Since the early days of American Idol, I’ve argued that it–along with other talent competition series, from Top Chef to Project Runway–aren’t primarily talent competitions, especially when the public’s vote is involved. They’re popularity contests for which talent is, at best, one data point, and that’s what makes them reality shows rather than mere talent …
The X Factor was interrupted last night by baseball, and while having that show taken off our televisions for a few moments should be welcome, it turned out to be a mess that Simon Cowell called “a total f up.” Fox announced that last night’s episode will air, in its entirety, on Tuesday, because it …
Fox today announced what Simon Cowell called “the worst kept secret in Hollywood,” which is to say it wasn’t a secret at all: “Television personality Khloé Kardashian Odom and TV host and actor Mario Lopez will host the second season of The X Factor,” which last season was hosted by Steve Jones, until he was …
One of Wednesday’s more memorable auditions on The X Factor was Don Philip’s time on stage; he performed a duet, “I Will Still Love You,” with Britney in 1999. He says that he contemplated suicide following the audition because he felt set up by the show’s producers. Don Philip told the New York Post the …
I wanted nothing more than a reason to write off The X Factor: People may have watched last fall, but it was a show bankrupt of new ideas that was, at best, a slightly evolved version of American Idol. And it was crushed creatively by The Voice, which dumped most of the conventions of a …
NBC has added an additional hour to The Voice‘s third-season premiere week in order to compete directly against The X Factor‘s debut (never mind poor Big Brother). The X Factor‘s second season continues Thursday, meaning that between the two shows, there will be six hours of just those two music competitions next week, never mind …
Britney Spears and Demi Lovato are joining Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid to judge the second season of Fox’s The X Factor. If you’re still conscious after that sentence, you can see the new panel in a photo of the new judging panel Simon tweeted this afternoon. Fox said in a press release that “Spears …