ick ▁ 2 0 ▁and ▁Kevin ▁ 1 6 . ▁Ess i ▁was ▁from ▁A ar hus ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁Post ▁Den mark , ▁N abil ▁from ▁H ø je ▁Glad s ax e ▁and ▁followed ▁a ▁music ▁and ▁dan cing ▁career , ▁J ann ick ▁from ▁Ve j le ▁but ▁lived ▁in ▁C open hagen ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁wait er ▁and ▁finally ▁young est ▁Kevin ▁from ▁Her lev , ▁a ▁ 9 th - grade ▁student , ▁but ▁purs uing ▁the atr ical ▁studies ▁for ▁seven ▁years ▁at ▁ ▁Event yr te at ret , ▁an ▁acting ▁school . ▁The ▁first ▁three ▁had ▁all ▁written ▁songs ▁on ▁their ▁own . ▁All ▁four ▁presented ▁themselves ▁as ▁individual ▁candidates ▁on ▁X ▁F actor , ▁but ▁didn ' t ▁make ▁the ▁final ▁cut , ▁so ▁Soul sh ock ▁suggested ▁that ▁they ▁co oper ate ▁as ▁a ▁boy ▁band ▁group ▁for ▁the ▁sake ▁of ▁the ▁competition . ▁ ▁The ▁band ▁reached ▁the ▁Final ▁ 9 ▁in ▁the ▁Gr oups ▁category ▁and ▁were ▁ment ored ▁by ▁X ▁F actor ▁judge ▁Soul sh ock ▁( Car sten ▁Sch ack ). ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁live ▁show , ▁they ▁sang ▁Jay ▁Se an ' s ▁" Down " ▁and ▁in ▁week ▁ 2 ▁Michael ▁Jackson ▁song ▁" Rem ember ▁the ▁Time ". ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁they ▁were ▁elimin ated ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁week ▁ 2 , ▁coming ▁ 8 th ▁overall . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁competition , ▁N abil ▁Mou j ah id ▁left