‘The X Factor’ USA rankings: Are Tate Stevens, Carly Rose Sonenclar locks?
We have been saying for much of the past two weeks that Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar were locks to be the top 2 on “The X Factor” USA, but after looking at the results that were just revealed in the United Kingdom for their version of the show this week, we’re really not quite so sure anymore. Why? The artist who was in first for almost the entirety of their competition (in Christopher Maloney) ended up placing in third after seeing his voting totals drop the final few weeks. To use the all-familiar cliche now, anything could actually happen here as the field tightens and fans of an eliminated singer (or in this case two eliminated singers) flock to other artists.
With this being said, it’s still hard to necessarily move the top two from the rankings this week, as we have to consider past voting results along with performance quality and perceived fan support.
4. Fifth Harmony (last week: 5) – This is the group that really seems locked in to their fate right now. Simon Cowell did a good job not only getting America voting for young girls (which is not always easy), but getting them to vote for a group full of them. It will take either an earth-shattering performance by them or a complete collapse by someone else to get them any further … and this is not meant to be any offense at all based on talent, but we know based on past results that the top three acts all have support bases of similar sizes.
3. Emblem3 (3) – One of the top two spots could be the boys’ for the taking, but for whatever reason yet they have not fully capitalized on it just yet. Emblem3’s biggest issue in the competition as of late has been getting away from what made them popular in the first place: fun, entertaining, and modern performances. They need to ditch the slow jams for a week, pick a song from the last ten years (or, dare we say it, something original), and if they can do this, there is still a chance that they could sneak into the top two.
2. Carly Rose Sonenclar (1) – Demi Lovato was right about Carly needing to go uptempo for a chance of pace, and this could be why she dropped in the official rankings this week. Viewers tend to tire of seeing the same thing week after week, whereas they reward people who are unafraid to take risks. Carly needs to do more in the next two shows beyond just showing that she has an unbelievable voice (arguably the best in the competition by far); she needs to showcase personality, vulnerability, and is, to use Simon’s own critique against him, human. Sometimes, being called an “alien” can be a bad thing in that it creates some sort of image of you as perfection or incapable of failure. If Carly wants to win, breaking that disconnect and letting the walls down is essential.
1. Tate Stevens (2) – We have to rely on the voting results here. Not only was Tate #1, but Mario Lopez in all of his robotic glory did not spew out any fact that the margin of victory was tiny. Tate may have got extra votes thanks to going last this past week, but whatever excuse you make for him rising or Carly dropping, there is one thing you cannot ignore: he is a nice, down-to-earth, American Dream sort of guy that you want to vote for. His story is simple but powerful, and with a strong voice and the country vote behind him, he is all but guaranteed a spot in the final three.
If you want an explanation as to why there are no official rankings being released this week, be sure to click here. As for our rankings, we want to hear your pick below to win as always!
Photo: Fox
Alice
January 24, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
I find it amazing that so many people know so little about country music. We hear the most ridiculous comments about Tate
Everything he sings sounds the same. Duh, so does everything Carly sings. She is a pop singer and everything sounds pop. Tate is a country singer and everything sounds country.
Tate is nothing but karaoke. Not hat is the silliest of them all. Karaoke? You have to be joking.
He only won because of his “sob story” No, he won because he was the best singer and more people liked him. Country music fans are loyal, but they don’t vote for bad singers.
And I just love it when they say, “Well, Carly will outsell him and make more money. So what if she does. That has nothing to do with the competition. He won because people liked him.more than they did her. It makes you sound like the fox in the sour grapes story.
He has no stage presence. Excuse me? He has more stage presence in his little finger than any of the others do in their entire bodies. Just his smile alone lights up the whole stage.
All of the final singers were fabulous. All will be successful. I think Carly and Tate will have huge careers. The girl group probably will break up soon and they will go their own way, but will probably at least be able to make their living singing.
But Tate won the competition, no rigging, no fix. He just got more votes. For whatever reason you want to accept. That is the rules of the competition, the contestant with the most votes win.
