The X Factor Top 13 Will Perform Again Tonight Due to a Voting Glitch

There was a voting glitch during last night’s X Factor. Because wrong numbers were displayed during the performance recap at the end of the broadcast, the 13 finalists will perform their Save Me songs during a special 1 hour performance show tonight.

The results will be revealed next Wednesday, before the remaining contestants perform songs from the 1980s.

Dancing with the Stars had a similar issue a few weeks ago.  But instead of a do-over, there was no elimination the following week.

In Season 4 of American Idol, when wrong numbers were flashed during the broadcast, a brand new episode was scheduled during the same week, to watch video clips of the contestants’ performance with the correct number attached.  The situation is not unprecedented. However, it’s the last thing the ailing singing show needs at the moment. If folks are fed up the show, they can just switch over to The Voice results show airing on NBC.

Simon tweeted about the glitch late last night:

A lot of you noticed there were some problems with the voting numbers at the end of the show tonight…you were right! There was an issue so everyone has to sing their save me song live tomorrow and America will vote on that performance. Mistakes happen. But now I have 24 hours to prepare my groups for tomorrow night. Let’s hope they all deliver. Now they will understand what pressure means. It’s happened once before. It’s live tv. You have to deal with it, tough for the contestants though. But you have to dig deep and deliver. And for a couple of contestants they must be thanking their lucky stars they get to sing another song tomorrow.

Will a scheduled performance by Selena Gomez be squeezed into tonight’s broadcast as well? It’s not clear from the press release FOX released last night:

“THE X FACTOR” TOP 13 ACTS GET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AMERICA’S VOTE

BRAND NEW PERFORMANCES BY FINALISTS AND RE-VOTE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, ON FOX

Voting Will Open After Tomorrow’s Performance Show And Results Will Be Revealed on Wednesday, November 13

As a result of a graphics error (incorrect voting numbers were displayed on screen) during the performance recap at the end of tonight’s East Coast broadcast of THE X FACTOR, the Top 13 acts will perform their “Save Me” songs for America’s re-vote, in a live, one-hour performance show airing tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed).  The results from tomorrow night’s vote will be revealed next week on THE X FACTOR airing Wednesday, Nov. 13 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

Voting for THE X FACTOR begins immediately after tomorrow’s performance show and viewers will be able to SuperVote via www.TheXFactorUSA.com, via toll-free calling, as well as text messaging (standard text-messaging rates may apply), The X Factor USA app (data and message rates may apply), the Shazam App and Facebook at www.Facebook.com/TheXFactorUSA.  Due to out of pattern voting, viewers voting via toll-free calling will hear the standard prerecorded outgoing message, “watch THE X FACTOR tomorrow,” however, the results will be revealed next Wednesday. Please visit www.TheXFactorUSA.com for additional voting information.

Tune-in next week on Wednesday, Nov. 13 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), as the voting results are revealed and the remaining Finalists perform hit songs from the 1980s.  On Thursday, Nov. 14(8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) another act will be sent home.

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