Did you watch the X factor Top 10 perform “rock” songs (more or less!) last night? Here are what pundits across the web are saying about the show. Read my recap HERE.
‘The X Factor’ on the scene: Rihanna, audience questions, and… glow sticks? – Yet all of those fantastical creatures were nothing compared to what awaited me inside the Xanadome: an audience that was absolutely bonkers. They were crazy loud, reaching a decibel level comparable to a symphony of jackhammers. They were crazy energetic, sometimes jumping up and down as frequently as this adorable dog. And some of them were simply crazy crazy, like a woman in the audience who, during a commercial break, delivered an incomprehensible speech in support of LeRoy Bell — a speech that, for reasons that’ll be debated for centuries to come, ended with the words “women power!” – EW
‘The X Factor’ recap: Rock Weak – Welcome back to The X Factor, where it was ROCK WEEK! The top 10 “acts” performed songs that either were rock and roll or “in the style of rock and roll.” The only person who legitimately rocked out was Josh Krajcik, though P.K. Marcus Canty did make a valiant effort by sliding through six sleazy dancers’ spread-open legs, just like Janis Joplin used to do. Simon then attempted to steal Rock Week’s thunder because he had just joined Twittah — and the fact of the mattah is, it worked. – EW
‘X Factor’ Top 10 Recap: Rock ‘N’ Roll is Dead – This week’s top 10 show on “The X Factor” was originally supposed to be Lady Gaga/Madonna Night. But at the last minute, Simon Cowell changed it to Rock Night. As it turned out, the switch made little difference. Rock Night just didn’t really, well, rock. Of course, with a top 10 cast of mostly R&B, pop, and country singers, it was understandable that few of the contestants were willing, or able, to tap into their (possibly entirely non-existent) inner rock stars. But some of them didn’t even get assigned actual rock songs that would have allowed them to do so, anyway. – Yahoo
‘X Factor’ judges struggle to define ‘rock’ – Wednesday’s “X Factor” marked the start of rock week, which resulted in some solid performances, one excruciating number, and a series of painful arguments between the judges on the definition of “rock song.” For example, Simon Cowell didn’t think Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bob Marley counted, so the Chris Rene tribute didn’t resonate with him. – MSNBC
‘X Factor’: Rock Week, loosely defined – First up, LeRoy Bell, who, at age 60, is the oldest contestant on the show. Little known fact about LeRoy: He’s 60! Or so nobody ever tires of reminding us on “X-F.” LeRoy will sing Bob Seger’s “We’ve Got Tonight.” LeRoy is “chill,” his “mentor” Nicole Scherzinger reminds us in the taped lead-in, and his performance is pretty much unmodulated from start to finish. No highs, no lows. “You’re not workin’ like a rock star,” judge/mentor LA Reid complains, accusing poor LeRoy with the ultimate insult on “X”: disrespecting that $5 million that’s at stake. – Washington Post
‘X Factor’ Watch: Not Quite Rocking Out – It was rock night Wednesday on “The X Factor,” but only one real rock star turned up: Josh Krajcik, who owned the evening with his rendition of the Foo Fighters song “The Pretender.” The performance brought all four judges to their feet and solidified Mr. Krajcik’s place as one of the top contenders. Oh, and in other news, Paula Abdul said something intelligent. – NY Times
‘X Factor’ Redux: Josh Krajcik Makes Rock Week While Others Punk Out (Video) – Fox
There were a lot of very good performances on Wednesday’s performance showon Fox’s The X Factor, but very few of them rocked. And I’m not talking in the colloquial way, like “rock” as in “that was really good.” I’m talking about rock as in the raw feel of the genre. If the show is going to name a theme, then shouldn’t the acts actually try to work with it? – Hollywood Reporter
X Factor: Rock(ish) night – Rock night? Did we not learn anything from American Idol and theme weeks? Then again, what that really means is, “Pick any genre you want, really, and we’ll just call it rock in the end.” (Wink.) And let me just say, I wish the judges would SHUT UP AND JUDGE. Maybe having them mentor contestants wasn’t such a good idea. Especially tonight, it created an air of cattiness, bullying and DRAMA. Enough already. – Chron.com
The X Factor – Why see The X Factor live? This is the question I began asking myself as I sat alone in a holding area outside CBS Television City in the late afternoon LA haze, without a phone to tweet snide observations or even check the time with. I mean, there’s the obvious novelty of being in a big loud technicolor room that has Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger in it, but then there’s also the sheer terror of being in a big loud technicolor room that has Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger in it. I could have stayed home and watched this from the comfort of my couch and remained healthily detached from this televised spectacle that has steadily consumed more and more of my brainspace week after week. But no, it was clearly time to dive in and offer up the last remains of my sanity to SyCo Entertainment. – AV Club
