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FIRST LOOK: It's 'The X Factor' Judges, Y'all!

Posted 05.25.2012

"The X Factor" Season 2 has begun and we have a first look at new judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato in action. The pop stars joined L.A. Reid a...

Britney's First Day On 'X Factor'

Posted 05.25.2012

Those rooting for Britney Spears as "The X Factor's" newest judge (along with teen sensation Demi Lovato) need not wait until fall for a sneak peek a...

Britney And Demi Officially Join 'The X Factor' Season 2

Posted 05.14.2012

It's official! Britney Spears and Demi Lovato were revealed as the new judges of "The X Factor" Season 2 at the Fox upfronts presentation in New York ...

Demi Lovato Reportedly Signed 'X Factor' Deal

Posted 05.13.2012

Demi Lovato will officially be judging "The X Factor," TMZ has exclusively learned. According to the website, after weeks of speculation, Lovato h...

Britney Reportedly Signs $15 Million 'The X Factor' Deal

Posted 05.10.2012

It's official, according to E! News. The website is exclusively reporting that Britney Spears signed a $15 million contract this week to join Simon...

WATCH: Is Cher Lloyd The Next British Sensation?

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.01.2012

Could British singer Cher Lloyd be the next big thing in America? Thanks to a huge marketing push from her label, L.A. Reid's Epic Records, Lloyd has...

Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato 'X Factor' Judge Rumors Heat Up

Posted 05.01.2012

Miley Cyrus may be heading to a party in the "The X Factor" U.S.A. According to Celebuzz, Simon Cowell reportedly has his eye on Cyrus as a judge f...

L.A. Reid Details 'X Factor' Season 2 Changes

Posted 04.11.2012

When "The X Factor" returns for its second season in the fall, the show will have undergone some major changes, including the possible addition of Bri...

'X Factor': 2 Female Judges, 2 Hosts

AP | By LYNN ELBER | Posted 04.24.2012

LOS ANGELES -- Simon Cowell is playing it coy about rumors that Fergie, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson are being considered for "The X Factor." Two...

Is LeAnn Rimes Interested In Joining 'X Factor'?

Entertainment Weekly | Posted 02.22.2012

The latest name thrown in the ring for an "X Factor" judges spot: Singer LeAnn Rimes. Sources say Rimes is interested in joining the Fox reality hi...

Is Janet Heading To 'The X Factor'?

Posted 02.17.2012

Janet Jackson is the latest pop music star rumored to be in talks to join "The X Factor." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jackson has expressed i...

Simon Cowell: Whitney Would've Been The Ultimate 'X Factor' Mentor

Posted 02.12.2012

UPDATE: Sadly, on Saturday, Feb. 11, Whitney Houston's publicist broke news that the Grammy-winning singer had died at the age of 48. But in the w...

Nicole Scherzinger: I Gave My All To 'The X Factor'

Posted 02.08.2012

Nicole Scherzinger is opening up about the big 2012 shake-up at The X Factor that saw her, Paula Abdul and host Steve Jones axed from the Fox singing ...

Is The 'X Factor' Bloodbath Over?

THR.com | Posted 02.04.2012

Looks like the "X Factor" bloodbath is over ... according to a source, L.A. Reid has signed a deal to return for Season 2 of the Fox singing competiti...

Relive All Melanie Amaro's Greatest 'X Factor' Songs

Posted 02.22.2012

When Melanie Amaro was named the winner of "The X-Factor," Simon Cowell said, "We came here to find a superstar and we found a superstar." Given that...

And The First Winner Of 'The X Factor' Is...

Laura Prudom | Posted 02.21.2012

Laura Prudom

We kicked off with a supremely awkward group number (what else is new?) in which the final 12 performed Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" with no discernable sense of timing or harmony. Thankfully, some enterprising individual backstage made certain that Lakoda Rayne's microphones were turned down, but there was no disguising how shaky Chris Rene sounded and Rachel Crow pretty much shouted her lines. An inauspicious start, to say the least.

Who'll Get The Last Laugh?

Posted 12.22.2011

The first night of "The X Factor" finale featured a duets competition that paired Josh Krajcik with Alanis Morisette, Chris Rene with Avril Lavigne an...

"The X Factor" Finale: Who Will Be The First Winner?

Laura Prudom | Posted 02.20.2012

Laura Prudom

After countless tears, tantrums and dramatic eliminations, we've reached the final performance show of The X Factor. Our top three contestants sang for a 5 million-dollar recording contract and the hearts of the American public -- or approximately 12 million of them, anyway.

Meet L.A. Reid's New YouTube Superstars

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.16.2012

Shira Lazar

Some of you might know them as Karmin Covers and from their incredible rendition of Chris Brown's "Look At Me Now", which has gotten over 45 million v...

'X-Factor' Contestant: My Elimination Was Rigged Deal

AP | By LYNN ELBER | Posted 01.02.2012

LOS ANGELES -- Former "The X Factor" contestant Dexter Haygood said he wasn't pushed off Fox's new singing contest. He jumped. Haygood was among five...

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'X Factor' Recap: Drew, Josh Dominate

HuffingtonPost.com | Youyoung Lee | Posted 12.26.2011

Last night's "X Factor" was a two-and-a-half hour blast of flashing lights, thunderous music and spit-fire fast performances and eliminations. Was th...

Youyoung Lee

'X Factor' Recap: Brian Bradley Has Swag

HuffingtonPost.com | Youyoung Lee | Posted 12.14.2011

Last night's "X Factor" whizzed us off to the judges houses where we learned that Mariah Carey pulled a rain check on Simon Cowell and that all four j...

Youyoung Lee

WATCH: Simon And LA Call Nicole And Paula 'Jealous'

HuffingtonPost.com | Youyoung Lee | Posted 12.06.2011

How quickly time flies. Just last week, we were still entrenched in the [cue stern Steve Jones accent] nation-wide search for those lucky enough to be...

Notable/Quotable: L.A. Reid Compares Kanye West To Prince

Posted 11.30.2011

“Kanye West, for me, is one of the greatest if not the greatest performers, entertainers, musicians of all-time. He’s right up there with the grea...

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WATCH: 'X Factor' Josh Krajcik Is The New Susan Boyle

HuffingtonPost.com | Youyoung Lee | Posted 11.29.2011

Cue the dramatic music and switch on the red lights! Pepsi advertisements and startling cuts to commercial breaks! The "X Factor" returned this week w...