X Factor Top 12 – The Results!

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THE X FACTOR: L.A. Reid (L) and Simon Cowell (R) console members of inTENsity after they were eliminated on THE X FACTOR Thursday, Nov. 3 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX CR: Ray Mickshaw / FOX.

InTENsity Are Eliminated

Sorry mini-gleeksters you ARE the WEAKEST LINK! Woops wrong show, wrong decade! Ha. As a I said below, I can’t pour too much hatorade on a bunch of cute teenagers, but their act, except for a couple of strong singers, was pretty much a train wreck. And NO Simon. We don’t need a new Glee.  After a successful couple of seasons, the current Glee is having trouble moving singles.   If the kids sweetened their act up even more, maybe they could head to Disney.  But they didn’t really make much of an impact during the couple of weeks they were on the show, so they’ll probably split apart.

The Stereo Hogzz were kind of awful tonight, which highlights the fact that Paula did a pretty great job as mentor, polishing them up.

Simon needs to totally rethink the concept of the groups category.   He doesn’t understand that 90s style boy and girl bands went out around the turn of the century here, and I doubt they are coming back soon.  Groups can still succeed in country, but Lakoda Rayne doesn’t fill the bill. They come off as wannabes, which is the kiss of death. They are like Jessica Simpson x4. Not good.  Totally not surprised the groups are hitting the bottom first. I expect at LEAST one group to make the bottom next week.

I’ll be liveblogging the X Factor results right here!

Who will leave the X Factor tonight? Steve Jones takes the stage.

Group performance! The X Factor Top 12 take the stage to sing…”Without You” by David Guetta. The vocals on this are really good, which means, of course, they are lip syncing. Except for Astro, who raps the mid-section and totally futzes up the words.

Download X Factor Performances

Time for a recap of last night’s ACTION PACKED SHOW. This recap is endless. I’m falling asleep. Plz get on with the show.

Next a promo piece for Pepsi. The contestants couldn’t be MORE EXCITED about the opportunity to make a PEPSI COMMERCIAL. OMG.

Next, Outasight takes the stage to sing “Tonight’s The Night” which is featured in those Pepsi commercials. Really, I hope Simon does better in the special guest department. This is pretty lame so far.

OK. We’re halfway through the show, and supposedly there are going to be some results.  The contestants are all. I don’t want to go home. I can’t go home. Please don’t send me home. BOTTOM 2 OMG NO.  Zzzzz. Nigel Lythgoe >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Simon Cowell.  At the very least, he keeps viewers from falling into a coma waiting for the results.

Just like the UK version all of the teams assemble on stage with their mentors.   Steve reveals, in no particular order, the Top 10 acts who are safe.

When LeRoy’s name was called, someone was bleeped.  All the boys are through! And so are the Girls!  The leave Stacy Francis for last for ultimate dramz.  And of course, there are TWO GROUPS IN THE BOTTOM 2 BECAUSE AMERICA HATES STUPID GROUPS. But, Simon is in denial.  Results Part 1 Results  Part 2

The Stereo Hogzz take the stage first.  Whoa this is so old fashioned. “Emotion” by Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb? Way to make yourself relevant boys.  Good thing you’re up against the lame Disney Incorporated, or you wouldn’t have a chance.  They sound pretty terrible left performing on their own without coaching.

InTENsity – “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson -  The Glee kids sang this song. It was Season 1 Episode 13.  The kids won sectionals and thanked Mr. Shue with a song.  He kissed Emma. The end. And yes, it’s very sad that I remember that.  Oh my. That dark haired kid looked like he was passing a brick during his solo. Pitchy and nervous. I dunno.  Performance is trainwrecky, but it’s hard to goof on a bunch of cute teenagers.  Having said that–InTENsity needs to leave.

Steven explains the rules.  The bottom 2 vote getters will perform a last chance song of their choosing for the judges, who will each pick an act to go home. If the vote is tied, the lowest vote getter goes home.

Simon is sending home: Stereo Hogzz (Simon thought their performance was the weakest)
Paula is sending home: InTensity (She’s GUTTED!)
Nicole is sending home: InTensity (blah blah blah)
L.A. is sending home: InTensity

Safe:

  • Marcus Canty
  • Drew
  • LeRoy Bell
  • Astro
  • Lakoda Rayne
  • Rachel Crow
  • Chris Rene
  • Josh Kracjik
  • Melanie Amaro
  • Stacy Francis

Bottom 2 (and will sing for survival)

  • InTENsity
  • Stereo Hogzz

 
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  • Anonymous

    Find me an equivalent article written by an American Journalist who believes the JoBros = The Backstreet Boys and I might be persuaded to change my mind. Maybe. I’ve never seen the 2 equated (other than the fact that they appeal to teen girls) here in the States.

    Obviously the music scene in the UK is different than here in the States. Something Simon hasn’t quite figured out yet.

