Antonio "L.A." Reid

Regardless of your feelings about the actual contestants on The X Factor 2012, it’s clear that every one of the judges is causing some pretty strong reactions.

People (us included) were worried Britney Spears wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure of judging and mentoring on the show. But considering all four of her Teens are still in the competition, she must be doing something...

Jason Brock and CeCe Frey ended up in the bottom 2 on The X Factor live results show on November 8, 2012, which was approximately 50% shocking to us. We figured that after Jason’s so-so showings the past couple weeks, he would have to really bring it to make it.

If you had asked us after the auditions and boot camp, we would have put all our money on CeCe to win it all. But since the...