"The X Factor" 2011 - Top 11: Did America and the Judges get it right?

• Yes, absolutely! (58%, 7 Votes)
• Almost, but not quite! (33%, 4 Votes)
• Not even close! (8%, 1 Votes)
• Who cares? Wake me when they bring "Star Search" back. (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 12

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Eleven becomes ten tonight as either the judges or America will be sending another act home. Who will it be? The Idol Radio Show Personalities have made their picks. Click here to see them.

Of course, we’ll have to wait until after we hear Jessie J. sings “Domino” and Willow Smith sings “Fireball.” Plus whatever other filler we’re forced to sit through tonight.

Join me after the jump as I live blog The X Factor Top 11 Results. And chat with other X Factor fans during the show in our Shoutbox.

Here we go. Almost time for the Top 11 to become the Top 10. Only 35 minutes of filler to go through until we start finding out who is safe.

It seems that Stacy Francis and Stereo Hogzz being in the Bottom 2 is the consensus among most blogs following The X Factor, including most every Idol Radio Show personality. Will we all be right?

The ensemble performance starts immediately after the opening credits, and has become habit with The X Factor, no mention of what song/artist they are singing. Then again, after last week’s fiasco of an ensemble performance, I don’t know why any artist would allow their song to be done as the ensemble performance. Chris Rene schools Brian Bradley on how to rap, which at least means there was an educational slant to this week’s ensemble performance.

L.A. Reid apologizes to Melanie Amaro for being too harsh on her last night. He says he was simply jealous that she was not on his team. We say L.A. is an idiot.

In the video recap of what happened last night, Paula takes Drew to task again for that outrageous dress she made and wore last night. Paula says Simon is still the one in charge and he should have said no. Ugh. Here is the recap of Brian Bradley. What do you people see in this kid? He is nothing special. Heck, I would be happy if he was at least bland. But he’s way below bland. And I loved it when Rachel told the judges that she, not Simon, picked her song this week. Just reinforces what I’ve said all along: Simon doesn’t have a clue as to what he’s doing.

15 minutes of filler down. Time for yet more filler. This time it’s a commercial for Pepsi Performance Song, which gives America the chance to create an Ensemble song.

Now Willow Smith takes the stage. As part for the course, he doesn’t announce which song of hers she is singing. However, I already know she is singing “Fireball.” Willow has chopped off most of her hair and is wearing a skin-tight black-leather outfit that makes her look like Brian Bradley. This is not a good thing. At least she sounds better than Brian. Though not by much. Ugh.

Time for more filler. this time it comes in the form of Jessie J, a U.K. phenomenon. She is singing “Domino.” I see. Steve only announces the names of songs for acts from the U.K. Geez. Jessie J is trying to emulate Lady GagGag with her outfit, a beige outfit that is meant to look like she is naked with various colored bars covering various parts of her body. When is the next flight to the U.K.? I wan to make sure that Jessie J doesn’t miss it.

Steve says, “This is it. Time to get serious.” He then leads us to a commercial. It just don’t get more serious than that.

Back from commercial, and Steve again says, “This is it.” This leads into a three-minute reintroduction of all the Top 11 acts. Steve emphasizes that he will now reveal the nine acts guaranteed to return for the Top 10 next week.

The first act into the Top 10 is Stacy Francis. The second act safe is Brian Bradley. Next safe act is Melanie Amaro. The fourth act safe is Marcus Canty. Well, DJ Slim has no chance for votes this week.

The fifth act through is LeRoy Bell. The sixth safe act is Rachel Crow. The seventh act returning next week is Josh Krajcik. All of Nicole’s Over 30s are now safe.

The eighth act going through to next week is Drew, and all of Simon’s Girls are safe. Three acts remain: Chris Rene, Lakoda Rayne, and Stereo Hogzz. Will both of Paula’s Groups be in the Bottom 2? Yep, cause the ninth act safe is Chris Rene.

The first of the Bottom 2 to take the stage to sing for their life is Lakoday Rayne. Something appears to be wrong with the first singer’s microphone, as she can barely be heard. The other girls’ mics sound like they are working just fine as they start singing. They are singing “No Air” by Jordin Sparks, by the way, not that the show bothered to tell us. Will the mic issue affect the judges’ decision? Ouch. A massive fail in harmony in the middle of the song. They are completely lost up there on stage. It was a really bad performance, and they look like they are about to cry.

The second of the Bottom 2 to sing for their life is Stereo Hogzz. Their mics are working just fine. Unfortunately, their voices are not. Severe harmony issues as well. However, the lead singer of the group is much stronger than the lead signer of Lakoda Rayne, and that could keep them around one more week. That said, will the judges be willing to vote to keep an act that America has voted into the Bottom 2 two weeks in a row?

Time to find out who the judges vote to send home. Will they split the vote in order to send it back to America’s vote?

L.A. Reid votes to send home: Stereo Hogzz
Nicole Scherzinger votes to send home: Stereo Hogzz
Paula Abdul votes to send home: Lakoda Rayne
Simon Cowell votes to send home: Stereo Hogzz

And with that, the second of the three groups have disappeared. Will Lakoda Rayne make it a clean sweep next week?

So what did you think of tonight’s show? Did the correct act go home? Vote in our poll at the top of the page and leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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