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 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

Results summary
Colour key:

Week 1 (9 October 2009)

 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Peters: Reaching Horizons
 * Craig: Lise Mæland
 * Karlsen: Reaching Horizons

Week 2 (16 October 2009)

 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: Gabrielle Leithaug
 * Peters: Stine Terese Tinker Julseth
 * Craig: Stine Terese Tinker Julseth

Week 3 (23 October 2009)

 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: No Name - No Fame
 * Peters: No Name - No Fame
 * Craig: No Name - No Fame

Week 4 (30 October 2009)

 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: Lise Mæland
 * Craig: Rikke Lie
 * Peters: Rikke Lie

Week 5 (6 November 2009)

 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: The Johnsen Sisters
 * Peters: The Johnsen Sisters
 * Craig: The Johnsen Sisters

Week 6 (13 November 2009)

 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: Gabrielle Leithaug
 * Peters: Mari Lorentzen
 * Craig: Gabrielle Leithaug

Week 7 (20 November 2009)

 * Theme: Songs from films


 * 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

Results summary
Colour key:

Week 1 (8 October 2010)

 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Andreassen: 2 Elements
 * Sonstad: Hans Bollandsås
 * Ravn: 2 Elements
 * Karlsen: Hans Bollandsås

Week 2 (15 October 2010)

 * Theme: Love songs


 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: Irresistible
 * Ravn: Tanita Kolås
 * Sonstad: Tanita Kolås
 * Andreassen: Irresistible

Week 3 (22 October 2010)

 * Theme: Songs from childhood


 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: Sofie Bratseth
 * Andreassen: Sofie Bratseth
 * Ravn: Sofie Bratseth
 * Sonstad: Sofie Bratseth

Week 4 (29 October 2010)

 * Theme: Unplugged songs


 * Judges' votes to eliminate
 * Karlsen: Irresistible
 * Ravn: Irresistible
 * Sonstad: Annsofi Pettersen
 * Andreassen: Irresistible

Week 5 (5 November 2010)

 * Theme: Songs from films


 * 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


 * 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

Week 8 (26 November 2010)

 * Theme: Role models