'The X Factor'

Episodes

• Episode 26 | Aired Dec 20 Country Strong Fifth Harmony, Carly, or Tate just won $5 million and free Pepsi injections for life Read our live blog Comments + Latest Recap
• Episode 25 | Aired Dec 13 Tell the World that I'm Coming Home Three acts advance to next week's finals; Bruno Mars performs Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 25 | Aired Dec 19 Anything Could Happen Will Fifth Harmony, Carly, or Tate win the pot of gold? And will it explode into five million lasers? Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 24 | Aired Dec 12 Bonfire of the Vanities Two of the top 4 acts take on the Beatles. Are these judges/mentors for real?! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 23 | Aired Dec 6 Four to the Floor The top 4 acts advance to Wednesday's semifinals; Ke$ha 'sings' her latest fright fest Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 22 | Aired Dec 5 On the Edge The top six acts compete for four spots in next week's semifinals Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 21 | Aired Nov 29 Saved By No Woman Two of the top 8 acts depart the fiery red planet; Alicia Keys and Josh Krajcik perform Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 20 | Aired Nov 28 Run Around and Desert You One of the Top 8 acts leaves her mentor's wishes in the dust; Britney Spears and will.i.am Rickroll us in their own way Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 19 | Aired Nov 22 Simon Cowell Shoots Two Turkeys How dare he! Two of the Top 10 Acts head home on a 'festive' Thanksgiving results show Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 18 | Aired Nov 21 Gobble Up the Emotions The top 10 acts and their traumatic backstories would love nothing more than to make you cry. Happy Thanksgiving! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 17 | Aired Nov 15 The Top 10 Two acts face elimination, Taylor Swift performs, and can you guess how a Mario Lopez vs. Simon Cowell face-off turned out? Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 16 | Aired Nov 14 Funky Divas It's Diva Night! Time for the top 11 acts to break out the sparkles and sob stories... Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 15 | Aired Nov 8 The Top 12, Redux The Top 12 are announced, as is their viewer-vote ranking. A reality TV first, brought to you personally by Mario Lopez! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 14 | Aired Nov 7 Feed the Birds The sound of the Top 12 acts is something not quite atrocious. Only you can save them from eternal hunger and despair! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 13 | Aired Nov 1 The Fakers' Dozen Simon, L.A., Britney, and Demi pick their Top 12 acts; four head home. It's time. To Leopard Face. The music! Comments +
• Episode 12 | Aired Oct 31 Fright Night Break out the scary lasers! The Top 16 acts take the live stage for the first time Comments +
• Episode 11 | Aired Oct 23 You Get to Live Britney Spears and L.A. Reid narrow their categories from six to four in a clipped episode; the rest are revealed on Oct. 23 Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 10 | Aired Oct 11 Never Say Never, Unless You Bomb Justin Bieber and will.i.am join L.A. Reid and Britney Spears for Judges' Homes: Night 2 Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 09 | Aired Oct 10 You're a Rich Judge, And It's Gone Too Far The 24 acts visit the judges' homes. Check out how wealthy they are! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 08 | Aired Oct 4 What's Going On? Not much! Night 2 of Boot Camp yields zero results and five million forgotten lyrics Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 07 | Aired Oct 3 It's Boot Camp, Bitch It's Miami Dreamin' as 120 'acts' tear and claw at each other's leopard-print clothing/facial tattoos for a chance at the Top 24 Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 06 | Aired Sep 27 Give a Fat Boy a Chance It's the final plumped-up auditions episode. May the most narcissistic preteen win! Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 05 | Aired Sep 26 Full House There's room for everyone -- decent singers, Gene Simmons' daughter, a bleating China doll, and all of Britney's hats Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 04 | Aired Sep 20 Country Cookin' The crazy grits 'n' gravy train rolls into Greensboro on the fourth night of auditions Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 03 | Aired Sep 19 Easy Breezy Wheezy Yes All aboard the Panda Express! The third auditions episode is surprisingly awesome Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 02 | Aired Sep 13 Just Like a Circus Many terrible people audition in San Francisco and Providence; Britney Spears doesn't want those flowers Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 01 | Aired Sep 12 Britney Spears Gives Good Face An appropriately bitchy Brit and Demi Lovato join the judging panel for season 2 Read our live blog Comments +