Lyric 145

For everyone who went to elementary school in America, you know that popularity is the number-one most important thing in the WHOLE WORLD! Okay, so not really, but when it comes to Planet X Factor, how many votes you get matters more than everything.

So, how did things come out in the end? Here’s how it went down:

1. Tate Stevens
2. Carly Rose Sonenclar
3. Fifth Harmony
4. Emblem3
5. ...

We get it — some time the song you picked at the beginning of the week just isn’t working. You try everything to make it soar, and ultimately you realize the problem isn’t you, the choreography, the staging, or your costume. It’s the song. Nevertheless, isn’t changing your song at the last minute basically like committing X Factor suicide? And, if so, could Vino......

Lyric 145 went home way too early on The X Factor (fact), after their lackluster performance on “Diva Week” failed to earn them enough support to stay. But before they sang the Queen-Katy Perry mashup of doom, they told us they were stoked about singing an original song.

Unfortunately for the hip-hop trio, their mentor Simon Cowell scratched that idea less than 24 hours before...

Lyric da Queen — and her signature eye patch— was born to rock the mic, but X Factor voters didn’t seem to understand hip hop group Lyric 145. Speaking with reporters after the emotional November 15, 2012 results show, Simon Cowell was refreshingly candid about losing his charismatic mentees in the double elimination. Here’s what Simon had to say about Lyric...

America never really got Lyric 145 on The X Factor 2012, and we have something to say about it. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!! Cuz here’s the thing: Lyric Da Queen and One4Five are so awesome, it’s ridiculous. We are heartbroken and furious and generally up in arms, and not in a “waving them in the air because we just don’t care” sorta way. Here are five...