Well, last night's X Factor USA airing was a bit all over the place - not only a delayed start but also a mid-episode ending, only to be told to tune in on Tuesday. (Newsflash: Simon Cowell's not too happy about it.) While we saw a little more than half of the Top 16 announced, we're not ones to sit around waiting, and thankfully Canada (of all places!) came through with a complete airing. As things were left last night, Britney had gone first in selecting which contestants from the Teens category to take to the live shows, eventually settling on Carly Rose Sonenclar, Beatrice Miller, Diamond White and Arin Ray and sending home Reed Deming and James Tanner. Meanwhile, La's Over 25s category is down to Vino Alan, David Correy, Tate Stevens and Jason Brock, while Tara Simon and Daryl Black were sent packing. (more)...
- 10/18/2012
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
It was a wild and crazy night on Fox, as a combination of Major League Baseball, the Ben and Kate pilot, five minutes of a Mindy Project episode and just over half of what was supposed to be a two-hour episode of The X Factor aired before the nightly news took over.
Although it may have been frustrating to fight through some of the other material for us X Factor fans, the results we did get to see were pretty entertaining. The teens in particular were fun to watch make it through and/or head home.
It's much easier to enjoy watching a kid's dreams get crushed than one of the old geezers because we know that these kids have their whole lives ahead of them and they might get another chance at this. Heck, Arin Ray has had two opportunities on The X Factor in two straight years.
Beatrice Miller...
Although it may have been frustrating to fight through some of the other material for us X Factor fans, the results we did get to see were pretty entertaining. The teens in particular were fun to watch make it through and/or head home.
It's much easier to enjoy watching a kid's dreams get crushed than one of the old geezers because we know that these kids have their whole lives ahead of them and they might get another chance at this. Heck, Arin Ray has had two opportunities on The X Factor in two straight years.
Beatrice Miller...
- 10/18/2012
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
Some of you may have noticed your Fox programming was a little weird Wednesday night (Oct. 17) -- "Ben and Kate" rerun, a weirdly abbreviated new "X Factor," like 10 minutes of a "Mindy Project" rerun and then more baseball.
What happened was the Nlcs Game 3, which started at 4 p.m. Et, had a 3.5 hour rain delay. When the station wasn't sure if it would come back in primetime, it aired a rerun of "Ben and Kate." Then it decided to start showing the brand new "X Factor." Then when it looked like play would resume, it weirdly flipped over to a "Mindy Project" rerun and announced "The X Factor's" third judges' home episode would air in its entirety on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
However, we've seen a good chunk of it so far, so here's a recap if you're interested:
Britney's House (teens)
Britney says she had totally different ideas about who...
What happened was the Nlcs Game 3, which started at 4 p.m. Et, had a 3.5 hour rain delay. When the station wasn't sure if it would come back in primetime, it aired a rerun of "Ben and Kate." Then it decided to start showing the brand new "X Factor." Then when it looked like play would resume, it weirdly flipped over to a "Mindy Project" rerun and announced "The X Factor's" third judges' home episode would air in its entirety on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
However, we've seen a good chunk of it so far, so here's a recap if you're interested:
Britney's House (teens)
Britney says she had totally different ideas about who...
- 10/18/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
You know there’s something seriously wrong in the world — or at least on your TV screen — when a 13-year-old boy is looking into the camera and, without the slightest hint of irony or humor, declares “this is the climax of my life.” Hello, and welcome to The X Factor.
I’m still not sure why there was no “TV: Msp” warning in the upper left side of my screen — that’s short for “Middle-Schooler, Please!” — but Fox’s second-string reality singing competition isn’t really to blame. Sure, judge L.A. Reid continued to perpetrate the myth tonight that life...
I’m still not sure why there was no “TV: Msp” warning in the upper left side of my screen — that’s short for “Middle-Schooler, Please!” — but Fox’s second-string reality singing competition isn’t really to blame. Sure, judge L.A. Reid continued to perpetrate the myth tonight that life...
- 10/18/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Well... we all have to wait until next week to find out who has made it into The X Factor's Top 16.
Fortunately, we were held over with a whole bunch of talent from the Old Geezers and Teens categories. Sure, there were a couple of misses here and there, but like I've said many times already this season, there just seems to be much more talent this year than in 2011.
Let's take a look at who is in good shape to make it through to the live shows, and who might be in danger of heading home. Remember only four can make it through from each category...
Old Geezers
1. David Correy: While I still think The X Factor isn't as good of a strategy for finding his birth mom as actually going somewhere to find her, I still love this guy. That was a fantastic audition. He has the extra factor,...
Fortunately, we were held over with a whole bunch of talent from the Old Geezers and Teens categories. Sure, there were a couple of misses here and there, but like I've said many times already this season, there just seems to be much more talent this year than in 2011.
Let's take a look at who is in good shape to make it through to the live shows, and who might be in danger of heading home. Remember only four can make it through from each category...
Old Geezers
1. David Correy: While I still think The X Factor isn't as good of a strategy for finding his birth mom as actually going somewhere to find her, I still love this guy. That was a fantastic audition. He has the extra factor,...
- 10/12/2012
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
And now the real competition begins!
Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell have a better idea what they're in for this season on The X Factor. Following weeks of talent scouting, the foursome learned who they would be mentoring on Wednesday night.
