There are 162 acts that made it to "X Factor" Boot Camp. We hope this has as much drama as the "American Idol" Hollywood Week usually does. Meltdowns! Meltdowns! Meltdowns!The contestants have a week to compete in various challenges and each day some will more

We’ve reached the end of the audition rounds, and thus far ‘The X Factor’ has been something of a dud. http://www.starpulse.com/news/Andrew_Payne/2011/09/30/xfactor_recap_the_final_round_of_audit

For the fourth and final auditions episode of  The X Factor , cool Steve Jones and the Gang visited Newark (just across the river from the real city, they swear) and San Francisco. Most of the two hours was a whole lotta nothing, but there was a love more

'The X-Factor' Season 1, Episode 4, Auditions: TV Recap. Final auditions for the X Factor, and since we’re seeing shots of the Empire State Building you’d think it was NYC—but no! it’s Newark! And there’s Bon Jovi, so it must be New Jersey. We’re told the more

I have to acknowledge that that thing where I suggested that last Thursday's really awful episode of "The X Factor" might kill the show? I was wrong. I assumed that as a new show, its ratings might be vulnerable, but it turns out that just because "X Fact more

I’ve determined that ‘The X-Factor’ may be the ultimate TiVo condensing show. Even more than a baseball game (where you end up fast-forwarding in between every pitch), ‘X-Factor’ offers a bevy of s... http://www.starpulse.com/news/Andrew_Payne/2011/09/29/ more

'The X-Factor': Season 1, Episode 3: Auditions. If “American Idol” added a bright red X to the stage and locked Ryan Seacrest in a closet there would be no telling the difference between the reality music competition and “The X Factor.” Well, except there more

The first of this week's 'X Factor' episodes was a little lacking in actual talent , but it's reassuring to know that we only have to suffer through one more audition round before we can get to the good stuff. (I wonder if all of the true stars are bein more