# X Factor (Danish TV series) season 14

X Factor is a Danish television music competition showcasing new singing talent. Like the end of season 13, season 14 continued live shows without audiences due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Solveig Lindelof won the season and Oh Land became the winning mentor for the first time and Solveig Lindelof became the first winner in the Danish X Factor history to appear in the bottom two.

## Judges and hosts

Thomas Blachman and Oh Land returned as judges for a 13th and third season respectively, while Ankerstjerne did not return for a third season. DJ Martin Jensen took over as judge from Ankerstjerne, introducing him to the competition for the first time.
For a sixth season, Sofie Linde Ingversen returned as the host of the show. Sofie hosted the auditions, the returning 5 Chair Challenge, and the Bootcamp. For the live shows, she would take maternity leave, appointing the hosting role to comedian Melvin Kakooza. In late February however, Melvin had a brain tumor, rendering him unable to host the show. Lise Rønne, the former host of seasons 1, 2, 4, and 5, agreed to replace Melvin as host of the show. She was hesitant initially but agreed by reason of circumstances.

## Selection process

Auditions took place in Copenhagen and Aarhus. Oh Land was assigned to mentor the 15-22s category, Martin Jensen the Over 23s, and Blachman the Groups.
The 15 successful acts were:
* 15-22s: Nikoline Steen Kristensen, Andreas Liebach, Solveig Lindelof, Lucca Nordlund, Julie Toftdal
* Over 23s: Hiba Chehade, Vilson Ferati, Julia Ingvarsson, Dan Laursen, Philip Lillelund
* Groups: Emmelie & Laura, Fox & Lilly, The Kubrix, Neva & Ida, Simon & Marcus
Kajsa, a group act advancing from the 5 Chair Challenge, withdrew from the competition voluntarily just before entering the Bootcamp stage.

### Bootcamp

The 6 eliminated acts were:
* 15-22s: Andreas Liebach, Julie Toftdal
* Over 23s: Julia Ingvarsson, Philip Lillelund
* Groups: Emmelie & Laura, Fox & Lilly

## Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
| Act | Age(s) | Hometown | Category (mentor) | Result |
| Solveig Lindelof | 15 | Hvidovre | 15-22s (Oh Land) | Winner |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 17 | Sørvad | 15-22s (Oh Land) | Runner-up |
| Simon & Marcus | 18-19 | Thisted | Groups (Blachman) | 3rd place |
| Lucca Nordlund | 15 | Aalborg | 15-22s (Oh Land) | 4th place |
| Dan Laursen | 36 | Haslev | Over 23s (Jensen) | 5th place |
| The Kubrix | 16-22 | Various | Groups (Blachman) | 6th place |
| Vilson Ferati | 23 | Langesø | Over 23s (Jensen) | 7th place |
| Neva & Ida | 17-18 | Various | Groups (Blachman) | 8th place |
| Hiba Chehade | 26 | Odense | Over 23s (Jensen) | 9th place |

