DJariya

By djariya at 2011-09-13

Here is the tentative schedule for these episodes:

Tonight: 2 hours

Tomorrow: 2 hours

10/18: 2 hours

10/25: Finalists Chosen (150 minutes 8pm to 10:30pm)

The 1st Live Show will be on November 2nd.

firteen88

I'm guessing this isn't going to air tonight since the baseball game is on?

DJariya

Oh Geez, Baseball is only in the 6th inning as of 8:04pm ET. It's still scheduled to air tonight. Anyone who is recording this on the East will need to pad...alot.

sinned

Looks like it won't air at all here in the east coast. If it airs in the west coast, what option do we have to watch the entire episode? Will they have it online?

DJariya

Yup, I just heard that FOX cancelled tonight's episode and will air it tomorrow. If it doesn't air in the East, it's not airing in the West either.

GuessWho

It's official--it will not air anywhere tonight

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/12/x-factor-rain/

DJariya

This screws up their entire airing schedule. 2 hours were supposed to air tonight and tomorrow. Obviously FOX isn't going to air Thursdays episode on Friday because of Fringe.

firteen88

I would guess that they're going to air all 4 hours tomorrow, unless of course it rains again tommorrow (which it's supposed to).

DJariya

They can't. FOX only has 2 hours of Primetime.

Update:

Thursdays episode will air Sunday Night.

DJariya

Exclusive photo of Simon after getting the word of tonight's cancelled episode:


By djariya at 2011-10-12

starman9000

Not trying to be a smart ass, but did AI ever get bumped for sports?

tommyp007

I don't think so. AI usually starts in January, when Fox isn't airing sports.

CreamyGoodness

Huh? I guess it must have aired in Canada. I can't watch it live because there are too many conflicts. I have to get it another way. The one I'm looking at has 'CTV' in the corner of the screen.

Septemberbaby

DVR Alert:

Check to be sure tonight's episode is set to record. Mine wasn't.

chowderhead

they reason they aren't showing X-Factor on Friday is because .... it's Friday not because of Fringe.

DJariya

These 2 hours really dragged. I started staring at the clock several times.

What I found interesting was they apparently sent the 32 contestants to 4 different locations...one international (France), but they weren't filmed simultaneously since Steve Jones did interviews at each location. The whole setup is a little weird to be honest. But I guess it's supposed to be alot more personal than what Idol does.

Out of all the ones that performed last night, I liked Stacy Francis, Drew, Caitlin and 4Shore. My concern with Stacy is her age. If she manages to win this competition, what kind of artist is she going to be? And also, who will be her demographic....especially with a $5M recording deal?

Dexter was horrible with his Beyonce song. Lakoda Rayne was a mess even though they have 4 attractive young girls. The Brewster (Mop Head) Boys were unlistenable.

Patman

This is the perfect show to be post-processing photos and having it on in the background. Not sure if I could actively watch this show and not be doing something else.

What was with all the vocal echo/effects being added to all the vocals?

Shannon Nutt

This ticked me off more than anything else...we weren't listing to the singers' actual auditions, but some studio mix that happened post-filming to make every singer sound a lot better than they really were. I'm no fan of AI, but I can't remember them ever doing something THIS manipulative...and on top of that, it's so OBVIOUS!

Pizza

That was odd sounding. I'm assuming their adding all this audio adjustment crap to their live vocals. If these are actually redone vocals added after the backyard auditions, well, that would suck and confuse the issue.

chowderhead

The UK version produced also by Simon Cowell got caught using autotune on at least one contestant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11099625
They claimed to have stopped but the reverb and echoing was very obvious during some stage and these judge's house performances. It really gives advantage to "favored" singers over others which is really unfair. If they thought singing outdoors was a problem, don't make them sing outdoors.

Eddie W

Yeah, that was very distracting. You could tell by the harmonies especially that there was some post production studio sweetening. I sounded like an episode of Glee. Plus odd how they were all next to a water feature of some sort & the ambient sounds completely disappeared during the singing.

I wouldn't be surprised if those weren't even really the judges houses but rentals for the show. I can't imagine a celebrity allowing reality show contestants in their actual homes. Espeically that crazy Mick Jagger/James Brown guy. That seems like a stalker waiting to happen.

DJariya

But is someone really going to travel to France to break into Simon's house?

I was watching with my parents and they also said it's probably rentals set up for the show.

whotony

There was something weird about the singers outside singing to the judges, especially Simon sitting on the couch with no shoes on and the 14 year old girl singing to him.

DJariya

FYI

The X Factor is on Sunday night at 8pm since the ALCS is now over. Double check your DVRs. Right now FOX has "To be announced" from 8pm to 10pm on my Directv guide.

Septemberbaby

Is Fox airing Football in the afternoon? If so, that may delay things.