Turns out that Chris Rene isn’t the only LA Reid protege landing record deals at Epic Records. Reid has also inked deals with former X Factor hopefuls Marcus Canty and Astro at the same label covering Melanie Amaro. Allegedly, when asked to sign his paperwork, Astro crossed his arms and said he shouldn’t even have [...]

Congratulations to Chris Rene. The debut season of X Factor USA’s second runner-up has just revealed that he’s got himself a record deal courtesy of LA Reid: Chris Rene, X Factor’s third-place finisher last season, has just told EW exclusively that he’ll be officially signing to Epic Records. “I’ve dreamt about this moment my whole [...]

Your opportunity to audition online for The X Factor 2012 season is nearly over. You have just 2.5 more days to get that audition video submitted through XFactor’s official audition site before the end of 2011. As a reminder, you must be 12 years old, your video must be less than 2 minutes, and you [...]

It looks like no one but Simon and Paula are safe for X Factor 2012. Simon sat down with People magazine and revealed that he’s expecting big changes in the coming months and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make XFactor as big as he wants. “Can we make the show better? Yes. [...]

Simon Cowell took some time to reflect on the first season of The X Factor USA and what he had in mind for next season which FOX has already ordered up. Overall Simon says he was happy with the premiere season here in America, but could things change? Oh yes, you bet they can. “In [...]

It’s results time on The X Factor 2011! We’re about to find out who wins after last night’s performance show featuring the season’s Top 3: Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik, and Chris Rene. There can be only one! I’ll be updating this post live with tonight’s results. I’m not sure how they’ll play this out since [...]

The big finale wraps up tonight when we find out who won X Factor 2011 and who goes home without the $5 million recording contract. No matter who wins, I’d guess all three of these singers will get themselves a contract so congrats to all of them for making it this far. What we probably [...]

It’s time for the big X Factor 2011 finale show. The remaining Top 3 singers: Josh, Chris, and Melanie; perform tonight for one last chance at your votes. The singers drew cards earlier this week and set their order of appearance. Melanie has the best spot as she’ll be closing out the show, though I [...]

It all comes down to this. The X Factor 2011 Top 3 finale show airs tonight on FOX starting at 8PM. Melanie, Josh, and Chris will battle it out for your votes in the hopes of winning the $5 million recording contract. Kinda crazy to think one of these three will earn $5 million, but [...]

Update: Online XFactor auditions have been reopened. Register here to audition. Think you’ve got the X Factor? Here’s your chance to prove it. Online auditions are now open for the X Factor 2012 season and you better hurry because they don’t last long! Online auditions for the second season of THE X FACTOR are now [...]