# X Factor (Danish TV series) season 15

X Factor is a Danish television music competition showcasing new singing talent. Thomas Blachman and Martin Jensen returned as judges while Oh Land quit, with Kwamie Liv becoming 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

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

## Changes

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.

## Selection process

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

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

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
| Act | Age(s) | Hometown | Mentor | Category | Result |
| 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
### 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 |
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 | Week 7 |
| | Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | 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) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | Maria Ranum | 5th 11,1% | 5th 11,3% | 4th 13,73% | 2nd 16,52% | 5th 14,6% | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| | Oliver Antonio | 7th 8,0% | 4th 13,4% | 5th 13,70% | 6th 12,8% | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| | Lorenzo & Charlo | 3rd 11,7% | 8th 5,4% | 7th 7,9% | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | Wela & Garcia | 6th 8,3% | 7th 8,8% | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | Oscar | 8th 7,9% | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| Sing-Off | Sing-Off | 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. | 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 | Oscar | Lorenzo & Charlo | Lorenzo & Charlo | Oliver Antonio | Mille Bergholtz | 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. |
| Liv voted out | Liv voted out | Kári Fossdalsá | Wela & Garcia | Kári Fossdalsá | Oliver Antonio | Maria Ranum | 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 | Oscar | Wela & Garcia | Lorenzo & Charlo | Tina Mellemgaard | Maria Ranum | 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 | Oscar 9th | Wela & Garcia 8th | Lorenzo & Charlo 7th | Oliver Antonio 6th | Maria Ranum 5th | Mille Bergholtz 4th | Tina Mellemgaard 3rd | Kári Fossdalsá Runner-Up |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Oscar 9th | Wela & Garcia 8th | Lorenzo & Charlo 7th | Oliver Antonio 6th | Maria Ranum 5th | Mille Bergholtz 4th | Tina Mellemgaard 3rd | Mads Moldt Winner |

### Week 1 (February 26)

* Theme: Signature
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| 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)

* Theme: 200th Program anniversary
* Musical Guest: Saveus ("Dark Vibrations")
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Sung before by | Result |
| 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" | "Somebody Else" | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Lorenzo & Charlo | 2 | "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" | "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" | Saved | Saved |

#### Judges' votes to eliminate

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

### Week 3 (March 11)

* Theme: SoMe-Stars (Social Media Stars)
* Musical Guest: Ericka Jane ("Forget Being Sober")
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| 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)

* Theme: TV & Movie Songs
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Movie/TV show | Result |
| 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" | "Happier" | Eliminated |
| Tina Mellemgaard | 2 | "All I Ask" | "All I Ask" | Saved |

#### Judges' votes to eliminate

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

### Week 5 (March 25)

* 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 | Result |
| 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)

* Theme: Party & The Day After
* Musical Guest: Solveig Lindelof ("Superficial")
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | First song (Party Song) | Order | Second song (The Day After Song) | Result |
| 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)

* 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 | Order | Duet song (with a Special Guest) | Result | Order | Winner Song | Result |
| Tina Mellemgaard | 1 | "Love On Top" | 4 | "Du er" & "Den jeg elsker, elsker jeg" with (Søs Fenger) | Eliminated | N/A (Already 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 |