When Simon Cowell left American Idol to produce a new Fox singing show, I think most of us figured it would be a bigger splash than what the X Factor USA has been for two seasons. For the first season, Cowell tabbed American Idol friend Paula Abdul and original singing reality show girl Nicole Scherzinger to join he and producer LA Reid as mentors. For season two, he replaced Abdul and Scherzinger with Britney Spears and Demi Lovato. Spears was […]
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The Reality Check Podcast – The X Factor USA Season 2 Finale
Via BayArea.com Tiffany (@TVProducerLady) and GG (@roheblius) are back to discuss the season finale of the X Factor USA. It was a two night affair that was long on hours and not so long on surprises and good television. We discuss why Tate Stevens won and why we predicted him to win even if he wasn’t our favorite. We also talk about the season as whole. Why were we disappointed in this season compared to last? What were some of […]
The X Factor USA Season 2 – And Then There Were 3
Even if you weren’t an Emblem3 fan, you had to be surprised to see them go instead of Fifth Harmony. Simon’s pandering to the audience for votes for Fifth Harmony more than likely hurt Emblem3’s chances. He pandered for the wrong team. It left us with a rather bland final three. Tate Stevens was an early favorite who got boring mid-season and finished strong. Carly Rose has been consistently good all season long. And Fifth Harmony has been terribly inconsistent […]
The X Factor USA Season 2 – And Then There Were 4
Finally, oh finally, CeCe Frey was given the boot by America. Sadly, so was Diamond White and not Tate Stevens, who I’d been finding to be a bit boring until Wednesday night. But we’re down the the final four. Right now, Tate Stevens, Emblem3, Carly Rose Sonenclar, and Fifth Harmony are left. Simon’s the only one with two acts left. And poor Demi’s eye brows has no one left. Mario and Khloe let us know that there would be no […]
The X Factor USA Season 2 – And Then There Were 8
As far as I can tell, this isn’t a double elimination week. At least Mario didn’t tell us it was. Now that we’re down to eight, we need to do away with the two hour show. It allowed for longer video packages and story telling, which is probably more important than the actual performances when it comes to making the acts stars if they are done well. But, if the video packages aren’t interesting, it can hurt the show a […]
The X Factor USA Season 2 – And Then There Were 10
Via XFactorUSA.com First off, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. But, Tate Stevens y’all? Is he really that good? I have a theory about Tate Stevens and you can let me know what you think about it in the comments. Tate may be the least offensive contestant in the history of all music shows. How can you dislike him? He’s a good dad and a good husband and a good son and the guy is hard to dislike. Does it make him […]
The X Factor USA Season 2 – And Then There Were 12
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I think we need to hold a moment of silence for my guy, Jason Brock who was unjustly eliminated last week. In three, two, one … I’m not exactly sure why anyone would vote for CeCe Fray after her horrendous performance of Eye Of The Tiger. Jason Brock wasn’t great himself, but from a talent standpoint, you can at least tell that he was head and shoulders above CeCe. But America didn’t think so and they sent him home. What […]
The X Factor USA Season 2 – And Then There Were 16
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On Wednesday, I posted my top 16 rankings of the X Factor USA contestants . It wasn’t a very popular list and in fact, my Popblerd Reality Check podcast co-host, Tiffany (aka @TVProducerLady ) tweeted this at me today in response to my request to do a podcast this weekend: I don’t think she agrees with my assessment of the X Factor USA talent. I’ve been blogging American Idol and now X Factor for almost ten years. And I’m going to shake up the way that I blog these shows […]
Reality Check – Ranking The Top 16 X Factor Season 2 Contestants
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The X Factor is back for season two after a fairly entertaining season one. After putting all his American Idol eggs into his X Factor basket, Simon Cowell brought over his very successful UK show to an American audience, but it wasn’t a hit in the way I’m sure he expected it to be. Ratings weren’t high and Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul didn’t really work as mentors. And if you don’t remember the guy who hosted, you’re not alone. […]
The Popblerd Reality Check Podcast – It’s Britney *****
Tiffany ( @tvproducerlady on Twitter) and I have been doing this podcast for nearly a year now. And it finally has a name. Welcome to The Popblerd Reality Check. We chop it up for nearly 80 minutes of fun and games and here are some of the things we discuss: – The new American Idol judges panel which now includes Mariah Carey (aka Honey B. Fly), Nikki Minaj, Keith Urban, and Randall Jackson. We wonder how many country artists had to […]
Vital Idol – Why J. Lo Needs To Keep Her Big Behind On American Idol
Oh, what great timing I have. Below is what I posted early Friday morning before Jennifer Lopez told Ryan Seacrest that she’s out as judge on American Idol. With news that Steven Tyler is leaving American Idol, the eyeballs turn toward Jennifer Lopez who previously has been noncommittal about coming back to the show. J. Lo was on the Today show and had this quote (as posted by the LA Times ): Everybody wants that definite yes or no … there are so many other things that […]
The X Factor – And Then There Were 3
We’re down to the nitty gritty. After Marcus Canty was booted out of the show by America last week, it left just three contestants; Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik, and Chris Rene. Some may say that one of these things is not like the other. And they’d be right. Chris Rene is lyrically, the ugly duckling of the show. His vocals are average at best and his rapping is worse than Astro’s was … when he was five. But what Chris […]