'The X Factor'

Episodes

• Episode 26 | Aired Dec 22 All I Want for Christmas is $5 Million Chris, Josh, and Melanie face off -- and the one with the best 'Love Actually' treatment wins! Read our live blog Comments + Latest Recap
• Episode 25 | Aired Dec 21 You Oughta Show The Top 3 duet with Alanis, Avril, and R. Kelly -- and sing their audition songs Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 24 | Aired Dec 15 And Then There Were Three One of the Top 4 heads home; Nicole Scherzinger growls and it ain't pretty Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 23 | Aired Dec 14 Breaking Dawn Melanie, Josh, Chris, and Marcus are feeling good for the Top 4 performance show Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 22 | Aired Dec 8 The Final Four Nicole Scherzinger gets booed for sending the bottom two into deadlock; tears ensue  Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 21 | Aired Dec 7 Shut Up and Dance The Top 5 perform dance music hits -- wait, what? -- and their Save Me songs Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 20 | Aired Dec 1 It Must Have Been Love... Two of the Top 7 head home, and one of them is a shocker Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 19 | Aired Nov 30 Jackson 7 The Top 7 take on the Michael Jackson songbook, but the night's MVP is Blanket Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 18 | Aired Nov 23 Two for the Go Steve Jones claims the dream is over for two of nine acts; Bruno Mars performs Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 17 | Aired Nov 22 A New Gratitude The top 9 give thanks to moms, BFFs and gospel choirs in a Thanksgiving-themed episode Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 16 | Aired Nov 17 Stop Disrespecting Your Mom! A contestant refuses to accept bottom-two status; Rihanna performs Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 15 | Aired Nov 16 Rock Weak The Top 10 sort of attempt to rock out on another theme night Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 14 | Aired Nov 10 No Safety in Numbers Despite Paula Abdul's best efforts to disappear/alter the course of reality, another act gets sent home Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 13 | Aired Nov 9 Songs from Movies L.A. Reid Has Never Seen The top 11 acts sing hits from film soundtracks on a rather arbitrary theme night Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 12 | Aired Nov 3 The Kids Are All Wrong The right act goes home during the first live result show; Outasight perform Comments +
• Episode 11 | Aired Nov 2 'Tis the Season to be Caterwaul-y The judges think all 12 of the remaining acts are absolutely wonderful Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 10 | Aired Oct 25 The Fakers' Dozen The faux-bickering judges decide on the top 12 acts in the first live show Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 09 | Aired Oct 18 String-Em-Along Cheese The drama-queen judges pick 17 acts to advance to next Tuesday's first live show Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 08 | Aired Oct 16 Cheers to Their Wealth The second half of the top 32 acts perform in front of the judges and guest mentors at their respective mansions Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 07 | Aired Oct 13 C'est Bon La Vie The 32 acts visit the judges' "homes"; the lucky-duck girls get to fly to France Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 06 | Aired Oct 6 Won Moments in Time Boot Camp concludes as the judges pick the top 32 and learn whether they'll be coaching Girls, Boys, Over 30s, or Groups Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 05 | Aired Oct 5 Moot Camp The first of two Boot Camp episodes delivers some decent group performances, some terrible ones, a hot tub scene, and no verdicts Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 04 | Aired Sep 29 Hi. We're in...Newark. The crew hits Newark and San Francisco for the last audition rounds Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 03 | Aired Sep 28 Hot Dog! It's Seattle's Best Auditions continue in Chicago and Seattle; Simon accuses Paula and Nicole of hating the ladies Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 02 | Aired Sep 22 Miami Bleat Auditions continue in Miami and Dallas; the judges pretend to be scared of ghosts Read our live blog Comments +
• Episode 01 | Aired Sep 21 Simon Says Yes Mr. Cowell eases back into action with a grey sweater and a $5 million twinkle in his eye Comments +