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The X Factor (US)
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Winner Announced
Season: 3 | Episode: 26
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The X Factor is Simon Cowell’s brand new singing competition on a mission to find America’s next undiscovered superstar.The X Factor, on FOX is going to give someone like you the chance to win a $5 million recording contract with Sony Music.
What’s great about The X Factor is that it is open to anyone – vocal groups and solo singers, over the age of 12 – and there’s absolutely no upper age limit.
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Started: Sep/21/2011Ended: Dec/19/2013
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Type: Reality
Genres: Family Music
Country: US
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The Final Results show of the season and Fifth Harmony, Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar wait to see if they did what was needed to win the $5 Million recording contract. Musical Guests: Pitbull and One Direction.
Britney Spears and Carly Rose, L.A Reid and Tate Stevens and Simon Cowell and “Fifth Harmony are left in the competition as the Finals kick off. The contestants sing 3 songs. Special guests: Leanne Rimes and Little Big Town.
The Results are in and and L.A and Tate Stevens, Simon and the Groups: “Emblem3” and “Fifth Harmony” and Britney and Carly Rose Sonenclar find out which acts make it into the Grand Final. Musical Guests: Bridget Medler and Bruno Mars
It is the Semi-Finals and with the elimination of CeCe Frey and Diamond White, it is down to L.A. Reid and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and Carly Rose Sonenclar to fight for their spot in the Finals!
Results Night and Demi Lovato and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White are going to have to see if they did enough to escape a Double Elimination. Musical Guests: Melanie Amaro and Ke$ha.
With Paige Thomas and Vino Alan out of the competition, it is down to Demi Lovato and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White as they sing two songs. First an acoustic version of a song and the the Pepsi Challenge.
Results are in and Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White wait to see if they did enough to make it through the Double Elimination. Musical Guests: Josh Krajcik and Alicia Keys.
With Arin Ray and Beatrice Miller out of the competition, Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White perform.
Results Night and Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Arin Ray, Beatrice Miller, Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White wait to see who will make it into the Top 8. Musical Guest: Cher Lloyd
With Lyric 145 and Jennel Garcia eliminated from the competition, it is down to Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Arin Ray, Beatrice Miller, Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White to perform. This week is Thanksgiving Week!
Results Night and Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas, Jennel Garcia and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Lyric145”, “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Arin Ray, Beatrice Miller, Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White wait to see if they did enough. Musical Guest: Taylor Swift.
With Jason Brock out, Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas, Jennel Garcia and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan and Tate Stevens, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Lyric145”, “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Arin Ray, Beatrice Miller, Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White hit the stage. Tonight is DIVA night!
Results night and Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas, Jennel Garcia and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan, Tate Stevens and Jason Brock, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Lyric145”, “Fifth Harmony” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Arin Ray, Beatrice Miller, Carly Rose Sonenclar and Diamond White wait to see if they did enough. Special Musical Guest: One Direction.
Demi Lovato and the Young Adults: Paige Thomas, Jennel Garcia and CeCe Frey, L.A. Reid and The Over 25s: Vino Alan, Tate Stevens and Jason Brock, Simon Cowell and the Groups: “Lyric145”, “1432” and “Emblem3” and Britney Spears and the Teens: Arin Ray, Beatrice Miller and Carly Rose Sonenclar take to the stage and there is a 13th artist that will join them! Plus, 1432 get a new name!
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THE X FACTOR’s Top 16 acts will perform live for the first time on a special two-hour-and-seven-minute show. Hosts Khloe Kardashian Odom and Mario Lopez will take THE X FACTOR stage alongside judges Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and L.A. Reid
The remaining contestants visit the homes of the judges for mentoring.
The remaining contestants visit the homes of the judges for mentoring.
The final boot camp in Miami for the contestants, who are judged on their singing, dancing and performance styles. Also, mentoring by the judges.
Hopefuls travel to Miami for boot camp, where they'll be judged on their singing, dancing and performance style.
Hopefuls travel to Miami for boot camp, where they'll be judged on their singing, dancing and performance style.
Auditions continue.
Auditions around the country continue.
Auditions continue.
Auditions continue.
Auditions continue.
In the Season 2 premiere, new judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid for an evening of auditions, as solo artists and music groups compete for a $5 million recording contract.
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The results are in and for either Chris Rene, Melanie Amaro, and Josh Krajcik it is the end of the road on their time on X Factor as they declare the winner of the season.
The remaining acts perform one last time in Part 1 of the two-part season finale.
The results are in and Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Marcus Canty wait until they get their results. Has it been enough to impress America? Special Guests: Florence + The Machine and Nicole Scherzinger.
With the Shocking elimination of Rachel Crow, only Marcus Canty, Josh Krajcik, Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene remain in the competition. Tonight is the Pepsi Challenge song pick and another song that will hopefully put three to the Final next week.
