# X Factor (Norwegian TV series)

X Factor is a Norwegian television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It is broadcast on Friday evenings on the TV 2 Network in Norway.

## Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.
Key:
    – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
| Season | Jan Fredrik Karlsen | Mira Craig | Peter Peters | — |
| One | Over 25's Chand Torsvik Mari Lorentzen Tommy Fredvang Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | Groups Shackles The Johnsen Sisters No Name - No Fame Reaching Horizons | 16-24s Lise Mæland Pernille Svensen Øiestad Gabrielle Leithaug Rikke Lie | — |
| Season | Jan Fredrik Karlsen | Elisabeth Andreassen | Klaus Sonstad | Marion Ravn |
| Two | Girls Annsofi Pettersen Sofie Braseth Tanita Kolås | Over 25s Hans Bollandsås Marthe Valle Ole Gustav Johnsen | Groups Post 4 Irresistible 2 Elements | Boys Atle Pettersen Mo Eivind Nyberg Sagli |

## Season 1 (2009)

The first season of the show was aired from September through to December 2009. The contestants were divided into three categories. Groups were mentored by Mira Craig, Over 25s by Jan Fredrik Karlsen and the 16-24s by Peter Peters.

### Contestants

The top 12 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Over 25s (Karlsen) | Tommy Fredvang | Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | Chand Torsvik | Mari Lorentzen |
| Groups (Craig) | Reaching Horizons | The Johnsen Sisters | No Name - No Fame | Shackles |
| 16-24s (Peters) | Pernille Svensen Øiestad | Lise Mæland | Rikke Lie | Gabrielle Leithaug |

### Results summary

Colour key:
| – | Mentored by Karlsen (Over 25s) |
| – | Mentored by Craig (Groups) |
| – | Mentored by Peters (16-24s) |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was announced as safe (no particular order) |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
| – | Contestant has been announced to be participating in round 2 of The X Factor 2009 Final. |
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Final |
| | Chand Torsvik | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner |
| | Shackles | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Runner up |
| | Mari Lorentzen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | 3rd Place (Week 10) |
| | Lise Mæland | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 9) | Eliminated (Week 9) |
| | Tommy Fredvang | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) |
| | Pernille Svensen Øiestad | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) |
| | Gabrielle Leithaug | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | The Johnsen Sisters | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| | Rikke Lie | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| | No Name - No Fame | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | Reaching Horizons | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| Bottom two | Bottom two | Lise Mæland, Reaching Horizons | Gabrielle Leithaug, Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | Shackles, No Name - No Fame | Lise Mæland, Rikke Lie | The Johnsen Sisters, Shackles | Mari Lorentzen, Gabrielle Leithaug | Pernille Svensen Øiestad, Shackles | Lise Mæland, Tommy Fredvang | Lise Mæland, Shackles | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Karlsen's vote to eliminate | Karlsen's vote to eliminate | Reaching Horizons | Gabrielle Leithaug | No Name - No Fame | Lise Mæland | The Johnsen Sisters | Gabrielle Leithaug | Pernille Svensen Øiestad | Lise Mæland | Lise Mæland | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Craig's vote to eliminate | Craig's vote to eliminate | Lise Mæland | Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | No Name - No Fame | Rikke Lie | The Johnsen Sisters | Gabrielle Leithaug | Pernille Svensen Øiestad | Tommy Fredvang | Lise Mæland | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Peters' vote to eliminate | Peters' vote to eliminate | Reaching Horizons | Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | No Name - No Fame | Rikke Lie | The Johnsen Sisters | Mari Lorentzen | Shackles | Tommy Fredvang | Shackles | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Reaching Horizons 2 of 3 votes | Stine Terese Tinker Julseth 2 of 3 votes | No Name - No Fame 3 of 3 votes | Rikke Lie 2 of 3 votes | The Johnsen Sisters 3 of 3 votes | Gabrielle Leithaug 2 of 3 votes | Pernille Svensen Øiestad 2 of 3 votes | Tommy Fredvang 2 of 3 votes | Lise Mæland 2 of 3 votes | Mari Lorentzen | Shackles |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Reaching Horizons 2 of 3 votes | Stine Terese Tinker Julseth 2 of 3 votes | No Name - No Fame 3 of 3 votes | Rikke Lie 2 of 3 votes | The Johnsen Sisters 3 of 3 votes | Gabrielle Leithaug 2 of 3 votes | Pernille Svensen Øiestad 2 of 3 votes | Tommy Fredvang 2 of 3 votes | Lise Mæland 2 of 3 votes | Mari Lorentzen | Chand Torsvik |