  • shell29

    To me there are only 4 of the remaining 11 acts that I would classify as R&B/Hip Hop: Stereo Hoggz, Marcus Canty, Astro and Chris Rene.  OK, maybe five if I include Stacy Francis.  Do people consider Leroy “R&B” (I don’t but I could be wrong)?  Simon’s girls lean towards Pop, Lakoda Rayne is faux country, and Josh is Hot AC (I guess)?

  • Hazehel

    Here’s one from MTV, not about Jonas Brothers, but a different kind of boy bands that you are used to –  http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/boy_bands/050207/index.jhtml   A quote from the article –  The new boy bands are more likely to resemble Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Sum 41, Simple Plan or Dashboard Confessional, with a bigger emphasis on originality and realness than matching threads and hot dance moves. 

  • Anonymous

    Yep. Calling those bands “boy bands” while pointing out the mega differences between the two.

    JoBros, My Chemical Romance, Good Charlotte does not = Backstreet Boys, JLS, 1D. The thing they have in common is that young girls love them. Teen Idols will never go out of style.

    While bands who sing, dance and harmonize on other peoples songs can still make a splash on the UK charts, They don’t cut it here in the US. That was my point.

  • Hazehel

    That’s merely the evolution of boy bands.  You are trying to fix a definition of boy band that doesn’t really exist, because they change over time. Busted and McFly are boy bands, and they are part of the history of boy bands whether they like it or not (they certainly didn’t complain when they were first sold as boy bands, they only complained after they got big).  Now in the UK we are getting back to the Take That kind of boy bands, there is no reason why things won’t change in the US as well.

    However, the thing I will say with regard to X-Factor is that I’m not sure if their boy band is good enough.  OK looking, but not great singers.  It would work better if they have cute-looking boys like the ones in One Direction, and there would be a good chance that Simon can succeed in reviving those kinds of boy bands.  (I’m not sure if Simon can sell One Direction in the US though, it works better when they are home-grown boys).

  • Mateja Praznik

    Lance Bass recently put together a boyband:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt4AWNui9bg

    Truly awful.

  • Karen C

    Here’s one from MTV, not about Jonas Brothers, but a different kind of boy bands that you are used to –  http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/boy…   A quote from the article –  The new boy bands are more likely to resemble Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Sum 41, Simple Plan or Dashboard Confessional, with a bigger emphasis on originality and realness than matching threads and hot dance moves.

    I would consider those rock bands, but even if they are now considered boy band, and would be the type that would be popular in the US, it still isn’t the type of group that X-Factor is featuring, which is is pretty much singing/ dancing groups of the type that is not popular in the US.  Though, the closest thing that they had this year was the Brewer Brothers.

  • http://twitter.com/tinawinabina Tinawina

    Big Time Rush is the type of boy band y’all are talking about and they do fine, but of course they have a TV show like the Monkees. Still, I don’t think it’s some far off never to be done again type thing here. Besides, are we really ready to say America won’t take another Destiny’s Child-type group? Of course it could happen again. There were 2 group launched not too long ago from Diddy’s Making The Band that did well… I think both ended up breaking up, but the girl group in particular did well. I don’t think singing groups are an automatic fail.

  • hcpoirot

    Simon will not change the group category EVER. Why? (Shocker NOT), They are the canon fodder like any competition need few. (Remember Kris who supposed to be cannon fodder in season 8 and won) Simon need the groups and over 30′s to be cannon fodder, so one of his favorites (from boy or girls categories) can win the title easily. THough his plan kind of back fired in UK season 4,6 and 7.

    No groups had ever win any X Factors before and only two groups had a successful career in UK. After season 1, no Over 30 reach final 2 in UK. But Australia seems to love over 30 category. One win in season 2 and one had reach top 5 this year.

    Josh probably had the best chance from over 30 to reach top 5 and compete.

  • Anonymous

    Let’s just ditch the term boy band.

    Here’s what I’m talking about:  Vocal groups that dance and sing in harmony. They mostly sing other peoples songs, and don’t play instruments while they perform. Examples of this are JLS, 1Direction, Backstreet Boys.

    The type of vocal band I just described can still make hit records in the UK. But in the US, vocal bands went out of style 10 years ago. This is why US audiences are NOT connecting to the groups Simon is serving up to us.

    He needs to configure the group category to be US friendly. And frankly, I don’t think he has a clue as to what that is.  Or, he’s just delusional enough to think that he’s going to single-handedly bring about some kind of vocal group renaissance.

  • judes

    “No groups had ever win any X Factors before and only two groups had a successful career in UK. After season 1, no Over 30 reach final 2 in UK. But Australia seems to love over 30 category. One win in season 2 and one had reach top 5 this year.”

    Actually when Australia had X-Factor the first time a few years ago [ 2005] there was a group Random who won. Haven’t heard much about them lately but they sounded good together. Its only returned again last year & yes Altyan was an over 25 winner. This year though we have only a couple of weeks to go & Guy Sebastian’s category[Under 25 boys] still has 3 competing. 

  • Anonymous

    The USA public is not interested in groups, but… I think that would change in a hurry if the 4 talented, hot guys that are The RISK showed up on XF-USA.  Maybe next season, Simon will try to make it happen.

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