Results Night and L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro and Nicole Scherzinger and Josh Krajcik wait to see what the results are. Musical Guests: Mary J. Blige and Lenny Kravitz
With Drew and Astro gone from last week, L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro and Nicole Scherzinger and Josh Krajcik have to sing two songs. They get ready and sing their hearts out for a spot in the Semi-Finals.
Results Night and L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro and Nicole Scherzinger and Josh Krajcik are waiting to see if they did enough to stay in the competition. Two acts leave the competition. Special Guest: Tinie Tempah.
With the “Lakoda Rayne” and Leroy Bell out of the running for the $5 Million, L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro and Nicole Scherzinger and Josh Krajcik, it is Michael Jackson Week and they sing the King of Pop's iconic songs.
Results Night and for L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik and Leroy Bell wait for their results. It is the end of the road for two acts. Guest star: Kelly Clarkson and Bruno Mars.
With Stacey Francis out of the competition, L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik and Leroy Bell are left to sing. This week is Thanksgiving Week and they sing for people they're thankful for.
Results night and L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik, Leroy Bell and Stacy Francis wait to see if they did enough for the spot in the competition still. Special guest: Rihanna.
With the elimination of The Stereo Hogzz last week, L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik, Leroy Bell and Stacy Francis have to prove that they have what it takes as they take on Rock Week!
L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne” and “The Stereo Hogzz”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik, Leroy Bell and Stacy Francis wait for the results. Special guests: WIllow Smith and Jessie J.
With “Intensity” eliminated from the competition, L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne” and “The Stereo Hogzz”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik, Leroy Bell and Stacy Francis are in it to win it all. Tonight is Movie Night.
Results night and for L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne”, “Intensity” and “The Stereo Hogzz”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik, Leroy Bell and Stacy Francis, it is going to be hard to go home for one of them. Guest star: Outa Sight
L.A. Reid and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene, Simon Cowell and The Girls: Drew, Rachel Crow and Melanie Amaro, Paula Abdul and The Groups: “Lakoda Rayne”, “Intensity” and “The Stereo Hogzz”, and Nicole Scherzinger and The Over 30s: Josh Krajcik, Leroy Bell and Stacy Francis sing to the audience LIVE and have to rely on the public vote. Who has done enough?
L.A. and The Boys: Marcus Canty, Astro, Phillip Lomax and Chris Rene. Paula and The Groups: Lakoda Rayne, The Brewer Boys, Intensity and The Stereo Hoggz. Nicole and the Over 30s: Josh Krajcik, Leroy Bell, Dexter Haygood and Stacy Francis. Simon and the Girls: Simone Battle, Rachel Crow, Tiah Tolliver, Drew Ryniewicz and Melanie Amaro perform on stage as 17 becomes 12.
The acts have performed and now wait for the mentors to come up with their Final Four to put through the Top 16. When all is said and done, Simon has a change of heart and one more is added making the first Final 17!
Jazzlyn Little, Brennin Hunt, “Stereo Hoggz”, Josh Krajcik, “2Squar’d”, Tim Cifers, Rachel Crowe, Leroy Bell, “Illusion Confusion”, Tiger Budbill, Marcus Canty, Tiah Tolliver, Christa Collins, “Intensity”, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro perform for Simon, L.A., Paula and Nicole for their last chance to make it through to the Final 16.
Bryan Bradley, Simone Battle, “The Anser”, Dexter Haygood, Skyelor Anderson, Tora Woloshin, “Lakoda Rayne”, Stacey Francis, “The Brewer Boys”, Phillip Lomax, Elaine Gibbs, Caitlin Koch, Nick Voss, “4Shore”, James Kenney and Drew Rineowicz are up to sing in the first round of Judges’ houses. L.A. has Rihanna as his guest, Paula has Pherrell, Nicole has Enrique Iglesias and Simon was supposed to have Mariah Carrey, but she is caught in a hurricane and can’t fly out. The singers give it their all, but is it enough?
The singers finish up their time in Boot Camp and the judges get down to choosing the Top 32 to move on to the Judges' Houses.
The chosen contestants are split up and are told to dance and sing to see if they have what it takes. When the 162 are cut to 62, the hopefuls feel the pressure when they are cut into groups to perform in front of the judges. Emotions run high as they are judged.
The auditions conclude in Newark, New Jersey as the talent and Simon, Cheryl, Nicole, L.A., and Paula are ready to see if they can have a winner among the groups.
The audition start off in Chicago and Cheryl Cole joins Simon, L.A. and Paula on the judges table. They hear talent and those without it. In Seattle, Nicole takes over the judges seat and replaces Cheryl again. One contestant does a rendition of Baby by Justin Beiber that gets the judges asking for more.