The X Factor USA aired its top 5 live show December 7, 2011. Paula Abdul has no contestants left in the competition. Nicole Scherzinger has just one, Josh. L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell still have two of their contestants.
Drew Ryniewicz was voted off of The X Factor last night after performing a controversial stripped down cover of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean, sang while seated (Watch it here!).
Hey, but things are already looking up for the 14-year old singer. Her musical hero, Justin Bieber, took to Twitter to send condolences her way:
The singer does wish she could have showed viewers “that side of me that is a teenager who dances around — the fun side. I’m definitely going to do that with my album.”
She also called The X Factor “the greatest experience of my life,” adding:
“And everyone’s going to be going home, whether they’re the winner or someone else, in the next few weeks. So for me to have made it this far is an honor. For me to be on the first X Factor [in the] U.S.A. and, you know, just to be able to say that I’ve worked with Simon Cowell, and I’m best friends with Melanie and Rachel Crow.”
The X Factor USA held its top 7 elimination results show tonight.
Sadly, there were two contestants who were eliminated and one of them was Drew. The other, Astro.
Right after she was eliminated by a 3-1 vote of the judges, Drew, while sobbing, thanked her fans and said she will continue to sing because she has a lot more to show everyone.
She also said that Jesus loves us all and she had not gotten a chance to say that yet and now she’s saying it because that’s why she was in the competition.
WATCH MORE: WATCH ASTRO’S ELIMINATION
Her mentor, Simon Cowell, who was the lone judge to vote to save Drew over Marcus Canty, looked extremely upset that Drew was voted off. At first, he had no comment. He then said Drew is a star and should not be going home. When asked if he had anything to say to the other judges, Simon simply said, “I don’t.”
READ MORE: SEE WHAT DREW SAYS THE DAY AFTER HER ELIMINATION
Watch Drew’s elimination video below:
Watch Drew sing her survival song Listen To Your Heart below:
The X Factor USA held its top 7 elimination results show tonight. Sadly, there were two contestants who were eliminated again but we don’t know why two people had to go home tonight – it was not explained to the viewers by the show.
So, who did America vote for and who got voted off December 1, 2011?
Below are real time, live blogging spoiler results from the east coast feed of who is safe and who is eliminated off of the Top 7.
Click here to videos of last night’s performances.
LIVE UPDATE:
8:00 PM The results show starts, Steve Jones explains two acts will be heading home.
8:10 Review of last night’s show
8:11 PM Commercial
8:15 PM Results for the first elimination announced: ONLY three contestants are announced as safe (SEE BLOW). Four contestants’ fates remain unknown (Drew, Astro, Josh, Marcus). One of the four will automatically be eliminated for having the lowest vote. Two will sing for survival. One will be safe. We will find out who soon.
8:17 PM Commercial
SAFE AND IN THE TOP FINAL 5:
Chris Rene
Melanie Amaro
Rachel Crow
Josh Karjcik
Marcus Canty (after he was saved by a 3-1 judges’ vote)
BOTTOM TWO (After Astro is eliminated):
ELIMINATED / VOTED OFF:
1. Astro WATCH ASTRO’S ELIMINATION VIDEO BY CLICKING HERE.
2. Drew WATCH DREW’S ELIMINATION AND SURVIVAL SONG VIDEOS BY CLICKING HERE.
VOTING:
L.A. Reid voted to send home Drew.
Simon blamed himself for Drew being in the bottom two because he chose the wrong direction for her song and he should have listened to everyone else. He explained that the song was too slow for her. He begged the other judges to save Drew. Simon chose to send home Marcus.
Nicole said judging off of tonight’s performances she’s sending Drew home.
Paula said the save me song has to move her and based on that she’s sending Drew home.
Simon looked extremely upset that Drew was voted off. At first, he had no comment. He then said Drew is a star and should not be going home. He also said he had nothing to say to the other judges.
The X Factor USA eliminated Astro on December 1, 2011. Astro handled his ouster with poise and said he loved his time on the show. He also thanked his fans, the AstroNauts!
For Michael Jackson week on The X Factor, Drew Ryniewicz took on the daunting task of performing Billie Jean —and did so sitting down. During the entire song. And I loved it!
The judges also loved her vocals though they did not take well to her being forced by mentor Simon Cowell to sit down in a chair while singing a haunting rendition of the MJ classic.
On Wednesday’s X Factor, the remaining 7 contestants had the daunting task of singing a Michael Jackson song, in front of a studio full of the King of Pop’s family including Jackson’s brothers Marlon, Tito and Jermaine and Jackson’s mother Katherine, and his children, Prince, Paris and Blanket.
That’s a lot of Jacksons in the house!
On Wednesday’s X Factor, the remaining 7 contestants had the daunting task of singing a Michael Jackson song, in front of a studio full of the King of Pop’s family including Jackson’s brothers Marlon, Tito and Jermaine and Jackson’s mother Katherine, and his children, Prince, Paris and Blanket.
It didn’t seem to intimidate Melanie Amaro one bit as she earned the highest praise from the judges with her show-closing rendition of Jackson’s Earth Song.
L.A. Reid called it amazing and said he felt he was at an Amaro concert and not at a competition. Nicole Scherzinger said it was one of the best performances of the season. Paula Abdul called it flawless. And Amaro’s mentor, Simon Cowell, said “I couldn’t think of a better way to pay tribute to one of the greatest artists in the world.”
SEE MORE: SEE ALL OTHER CONTESTANTS’ PERFORMANCES HERE
Watch Melanie perform Earth Song below:
On Wednesday’s X Factor, the remaining 7 contestants had the daunting task of singing a Michael Jackson song, in front of a studio full of the King of Pop’s family including Jackson’s brothers Marlon, Tito and Jermaine and Jackson’s mother Katherine, and his children, Prince, Paris and Blanket.
The X Factor USA aired its top 7 live show November 29, 2011. Paula Abdul still has no contestants left in the competition. Nicole Scherzinger has just one. L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell still have all three of their contestants.
Below is the live blogging of the show and the songs each contestant performed and their voting telephone numbers.
Josh Krajcik – “Dirty Diana” – 1 855 843 9301 or Text VOTE to 9301
CLICK HERE TO WATCH JOSH PERFORM ‘DIRTY DIANA’ AN D READ JUDGES’ COMMENTS
Astro – “Black or White” – 1 855 843 9302 or Text VOTE to 9302
Drew – “Billy Jean” – 1 855 843 9303 or Text VOTE to 9303
Rachel Crow “Can You Feel It” – 1 855 843 9304 or Text VOTE to 9304
Marcus Canty “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” – 1 855 843 9305 or Text VOTE to 9305
Chris Rene “I’ll Be There” – 1 855 843 9306 or Text VOTE to 9306
Melanie Amaro “Earth Song” – 1 855 843 9307 or Text VOTE to 9307
CLICK HERE TO WATCH MELANIE’S PERFORMANCE OF EARTH SONG