Teenage MC will be on today’s ‘RapFix Live’ at 4 p.m. on MTV.com to discuss his new deal with Epic Records.By Rob Markman Astro Photo: Getty Images Astro might not have taken home top honors on “X Factor,” but the 15-year-old Brooklyn MC scored a huge win nonetheless. MTV News has exclusively learned that the [...]
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‘X Factor’ Crowns Melanie Amaro First US Winner
December 23rd, 2011 
admin 19-year-old from Florida receives a $5 million recording contract and a spot in a Pepsi commercial that will air during the Super Bowl.By Adam Graham Melanie Amaro performs on “The X Factor” finale Photo: FOX From early reject to grand-prize winner, Melanie Amaro was crowned champion of Fox’s “The X Factor” on Thursday (December 22), [...]
‘X Factor’ Finale Features Guest Duets
December 22nd, 2011 admin R. Kelly, Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette join contestants on their final night of performances.By Adam Graham Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro on “The X Factor” Wednesday Photo: Ray Mickshaw / FOX At the outset of Wednesday’s (December 21) 90-minute “The X Factor” performance finale, which pitted three singers — Josh Krajcik, Chris [...]
‘X Factor’: Marcus Canty’s Time Runs Out
December 16th, 2011 admin Josh Krajcik, Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene will face off in next week’s two-part finale.By Adam Graham Marcus Canty on “X Factor” Photo: FOX Marcus Canty’s luck finally ran out on Thursday’s (December 15) “The X Factor,” as the 20-year-old from Bowie, Maryland, was voted off the show one week away from the finale. That [...]
‘X Factor’: Josh Krajcik Is ‘The One To Beat’
December 15th, 2011 admin Melanie Amaro also shines, while Marcus Canty’s take on George Michael is dubbed ‘grotesque’ by Simon Cowell.By Adam Graham Josh Krajcik on “X Factor” Photo: FOX With the images of a broken-down Rachel Crow still fresh on everyone’s minds, “The X Factor” continued Wednesday (December 14) with its final four contestants pushing toward next week’s [...]
‘X Factor’ Singers Talk Rachel Crow’s ‘Brutal’ Elimination
December 14th, 2011 admin ‘It felt like ‘Gladiator’ up there,’ Josh Krajcik says of 13-year-old’s exit.By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Jim Cantiello Rachel Crow after hearing the news of her elimination on “X Factor” Photo: FOX It may have been one of the most heart-wrenching scenes in recent reality-TV memory. And while the sight of 13-year-old Rachel Crow [...]
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December 9th, 2011 admin While Marcus Canty landed in the bottom two for the third straight week, it was the 13-year-old songbird who got the lowest number of votes.By Adam Graham Rachel Crow hears the news of her elimination on “X Factor” Photo: FOX Another week, another dramatic finish to “The X Factor,” as 13-year-old Rachel Crow was voted [...]
‘X Factor’: Chris Rene’s Original Song Wins The Night
December 8th, 2011 admin Josh Krajcik also impresses judges with the Beatles’ ‘Something.’By Adam Graham Chris Rene on “X Factor” Photo: FOX Nicole Scherzinger coined the term “Krajcik Magic” on Wednesday’s (December 7) “X Factor,” but it was Chris Rene who worked his mojo the hardest, arguably winning the night with his show-closing original, “Where Do We Go From [...]
