X Factor (Swedish TV series)

X Factor
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	David Hellenius
Judges	Orup Andreas Carlsson Ison Marie Serneholt
Country of origin	Sweden
No. of series	1
Production
Running time	60–120 minutes
Production company(s)	FremantleMedia SYCOtv
Release
Original network	TV4
Picture format	16:9
Original release	September 9 – December 7, 2012
Chronology
Related shows	Idol The Voice Sverige
External links
Website

X Factor was the Swedish version of The X Factor, with the only season of the series debuting on September 9, 2012 and ending on December 7, 2012. The winner of the series was Awa Santesson-Sey. TV4 announced in January 2013 that Idol, another singing talent show seeking to discover the best singer through nationwide auditions, would return in 2013 and that X Factor will not continue.

     Contestant in "Boys" category
     Contestant in "Girls" category
     Contestant in "Over 25s" category
     Contestant in "Groups" category

In the show's only season, each judge was allocated a category to mentor and chose three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.

Key:

The only season of X Factor premiered on September 9, 2012 and ended on December 7, 2012.Leona Lewis, Axwell and E.M.D. were guest judges of the series at one point. Also, Britney Spears appeared in a video message to the finalists in the Girls category.One Direction and Olly Murs also performed on the live results shows.

24 acts reached judge's houses. Orup was helped by Eric Gadd, Ison by Leona Lewis, Carlsson by Axwell and Marie by E.M.D..

The twelve eliminated acts were:

Key:

Although Manda Nilsénius was eliminated, after checking the votes, it was revealed that Hey Mary had received the fewest votes in that week. Therefore, it was decided that both acts would continue to Week 5; to make up for this, two acts would be eliminated in Week 5.

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