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (9 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Shackles | 1 | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Safe |
| Gabrielle Leithaug | 2 | "Ambitions" | Safe |
| Tommy Fredvang | 3 | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | Safe |
| Reaching Horizons | 4 | "We Are the Champions" | Eliminated |
| Pernille Svensen Øiestad | 5 | "Because of You" | Safe |
| Mari Lorentzen | 6 | "Alone" | Safe |
| No Name - No Fame | 7 | "I Get Around" | Safe |
| Rikke Lie | 8 | "All This Time (Pick-Me-Up Song)" | Safe |
| Chand Torsvik | 9 | "Diamanten" | Safe |
| The Johnsen Sisters | 10 | "Potential Breakup Song" | Safe |
| Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | 11 | "Poker Face" | Safe |
| Lise Mæland | 12 | "Say My Name" | Bottom two |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Peters: Reaching Horizons
* Craig: Lise Mæland
* Karlsen: Reaching Horizons

#### Week 2 (16 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Stine Terese Tinker Julseth | 1 | "I Want You Back" | Eliminated |
| No Name - No Fame | 2 | "Lollipop" | Safe |
| Gabrielle Leithaug | 3 | "Be Mine!" | Bottom two |
| Chand Torsvik | 4 | "Æ e trønder æ" | Safe |
| Lise Mæland | 5 | "No Air" | Safe |
| Shackles | 6 | "I'm So Excited" | Safe |
| Tommy Fredvang | 7 | "Me to går alltid aleina" | Safe |
| Rikke Lie | 8 | "Jolene" | Safe |
| The Johnsen Sisters | 9 | "Hit the Road Jack" | Safe |
| Mari Lorentzen | 10 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Safe |
| Pernille Svensen Øiestad | 11 | "A Thousand Miles" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: Gabrielle Leithaug
* Peters: Stine Terese Tinker Julseth
* Craig: Stine Terese Tinker Julseth

#### Week 3 (23 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| The Johnsen Sisters | 1 | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Safe |
| Lise Mæland | 2 | "Eg Ser" | Safe |
| Tommy Fredvang | 3 | "Use Somebody" | Safe |
| Pernille Svensen Øiestad | 4 | "Bleeding Love" | Safe |
| No Name - No Fame | 5 | "Help!" | Eliminated |
| Mari Lorentzen | 6 | "Cryin'" | Safe |
| Rikke Lie | 7 | "Better Off" (original song) | Safe |
| Shackles | 8 | "Circle of Life" | Bottom two |
| Chand Torsvik | 9 | "Eg Komme" | Safe |
| Gabrielle Leithaug | 10 | "These Words" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: No Name - No Fame
* Peters: No Name - No Fame
* Craig: No Name - No Fame

#### Week 4 (30 October 2009)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Chand Torsvik | 1 | "En Jävel På Kärlek" | Safe |
| Rikke Lie | 2 | "Lovefool" | Eliminated |
| The Johnsen Sisters | 3 | "Sober" | Safe |
| Gabrielle Leithaug | 4 | "Is This Love" | Safe |
| Shackles | 5 | "Survivor" | Safe |
| Lise Mæland | 6 | "Wish I Didn't Miss You" | Bottom two |
| Tommy Fredvang | 7 | "Wake Up Call" (original song) | Safe |
| Pernille Svensen Øiestad | 8 | "Måndagsbarn" | Safe |
| Mari Lorentzen | 9 | "Säg Det Igjen" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: Lise Mæland
* Craig: Rikke Lie
* Peters: Rikke Lie

#### Week 5 (6 November 2009)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lise Mæland | 1 | "The Power of Love" | Safe |
| Shackles | 2 | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"/"Voulez-Vous" | Bottom two |
| Mari Lorentzen | 3 | "Unintended" | Safe |
| Gabrielle Leithaug | 4 | "Valerie" | Safe |
| Pernille Svensen Øiestad | 5 | "I Will Always Love You" | Safe |
| Tommy Fredvang | 6 | "Man in the Mirror" | Safe |
| The Johnsen Sisters | 7 | "Can't Fight the Moonlight | Eliminated |
| Chand Torsvik | 8 | "Sånne Som Oss" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: The Johnsen Sisters
* Peters: The Johnsen Sisters
* Craig: The Johnsen Sisters