## Live shows
### Colour key

| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the Sing-Off |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no Sing-Off) |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| – | Contestant automatically safe. No public votes. |
Contestants' colour key:
    – Over 23s (Jensen's contestants)  – 15-22s (Oh Land's contestants)  – Groups (Blachman's contestants)
| | Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 7 |
| | Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round | 2nd round |
| | Solveig Lindelof | Safe | 5th 10.6% | 3rd 16.4% | 6th 13.6% | 1st 23.0% | 1st 24.2% | 1st 29.2% | 1st 36.0% | Winner 52.7% |
| | Nikoline Steen Kristensen | Safe | 2nd 15.9% | 1st 16.7% | 2nd 16.2% | 2nd 17.4% | 4th 18.8% | 2nd 26.8% | 2nd 35.0% | Runner-up 47.3% |
| | Simon & Marcus | Safe | 3rd 13.3% | 2nd 16.5% | 1st 17.1% | 4th 15.6% | 2nd 22.1% | 3rd 23.3% | 3rd 29.0% | Eliminated (Week 7) |
| | Lucca Nordlund | Safe | 1st 16,4% | 4th 13.9% | 3rd 15.5% | 5th 15,5% | 3rd 21.6% | 4th 20.8% | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | Dan Laursen | Safe | 6th 10.3% | 6th 11.2% | 4th 14.7% | 3rd 15.6% | 5th 13.3% | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | The Kubrix | Safe | 4th 11.4% | 5th 11.9% | 5th 14.0% | 6th 13.0% | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| | Vilson Ferati | Safe | 7th 9.1% | 8th 5.9% | 7th 8.9% | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| | Neva & Ida | Safe | 9th 4.5% | 7th 7.5% | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | Hiba Chehade | Safe | 8th 8.5% | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| Sing-Off | Sing-Off | In the first live show, there is no elimination. Viewers can still vote, and the votes go on and are counted in the second live show, where the first elimination will take place. | Hiba Chehade, Neva & Ida | Neva & Ida, Vilson Ferati | Vilson Ferati, Solveig Lindelof | Lucca Nordlund, The Kubrix | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. |
| Blachman voted out | Blachman voted out | In the first live show, there is no elimination. Viewers can still vote, and the votes go on and are counted in the second live show, where the first elimination will take place. | Hiba Chehade | Neva & Ida | Vilson Ferati | Lucca Nordlund | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. |
| Oh Land voted out | Oh Land voted out | In the first live show, there is no elimination. Viewers can still vote, and the votes go on and are counted in the second live show, where the first elimination will take place. | Hiba Chehade | - | Vilson Ferati | The Kubrix | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. |
| Jensen voted out | Jensen voted out | In the first live show, there is no elimination. Viewers can still vote, and the votes go on and are counted in the second live show, where the first elimination will take place. | Neva & Ida | Neva & Ida | Solveig Lindelof | The Kubrix | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | In the first live show, there is no elimination. Viewers can still vote, and the votes go on and are counted in the second live show, where the first elimination will take place. | Hiba Chehade 9th | Neva & Ida 8th | Vilson Ferati 7th | The Kubrix 6th | Dan Laursen 5th | Lucca Nordlund 4th | Simon & Marcus 3rd | Nikoline Steen Kristensen Runner-up |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | In the first live show, there is no elimination. Viewers can still vote, and the votes go on and are counted in the second live show, where the first elimination will take place. | Hiba Chehade 9th | Neva & Ida 8th | Vilson Ferati 7th | The Kubrix 6th | Dan Laursen 5th | Lucca Nordlund 4th | Simon & Marcus 3rd | Solveig Lindelof Winner |

### Week 1 (February 26)

* Theme: Signature
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Solveig Lindelof | 1 | "Here Comes the Sun" | Safe |
| Simon & Marcus | 2 | "Hot Girl Bummer" | Safe |
| Dan Laursen | 3 | "Before You Go" | Safe |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 4 | "Vi er ikke kønne nok" | Safe |
| Hiba Chehade | 5 | "Ocean Eyes" | Safe |
| The Kubrix | 6 | "Hallucinogenics" | Safe |
| Vilson Ferati | 7 | "Blinding Lights" | Safe |
| Neva & Ida | 8 | "Mad Hatter" | Safe |
| Lucca Nordlund | 9 | "Drivers License" | Safe |
There was no elimination in the first live show. Viewers could still vote, and the votes would go on and be counted in the second live show.

### Week 2 (March 5)

* Theme: Songs released in 2020
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Dan Laursen | 1 | "Higher Ground" | Safe |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 2 | "Giv lys igen" | Safe |
| The Kubrix | 3 | "People, I've Been Sad" | Safe |
| Hiba Chehade | 4 | "You Should Be Sad" | Bottom two |
| Lucca Nordlund | 5 | "Fire on Fire" | Safe |
| Neva & Ida | 6 | "Mad at Disney" | Bottom two |
| Solveig Lindelof | 7 | "Please Don't Make Me Cry" | Safe |
| Vilson Ferati | 8 | "Lonely" | Safe |
| Simon & Marcus | 9 | "Bad Boy" | Safe |
| Sing-Off details ||||
| Hiba Chehade | 1 | "No Peace" | Eliminated |
| Neva & Ida | 2 | "Børn af Natten" | Saved |

#### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Blachman: Hiba Chehade
* Jensen: Neva & Ida
* Oh Land: Hiba Chehade

### Week 3 (March 12)

* Theme: Sound of my Childhood
* Musical Guest: Folkeklubben ("Børn af den tabte tid")
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 1 | "Joanna" | Safe |
| Neva & Ida | 2 | "Heathens" | Bottom two |
| Vilson Ferati | 3 | "Let Me Love You" | Bottom two |
| Solveig Lindelof | 4 | "Nobody wants to hear songs anymore" | Safe |
| Simon & Marcus | 5 | "Feel Good Inc." | Safe |
| Dan Laursen | 6 | "Tusind Stykke" | Safe |
| Lucca Nordlund | 7 | "New Love" | Safe |
| The Kubrix | 8 | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | Safe |
| Sing-Off details ||||
| Neva & Ida | 1 | "I Found" | Eliminated |
| Vilson Ferati | 2 | "Diamonds" | Saved |

#### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Jensen: Neva & Ida
* Blachman: Neva & Ida
* Oh Land: was not required to vote

### Week 4 (March 19)

* Theme: Summer
* Musical Guest: Lord Siva ("Solhverv") & ("Stjernerne")
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Simon & Marcus | 1 | "Walkin' on the Sun" | Safe |
| Lucca Nordlund | 2 | "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" | Safe |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 3 | "Sunlight" | Safe |
| Vilson Ferati | 4 | "Wake Me Up" | Bottom two |
| The Kubrix | 5 | "National Anthem" | Safe |
| Solveig Lindelof | 6 | "Sun in our Eyes" | Bottom two |
| Dan Laursen | 7 | "Castle on the hill" | Safe |
| Sing-Off details ||||
| Vilson Ferati | 1 | "Pray" | Eliminated |
| Solveig Lindelof | 2 | "Once Upon a Time" | Saved |

#### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Oh Land: Vilson Ferati
* Jensen: Solveig Lindelof
* Blachman: Vilson Ferati

### Week 5 (March 26)

* Theme: Play Danish
* Group Performance: ("Føler mig selv 100")
* Musical Guest: Andreas Odbjerg ("I Morgen er en ny dag")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lucca Nordlund | 1 | "Island" | Bottom two |
| Simon & Marcus | 2 | "Hot!" | Safe |
| Solveig Lindelof | 3 | "Give You More" | Safe |
| Dan Laursen | 4 | "Over byen" | Safe |
| The Kubrix | 5 | "Mercy" | Bottom two |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 6 | "Endeløst" | Safe |
| Sing-Off details ||||
| Lucca Nordlund | 1 | "Wicked Game" | Saved |
| The Kubrix | 2 | "Dead to Me" | Eliminated |

#### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Blachman: Lucca Nordlund
* Oh Land: The Kubrix
* Jensen: The Kubrix

### Week 6: Semi-Final (April 2)

* Theme: Horns & Unplugged
* Musical Guest: Alma Agger ("Uundgåelig")
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | Horns Song | Result | Order | Unplugged Song | Result |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 1 | "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" | Safe | 6 | "Op" | Safe |
| Dan Laursen | 2 | "Giant" | Eliminated | N/A (Already Eliminated) | N/A (Already Eliminated) | N/A (Already Eliminated) |
| Lucca Nordlund | 3 | "Love Lockdown" | Safe | 7 | "The Warning" | Eliminated |
| Simon & Marcus | 4 | "Rocket Scientist" | Safe | 8 | "Sunday Best" | Safe |
| Solveig Lindelof | 5 | "Shut Up" | Safe | 9 | "Heartbeat" | Safe |
The semi-final did not feature a sing-off and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Dan Laursen received the fewest public votes in the first round and Lucca Nordlund received the fewest public votes in the second round and both were eliminated.
For the first time in the Danish X Factor two acts will be eliminated from the competition in the semi-finals.

### Week 7: Final (April 9)

* Theme: Judges Choice, Duet with a Special Guest, Winner Song
* Musical Guest: Drew Sycamore ("Take it Back") & ("45 Fahrenheit Girl")
* Group Performance: "Move On Up" (Curtis Mayfield performed by the 9 contestants), "Folk skal bare holde deres kæft" (Hugorm performed by Hugorm & the 9 contestants)
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Act | Order | Judges Choice Song | Order | Duet song (with a Special Guest) | Order | Winner Song | Result |
| Simon & Marcus | 1 | "Sexy and I Know It" | 4 | "Mansion" & "Alene" with (Thor Farlov) | N/A (Already Eliminated) | N/A (Already Eliminated) | 3rd Place |
| Solveig Lindelof | 2 | "They Won't Go When I Go" | 5 | "Slip Away" & "Angel Zoo" with (Mads Bo) | 8 | "Cranes in the Sky" | Winner |
| Nikoline Steen Kristensen | 3 | "Fly Away" | 6 | "Nær" & "I et land uden høje bjerge" with (Michael Falch) | 7 | "Alle Tråde" | Runner-Up |