Perez Hilton — Sweet! The X Factor finale got a huge ratings boost during its finale night on Thursday, getting a 31% ratings increase! Sure, most of the other networks were airing reruns, but the show still got 12.4 million total viewers, which is pretty, pretty i... more info

Guardian Music — The key moments in making music in 2011 so, so dullBBC wins the rights to The VoiceThere was always the chance that the BBC would Fame Acadify this US format, pompously focusing on a quest for authenticity in a place where there was demand for none, ... more info

Mjsbigblog — One Direction kick off their UK tour, Frankie Cocozza gets a new tattoo, Susan Boyle gets into festive spirit. Living the boyband dream! One Direction cheered on by thousands of female fans as they kick off their UK tour Many of the groups who have ... more info

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Topix — After an easy Wednesday win for Fox, airing the first half of The X Factor 's two-part finale, the network topped itself for Thursday night's broadcast. more info

Perez Hilton — One thing's for sure! They put on quite the show! Pitbull and Ne-Yo performed a medley of International Love and Give Me Everything on last night's X Factor finale with special guest and former contestant Marcus Canty. So much energy! Get up and da... more info

The Newsroom — Simon Cowell discusses his plans for the future of The X Factor after his act Melanie Amaro won the US version of the talent show. more info

ContactMusic — Rival networks probably concluded months ago that the season finale of The X Factor would attract a huge audience and they therefore programmed mostly reruns opposite it Thursday night But that was when producerjudge Simon Cowell was predicting that ... more info

The Newsroom — The once-rejected X Factor contestant turns things around to win the competition and take home a five million dollar recording contract. more info

Starpulse — Ordinarily I give shows like this the full mega-diary treatment, but ‘X Factor’ doesn’t seem worthy. more info