HitFix's Daniel Fienberg recaps the Tuesday (October 18) episode of The X Factor, featuring the announcement of the season's Top 16. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-fien-print/posts/recap-the-x-factor-judges-house-3-live-blog

Paula and Pharell dissect the groups on The X Factor. Ladies and gentlemen, it is on like B.D. Wong. Tonight, I started truly enjoying The X Factor . I’m as surprised as you are. Okay, it’s still way too long. Four hours a week is, at this stage, far more

In honor of ‘ The X Factor ’ starting its show last night with  eight minutes  of footage from previous episodes, I’m going to recap my ‘X-Factor’ column so far. I hated the auditions. I loved the group performances at Boot Camp. The show sold m more

On Sunday evening, “The X-Factor” completed the first “judges’ homes” cycle of the competition as the remaining 16 hopefuls performed songs for their future mentors. Simon Cowell was assigned The Girls (under 30), L.A. Reid The Boys (under 30), Paula Abdu more

"Welcome back. To  The X Factor . And to Frahhhnce!" announced Steve Jones. Time to turn the lights down low at the judges' "homes" -- same day, new two-hour episode. Well, different day. Did everyone enjoy FACING THE MUSIC on a Sunday night for a ch more

The last of the 32 acts invited to their mentors' homes will perform tonight on The X Factor . The Girls, Boys, Groups and Over 30s are all battling one another for the four slots remaining in each category for spots in the live shows. http://www.buddytv. more

We're down to only 32 acts, divided into four groups. You know this by now (because they mention it every episode!), but in case you've contracted temporary amnesia, the groups are: boys, girls, old folks and groups. Paula's "groups" will meet at her mans more

A day after a rain-delayed baseball game pushed back the start of Judges’ Houses week, I can’t wait to get started breaking down the performances from all the contestants. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Andrew_Payne/2011/10/14/the_xfactor_recap_the_first more