Tonight was the first live show of “The X Factor”, and here’s one more thing I love: 17 contestants performed and by the end of the night, we knew which 12 were moving on to the next round. The contestants in each category performed, and then the judge mentoring that group decided which contestants were…

On tonight’s episode of “The X Factor” we found out which 16 acts move on to the live rounds. I made some predictions, and I was right about 75% of the time. We’ll start with the boys, who were in the Hamptons with L.A. Reid. I predicted that Phillip Lomax, Chris Rene, Marcus Canty and…

Last week, “The X Factor” was bumped around a bit due to baseball playoffs, but we did get to see the performances from the 32 contestants who made it through to the judges’ home round. I’d love to give you a play by play, but unfortunately the dogs ate my notes. Seriously. The dog literally…

  This just in: after a heavy fan write-in campaign, Downhere’s Marc Martel has just been added as a nominee for the MTV O Awards 2 in the Best Fan Cover category for his YouTube.com video audition of “Somebody To Love” for the Queen Extravaganza. (Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, I included it…

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