#### Week 6 (13 November 2009)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Chand Torsvik | 1 | "Levva Livet" | Safe |
| Pernille Svensen Øiestad | 2 | "Imagine" | Safe |
| Mari Lorentzen | 3 | "Stop!" | Bottom two |
| Gabrielle Leithaug | 4 | "En natt forbi" | Eliminated |
| Tommy Fredvang | 5 | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Safe |
| Shackles | 6 | "Free Your Mind" | Safe |
| Lise Mæland | 7 | "Gabriellas sång" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: Gabrielle Leithaug
* Peters: Mari Lorentzen
* Craig: Gabrielle Leithaug

#### Week 7 (20 November 2009)

* Theme: Songs from films
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Film | Result |
| Tommy Fredvang | 1 | "Life Is a Highway" | Cars | Safe |
| Pernille Svensen Øiestad | 2 | "All Dressed in Love" | Sex and the City | Eliminated |
| Mari Lorentzen | 3 | "Blaze of Glory" | Young Guns II | Safe |
| Shackles | 4 | "Move" | Dreamgirls | Bottom two |
| Lise Mæland | 5 | "Work It Out" | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Safe |
| Chand Torsvik | 6 | "Love Don't Bother Me" | Nord | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Peters: Shackles
* Craig: Pernille Svensen Øiestad
* Karlsen: Pernille Svensen Øiestad

## Season 2 (2010)

The second and final season of the show was aired from September to December 2010. Auditions were held in Tromsø (28–29 April 2010), Trondheim (7–9 May), Bergen (26–28 May), Kristiansand (5–6 June) and Oslo (17–20 June 2010).
Replacing Charlotte Thorstvedt as new program presenters were Ravi and Guri Solberg after Thorstvedt received much criticism for her efforts in the first season. The judges were Elisabeth Andreassen, Klaus Sonstad, Jan Fredrik Karlsen and Marion Ravn.
The format had changed with 4 categories instead of three (with Under 25s now divided between Boys Under 25 and Girls Under 25). Each category had three finalists instead of the earlier four.
24 reached judges houses. Andreassen was helped by Alexander Rybak, Sonstad by Mariann Thomassen, Karlsen by Chand Torsvik and Ravn by Sveinung Sundli. Singer Benn was a guest judge.
The 12 eliminated acts were:
* Boys: Adrian Jørgensen, Bjørn Henrik Brandtenborg, Jonas Nybakk Benyoub
* Girls: Ingrid Galadriel Aune Brosveet, Ingrid Haukland, Madeleine Christensen
* Over 25s: Marianne Solberg Follestad, Jan Hedelund, Dilsa Calimli
* Groups: Nemesis, Skatebirds, Mama's Garden

### Contestants

The top 12 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Over 25s (Andreassen) | Ole Gustav Johnsen | Marthe Valle | Hans Bollandsås |
| Groups (Sonstad) | Irresistible | 2 Elements | Post 4 |
| Girls (Karlsen) | Annsofi Pettersen | Sofie Braseth | Tanita Kolås |
| Boys (Ravn) | Mo | Eivind Nyberg Sagli | Atle Pettersen |

