
to save | Barne Heimbucher
45.12%
to save | Björn Paulsen
17.95%
to win | Melissa Heiduk
38.22%
to win
Mrs. Greenbird
61.78%
to win

## Live show details[edit]

### Week 1 (4 November)[edit]

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

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Willy Hubbard  | 1  | "With a Little Help from My Friends"  | Safe
Colin Rich  | 2  | "Breakeven"  | Eliminated
Björn Paulsen  | 3  | "Ich lieb dich überhaupt nicht mehr"  | Safe
Lisa Aberer  | 4  | "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)"  | Eliminated
Klementine Hendrichs  | 5  | "Give It to Me Right"  | Safe
Melissa Heiduk  | 6  | "Something's Got a Hold on Me"  | Safe
Andrew Fischer  | 7  | "Still"  | Eliminated
Barne Heimbucher  | 8  | "Ain't Nobody"  | Safe
Richard Geldner  | 9  | "Eisberg"  | Safe
Josephine  | 10  | "Leuchtturm"  | Eliminated
Mrs. Greenbird  | 11  | "Blitzkrieg Bop"  | Safe
Rune  | 12  | "We Found Love"  | Safe

### Week 2 (11 November)[edit]

Contestants' performances on the second live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Richard Geldner  | 1  | "Bleibt alles anders"  | Eliminated
Barne Heimbucher  | 2  | "Lila Wolken"  | Safe
Willy Hubbard  | 3  | "Ordinary People"  | Eliminated
Björn Paulsen  | 4  | "Königin"  | Safe
Klementine Hendrichs  | 5  | "Yeah Right"  | Eliminated
Melissa Heiduk  | 6  | "Roxanne"  | Safe
Rune  | 7  | "Mirrors"  | Eliminated
Mrs Greenbird  | 8  | "Frozen"  | Safe

### Week 3: Semi-final (18 November)[edit]

* The two acts with the fewest votes had to sing again in the final showdown. Then the public decided between this two acts and the act with the lowest numbers of votes was eliminated.

Contestants' performances on the third live show  Act  | Order  | Song 1  | Song 2  | Result

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Melissa Heiduk  | 1  | "Free"  | "Sky and Sand"  | Safe
Barne Heimbucher  | 2  | "Wonderful Life"  | "Frei sein"  | Bottom two
Björn Paulsen  | 3  | "Augen schließen"  | "Herzen im Takt"  | Bottom two
Mrs. Greenbird  | 4  | "Falling Slowly"  | "It Will Never Rain Roses"  | Safe
Act  | Order  | Song  | Result
Barne Heimbucher  | 1  | "Just a Dream"  | Eliminated
Björn Paulsen  | 2  | "360 Grad Heimat"  | Safe

### Week 4: Final (25 November)[edit]

* The finalists performed three songs and one of them would be a performance with a celebrity musician.

Contestants' performances on the final fourth live show  Act  | Order  | Magic Moment  | Song (Duet with a celebrity) | Winner's Single  | Result

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Björn Paulsen  | 1  | "Chicago"  | "Fallschirm" (MIA.) | N/A | Eliminated
Melissa Heiduk  | 2  | "Breathe Easy"  | "Closer" (Ne-Yo) | "Send Me An Angel"  | Runner-Up
Mrs. Greenbird  | 3  | "You're the One That I Want"  | "Ironic"(Alanis Morissette) | "Shooting Stars & Fairy Tales"  | Winner

## Ratings[edit]

Episode  | Date  | Viewers  | Market share

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Total  | 14 to 49 years  | Total  | 14 to 49 years
Audition 1 | 25 Aug 2012 (on RTL) | 1.93 Mio. | 1.20 Mio. | 7.5% | 13.5%
Audition 2 | 26 Aug 2012 | 1.97 Mio. | 1.32 Mio. | 5.9% | 9.6%
Audition 3 | 2 Sep 2012 | 1.76 Mio. | 1.22 Mio. | 5.6% | 9.3%
Audition 4 | 9 Sep 2012 | 1.98 Mio. | 1.37 Mio. | 6.4% | 10.7%
Audition 5 | 16 Sep 2012 | 1.91 Mio. | 1.31 Mio. | 6.0% | 9.8%
Audition 6 | 23 Sep 2012 | 1.88 Mio. | 1.29 Mio. | 5.8% | 9.6%
Bootcamp 1 | 30 Sep 2012 | 1.60 Mio. | 1.05 Mio. | 5.1% | 8.0%
Bootcamp 2 | 7 Oct 2012 | 1.82 Mio. | 1.19 Mio. | 5.5% | 8.6%
Judge's House 1 | 14 Oct 2012 | 1.26 Mio. | 0.82 Mio. | 3.7% | 5.6%
Judge's House 2 | 21 Oct 2012 | 1.54 Mio. | 0.99 Mio. | 4.6% | 7.0%
Judge's House 3 | 28 Oct 2012 | 1.23 Mio. | 0.77 Mio. | 3.9% | 5.5%
Live Show 1 | 4 Nov 2012 | 1.57 Mio. | 1.03 Mio. | 4.9% | 7.6%
Live Show 2 | 11 Nov 2012 | 1,30 Mio. | 0.91 Mio. | 4.1% | 5.8%
Live Show 3 | 18 Nov 2012 | 1,12 Mio. | 0.79 Mio. | 3.8% | 6.1%
Live Show 4 | 25 Nov 2012 | 1.25 Mio. | 0.96 Mio. | 4.2% | 5.9%

## External links[edit]

* Official German X Factor site

## References[edit]

1. ^ ""X Factor": Season Three will start on 25 August on RTL and on 26 August on VOX". xfactor.de. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
2. ^ ""X Factor": The new Rules: No final showdown and four categories". bild.de. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
3. ^ ""X Factor": Only four live shows". bild.de. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

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