The X Factor

Announcer: From thousands to find a star worth $5 billion.

Congratulations.

Announcer: Now only 12

remain.

The person I'm sending home is going to be Willie.

The person I'm sending home is David correy.

The act I'm sending home is sister c.

The person I'm going to send home is... diamond.

Announcer: Tonight, for the very first time, the final 12

battle for your votes!

L.A. Reid and the over 25s.

The real competition begins right now.

Announcer: Demi Lovato and the young adults.

Demi: I'm excited about tonight.

This is where the fight really starts.

Announcer: Simon Cowell and the groups.

Simon: It's just begun.

Now it gets serious.

Announcer: Britney Spears and the teens.

Britney: No room for mistakes.

Let's go to war.

Announcer: And there's a big twist!

You're in for a surprise.

Announcer: Live from Hollywood, it's "The X Factor."

Tonight, the finalists sing live for your votes for the very first time.

Please welcome the judges.

L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato, Simon Cowell, and Britney Spears.

Now, please welcome your hosts, Mario Lopez and Khloe Kardashian Odom.

Mario: Welcome to "The X Factor."

Let's go!

Good evening.

I'm Mario Lopez.

Khloe: And I'm Khloe Kardashian Odom.

So after months of judges'

decisions, tonight the power passes to you at home.

Mario: That's right.

For the very first time, the acts will be singing for your votes.

Who stays in the competition and who goes home is now up to you, America.

Khloe: Yes, and that means there's a whole new level of

pressure for the acts tonight.

Mario: Now, before we even start, we have some very

important news that's going to affect the entire show tonight.

So, judges, please tell us what exactly is going on.

Simon: Well, um, you know, we...

We... may I have a second.

Mario: They're apparently very excited.

Simon: We watched the show back.

The final 12 we're very happy with.

But we believe we made a mistake with one act.

Khloe: Wow.

Simon: We think one act deserves to be in the final.

Mario: Okay.

Simon: And between us we've asked this particular act to

return and join the finalists.

Mario: Wow!

Well, we had 12 acts.

And now, apparently, we have 13.

So please welcome the 13th finalist.

It's diamond white!

Khloe: Okay.

So, diamond, you're back in the competition.

Now you are in the top 13.

How do you feel?

I feel awesome, and I'm ready to get performing.

Khloe: Do you feel good about Britney bringing you back?

Okay.

We'll see you perform later in the show today.

Thank you so much, diamond.

Mario: So excited diamond's back.

Now, thank you, sweetie.

Go ahead and get ready.

So now there are 13 acts coming up.

And remember, you at home will now decide who goes through to the next round.

All the numbers you need to vote will be coming up on your

screen, so get ready.

Now, the theme for this week is songs from the movies.

All the songs being performed tonight are from some of the

greatest movies ever made.

Khloe: Yes.

And first to perform for your votes is one of the teens.

Their mentor is Britney Spears.

Who's performing tonight first?

Britney: Excuse me?

Khloe: Who is going to perform first tonight from your end?

Britney: Arin ray.

Last week I was in Britney's last two.

I thought for sure I was going home when they called diamond's name.

I put my heart on that stage.

I felt so much I never felt before in my life.

Britney: I feel arin is very talented.

Getting kicked off is the worst feeling ever.

Back at home in Cincinnati, I go to school.

I'll have, like, basketball practice.

I don't really do too much because my neighborhood, it's

not like the safest place to be.

Two streets over from me, somebody gets shot, like, often.

If I won this $5 million, my family's life would change as well, you know.

I'm not going to be in the bottom two.

This week is going to be the biggest performance of my life.

Yeah.

Hey, girl, do you speak a little English?

Uh, well, tonight you gonna learn some.

I'mma give you a taste of the states, and we gonna make a

sweet escape for the night in the long run.

Santa Monica beach beach with a nice boy like me me.

We can hit the New York strip strip and headed to the five-star suites.

Arin ray!

Arin, first of all, what happened to you from last year to this year?

Because you're a different person than you were the first time I met you.

Thank you so much.

My concern for you has always been you finding material

that you can really have your own vocal identity, and you know what?

I think you just found it, my friend.

Yeah.

Thank you so much.

Great job.

Great job.

Demi: I am a little speechless.

No.

Simon: Not another crush.

Not another crush.

Demi: I just want you to know that you really took the advice

we took you last week.

I thought this week you were definitely more smooth, as I like to say.

I don't know.

You were definitely more smooth.

And you look like a star up there.

So... thank you so much.

Simon: Arin, you know, the reason why we have mentors on

this show is they're supposed to work with you to turn you into

the kind of artist you should be outside of this competition.

And I have to say, Britney, you've done a really, really

good job with this guy.

Thank you so much.

She's amazing.

Simon: There's a big difference from last week to this week.

I think you got your confidence back.

The fact that you won that sing-off against diamond.

And you're turning into a little pop star.

I'm really impressed.

Thank you so much.

Britney: I am just so proud of you.

You owned it.

You rocked it.

And you're definitely a true star.

You're amazing.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Khloe: You could definitely be my American boy.

How do you feel that you opened the show and now America gets to

vote for you, the fans?

It's definitely amazing to open the show like this in front of these people.

This is why I'm here, for you guys, so I love it.

Khloe: If you want to keep arin in, you have to vote and

the lines will open at the end of the show.

Mario: After the break, a single mom from Phoenix, Arizona, gets her shot at

winning your votes.

It's Paige Thomas.

Mario: Welcome back to "The X Factor."

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