The X Factor Top 6 Results Recap: Did the Right Acts Get Sent to the Guillotine?

It’s never a good sign when the host of a reality competition series kicks off an episode by promising an “agonizing” hour ahead, but hey, Mario Lopez just reads what’s on the teleprompter, okay? If some X Factor production assistant tells him to promise a performance by “the sensational Ke$ha,” then don’t expect him to improvise a more accurate adjective. (Although, while we’re on the subject, “tragic,” “Auto-tuned,” “terrifying” or …READ MORE

The X Factor Recap: Unplugging Away

This just in (my brain only): Simon Cowell was so happy with the results of The X Factor‘s Pepsi Challenge — during which viewers weighed in on contestants’ songs, hairstyles, wardrobe and staging — that he wants to extend the intiative for the rest of Season 2. The first of next week’s viewer polls will read as follows:

What change would you like to see behind the judges’ table? READ MORE

The X Factor Leaderboard: Who's Got Momentum From the Season 2 Top 6? Take Our Poll!

We’re down to a half-dozen acts — yes, Khloe Kardashian, that means six of ‘em — on The X Factor Season 2, and that means …READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS

Reality Check: Are Carly Rose and Cassadee Unbeatable on The X Factor and The Voice?

There are still three weeks left of The X Factor Season 2 and The Voice Season 3, but most prognosticators would argue that the proceedings are mere formalities on the way to crowning Carly Rose Sonenclar and Cassadee Pope as the shows’ respective champs. But are these ladies worthy winners? And more importantly, what in the whatty what is going on with …READ MORE & WATCH VIDEO

The X Factor Top 8 Results Recap: Did the Right Acts Get Axed This Week?

Let’s breathe a collective sigh of relief for Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez. With the number of competitors on Season 2 of The X Factor down to the mid-single digits, neither one of ‘em will have to awkwardly count on their fingers to keep track of the proceedings from now through the season finale. (Okay, maybe that Kardashian woman will have problems till we’re down to the final four, but I digress…) READ MORE

The X Factor Recap: Rickrolling in the Deep

We interrupt your regularly scheduled recap with a warning to the quintet of lovely brunettes who make up The X Factor Season 2 girl group Fifth Harmony: Do not stand too close to Khloé Kardashian Odom. She can sense your youth. She is beginning to feed off your effervescence. She has been instructed to assimilate you into the Kardashian collective. READ MORE

The X Factor Leaderboard: Who's Got Momentum From the Season 2 Top 8? Take Our Poll!

The X Factor‘s Season 2 lineup is down to single digits, and interestingly enough, each of the show’s …READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS

The X Factor Top 10 Results: Did the Right Acts Get Sent to the Chopping Block? [Updated]

President Obama pardoned not one, but two turkeys. (Congrats, Cobbler and Gobbler!) Most major networks scheduled repeat programming so families and friends could gather around the Thanksgiving table (or plot Black Friday ops with military-style precision). But Simon Cowell, dastardly Brit, scheduled an X Factor results-show telecast. READ MORE

The X Factor Recap: Thanksgiving Up the Ghost

Dear Santa,

I’ve tried to be a good boy this year — and not just because I want a new pony. The problem is, my job requires me to watch The X Factor for a living, and it’s turning me into a monster.

No, seriously, the cynical, horrible questions that went through my mind during Top 10 performance night left me feeling like I’d booked a one-way ticket to Hell; now it’s just a matter of whether I’m going express or local. READ MORE