Good luck to all of them and may they all have successful lives and careers.
And may all of you who felt the need to bash Tate and be so ugly search your souls for why you felt the need to act that way.
Oh, and by the way, Scotty McQueery’s first album went platinum. Not too shabby. And you talk about a voice, now that boy has a voice.
justinstl
December 21, 2012 @ 10:40 am
Tate Stevens did not deserve to win. Hi is nothing but karaoke. He does not sound origonal….he is just like every other country artist. What was America thinking? After all of this just know that Carly Rose will outsell and make way more money than Tate stevens. Tate Stevens wil bo nothing more than a Scottie McCreary…here today for a song or two (crapy sound alike song) and gone tomorrow!
CarlyroseFan
December 17, 2012 @ 12:52 am
oh come on I love all of them but Emblem 3 cant sing, and all Tate does is do the same thing every week, Fifth Harmony and Carly Rose should be in the top 2
Rob
December 15, 2012 @ 12:46 pm
If Tate wins they may need 5 country music award shows per year instead of the 4 they already have. Let’s face it, Carly and Tate will get signed no matter who wins. All that nonsense about Tate having to go back to his old job, how the competition can go back to their parents but he is that already, etc. is really getting annoying. I say vote for the best vocally, which in my opinion is Carly. I don’t think a 13 year old can emote like a person Tate’s age, and, as for the “carly is a robot” comment above, that shows how stupid some people are. I am not a young, dumb child, but you are probably so ignorant it doesn’t matter what I say. Let the best singer win!
Tate is a robot
December 14, 2012 @ 9:56 pm
All Tates performances sound exactly the same. The person above me said “country music is taking over the world”. That is completely true – USA is the ONLY country in the world where country music is even slightly popular. No one outside of America likes it (because its boring and Americans are dumb).
carly is a robot
December 14, 2012 @ 5:51 pm
If you look at the comments you can tell its very young dumb children. carly can sing ok but she has NO emotion well if you call keeping your eyes closed and snarling her nose emotion. i dont even see carly making it on disney shes just not cute enough and if everyone was honest they would admit it. sorry but being able to hit a high note dont make you a star. as sad as it is country music is taking over the world. tate has this in the bag. even simon hated carly this week.
xfactorchick!!
December 12, 2012 @ 8:51 pm
Yall need to vote for Carly, because she is so much better than Tate the only reason he is winning is because he is a country singer it doesn’t matter it matter’s on who is the best and that is totally CARLY ROSE!!!
kissesx0x0
December 12, 2012 @ 5:58 pm
honestly half the people that keep commenting rude and disrespectful stuff about tate. DISGUST me. you wonder why you see practically everyone in our society these days giving up on themselves, not doing anything THEY wanna do with their career because they’re having people like you critisize them for their talent and what they can do. my opinion, everyone is good on the show, especially tate. i don’t give a crap if you guys hate on me for loving tate and for what he sings and etc. at least i have a heart to say everyone on the x factor is good. how do you think tate is feeling right now seeing half of these comments from you guys hating on him for absolutely no reason at all? IF YOU DONT LIKE HIM JUST IGNORE THE STUPID COMMENT. JESUS . honestly, if you dont have anything positive to say to tate and everything to him is negative, keep it to yourself and just comment “oh i really think carly is gonna win! she’s amazing!” instead of adding your pointless, rude comment wondering why tate made it this far. just cause you dont like him, does not mean no one else does. if he made it this far on the x factor out of everyone else on it, in the top 4 going back and forth from number 1 and 2 for highest votes.. he’s good. so please stop. if he could see these comments you guys are saying about him he’d wanna give up, thinking he’s not good enough for people. and to me, he’s amazing and outgoing and just sings his heart out. who cares if he just sings country? HE LIKES IT. are you gonna judge him for liking that too or.