Video: 'X Factor' Guest Mentors Dish on Competition
Alongside guest mentor Will.I.Am, Spears was paired with the teens while Lovato received the young adults (17-24 years) with close pal Nick Jonas.
The girls were happy about their assignments, taking to Twitter to express their delight.
"I'm so excited! …It's definitely the year of the teens on @TheXFactorUSA! #Winners #BritneysTeens," posted Spears.
"Young Adults = #dreamteam. You guys are awesome!!!," wrote Demi.
As for the boys, Simon Cowell happily took on the groups with his co-mentor Marc Anthony while L.A. Reid, with pop sensation Justin Bieber, not so cheerfully received the over-25s.
Video: Britney's Embarrassing Moment on The X Factor
In...
Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell have a better idea what they're in for this season on The X Factor. Following weeks of talent scouting, the foursome learned who they would be mentoring on Wednesday night.
Video: 'X Factor' Guest Mentors Dish on Competition
Alongside guest mentor Will.I.Am, Spears was paired with the teens while Lovato received the young adults (17-24 years) with close pal Nick Jonas.
The girls were happy about their assignments, taking to Twitter to express their delight.
"I'm so excited! …It's definitely the year of the teens on @TheXFactorUSA! #Winners #BritneysTeens," posted Spears.
"Young Adults = #dreamteam. You guys are awesome!!!," wrote Demi.
As for the boys, Simon Cowell happily took on the groups with his co-mentor Marc Anthony while L.A. Reid, with pop sensation Justin Bieber, not so cheerfully received the over-25s.
Video: Britney's Embarrassing Moment on The X Factor
In...
- 10/11/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
A number of crimes involving the male torso went down on Thursday night’s installment of The X Factor. Simon Cowell rocked a neckline that plunged dangerously close to his netherregions. A member of boy band Emblem3 wore suspenders — without a shirt! (I’ll pause for a moment while you fight back the acrid taste of bile). And oh the sounds that got caught and killed in the chests of fresh-faced Willie Jones and wheelchair-bound Freddie Combs! (We’ll just assume the former’s were low and rumbly, in a bebeh-lock-them-dawwrs kinda way, and the latter’s were tremulous and overbaked.
- 10/5/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Bring on the dancing dogs! America’s Got X Factor finished its Season 2 auditions Thursday night, and I, for one, can’t wait to see how the Pekingese and the Poodle fare when they get to Boot Camp.
Okay, okay, I’m being a cranky beast from Hades, but Thursday night’s X Factor installment felt more like NBC’s summer variety special than a search for a legitimate musical superstar. There was the 13-year-old kid who passed out backstage from “dehydration” — a dark part of my brain imagined him whispering “Mom, did you slip my that Rohypnol like I asked you to?...
Okay, okay, I’m being a cranky beast from Hades, but Thursday night’s X Factor installment felt more like NBC’s summer variety special than a search for a legitimate musical superstar. There was the 13-year-old kid who passed out backstage from “dehydration” — a dark part of my brain imagined him whispering “Mom, did you slip my that Rohypnol like I asked you to?...
- 9/28/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Wednesday night’s X Factor ended with the image of a 13-year-old boy collapsed in a heap in his mother’s lap, a flurry of producers and medics trying to figure out if he’d live or if he’d eventually die of embarrassment at the hands of Simon Cowell.
I’m not sure if the incident was a clever indictment of the lengths today’s youth will go to for a chance at fame, or just a happy (medical) accident that the show’s producers cynically used to fill out yet another two-hour audition episode. Maybe it was both.
I’m not sure if the incident was a clever indictment of the lengths today’s youth will go to for a chance at fame, or just a happy (medical) accident that the show’s producers cynically used to fill out yet another two-hour audition episode. Maybe it was both.
- 9/27/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
As just about any reality-show contestant will tell you, God maintains an encyclopedic knowledge of/a keen rooting interest in the outcome of everything from Big Brother to RuPaul’s Drag Race to The X Factor.
Thursday night’s installment of the last-named of those shows put an exclamation point on this fact, as lightning, heavy winds, and torrential downpours contributed to a power outage that put the kibosh on a brutal batch of auditions from Greensboro, Nc. (All together now: “Thaaaaank God!”)
Sometimes, though, you don’t need divine intervention — especially not when you’ve got a mom...
Thursday night’s installment of the last-named of those shows put an exclamation point on this fact, as lightning, heavy winds, and torrential downpours contributed to a power outage that put the kibosh on a brutal batch of auditions from Greensboro, Nc. (All together now: “Thaaaaank God!”)
Sometimes, though, you don’t need divine intervention — especially not when you’ve got a mom...
- 9/21/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
I’m going to come right out and say it: This Wednesday’s X Factor was the show’s best episode ever — and partially because its stars included a pretty boy who spent what felt like 45 minutes debating whether or not to pop his collar, a trio of smokin’-hot sisters, a man who found a controversial (possibly deadly?) solution to male pattern baldness and a heavy-set black woman named Panda who got carried out on a stretcher. (Spoiler alert: All of ‘em advanced to Boot Camp!)
I know, I know, you’re reading this and saying “The X Factor is barely out of diapers.
I know, I know, you’re reading this and saying “The X Factor is barely out of diapers.
- 9/20/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
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