### Results summary

Colour key:
| – | Mentored by Karlsen (Girls) |
| – | Mentored by Sonstad (Groups) |
| – | Mentored by Ravn (Boys) |
| – | Mentored by Andreassen (Over 25s) |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was announced as safe (no particular order) |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Final | Final |
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| | Hans Bollandsås | 11th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | WINNER |
| | Atle Pettersen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | RUNNER UP |
| | Annsofi Pettersen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 6th | Safe | 4th | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 10) |
| | Mo | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Week 9) | Eliminated (Week 9) |
| | Eivind Nyberg Sagli | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) |
| | Post 4 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) |
| | Marthe Valle | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | 7th | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | Ole Gustav Johnsen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| | Irresistible | Safe | 10th | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| | Sofie Bratseth | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | Tanita Kolås | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | 2 Elements | 12th | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| Bottom two | Bottom two | Hans Bollandsås, 2 Elements | Irresistible, Tanita Kolås | Marthe Valle, Sofie Bratseth | Annsofi Pettersen, Irresistible | Eivind Nyberg Sagli, Ole Gustav Johnsen | Annsofi Pettersen, Marthe Valle | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Karlsen's vote to eliminate | Karlsen's vote to eliminate | Hans Bollandsås | Irresistible | Sofie Bratseth | Irresistible | Ole Gustav Johnsen | Marthe Valle | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Ravn's vote to eliminate | Ravn's vote to eliminate | 2 Elements | Tanita Kolås | Sofie Bratseth | Irresistible | Ole Gustav Johnsen | Marthe Valle | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Sonstad's vote to eliminate | Sonstad's vote to eliminate | Hans Bollandsås | Tanita Kolås | Sofie Bratseth | Annsofi Pettersen | Ole Gustav Johnsen | Annsofi Pettersen | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Andreassen's Vote to eliminate | Andreassen's Vote to eliminate | 2 Elements | Irresistible | Sofie Bratseth | Irresistible | Eivind Nyberg Sagli | Annsofi Pettersen | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who wins |
| Eliminated ||
| Eliminated | Eliminated | 2 Elements 2 of 4 votes - televote | Tanita Kolås 2 of 4 votes - televote | Sofie Bratseth 4 of 4 votes | Irresistible 3 of 4 votes | Ole Gustav Johnsen 3 of 4 votes | Marthe Valle 2 of 4 votes - televote | Post 4 | Eivind Nyberg Sagli | Mo | Annsofi Pettersen | Atle Petterson |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | 2 Elements 2 of 4 votes - televote | Tanita Kolås 2 of 4 votes - televote | Sofie Bratseth 4 of 4 votes | Irresistible 3 of 4 votes | Ole Gustav Johnsen 3 of 4 votes | Marthe Valle 2 of 4 votes - televote | Post 4 | Eivind Nyberg Sagli | Mo | Annsofi Pettersen | Hans Bollandsås |

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (8 October 2010)

Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Hans Bollandsås | 1 | "Bad Things" | Bottom two |
| 2 Elements | 2 | "Long Train Runnin'" | Eliminated |
| Sofie Bratseth | 3 | "The Scientist" | Safe |
| Atle Pettersen | 4 | "Iris" | Safe |
| Tanita Kolås | 5 | "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"/"Russian Roulette" | Safe |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 6 | "Who Says" | Safe |
| Post 4 | 7 | "You Get What You Give" | Safe |
| Marthe Valle | 8 | "Angel" | Safe |
| Ole Gustav Johnsen | 9 | "Everything" | Safe |
| Irresistible | 10 | "(You Drive Me) Crazy" | Safe |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 11 | "Stay with Me" | Safe |
| Mo | 12 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Andreassen: 2 Elements
* Sonstad: Hans Bollandsås
* Ravn: 2 Elements
* Karlsen: Hans Bollandsås

#### Week 2 (15 October 2010)

* Theme: Love songs
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Tanita Kolås | 1 | "Bed of Roses" | Eliminated |
| Ole Gustav Johnsen | 2 | "Min første kjærlighet" | Safe |
| Post 4 | 3 | "Everything" | Safe |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 4 | "Let's Just Fall In Love Again" | Safe |
| Irresistible | 5 | "There You'll Be" | Bottom two |
| Hans Bollandsås | 6 | "If It Wasn't For You" (original song) | Safe |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 7 | "Genie in a Bottle" | Safe |
| Mo | 8 | "Bad Romance" | Safe |
| Sofie Bratseth | 9 | "Miss You Like Crazy" | Safe |
| Atle Pettersen | 10 | "Dancing on My Own" | Safe |
| Marthe Valle | 11 | "Need You Now" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: Irresistible
* Ravn: Tanita Kolås
* Sonstad: Tanita Kolås
* Andreassen: Irresistible