Daniel
December 11, 2012 @ 8:10 pm
The only thing Tate is going to going is this poll!
xx
December 11, 2012 @ 6:53 pm
Amen anenn jan your right on jan..tate is getting the votes for the wrong reason you and i and real music lovers know that… remember. Carly fans no split votes tomorrow night
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No split votes… lets take the real winner carly to the top and the winner of season 2 of the xfactor..
All tate fans your voting for him for tbe wrong reason… amen Jan
Rob
December 11, 2012 @ 6:37 pm
As I have stated previously, I don’t care who wins. We’ll have to wait and see, but Tate may have received a lot of Vino’s votes last week, helping him get to the top. This week Carly may get Diamond’s votes and that may help her reclaim the top spot. But these competitions are never about singing, at the end, it’s about whose voting bloc is the largest. Obviously the country vote is huge. I think Tate is a good singer, but Carly is a great singer. It’s hard for country fans to be objective and actually admit that so they blindly vote, in a lot of cases, for the country guy. That’s why I think the judges somehow need to get part of the vote, say 20-25%, or something like that, even though in the case of X Factor that would be difficult since they all have a stake in the game. If you listen to the judges, they have told everyone who is and who has been the best every week, and that’s Carly.
Jan
December 11, 2012 @ 4:57 pm
Joel, one reason is because Tate is getting the “vote for the worst” vote. Check out votefortheworst (dot) com.
Joel
December 11, 2012 @ 4:43 pm
This is clearly not a singing completion,
Carly is in a completely different league then all the others but don’t get the votes she deserves.
Tate had his worst week but he still finished first whereas Carly had unbelievable night.
Jan
December 11, 2012 @ 4:12 pm
Carly doesn’t “have a career” on broadway. Over the course of 6 years she’s done two shows on broadway, both of which were very short runs. Plus she’s done other theater workshops and a traveling show. Impressive for a 13 yr old but her body of work over 6 yrs hardly constitutes a “career”. Her dream is to be a pop singer. Why should she have to limit herself to broadway or theater? That’s like saying somebody that plays minor league baseball already has a career and shouldn’t aspire to play in the major leagues. How stupid is that??
Elizabeth
December 11, 2012 @ 3:51 pm
Carly has a career! she needs to stick to broadway
xx
December 11, 2012 @ 2:12 pm
Amenn jan.. amen jan…. taylor swiff was around carlys age whrn tatlor started. And cary underwood is just awesome. Now carys country and real and her own
Carly as an amazing voice.
And is so talented… #teamcarly. #carlysangels will prevail…..
Jan
December 11, 2012 @ 12:36 pm
All you Tate fanatics that think Tate will out sell Carly really make me laugh. I’ve got nothing against Tate, and I almost want him to win because that is the only way he really hits it big through all this. Carly SHOULD win as she is by far the most talented with the most marketable potential but if she doesn’t win she will most likely be better off not locked into some of the restrictions the winner will have. In just about every one of these type talent search shows the winner hasn’t been as big a commercial success as some of the runner ups. (There are obviously some exceptions like Carrie Underwood.) What’s so funny are the circular arguments Tate fanatics make against Carly. On one hand they say that she can’t appeal to the teenybopper crowd because of the type of songs she sings but then turn around and say the only people that will be buying her records are 13 year old girls that don’t have the purchasing power of the more mature Tate fan base. Well, which is it? You can’t have it both ways. Then the Tate fanatics say the only reason Carly has so many more youtube views and likes is because only the younger fans are on youtube, not the more mature Tate fans. But then they turn around and say that Carly can’t appeal to the younger fans because of her style of songs. Well, SOMEBODY is generating the MILLIONS of views to the cumulative rate of almost four times as many as the other finalists. These same mysterious “not young fans nor mature fans” will be buying her records also. Or maybe all the views are by aliens from Carly’s home planet….
