The X Factor Top 13 Results Recap: Did the Right Act Go Home This Week?

It’s got to be a particularly painful experience being the first Season 2 X Factor contestant booted by viewer votes.

“Wait, America? You’re breaking up with me? Seriously?”
“Yeah, sorry to say.”
“But we only had one date!”
“I know. It’s not me, it’s you.”
“Wait, don’t you mean…” READ MORE

The X Factor Recap: Even Though the Sound Mix Is Something Quite Atrocious… [Updated]

Welcome to The X Factor, sponsored by Aleve — the long-acting analgesic with the power to ward off gale-force migraines caused by the pack of perpetually screeching harpies sitting in the first three rows of the audience.

It doesn’t matter what the Top 13 are singing. It doesn’t matter how the judges are reacting. It doesn’t matter if Demi Lovato can’t pronounce the names of the singers …READ MORE

The X Factor: Ranking the Season 2 Top 12

If Election Day 2012 didn’t satisfy your hunger for civic duty, then tonight’s Top 12 edition of The X Factor will give you another chance to get your vote on.

To prepare for two straight hours of screaming teen audience members, aggressive light shows, writhing backup dancers, and Mario Lopez’s overreliance on the word “sweetie,” we decided to rank the remaining acts from worst to first.  READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS

The X Factor Top 16 Results Recap: Did the Right Acts Go Home?

And then there were 12.

Following The X Factor Season 2′s first live, super-stacked performance show — showcasing the rise of Emblem3 as a serious threat and the obvious fact that Britney Spears‘ favorite adjective is “amazing” — on Thursday it was time to face the music in a whole different way …READ MORE

Ratings: Supernatural Is Halloween Night's Lone Gainer, Kimmel Hits a High With Letterman Visit

This Halloween night, mostly tricks were being handed out to broadcast primetime, as Supernatural was the only show to enjoy a week-to-week gain.

The CW drama drew …READ MORE

The X Factor Schedule Change: New Shows to Return on Wednesday, Not Thursday

X Factor fans who’ve cursed the World Series for preempting their favorite singing competition may want to change their tune and show the San Francisco Giants some love.

After all, because the California-based team nabbed victory in just four games, Fox …READ MORE

Reality Check: Who Will Win X Factor? Plus: Girl-Group Problems and The Voice's Top Teen

Who will win Season 2 of The X Factor? With the Top 16 contestants just announced last week, and not a single live performance show in the books, it’s way too early to be asking that question, let alone answering it. And yet on the latest installment of Reality Check, that’s exactly what my esteemed cohost Melinda Doolittle and I try to do. READ MORE & WATCH VIDEO

The X Factor: Handicapping Season 2′s Top 16

The X Factor may be getting a week off thanks to the World Series airing on Fox, but Simon Cowell’s reality singing competition will come roaring back next Thursday (Nov. 1, provided there’s no Game 7) with the Top 16 contestants taking the stage for a two-and-a-half-hour live performance telecast.

To fill the X-shaped hole in your life for the next seven days, we’ve put together …READ MORE & VIEW PHOTOS

The X Factor Recap: Who's in the Top 16? And Who's Your Early Pick to Win? Take Our Poll!

The alarmed look on Simon Cowell’s face said it all. Tuesday night’s Top 16 announcement telecast of The X Factor featured more hysterical weeping than a Grey’s Anatomy season finale, a Justin Bieber concert, and an onion-slicing competition combined. READ MORE