We finally find out the format for the "X Factor" Top 17. Each group performs and each judge sends home one person from his or her group (Simon has to cut two girls) and that gives us the Top 12 that presumably the American public will get to start voting more

HitFix's Daniel Fienberg live-blogs the Tuesday (October 25) episode of The X Factor, featuring performances from the Top 17. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-fien-print/posts/recap-the-x-factor-top-17-performances-live-blog

Elaine Gibbs endures Nicole's pre-decision bobs and weaves on The X Factor. Hey, do you guys remember a couple of days ago, when I told you I was starting to love The X Factor ? Well, tonight we started fighting. Our relationship is in jeopardy, but we ar more

THE X FACTOR  (US)  “The Final 16 Chosen” Episode 9 – So here we have it: the Judges’ Decisions. Please note this is not who they think is the best  performer… but rather the people they think they can win the game  with. Bec more

So far, I’ve done my best to keep ‘The X Factor’ and ‘American Idol’ completely separate. However, now that we’ve reached the cut down before the live shows, I’m going to take one element from my ‘... http://www.starpulse.com/news/Andrew_Payne/2011/10/19/ more

['The X Factor' - 'Season 1, Episode 9'] You've got to admire the tenacity of 'The X Factor' producers, attempting to milk two hours of TV from what basically amounts to a ten-minute announcement. I doubt that any self-respecting audience member actuall more

Ready to see which 16 acts are moving on to The X Factor live shows? So are we! Unlike tonight's episode, we won't make you read this for two hours in order to find out who finally made the cut. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-x-factor/the-x-factor-re more

After a giant montage o' filler, "The X Factor" gets down to business whittling the Top 32 to the Top 16, four from each of the four categories: girls, boys, over 30s and groups.My predictions (and also my hopes) before they are revealed (and I am spoiler more