Anonymous
December 11, 2012 @ 11:24 am
carly rose has it all
Elizabeth
December 11, 2012 @ 9:25 am
Carly is a DISCOVERED broadway star and has a career! im sorry who is going to buy a broadway show on cd, cause that is what she sounds like i am voting for tate all they way
Tate Stevens fan
December 11, 2012 @ 7:56 am
The ones bad mouthing and cusing Tate so bad must be related to Carley. There is no reason to get so upset and curse and bad mouth cause he a better singer with more potential for a singing career that would bring in more money then a young girl. If you think about it most people that will buy her cd will be young girls with no money to buy them. Tate has fans of a much more mature age which do not have to beg their mom and dad to buy his cd. All in all when it comes down to it country is what’s in now in thos world and he will make it big.
xx
December 11, 2012 @ 12:13 am
Lmfao lmfao they cant do any concerts for few years after the show.. tate eill be 40 plus hes done. Carly will be selling at stadiums fir years ca. By the time they do that carly will be bout 16 or so.
Carly will be in her prime.
Carlysangels
Donna
December 10, 2012 @ 10:55 pm
Guys… you have to think about the bottom line. Carly is AMAZING. I myself have called her a “freak of nature” (in a loving way of course) and ONE of the best singers I’ve ever seen on a reality show (besides Carrie Underwood) Tate is the other one. Think logically… can you see a 13 yr old girl selling out a 100,000 seat stadium? THAT’S what X-Factor’s looking for. Carly is PERFECT for Broadway, movies, TV… etc… but being the next music sensation… not yet. She’s just too young. She’ll get there though, but for now… it’s Tate’s turn. IMHO
Lucy Swan
December 10, 2012 @ 10:48 pm
Isn’t X Faxtor supposed to be for undiscovered artists? Look Carly up on google! She has been in movies and on broadway! I don’t find that “undiscovered” at all. TATE ALL THE WAY!
xx
December 10, 2012 @ 10:14 pm
Omgg omgg im dying laughing my ass off. You all on tate cause of is dam sob story. Tate can not sing. Country is ok but tate is not real country. Tate is not real country. I hope tate reads this
Cause on is twitter he pushed it to is follower’s. Which carly did not. Carly is real and true to the heart. Carly is an amazing singer. Carlysangeles..
steelernation
December 10, 2012 @ 8:57 pm
Its hard to say anything bad about anyone in this competition. Tate is so good at what he does and so is carly and the groups. I say we just let america figure this out and be thankful we have a show like the x factor that can change lives. I did hear from an inside person that carly win or lose is taking a couple years off to just be a kid. Cudos to them. only 13. But i like them all. But if i had to pick id pick tate stevens at this point. But dang carly is so good too.
I hope Tate doesn't win
December 10, 2012 @ 8:10 pm
I honestly can’t remember any of tates performances… They all sound exactly the same… His voice is fairly good but nothing special, I personally know heaps of people who are better singers than Tate… He also has no stage presence. I really wouldn’t mind any of the others winning, as long as it isn’t Tate… His performances are so boring. And I think people just vote for him because he’s a “family man” and “aww he loves his wife” or some other nonsense like that. I don’t get how him working hard at concrete or whatever means that he has the X factor… I’m from New Zealand and the fact that Tate is no. 1 just shows how Americans have no taste in music and just vote for the guy who loves his wife…
Kip
December 10, 2012 @ 7:40 pm
A pro Tate Nation site. Celebrating the blue collar worker. Matt I used to read your site all day but this is the last time I click on this link.
Also how dumb are people that they can’t even make up their own minds that they need fans of other acts to piss them off to vote for a contestant.
What a bunch of simpletons. This country is screwed and the reason is that Tate fans think Tate is a great singer. LOL
Rich
December 10, 2012 @ 7:27 pm
Tate has maybe .5 octave range. Carly smokes this dude in her sleep. She works hard while Tate sits on his ass and just coasts never challenging himself. Carly is an exceptional talent and Tate is average who is sucking up to America. If this is what it takes to win the comps, maybe they should ban all country guys who can’t pay their bill. Cry me a freaking river.
