X Factor
Season 3
Hosted byJochen Schropp
JudgesSarah Connor
H.P. Baxxter
Sandra Nasic
Moses Pelham
WinnerMrs. Greenbird
Runner-upMelissa Heiduk
Release
Original networkVOX
Kick-off show on RTL
Original release25 August (2012-08-25) 
25 November 2012 (2012-11-25)
Season chronology

The third Season of X Factor started on 25 August 2012.[1] The auditions were held in April/May 2012. The show was broadcast every Sunday. The judges were Sarah Connor, H.P. Baxxter, Sandra Nasic and Moses Pelham. In October 2012 Connor announced that she would not return to the judging panel for the Fourth Season.

There were four phases: 1. Auditions 2. Bootcamp 3. Judge's House 4. Live Shows

This year twelve acts had been a part of the live shows, but not in 3 categories like the two seasons before. In season 3 there were four categories. This year only the viewers voted who will go through. There wouldn't be a final showdown.[2] The Live shows were cut to four, instead of eight.[3]

Selection process

Applications and auditions

The first appeal for applicants for series 3 was broadcast during series 2 on 6 December 2012. Auditions in front of the judges for series 3 took place in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. After the acts sing in front of the judges, they would be eliminated or go through to the Bootcamp, but they need 3 of 4 votes to get through. The first audition was broadcast on 25 August 2012 on RTL Television. The rest aired on VOX every Sunday.

Bootcamp

The episodes of Bootcamp were broadcast in September 2012. It showed 92 acts attend to the Bootcamp. The acts were split into 4 groups, Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups and Bands, in which to perform in Düsseldorf. At first the 92 acts were reduced to the last 48, after a one-minute performance. The second phase was a duel where two acts of a category had to perform the same song and after this the judges decided which act got through to the Judges' House. The boys category had only five acts because both acts of one battle were send home and two of the girls category (Loredana Giarraputo & Klementine Hendrichs) have to repeat the battle in the judges house because the judges couldn't decided.

The 24 acts who reached the Judges' Houses:

  • Boys: Richard Geldner, Aron Verfinger, Lavien Partawie, Barne Heimbucher, Andrew Fischer
  • Girls: Lisa Aberer, Alexia Drawhorn, Fabienne Bender, Melissa Heiduk, Anna Hodowaniec, Loredana Giarraputo, Klementine Hendrichs
  • Over 25s: Colin Rich, Sascha Miskovic, Joey Jobbagy, Janine Smith, Björn Paulsen, Willy Hubbard
  • Groups and Bands: Mrs. Greenbird, Rune, Swave, aVid*, Josephine, Die Mayers

Judges' houses

Judges' houses, the final part of the selection process, was filmed in summer 2012. The episodes aired in October 2012. Judges decided alone which categories they want to get, so at the end of the Bootcamp they discussed their favourites. Baxxter the Girls, Nasic the Groups and Bands, Connor the Over 25s, and Pelham the Boys. At judges' houses each act performed one song for their mentor and his/her guest, before the last performance, they practiced the song with their mentor and his/her guest.

The twelve eliminated acts were:

  • Boys: Lavien Partawie, Aron Verfinger
  • Girls: Loredana Giarraputo, Fabienne Bender, Anna Hodowaniec, Alexia Drawhorn
  • Over 25s: Joey Jobbagy, Janine Smith, Sascha Miskovic
  • Groups and Bands: aVid*, Die Mayers, Swave

Contestants

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
Category (mentor)Acts
Boys (Pelham) Andrew Fischer (21) Barne Heimbucher (20) Richard Geldner (24)
Girls (Baxxter) Klementine Hendrichs (23) Lisa Aberer (19) Melissa Heiduk (23)
Over 25s (Connor) Björn Paulsen (27) Colin Rich (40) Willy Hubbard (31)
Groups and Bands (Nasic) Josephine Mrs. Greenbird Rune

Josephine consists of Christian (29), Daniel (33), Imme (30) & Victor (22).
Mrs. Greenbird consists of Sarah (28) & Steffen (36).
Rune consists of Marvin (18), Patrick (20), Sebastian (22) & Steffen (20).

Results table

Contestants' colour key:

  Boys
  Girls
  Over 25s
  Groups and Bands
  - Act did not perform
  – the act got the fewest votes (per category) and leave the competition
  – the act got the fewest votes and has to sing again in the final showdown
  – Contestant became the Runner-Up
  – Highest (per category) Vote of a Week
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Over 25s Girls Boys Groups and Bands Boys Over 25s Girls Groups and Bands Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2
Mrs. Greenbird 1st
63.16%
1st
86.08%
1st
44.46%
1st
54.49%
1st
61.78%
Melissa Heiduk 1st
60.92%
1st
56.69%
2nd
19.57%
2nd
27.92%
Runner-Up
38.22%
Björn Paulsen 1st
40.19%
1st
60.23%
3rd
18.51%
1st
54.88%
3rd
17.59%
Eliminated
(week 4)
Barne Heimbucher 2nd
27.81%
1st
59.55%
4th
17.46%
2nd
45.12%
Eliminated
(week 3)
Rune 2nd
19.83%
2nd
13.92%
Eliminated
(week 2)
Klementine Hendrichs 2nd
21.77%
2nd
43.31%
Eliminated
(week 2)
Willy Hubbard 2nd
39.08%
2nd
39.77%
Eliminated
(week 2)
Richard Geldner 1st
49.93%
2nd
40.45%
Eliminated
(week 2)
Josephine 3rd
17.01%
Eliminated
(week 1)
Andrew Fischer 3rd
22.26%
Eliminated
(week 1)
Lisa Aberer 3rd
17.31%
Eliminated
(week 1)
Colin Rich 3rd
20.73%
Eliminated
(week 1)
Eliminated Colin Rich
20.73%
to save
Lisa Aberer
17.31%
to save
Andrew Fischer
22.26%
to save
Josephine
17.01%
to save
Richard Geldner
40.45%
to save
Willy Hubbard
39.77%
to save
Klementine Hendrichs
43.31%
to save
Rune
13.92%
to save
Barne Heimbucher
45.12%
to save
Björn Paulsen
17.95%
to win
Melissa Heiduk
38.22%
to win
Mrs. Greenbird
61.78%
to win

