X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The Third season premiered on January 1, 2010 and ended on March 27 on DR1. Lise Rønne returned as host. Thomas Blachman returned for his third series as judge Pernille Rosendahl for her second series and Cutfather joined for the first time as judge.
Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen was the winner.
Selection process
Auditions Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Århus in 2010.
Superbootcamp Cutfather was given the 15-24s category, Thomas Blachman was given the Over 25s and Pernille Rosendahl was given the Groups.
Bootcamp
The 6 eliminated acts were: 15-24s: Ericka, Jean Over 25s: Maria, Mia Groups: Michelle & Liva, Troels & Lasse
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up ActAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)ResultSarah Skaalum Jørgensen15Herlev15-24s (Cutfather)WinnerAnnelouise Sørensen32Copenhagen V.Over 25s (Blachman)Runner-upBabou16Aarhus15-24s (Cutfather)3rd placePatricia Bull32Copenhagen S.Over 25s (Blachman)4th placeRikke & Trine17BorupGroups (Rosendahl)5th place Rasmus Nielsen17Kirke Såby15-24s (Cutfather)6th place JR17-18Kastrup & MalmøGroups (Rosendahl)7th placeErcan Turan25Copenhagen S.Over 25s (Blachman)8th placeDeeVibez21-24UnknownGroups (Rosendahl) 9th place
Live shows
Results summary
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 received the most public votes
Contestants' colour key:
| – Cutfather's contestants (15-24s) |- | – Blachman's contestants (Over 25s) |- | – Rosendahl's contestants (Groups)
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 1st round 2nd round Sarah4th 11,84% 1st 23,80% 1st 27,10%3rd 17,52% 1st 25,12% 1st 33,48%2nd 34,24% Winner 50,20% Annelouise6th 8,97%6th 7,37%5th 11,04% 6th 13,92% 4th 18,63%2nd 26,64%1st 39,52% Runner-Up 49,80% Babou 1st 23,05%2nd 21,28%3rd 15,17%4th 16,26%3rd 20,79%3rd 22,48% 3rd 26,23% Eliminated(Week 7) Patricia5th 10,02% 7th 6,90%2nd 16,12%2nd 17,78%2nd 21,27% 4th 17,40% Eliminated(Week 6) Rikke & Trine7th 8,70%5th 8,55% 6th 8,51% 1st 20,53% 5th 14,19% Eliminated(Week 5) Rasmus2nd 15,06%4th 12,44%4th 13,73% 5th 14,00% Eliminated(Week 4) JR3rd 14,13%3rd 13,73% 7th 8,33% Eliminated(Week 3) Ercan 8th 5,78% 8th 5,93% Eliminated(Week 2) DeeVibez 9th 2,45% Eliminated(Week 1) Fewest votes Ercan,DeeVibez Ercan,Patricia JR,Rikke & Trine Rasmus,Annelouise Rikke & Trine,Annelouise The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Cutfather voted outDeeVibez Patricia Rikke & Trine Annelouise Rikke & Trine Rosendahl voted outErcan Ercan JR Rasmus Annelouise Blachman voted outDeeVibez Ercan JR Rasmus Rikke & Trine Eliminated DeeVibez9th Ercan8th JR7th Rasmus6th Rikke & Trine5th Patricia4th Babou3rd AnnelouiseRunner-Up SarahWinner
Live show details
Week 1 (February 11) Theme: Free Choice Musical Guest: Thomas Ring ("Break the Silence") + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Deevibez 1 "Well, Well, Well," Eliminated Sarah 2 "Raise Your Glass" Safe Ercan 3 "My Love" Bottom two JR 4 "Grenade" Safe Patricia 5 "You're the One That I Want" Safe Rasmus 6 "Chasing Cars" Safe Rikke & Trine 7 "You're Not Alone" Safe Babou 8 "Just the Way You Are" Safe (Highest votes) Annelouise 9 "Igen & Igen &" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Rosendahl: Ercan Blachman: Deevibez Cutfather: Deevibez
Week 2 (February 18) Theme: The Beatles songs Musical Guest: Basim ("Ta' mig tilbage")
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Rasmus 1 "Drive My Car" Safe Rikke & Trine 2 "Here Comes the Sun" Safe Patricia 3 "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Bottom two Babou 4 "Can't Buy Me Love" Safe Annelouise 5 "Golden Slumbers" Safe Sarah 6 "Come Together" Safe (Highest votes) Ercan 7 "Something" Eliminated JR 8 "All You Need Is Love" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Rosendahl: Ercan Cutfather: Patricia Blachman: Ercan
Week 3 (February 25) Theme: Danish Hits from the 2000s Musical Guest: Nik & Jay ("Mod solnedgangen") Group Performance: "En dag tilbage" performed by Nik & Jay and the final 7 + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Babou 1 "De første kærester på månen" Safe JR 2 "Natteravn" Eliminated Annelouise 3 "Splittet til atomer" Safe Rasmus 4 "Superliga" SafeRiike & Trine 5 "Kun for mig" Bottom two Sarah 6 "Engel" Safe (Highest votes) Patricia 7 "Uden hinanden" Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Blachman: JR Cutfather: Rikke & Trine Rosendahl: JR
Week 4 (March 4) Theme: Rock Musical Guest: Heidi Herløw ("Angerholic") + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Sarah 1 "Save Me from Myself" Safe Annelouise 2 "Creep" Bottom two Babou 3 "Numb" Safe Patricia 4 "Song 2" SafeRasmus 5 "Black Hole Sun" Eliminated Rikke & Trine 6 "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Safe (Highest votes) Judges' votes to eliminate Cufather: Annelouise Blachman: Rasmus Rosendahl: Rasmus
Week 5 (March 11) Theme: Free Choice accompanied by DR UnderholdningsOrkestret Group Performance: "Fuck You" + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Rikke & Trine 1 "Riverside" Eliminated Sarah 2 "The Climb" Safe (Highest votes)Patricia 3 "Feeling Good" Safe Babou 4 "Hurt" SafeAnnelouise 5 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Bottom two Judges' votes to eliminate Rosendahl: Annelouise Blachman: Rikke & Trine Cutfather: Rikke & Trine
Week 6: Semi-Final (March 18) Theme: DJ Night (with Rune RK & Kato) & Viewers choice Musical Guests: Clara Sofie & Rune RK ("Lever for en anden"), Infernal & Kato ("Speakers On") + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Babou 1 "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" 6 "Baby" Safe Annelouise 2 "Sweet Child o' Mine" 7 "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" Safe Sarah 3 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 5 "Fuckin' Perfect" Safe (Highest votes) Patricia 4 "Når tiden går baglæns" 8 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Eliminated
Week 7: Final (25 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 Order Winner's single Result Sarah 1 "Poker Face" 4 "Shall We Be Grateful"8"Mit Øjesten" Winner Annelouise 2 "Breathe Me" 5 "Out of It" 7 "Mit Øjesten" Runner-up Babou 3 "All the Right Moves" 6 "Back to the 80's" N/A N/A (Already eliminated) 3rd Place
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