Kat
December 10, 2012 @ 7:21 pm
Cliff,there are other ways to vote if you can’t get through calling….You can go to the site and vote as many times as you want…I’m voting for Tate till the end..Carly is young,she has her whole life ahead of her…Tate is a hard working man,trying to do better for his family!!!!!!
TATER TOT WILL WIN!!!!!!
December 10, 2012 @ 7:05 pm
Ok, xx, everyone works HARD for what they have. Did thye enter a competition to sing for it? NO! So shut the hell up! You are on Carly so hard, are you obsessed? You have problems for real. Tate is an all around talent. Carly doesn’t even get excited she is up there, it’s like she KNOWS she should be up there. However, Tate is humble and works hard for the spot! So, Tate has my vote 100%.
David
December 10, 2012 @ 6:54 pm
Tate all the way. The only reason, Carly is so high, she has all the little chippies
voting a million times for her.
Brianna Marie
December 10, 2012 @ 5:21 pm
Oh my God. Honestly half the people that are commenting negative stuff about tate doesnt know anything. if he was voted number one for the highest votes he’s obviously good. so why dont you guys keep your rude comments to yourself . just cause you think carly’s so “amazing” does not give you the right to be commenting “tate shouldnt even be in the compitition anymore” “tate should be number two, not carly!” GROW UP. clearly tate is good if he made it this far on the xfactor.
Ramya Paranagama
December 10, 2012 @ 5:08 pm
I love Tate’s country music. The competition is ‘X factor’ and Carly has it. My money is with Carly!
Ramya Paranagama
December 10, 2012 @ 5:08 pm
I love Tate’s country music. The competition is ‘X factor’ and Carly has it. My money is with Carly!
lainabug
December 10, 2012 @ 4:42 pm
Tatenation will prevail
TATE fan
December 10, 2012 @ 4:31 pm
I really hope Tate wins. he is a hard working family man who is trying to give his family everything they deserve,I like carly too she has a amazing voice but she is 13,she hasnt had too work the real world so why have it all handed to her so easy.and beatice miller got voted off and was told she is young for the music world so its kind of hypocritical too keep carly on,either way im not bashing one and not the other tate and carly both have amazing voices,and both will have Albums in stores some day!
Rex
December 10, 2012 @ 4:18 pm
Please vote for 5th Harmony, so we can knock Emblem 3 out of the top 3. I don’t want these talentless loser in the finale.
Rob
December 10, 2012 @ 4:17 pm
I honestly do not care who wins, but I will give my two cents. Tate’s voice is nowhere near as good or as pure as Carly’s. I understand that this may be Tate’s one last chance to make it big, but that alone is not a reason why he should win. The winner should be the best singer plus the one who has the ‘x factor.’ I’ve read comments that say Carly has not grown as a singer, yet Tate sounds the same week after week while Carly makes each song her own and is virtually perfect vocally in every performance. If this is based purely on talent, Carly should win. If it’s based on who has the biggest fan base, then Tate will win and we’ll have yet another country singer winning these types of competitions simply because of the country fan base voting for anyone who is country. Thanks.
Elizabeth
December 10, 2012 @ 4:09 pm
tate will win simple as that click my name and join my fanpage thanks
Tate Stevens all the way
December 10, 2012 @ 3:49 pm
Can your mom sing like Tate and make it as far on xfactor as others? Its the fact the try and get where they have gotten. Tate has a very strong fan base and much more mature as I can see from some of the post. The reason the ones who are talking bad about him is because they know he is good and will continue to be on top. Every singer has made this far as for a reason. Each one has talent that we know we dont have and could never do. Tate is the best he will make it far in the country world just like the other country singers who have won singing shows. Country stars are the ones to seem to make it big. He will win this show. Every Tate fan vote vote vote as much as you can so we can show the world he is a true star!
Reyn
December 10, 2012 @ 3:27 pm
My mom also has worked all her life and still works hard, can she get 5M too?. She DESERVES IT!
millz
December 10, 2012 @ 3:23 pm
There is a reason why Tate and Carly have been the top two every week and not just because they can sing. They have very loyal diehard fans! Pats on the back to all..