#### Week 3 (22 October 2010)

* Theme: Songs from childhood
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Mo | 1 | "Heal the World" | Safe |
| Sofie Bratseth | 2 | "Unforgivable Sinner" | Eliminated |
| Marthe Valle | 3 | "Benen i kors" | Bottom two |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 4 | "In My Head" | Safe |
| Post 4 | 5 | "Walking the Unknown" (original song) | Safe |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 6 | "Think Twice" | Safe |
| Hans Bollandsås | 7 | "Hoochie Coochie Man" | Safe |
| Ole Gustav Johnsen | 8 | "Lost In the Tango" | Safe |
| Irresistible | 9 | "AM to PM" | Safe |
| Atle Pettersen | 10 | "Sex on Fire" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: Sofie Bratseth
* Andreassen: Sofie Bratseth
* Ravn: Sofie Bratseth
* Sonstad: Sofie Bratseth

#### Week 4 (29 October 2010)

* Theme: Unplugged songs
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Atle Pettersen | 1 | "Free Fallin'" | Safe |
| Ole Gustav Johnsen | 2 | "Tir Na Noir" | Safe |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 3 | "Nothing Else Matters" | Bottom two |
| Mo | 4 | "Faith" | Safe |
| Irresistible | 5 | "Irreplaceable" | Eliminated |
| Hans Bollandsås | 6 | "Hunting High and Low" | Safe |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 7 | "Tears in Heaven" | Safe |
| Post 4 | 8 | "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" | Safe |
| Marthe Valle | 9 | "Inni dæ sjøl" (original song) | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: Irresistible
* Ravn: Irresistible
* Sonstad: Annsofi Pettersen
* Andreassen: Irresistible

#### Week 5 (5 November 2010)

* Theme: Songs from films
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Film | Result |
| Ole Gustav Johnsen | 1 | "As Time Goes By" | Casablanca | Eliminated |
| Post 4 | 2 | "Everybody's Changing" | One Tree Hill | Safe |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 3 | "A Thousand Miles" | White Chicks | Bottom two |
| Hans Bollandsås | 4 | "Footloose" | Footloose | Safe |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 5 | "Proud Mary" | What's Love Got to Do with It | Safe |
| Atle Pettersen | 6 | "We All Die Young" | Rock Star | Safe |
| Marthe Valle | 7 | "Both Sides, Now" | Love Actually | Safe |
| Mo | 8 | "You're the One That I Want" | Grease | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Andreassen: Eivind Nyberg Sagli
* Sonstad: Ole Gustav Johnsen
* Ravn: Ole Gustav Johnsen
* Karlsen: Ole Gustav Johnsen

#### Week 6 (12 November 2010)

* Theme: Songs about friendship
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Marthe Valle | 1 | "Pride (In the Name of Love)" | Eliminated |
| Atle Pettersen | 2 | "Umbrella" | Safe |
| Mo | 3 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Safe |
| Post 4 | 4 | "Ordinary World" | Safe |
| Hans Bollandsås | 5 | "Moments" (original song) | Safe |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 6 | "Black Velvet" | Bottom two |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 7 | "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Karlsen: Marthe Valle
* Andreassen: Annsofi Pettersen
* Ravn: Marthe Valle
* Sonstad: Annsofi Pettersen

#### Week 7 (19 November 2010)

* Theme: Songs by Norwegian artists
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
| Atle Pettersen | 1 | "Forelska i lærer'n" | 7 | "Velvet" | Safe |
| Hans Bollandsås | 2 | "Avsted" (original song) | 9 | "I Came Here to Rock" | Safe |
| Post 4 | 3 | "Englefjes" | 10 | "Her kommer vinteren" | Eliminated |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 4 | "Tigergutt" | 8 | "My Lullaby" | Safe |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 5 | "Jenter" | 11 | "If a Song Could Get Me You" | Safe |
| Mo | 6 | "Optimist" | 12 | "Glow" | Safe |

#### Week 8 (26 November 2010)

* Theme: Role models
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show :
| Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
| Mo | 1 | "Purple Rain" | 8 | "Beat It" | Safe |
| Eivind Nyberg Sagli | 2 | "Your Song" | 5 | "I'm Yours" | Eliminated |
| Hans Bollandsås | 3 | "Love Hurts" | 7 | "Chain of Fools" | Safe |
| Annsofi Pettersen | 4 | "Speechless" | 9 | "I Don't Believe You" | Safe |
| Atle Pettersen | 6 | "Use Somebody" | 10 | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | Safe |