Country singer Tate Stevens wins Fox’s ‘X Factor’
Tate Stevens, who was mentored by music exec L.A. Reid on the second season of “The X Factor,” has won the Fox singing competition.
Tate Stevens, who was mentored by music exec L.A. Reid on the second season of “The X Factor,” has won the Fox singing competition.
L.A. Reid will soon be an ex-judge on “The X Factor.”
Now that the new “X Factor” season is being aired on local TV screens, we have the opportunity to more perceptively note how the recently concluded Filipino version of the singing tilt compares with the original.
FANS of “X Factor Philippines” finalist Allen Sta. Maria were thrown for a loop last Sunday, when their bet was eliminated from contention, just before the Final Three title square-off tonight (with the winner being announced tomorrow). To make things worse for “girls” group mentor Charice, her other surviving bet, KZ Tandingan, shared bottom-dweller position with Allen.
YANI Delos Reyes, graduate student: “After ‘Bayaning Third World,’ we have not heard anything from the great director, Mike de Leon. He is a genius, and his films were consistently brilliant. His filmography—from ‘Itim,’ to his last movie—includes some of the best Filipino films of our generation! I hope he gets inspired again to return to directing, and shares his knowledge and experience with our new crop of directors.”
This past week in show biz, some instructive developments stood out from the usual blur of predictable activities, potentially teaching lessons that should be learned by everyone concerned: Last Sunday on “X Factor Philippines,” for instance, middle-aged finalist, Modesto Taran, finally bit the dust, leaving the singing tilt with only eight survivors.
LAST July 29, “X-Factor Philippines” announced its finalists, three each in four categories—and the jurors’ verdict was greeted with occasionally perplexed and even muted yelps in our home. Clearly, there exists a wide disconnect between what the four judges believe to be the potentially winning combination of performing attributes, and some viewers’ point of view.
The first season of “The X Factor USA” had its grand finals telecast last week, a three-fer fight to the feisty finish between mentor Simon Cowell’s bet, Melanie Amaro, L.A. Reid’s Chris Rene and Nicole Scherzinger’s Josh Krajcik. It was Melanie who had a very merry Christmas, indeed, copping the truly awesome top plum of $5 million—imagine how many iPads all those dollars would buy as gifts for friends, loved ones and even cofinalists and “frenemies” alike?!
“The X Factor USA” hit a home run last week with its all-important telecast that required the new singing tilt’s four mentor-jurors to cut the fat and the chitchat and select the competition’s finalists.
After 10 productive years discovering new singing stars like Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia Barrino, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry and Clay Aiken, “American Idol” (AI) rules on TV. But its reign is being challenged this season by “The X Factor USA,” (X) with “AI” veteran judge Simon Cowell as producer and head juror. Does the viewing world [...]