Debby
December 10, 2012 @ 3:13 pm
The contestants left are all very good I would be happy with any of them winning, I feel like Tate would be a higher draw myself but I’m partial to Country type music. Carly has a beautiful voice and attitude for one so young I feel one of these 2 should win they have been consistent the whole season. I love them both but all four are very talented. That’s just my preference I have pulled for Tate from 1st day as well as Carly. Keep up the good work. Any of them at this point are going to get some action I think.
brusskii
December 10, 2012 @ 3:00 pm
I don’t get why people sit around and bash people that they really don’t know.. If I had to vote I would vote for Tate! Why? Because, not only has he been a hard worker his life, he has a really great voice.. This is why the world crumbles to peices because, people think putting other people down makes them self feel proud.
Cheers!
Michael Bo Munck
December 10, 2012 @ 2:57 pm
Tate will win this X Factor why he is the BEST that why
Michael from Copenhagen DK we love country
xx
December 10, 2012 @ 2:51 pm
Lmfao lmfao and if tate does win.. god forbid its cause of is dam sob story. Oh i worked all of my life. Well so do i.
Tate does not have a voice hes got a dam sob story lije ibsaid we all do. If america picks tate cause of that American music is lost
Carly is such amazing voice and as proven it.. carlysangeled live amd vote strong and is very proud of carly. Carly is so true to the heart..
Taylor Thompson
December 10, 2012 @ 2:44 pm
Sorry guys but Tates going to win.
He’s an deserves it more than anyone else and has an amazing voice that country music needs right now. Tate has this.
Tate’s going to win.
Karen
December 10, 2012 @ 2:30 pm
I have liked Tate from the first song he sang and he’s better each week. He did Garth Brooks proud. I would enjoy hearing him sing more of his songs. Tate seems to be a down to earth husband, father & intertainer as Garth. I am one of the biggest Garth Brooks fans out there and I see Tate being another fabulous intertainer. Each week I watch XFACTOR, I can’t wait to hear him sing. He already has my support and I hope he wins. Carly has an amazing voice and puts it out there every week. But everyone shouldn’t put Tate down when his fans keep him on top. He is a great singer too.
Julie
December 10, 2012 @ 2:19 pm
Everyone that is left, is awesome in my opinion. I believe that every one of them have a future in music. Carly already is a professional on Broadway! I support all of them, even though I’m a country fan. They have all worked hard to get to this point. I look at the winner of last year and notice that her album is not available yet and notice that previous years contestants that have come in 2nd, 3rd or 4th have made it well and had music out much faster. Anything can happen at this point.
denise
December 10, 2012 @ 2:11 pm
Carly is more of a professional than any of them. (Being on Broadway etc…) and yes she has a great voice for being only 13. But that’s about it. She doesn’t have much of a personality. Tate, has an “good” voice but a lot of personality and is connecting with the audience more than the others. Look how many popular singers out there have average voices but have made it big. (Taylor Swift, Madonna etc….) They have a star quality about them that makes up for the average voice.
Dina
December 10, 2012 @ 2:06 pm
Tate Stevens is Number 1 and has got this!!! Im not taken anything away from Carly Rose she is Great and we will all see her on Stage someday and will hear her on the Radio but lets all give Credit where Credit is due!!! Tate Stevens and Carly Rose has been 1st and 2nd by Americas Vote….Either Way if Tate or Carly was voted off this coming Thursday we would still be hearing from them…Im part of Tatenation and will Vote again like i did last week 615 times for TATE STEVENS!!! thats your Winner!!
TATE NATION!!
December 10, 2012 @ 2:02 pm
Either way I am glad Cece fake cryer Fry went home :)
We will all watch and keep voting for our favorites, in the end it’s all for fun!
Texas
December 10, 2012 @ 1:57 pm
If you have something bad to say about TATE YOU CAN KISS MY ASS. Tate is awesome in anyway you put it. Yes Carly is good but there both good and when you have 2 good people you need to look at the situation. Tate is raising a family and Carly is still in elementary she still has a lot of growing to do.
