Guardian Music — (Syco)Groups don't win The X Factor. At least they didn't until the likable Little Mix came along in 2011, ambled through the early weeks, then did an En Vogue cover that set them on the path to victory. Their debut album arrives a year after the fac... more info

Starpulse — In honor of the theme of the evening, I’m going to pull a diva move and skip the intro. more info

Mjsbigblog — I’ll be recapping the X Factor Top 12 performances right here! The theme this week is DIVAS. The finalists better step it up, because there WILL be DOUBLE ELIMINATION tomorrow! Mario Lopez and Khloe Kardashian take the stage to “Raise Your Glass... more info

Mjsbigblog — Tonight, the Top 12 X Factor finalists will be singing songs from their favorite Divas.  No real spoilers yet, but the contestants did leave a few clues as to what we can expect from their performances this week.  Check it out below. What do you ... more info

Guardian Music — Oscar-nominated documentarist, known for hard-hitting investigations, to helm 3D summer movie about boy bandOne Direction may be huge already, but now they are to be supersized. The unlikely director of a new, official film about the band is Morgan S... more info

Time — Two years ago, the boys of One Direction didn’t know each other. In 2010 Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson individually auditioned for the seventh season of the UK edition of Simon Cowell’s competitive reality ... more info

Guardian Music — The singer and left-wing activist used a lecture in memory of John Peel to criticise Michael Gove's plans to scrap GCSEsSinger Billy Bragg has warned that the government's education reforms risk stifling creativity and leaving the pop charts the pres... more info

E! Online — One Direction caused mass hysteria in The X Factor studio on Thursday night with their two performances—which even Lea Michele turned up to check out!—and backstage after the show, the... more info

Starpulse — The curse of my favorites comes true again. more info

Guardian Music — Unlike Radio 1, we play Robbie Williams' number one single Candy on this week's Media Talk and ask whether the station was right to exclude the former Take That man from its playlist.Also this week, we ask what's gone wrong with The X Factor and whet... more info