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'' is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. Sofie Linde Lauridsen was the host again.

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returned for their respective ninth second and seventh seasons as judges. Morten Nørgaard won the competition and Remee became the winning mentor for the 4th time and won 3 seasons in a row and also for the first time in the Danish X Factor history a judge has won the show with 3 different categories.

Judges and hosts

On 12 August 2016 it was announced that Sofie Linde Lauridsen would be the host again. Also, Thomas Blachman, Mette Lindberg and Remee would also return as judges.

Selection process

Auditions took place in

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5 Chair Challenge

The 5 Chair Challenge returned for season 10. Thomas Blachman mentored the 15-22s, Remee had the Over 23s and Mette Lindberg had the Groups. The 16 successful acts were: *15-22s: Chili, Liv, Martin, Mia, Rosa, Saliou *Over 23s: Anders, Libbi, Mike, Morten, Samanta *Groups: Fyhnen Sisters, Ladies with Attitude, Lasse & Nanna, Southside, VKation Martin was originally eliminated from the 5 Chair Challenge but Blachman later regretted his decision. Therefore, he brought Martin back in the competition and therefore, 16 acts would be competing in Bootcamp.

Bootcamp

The Bootcamp took place at Egeskov Slot. The 7 eliminated acts were: *15-22s: Liv, Rosa, Saliou *Over 23s: Anders, Libbi *Groups: Lasse & Nanna, Southside

Contestants

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up

Live shows

The live shows started on February 17 at

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Live show details

Week 1 (February 17)

*Theme: Signature ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Remee: Fyhnen Sisters * Lindberg: Mike Beck * Blachman: Fyhnen Sisters

Week 2 (February 24)

*Theme: Songs from the judges decades ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Lindberg: Mike Beck * Remee: Ladies with Attitude * Blachman: Mike Beck

Week 3 (March 3)

*Theme: Break-up songs ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Blachman: Ladies with Attitude * Remee: VKation * Lindberg: Ladies with Attitude

Week 4 (March 10)

*Theme: Crooners and Divas accompanied by DR Big Band ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Remee: Martin Prytz * Blachman: Samanta Gomez * Lindberg: Martin Prytz

Week 5 (March 17)

*Theme: International hits * Group Performance: "

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"/" Sorry"/" ...Baby One More Time"/" Thriller"/" 24K Magic"/" Purple Rain" (Performed of the 5 Finalists) ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Lindberg: Samanta Gomez * Remee: VKation * Blachman: Samanta Gomez

Week 6: Semi-final (24 March)

* Theme: Anniversary Song (songs previously performed by previous finalists), Viewers Choice * Musical Guest: KAPUTU ("Hvor du går") The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, VKation, was automatically eliminated.

Week 7: Final (31 March)

* Theme: Free Choice,

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's Choice, Winner's single * Musical guests:

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("Utro"),

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") * Group Performances: "Fem Fine Frøkner" (Gabrielle; Performed of X Factor 2017 Finalists and Sofie Linde Lauridsen); "Ked af det" (Performed of Gulddreng and Auditionees)

References

{{X Factor (Denmark) Season 10 2016 Danish television seasons 2017 Danish television seasons The X Factor seasons