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Is The 'X Factor' Bloodbath Over?

THR.com | Posted 02.04.2012 | TV

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...

Million Dollar Bey-Bey?

Posted 02.02.2012 | Entertainment

If your coffers are as well-stacked as Simon Cowell's, you might as well reach for the stars. Rumor has it that the 'X Factor' proprietor has offered ...

'X Factor' Winner Dreams Of Become A Nurse

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 01.05.2012 | TV

NEW YORK — She's got a $5 million recording contract, but Melanie Amaro still sees herself as a nurse someday. The 19-year-old was studying nur...

X Factor's Rachel Crow To Meet Fans In Colo. Hometown

Posted 01.03.2012 | Denver

Rachel Crow's final moments on the X Factor singing competition were dramatic: she broke down, collapsed and sobbed as she was eliminated from the sho...

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

Posted 12.23.2011 | Entertainment

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...

Nicole Scherzinger Sports Super Mini Dress

Posted 12.22.2011 | Celebrity

While we're shaking in our boots on the East Coast, Nicole Scherzinger is ditching her pants on the West! The singer and "X Factor" judge stepped out ...

Nicole Performs Live on 'X Factor': What Did You Think?

Posted 12.16.2011 | Entertainment

Good bye Marcus, hello Nicole! The surprise of last night's "X Factor" elimination show was hardly the send-off of Marcus Canty, the 20-year-old B...

The X Factor: Who Just Missed The Top Three?

Laura Prudom | Posted 12.16.2011 | TV

Laura Prudom

After two weeks of painfully uncomfortable "X Factor" results shows -- replete with a child crying hysterically and death threats against Nicole Scherzinger -- this week's elimination seemed poised to offer a little satisfaction for the outraged fans of Rachel Crow and Drew. But did Marcus manage to escape the chopping block for a fourth week, with no "save me" performance to pull him back from the brink?

She Charges HOW Much?

Posted 12.15.2011 | Celebrity

Mariah Carey's $300,000 price tag was simply too much for the folks over at the "X Factor," according to a report from Showbiz411. The article cla...

Naughty But Nice Rob

Astro: 'X Factor' Treated Me Unfairly Behind The Scenes

HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 12.14.2011 | Celebrity

At only 15 years old, "X Factor" contestant Brian "Astro" Bradley has confidence well beyond his years. However, when he landed in the bottom two on t...

My Reality TV Addiction

Lea Lane | Posted 12.14.2011 | TV

Lea Lane

Watching all this is lurid in a rubbernecking way. It engages a part of my brain that seems to like the base stimulation without much thinking. No lousy plots to follow. No bad acting. Just a fun-house mirror version of life.

Fixing the Factor: Four Glaring Issues With an Otherwise Decent Singing Competition

Alex Simons | Posted 12.14.2011 | TV

Alex Simons

As this season draws to a close amid the coming holidays, let's join together in hope of a second season filled with many more Drews, Astros, and LA v. Simon battles... and far fewer Pussycat Dolls at the judges' table.

Paula Made Me Do It!

TMZ | Posted 12.12.2011 | Celebrity

"X-Factor" judge Paula Abdul secretly instructed Nicole Scherzinger to vote off Rachel Crow last week ... just moments before the earth-shattering eli...

Rachel Crow: Newest Disney Star?

blog.zap2it.com | Posted 12.12.2011 | Celebrity

The adorable and talented Rachel Crow was booted off ...

Nicole Scherzinger Gets Hate Mail, Says Rachel Crow Elimination Wasn't Her Fault

Posted 02.09.2012 | Entertainment

Rachel Crow's shocking elimination from "The X-Factor" on Thursday came thanks to America's voting, but given her involvement in the process, judge Ni...

Nicole Scherzinger, You Should Be Fired If You Won't Make The Tough Decisions

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 02.08.2012 | Entertainment

Bonnie Fuller

Nicole, it's your fault the super-talented Rachel Crow has been x-ed out of The X Factor If you had some balls & did your job, she'd still be a contender.

WATCH: 13-Year-Old Collapses In Tears On 'X Factor'

Posted 12.09.2011 | High School

It was an even more drama-filled night than usual on Thursdsay's X Factor elimination. After a stellar performance of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind...

WATCH: Rachel Crow's Shocking Elimination From 'X Factor'

Posted 02.08.2012 | Entertainment

"X Factor" is no stranger to drama, but Thursday night's drawn-out elimination between 13-year-old Rachel Crow and aspiring Usher-to-be Marcus Canty w...

'X Factor' Contestants React To Death Threats

E! Online | Posted 02.05.2012 | Celebrity

Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger may not be commenting on the death threats they've been receiving since they voted 14-year-old Drew off The X Facto...

Ring In The New Year With Rowland (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.04.2012 | Black Voices

Marie Claire UK is ringing in the New Year with plenty of pizazz, courtesy of it's January 2012 cover girl Kelly Rowland. The "Here I Am" singer and "...

Kelly Rowland: 'You Can't Keep Me Away From A Good Sex Shop'

Posted 11.29.2011 | Black Voices

Upon penning the erotic lyrics to her chart-topping hit "Motivation" earlier this year, Kelly Rowland's real motivation for the song's concept may hav...

Kelly Clarkson To Perform On 'X Factor'

ew.com | Posted 01.21.2012 | Entertainment

Kelly Clarkson is making the leap: The singer whose TV career is synonymous with American Idol is reuniting with her former judge Simon Cowell on Fox'...

Meet L.A. Reid's New YouTube Superstars

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.16.2012 | Entertainment

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' Rachel Crow Was A 'Crack Baby'

E! Online | Posted 01.08.2012 | Celebrity

X Factor star Rachel Crow has more of an emotional backstory than show producers have revealed. The birth mother of the 13-year-old fan favorite us...

No Booze Or Cigarettes for 'X Factor' Josh Krajcik

TMZ | Posted 01.08.2012 | Celebrity

Josh Krajcik's chance at winning $5 million bucks on "X Factor" could go up in smoke -- because the singer's doctor believes cigarettes and booze are ...