Live show details

Week 1 (4 November)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Willy Hubbard 1 "With a Little Help from My Friends" Safe
Colin Rich 2 "Breakeven" Eliminated
Björn Paulsen 3 "Ich lieb dich überhaupt nicht mehr" Safe
Lisa Aberer 4 "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" Eliminated
Klementine Hendrichs 5 "Give It to Me Right" Safe
Melissa Heiduk 6 "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Safe
Andrew Fischer 7 "Still" Eliminated
Barne Heimbucher 8 "Ain't Nobody" Safe
Richard Geldner 9 "Eisberg" Safe
Josephine 10 "Leuchtturm" Eliminated
Mrs. Greenbird 11 "Blitzkrieg Bop" Safe
Rune 12 "We Found Love" Safe

Week 2 (11 November)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Richard Geldner 1 "Bleibt alles anders" Eliminated
Barne Heimbucher 2 "Lila Wolken" Safe
Willy Hubbard 3 "Ordinary People" Eliminated
Björn Paulsen 4 "Königin" Safe
Klementine Hendrichs 5 "Yeah Right" Eliminated
Melissa Heiduk 6 "Roxanne" Safe
Rune 7 "Mirrors" Eliminated
Mrs Greenbird 8 "Frozen" Safe

Week 3: Semi-final (18 November)

  • The two acts with the fewest votes had to sing again in the final showdown. Then the public decided between this two acts and the act with the lowest numbers of votes was eliminated.
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song 1 Song 2 Result
Melissa Heiduk 1 "Free" "Sky and Sand" Safe
Barne Heimbucher 2 "Wonderful Life" "Frei sein" Bottom two
Björn Paulsen 3 "Augen schließen" "Herzen im Takt" Bottom two
Mrs. Greenbird 4 "Falling Slowly" "It Will Never Rain Roses" Safe
Act Order Song Result
Barne Heimbucher 1 "Just a Dream" Eliminated
Björn Paulsen 2 "360 Grad Heimat" Safe

Week 4: Final (25 November)

  • The finalists performed three songs and one of them would be a performance with a celebrity musician.
Contestants' performances on the final fourth live show
Act Order Magic Moment Song (Duet with a celebrity) Winner's Single Result
Björn Paulsen 1 "Chicago" "Fallschirm" (MIA.) N/A Eliminated
Melissa Heiduk 2 "Breathe Easy" "Closer" (Ne-Yo) "Send Me An Angel" Runner-Up
Mrs. Greenbird 3 "You're the One That I Want" "Ironic"(Alanis Morissette) "Shooting Stars & Fairy Tales" Winner

Ratings

Episode Date Viewers Market share
Total 14 to 49 years Total 14 to 49 years
Audition 125 Aug 2012 (on RTL)1.93 Mio.1.20 Mio.7.5%13.5%
Audition 226 Aug 20121.97 Mio.1.32 Mio.5.9%9.6%
Audition 32 Sep 20121.76 Mio.1.22 Mio.5.6%9.3%
Audition 49 Sep 20121.98 Mio.1.37 Mio.6.4%10.7%
Audition 516 Sep 20121.91 Mio.1.31 Mio.6.0%9.8%
Audition 623 Sep 20121.88 Mio.1.29 Mio.5.8%9.6%
Bootcamp 130 Sep 20121.60 Mio.1.05 Mio.5.1%8.0%
Bootcamp 27 Oct 20121.82 Mio.1.19 Mio.5.5%8.6%
Judge's House 114 Oct 20121.26 Mio.0.82 Mio.3.7%5.6%
Judge's House 221 Oct 20121.54 Mio.0.99 Mio.4.6%7.0%
Judge's House 328 Oct 20121.23 Mio.0.77 Mio.3.9%5.5%
Live Show 14 Nov 20121.57 Mio.1.03 Mio.4.9%7.6%
Live Show 211 Nov 20121,30 Mio.0.91 Mio.4.1%5.8%
Live Show 318 Nov 20121,12 Mio.0.79 Mio.3.8%6.1%
Live Show 425 Nov 20121.25 Mio.0.96 Mio.4.2%5.9%

References

  1. ""X Factor": Season Three will start on 25 August on RTL and on 26 August on VOX". xfactor.de. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ""X Factor": The new Rules: No final showdown and four categories". bild.de. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  3. ""X Factor": Only four live shows". bild.de. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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