X Factor was the Icelandic version of the popular British television show The X Factor. It premiered in Reykjavík on November 17, 2006, with actress Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir hosting the show.[1] The judges were the talent agent and businessman Einar Bárðarson, rock musician Elínborg Halldórsdóttir and pop singer Paul Oscar.[2] Previously, both Einar and Páll Óskar had been judges in Idol stjörnuleit, the Icelandic version of Pop Idol.
In the finals of X Factor held in Vetrargarðinum, Smáralind, a large shopping center in Iceland, singer and hair dresser Jógvan Hansen from Faroe Islands was the winner.[3]
Contestants
editKey:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-24s (Halldórsdóttir) | Sigurbjörg Tinna Gunnarsdóttir | Guðbjörg Hilmarsdóttir | Gylfi Víðisson | Jóhanna M. Wiklund |
| Over 25s (Bárðarson) | Jógvan Hansen | Sigurður Ingimarsson | Alan Jones | Inga Sæland |
| Groups (Oscar) | Fjórflétta | Gís | Hara | Já |
Results summary
edit- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jógvan Hansen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner 70% |
| Hara | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up 30% |
| Guðbjörg Hilmarsdóttir | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (week 10) |
| Gís | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (week 9) | |
| Inga Sæland | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 8) | ||
| Gylfi Víðisson | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 7) | |||
| Alan Jones | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||
| Jóhanna M. Wiklund | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||
| Sigurður Ingimarsson | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||
| Fjórflétta | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||
| Já | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||
| Sigurbjörg Tinna Gunnarsdóttir | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||
| Final showdown | Jóhanna M. Wiklund, Sigurbjörg Tinna Gunnarsdóttir |
Alan Jones, Já |
Fjórflétta, Jóhanna M. Wiklund |
Gís, Sigurður Ingimarsson |
Gís, Jóhanna M. Wiklund |
Alan Jones, Hara |
Gís, Gylfi Víðisson |
Guðbjörg Hilmarsdóttir, Inga Sæland |
No final showdown or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone | ||
| Bárðarson's vote to eliminate | Já | Fjórflétta | Gís | Jóhanna M. Wiklund | Hara | Gylfi Víðisson | Guðbjörg Hilmarsdóttir | ||||
| Halldórsdóttir's vote to eliminate | Já | Fjórflétta | Sigurður Ingimarsson | Gís | Alan Jones | Gís | Inga Sæland | ||||
| Oscar's vote to eliminate | Alan Jones | Jóhanna M. Wiklund | Sigurður Ingimarsson | Jóhanna M. Wiklund | Alan Jones | Gylfi Víðisson | Inga Sæland | ||||
| Eliminated | Sigurbjörg Tinna Gunnarsdóttir ? of 3 votes Majority |
Já 2 of 3 Votes Majority |
Fjórflétta 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Sigurður Ingimarsson 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Jóhanna M. Wiklund 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Alan Jones 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Gylfi Víðisson 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Inga Sæland 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Gís Public vote to save |
Guðbjörg Hilmarsdóttir Public vote to save |
Hara Public vote to win |
References
edit- ^ "Jude Law moves on from Sienna with Icelandic X Factor star". Glamour UK. 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Sjónvarpsefni - Greinar - Ellý í Q4 = Versti dómari í sögu dómara?". Hugi.is. 2006. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ^ "Faroese contestant wins Icelandic X-Factor". Iceland Review. 2007-04-10. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
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