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 style="width:13%;" rowspan="2" OneOver 25'sChand TorsvikMari LorentzenTommy FredvangStine Terese Tinker Julseth GroupsShacklesThe Johnsen SistersNo Name - No FameReaching Horizons 16-24sLise MælandPernille Svensen ØiestadGabrielle LeithaugRikke Lie Season Jan Fredrik Karlsen Elisabeth Andreassen Klaus Sonstad Marion Ravn Two GirlsAnnsofi PettersenSofie BrasethTanita KolåsOver 25sHans BollandsåsMarthe ValleOle Gustav Johnsen GroupsPost 4Irresistible2 Elements BoysAtle PettersenMoEivind 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 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 Bottomtwo Safe Bottomtwo Safe Bottomtwo Safe Bottomtwo Safe Runner up Mari Lorentzen Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe 3rd 3rd Place(Week 10) Lise Mæland Bottomtwo Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 9) Tommy Fredvang Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 8) Pernille Svensen Øiestad Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 7) Gabrielle Leithaug Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 6) The Johnsen Sisters Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 5) Rikke Lie Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 4) No Name - No Fame Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 3) Stine Terese Tinker Julseth Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 2) Reaching Horizons Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 1) 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 Karlsen's vote to eliminateReaching Horizons Gabrielle Leithaug No Name - No Fame Lise Mæland The Johnsen Sisters Gabrielle Leithaug Pernille Svensen Øiestad Lise Mæland Lise Mæland Craig's vote to eliminateLise Mæland Stine Terese Tinker Julseth No Name - No Fame Rikke Lie The Johnsen Sisters Gabrielle Leithaug Pernille Svensen Øiestad Tommy Fredvang Lise Mæland Peters' vote to eliminateReaching Horizons Stine Terese Tinker Julseth No Name - No Fame Rikke Lie The Johnsen Sisters Mari Lorentzen Shackles Tommy Fredvang Shackles Eliminated Reaching Horizons2 of 3 votes Stine Terese Tinker Julseth2 of 3 votes No Name - No Fame3 of 3 votes Rikke Lie2 of 3 votes The Johnsen Sisters3 of 3 votes Gabrielle Leithaug2 of 3 votes Pernille Svensen Øiestad2 of 3 votes Tommy Fredvang2 of 3 votes Lise Mæland2 of 3 votes Mari Lorentzen Shackles 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 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)