8/5/11
What to Expect From The X Factor
Here’s what we learned at the show's TCA panel.
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The X Factor Recap: Five Million Dollars’ Worth of Integrity
"This show isn’t about hitting all the notes."
The X Factor Recap: And Then There Were Three
It’s time to face ... the ... hour of television that has .75 seconds of action in it.
The X Factor Recap: The One Without Rachel
You are not history's greatest monster, Nicole! There are probably ten or eleven who are worse.
The X Factor Recap: Witness the Most Excruciating Moment on Reality TV
Nice job, Nicole. Way to punch a Muppet in the face.
The X Factor Recap: Dave Holmes Reports From Inside the Theater
You get the sense that the warm-up comic has one of those bombs from Speed attached to his midsection, and if there is a moment that doesn’t sound like a soccer riot, he will explode.
The X Factor Recap: Let’s Re-Mangle Michael Jackson!
Blanket's in the audience for his dad's "tribute," and he's not having any of it.
The X Factor Recap: Deadlock Graphic
Tonight, The X Factor is celebrating Thanksgiving.
The X Factor Recap: Tasting Notes
Either I am drunk or Paula told them, “You ... are ... grapefruit.”
The X Factor Recap: Simon Goes In
Astro does not take it well.
The X Factor Recap: Fantastic or Train Wreck
It's ROCK NIGHT.
The X Factor: Every Second Is a Highlight
What is the leather-catsuit age of consent in the state of California?
The X Factor Recap: From the Movies, Loosely Defined
"Don’t hate, just congratulate.”
The X Factor Recap: Nightmare Situation
"I don’t ... know ... how ... America is going to ... choose ... who ... their favorites.”
The X Factor Recap: Whoops, the Judges Forgot It Was a Singing Competition Again!
The judges almost completely ignore the noises coming from the stage, which were sometimes the wrong noises.
The X Factor Recap: The 30 Degree Angle
"You can rely on the old man’s money ... because you gotta have faith."
The X Factor Recap: Seventeen Finalists, 32 Fake-Outs
Simon and Paula have taught L.A. and Nicole the "I'm sorry to say ... you're not NOT not going forward" trick.
The X Factor Recap: Wait! It’s Actually Starting to Get Fun!
Still too long, sure, but this week we saw glimmers of what this show could be.
The X Factor Recap: Rihanna, Pharell, and Enrique Iglesias Swing By for a Cup of Sugar
The judges enlist a little help in the "pretending these people have talent" department.
The X Factor Recap: Who Gets to Go to Paula’s House?
The final 32 are announced, and those being teamed with coach Paula better be ready to take off their shoes.
The X Factor Recap: Boot Camp Means Group Mangling of Pop Songs!
And some people who hope to professionally make noise with their mouths have never heard Radiohead’s “Creep.”
The X Factor Recap: Finally, the End of Audition Road (Located Just Off Fake Suspense Avenue)
"Without the power of fast forward, I feel like I’m serving some kind of jazzy jury duty."
The X Factor Recap: Face the Wedding D.J.’s Music
Holding auditions in Chicago means meeting thousands of people who’ve been asked to retake level one at Second City.
The X Factor Recap: Dave Holmes on Joke Auditions and a Singing Ghost-Hunter
'The X Factor' actually managed to surprise Holmes at least twice, and he doesn't know how to feel about it.
The X Factor Recap: Dave Holmes Tries to Figure Out How This Is Not American Idol
The judges drink Pepsi instead of Coke, and Paula never vomited at the sight of a penis on 'Idol.'
At the handshake event of the year, hands were not shaken.
Simon traded out his Pussycat Doll!
She's expected to announce it Monday morning, along with Britney Spears.
He's got his own singing competition to promote.
But can anyone really fill Nicole Scherzinger's shoes?
And other fun facts from his unauthorized biography.
This is not a drill.
"I've always wanted a boy and a girl and that will definitely happen," Simon Cowell says.
Here’s what we learned at the show's TCA panel.