It's the first "Judges' House" episode of "The X Factor," where the contestants go to the judges' actual homes to rehearse and vie for the spots on the live shows. Yes, I do think this is weird. And yes, all the judges' houses are amazing. Of course. Did more

After almost buying in last night, I’m now entirely in on ‘The X Factor’. The auditions for this show were terrible. Stale, over processed pieces of nothing that distracted from the music, judges a... http://www.starpulse.com/news/Andrew_Payne/2011/10/07/ more

In comparison to other performance-based shows like “America’s Got Talent” or even its predecessor on Fox, “American Idol,” the competition on “The X-Factor” is set up in an unusual format. While all of the contestants are required to audition alone at va more

Okay, I'm getting excited! Now that  The X Factor  has finally combed through the riff raff and come up with 32 decent "acts" (such an appropriate term when you think about it -- or when you don't), I have a bit more confidence that this can tur more

AttenTION! (Military joke!) We’re back at boot camp tonight on The X Factor, which picks up pretty much back where we left off yesterday, which means more group performances.Group 1: Brennin Hunt, Equality, Marcus Canty, Matthew Johnson, Ma’at Bingham Sha more

Tonight on The X Factor we say goodbye to a lot more acts and emotions are running wild. Judges cry, contestants cry, the crew may as well cry! We have a lot of business to cover, so let's get on with it, shall we? Last night we saw eight groups p more

Can you believe it's already time to narrow the X Factor field to just 32? Ready or not, here it comes... but not before we see the rest of the "ensemble" performances and one last round of (sometimes embarrassingly bad) solo performances. So, who made it more

It's Boot Camp day 2 for "The X Factor" - the Top 32 are revealed, plus each category is assigned a judge. Exciting stuff.More group time:The Chris Rene-Brennin Hunt group gets "What's Going On" by the late, great Marvin Gaye. Awesome song for these voice more