The third Season of X Factor started on 25 August 2012. 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. The Live shows were cut to four, instead of eight.
Selection process
Applications and auditions 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 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 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
Key:
– Winner – Runner-up
Category (mentor) Acts 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)JosephineMrs. GreenbirdRune
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
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 Over 25s Girls Boys Groups and Bands Boys Over 25s Girls Groups and Bands Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 Mrs. Greenbird 1st63.16% 1st86.08%1st44.46% 1st54.49%1st61.78% Melissa Heiduk 1st60.92% 1st56.69% 2nd19.57% 2nd27.92%Runner-Up38.22% Björn Paulsen1st40.19% 1st60.23% 3rd18.51%1st54.88%3rd17.59% Eliminated(week 4) Barne Heimbucher 2nd27.81% 1st59.55% 4th17.46%2nd45.12% Eliminated(week 3) Rune 2nd19.83% 2nd13.92% Eliminated(week 2) Klementine Hendrichs 2nd21.77% 2nd43.31% Eliminated(week 2) Willy Hubbard 2nd39.08% 2nd39.77% Eliminated(week 2) Richard Geldner 1st49.93% 2nd40.45% Eliminated(week 2) Josephine 3rd17.01% Eliminated(week 1) Andrew Fischer 3rd22.26% Eliminated(week 1) Lisa Aberer 3rd17.31% Eliminated(week 1) Colin Rich 3rd20.73% Eliminated(week 1) Eliminated Colin Rich20.73%to save Lisa Aberer17.31%to save Andrew Fischer22.26%to save Josephine17.01%to save Richard Geldner40.45%to save Willy Hubbard39.77%to save Klementine Hendrichs43.31%to save Rune13.92%to save Barne Heimbucher45.12%to saveBjörn Paulsen17.95%to win Melissa Heiduk38.22%to win Mrs. Greenbird61.78%to win
Live show details
Week 1 (4 November)
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result 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)
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result 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) 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 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) 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 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 Episode Date Viewers Market share Total 14 to 49 years Total 14 to 49 years Audition 1 (on RTL) 1.93 Mio. 1.20 Mio. 7.5% 13.5% Audition 2 1.97 Mio. 1.32 Mio. 5.9% 9.6% Audition 3 1.76 Mio. 1.22 Mio. 5.6% 9.3% Audition 4 1.98 Mio. 1.37 Mio. 6.4% 10.7% Audition 5 1.91 Mio. 1.31 Mio. 6.0% 9.8% Audition 6 1.88 Mio. 1.29 Mio. 5.8% 9.6% Bootcamp 1 1.60 Mio. 1.05 Mio. 5.1% 8.0% Bootcamp 2 1.82 Mio. 1.19 Mio. 5.5% 8.6% Judge's House 1 1.26 Mio. 0.82 Mio. 3.7% 5.6% Judge's House 2 1.54 Mio. 0.99 Mio. 4.6% 7.0% Judge's House 3 1.23 Mio. 0.77 Mio. 3.9% 5.5% Live Show 1 1.57 Mio. 1.03 Mio. 4.9% 7.6% Live Show 2 1,30 Mio. 0.91 Mio. 4.1% 5.8% Live Show 3 1,12 Mio. 0.79 Mio. 3.8% 6.1% Live Show 4 1.25 Mio. 0.96 Mio. 4.2% 5.9%
External links Official German X Factor site
References