December 21st, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Steve Jones has denied rumours that he is to be sacked from The X Factor USA.
It was reported yesterday that the hunky Welsh star would not be invited back to present the 2012 series of the hit Fox talent competition, because despite his good looks and great style, viewers have just not warmed to him.
Insiders claimed that his inefficiency at handling the Rachel Crow situation last week, just strengthened bosses’ resolve to find a new host of The X Factor, when it returns next year.
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December 20th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Fox bosses have reportedly decided that Steve Jones will not be fronting the X Factor USA for a second season next year.
Simon Cowell was sure that the Welsh star had the looks and the style to appeal to the American public but apparently he did not have the personality and as critics widely agree that Jones has been a terrible presenter for the new talent series, executives are thought to have told Cowell that they won’t be having his boy back in 2012.
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December 12th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Rachel Crow became quite the talking point, after she collapsed in floods of tears on The X Factor USA last week and it seems that some celebrities felt just as bad to see her cry as we did.
The 14 year old singer dropped to her knees and wailed when she found out that she had been eliminated from the hit Fox show a few days ago, after Nicole Scherzinger sent the result to deadlock and it was revealed that the talented teenager had received less votes that her competitor Marcus Canty.
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December 9th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
If you are a soft hearted individual, prone to tears and weeping episodes at sad charity adverts, then you are not going to enjoy this X Factor USA video clip.
On last night’s results show, Marcus Canty and Rachel Crow were revealed to be the bottom two contestants, who polled the least public votes since the previous performance episode.
The pair competed in a fraught sing off in which young Rachel took on Ella Fitzgerald’s I’d Rather Go Blind, while Marcus crooned the Rose Royce track I’m Going Down.
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November 3rd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Young Rachel Crow took to the X Factor USA stage last night and shone with her version of ‘Walking On Sunshine’ by Katrina and the Waves.
Or was it her version?
After the 13 year old singer from Longmont, Colorado performed the energetic number on the hit Fox talent show, Simon Cowell claimed that the adaptation he made to the lyrics for Rachel’s performance was him ‘being inventive’ but we’d claim that actually, it was him being a copycat!
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October 27th, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
On the far side of the Atlanic ocean, another version of The X Factor is playing out and it’s far superior to the farce that our beloved UK version has become. Guess what? They have actual singers on this strange, talent-focused version. And not a novelty act in sight.
So, for all you fans of singing out there, we thought we’d bring you a special treat: The X Factor USA’s Top 12 finalists in all their glory complete with links to their first live performances on the show.
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September 22nd, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Rachel Crow made her TV debut on last night’s X factor USA series premiere.
The 13 year old singer was cuter than cute when she first appeared on the new Fox talent competition and on why she decided to enter, she told cameras:
I really want to be a singer. I sing all the time, everywhere I go. My sister says it’s because I’m crazy, but I don’t think I’m crazy, I think I just love singing.
This audition is the most important thing I have ever done, in my life.
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