Season 1: Week 10

Did Leroy Bell feel like his elimination was a foregone conclusion? At a recent Fox-sponsored press conference, he said “In the beginning, I didn’t know much about the show … I didn’t think about it seriously at first.” And when asked about his reaction to his ouster, Bell admitted that “I knew the decision would come.” There’s a pall of...

As these X Factor results show become more familiar, they don't get any less heart-wrenching. Each week, we see the Bottom Two singing for their lives in a well-orchestrated, well-lit Survival Song performance. These are songs they have to practice every week in case they're on the chopping block, and they have to be good at them, but they hope they never have to sing them. Here's some...

It was three rings of mayhem last week when the Top 9 (who were very suddenly the Top 8 and then a little less suddenly, the Final 7) performed a wild P!nk mashup during the X Factor USA results show. We've linked to the video of that performance below if you need a refresher. Here, however, we have the official X Factor USA stylists duscussing each contestant's look! It's a Thanksgiving week...

Remember when we asked if Lakoda Rayne was doomed? Well, turns out it was kind of a rhetorical question, as Paula Abdul’s group finally got the boot two days ago. Of course, there could be any number of reasons for this — like, say, the reasons the judges provided — but Simon Cowell theorizes that the decision was motivated by something more sinister.

That’s right:...