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'' is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. This season will be the first season broadcast on TV2. after DR1 announced on August 16, 2017, that Season 11 is the final season broadcast on their channel. Kristian Kjærlund won the competition and Thomas Blachman became the winning mentor for the 3rd time and the 2nd judge to win 2 seasons in a row.

Judges and hosts

Sofie Linde Lauridsen returned as the main host of the show for the 4th time. Thomas Blachman returned as a judge for the 11th time while Remee and Sanne Salomonsen decided to quit.

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replaced them as judges.

Selection process

Auditions took place in

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5 Chair Challenge

The 5 Chair Challenge returns for season 12. Ankerstjerne will mentor the 15-22s, Blachman has the Over 23s and Oh Land has the Groups/Bands. The 15 successful acts were: *15-22s: Albina, Benjamin, Live, Patrick, Rasmus *Over 23s: Andrea, Emil, Frank, Gina, Kristian *Groups: Celina, Danjal & Mathias, Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne, Echo, Maria & Bea, Wild Mountains

Bootcamp

The 6 eliminated acts were: *15-22s: Albina, Rasmus *Over 23s: Emil, Frank *Groups: Celina, Danjal & Mathias, Wild Mountains

Contestants

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Withdrew

Live shows

;Colour key Contestants' colour key: :

Live show details

Week 1 (March 1)

*Theme: My Song ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Ankerstjerne: Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne * Oh Land: Patrick Smith * Blachman: Dr. Rolf & Kanylerne

Week 2 (March 8)

*Theme: Songs from the contestant's birthyears ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Ankerstjerne: Andrea Brøndsted * Blachman: Patrick Smith * Oh Land: Andrea Brøndsted

Week 3 (March 15)

*Theme: Songs from 2018/2019 * Musical Guest: Hugo Helmig ("Young Like This") ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Oh Land: Gina Michaells * Blachman: Echo * Ankerstjerne: Gina Michaells

Week 4 (March 22)

*Theme: Songs from movies ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Ankerstjerne: Echo * Oh Land: Patrick Smith * Blachman: Patrick Smith

Week 5 (March 29)

*Theme: Nordic songs * Musical Guests: Alexander Oscar & SVEA ("Complicated") *Group Performance: " Off to See the World" Maria & Bea withdrew from the competition because of personal reasons, one of them being that Bea's father died, so this week there will be no elimination. However, there will still be a voting but all the publics votes will go through to next week.

Week 6: Semi-final (5 April)

* Theme: One Hit Wonders & Duet with a Special Guest * Musical Guests: Emil Kruse & Benjamin Hav ("Air Tonight") The semi-final did not feature a sing-off and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Echo, were automatically eliminated. This week's publics votes were combined from last weeks votes. After Echo were eliminated they performed "

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Week 7: Final (12 April)

* Theme: Judge's Choice, Producer's Choice and Winner's single * Musical guests:

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References

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