Carly's fan
December 10, 2012 @ 1:54 pm
Look; I am a Carly’s fan. But I never offended no other contestant. Not all of her fans are haters; I like E3; 5H and Tate; but I like more Carly. I know a lot of people that like Carly and isn’t a hater. They even are emblers or tate nation or hamonizers
Kitty
December 10, 2012 @ 1:50 pm
Tate Stevens all the way!!! And if you haven’t noticed Dave H, Tate is a country artist, therefore he sings country songs. And all you haters can keep hating. It doesn’t matter if his youtube videos don’t have as much views as Carly’s, he’s #1 cause his fans put him there. Tate is not going anywhere. He’s been #1 two weeks, #2 two weeks, but never on the bottom and his fans will never let him be on the bottom. Next week bottom two emblem 3 and 5th harmony because Tatenation will continue to keep him at #1. He’s gonna win this. We’ll make sure of it
Tate fan
December 10, 2012 @ 1:47 pm
I think it’s sad that all of her fans are so hateful! Tate’s fans have a lot more class and don’t have to bash her! I wish them both the best of luck, I think either way they will both be going very far after this is over! On that note, TATENATION loves you Tate!!!
Cclark
December 10, 2012 @ 1:46 pm
Carly will do great if she stays on Broadway, cruise ship or opening act for Barry Manilow. Tate is a true, relatable, and very marketable to all genre musician!
Byrl Alexander
December 10, 2012 @ 1:42 pm
Carly is all ready a child actress singer/song writer and has been on broadway. She has a career already.
Tate is a country singer
Both are good, but carly has a lot of room to grow also.
Elizabeth
December 10, 2012 @ 1:34 pm
Okay first off YOUTUBE views DONT count as VOTES! duh! not everyone watches youtube and 2ND Carly sounds the exact same evrytime she sings the same type of slow song every week were she hits the high notes and sings her heart out yes she is good but tate is better in my opinion, you can not compare a mans voice to a lil girl they can never be compared she sings like she is on broadway, which she is a award winning broadway performer. tate fits into what people are listening to right now. Plan and simple
Debbie
December 10, 2012 @ 1:29 pm
JUST Love the simplicity of TATE . His country down the earth style is what is needed today. He is amazing. This is his time. Carly is a sweetheart and can sing her heart out but she is so young and has a fantastic life ahead of her.. my vote is for the down to earth Tate.
lainabug
December 10, 2012 @ 1:28 pm
Well we can all see whose leading in this poll
Iiiii
December 10, 2012 @ 1:28 pm
I would just like to point out not once has Tate’s fans ever bashed on Carly so it’s appreciated if you don’t bash on Tate. Sorry we are loyal fans and believe a hard working man that can sing deserves this. #TeamTate
Christy Lee Ware
December 10, 2012 @ 1:28 pm
TATE NATION! You Couldn’t have said it any better!!!! I Agree with you 100%!!!! TATE DESERVES TO WIN!!!!
lainabug
December 10, 2012 @ 1:24 pm
Xx you obviously don’t have a country bone in your body if you think Tate stinks he is as good as Garth Brooks. Haters
xx
December 10, 2012 @ 1:19 pm
All tate is karaoke…. carly sings amazing and makes every song her own
Carly as a terrific amazing one of kind voice…
TATE NATION!!
December 10, 2012 @ 1:16 pm
Tate does great every week… LA needs to just give him good country songs. Not everyone is a POP STAR! I hate when they say this. Carly is really good, but she is so young and good she will be signed even if she doesn’t win! This happens all the time. Tate has worked his whole life and had to put his career on hold to raise his kids. So now that he’s older he’s persuing his dream! I am voting for him because he’s good and deserves it. Carly has MANY years ahead of her…. she will get more that the 5mill in her lifetime.
xx
December 10, 2012 @ 1:12 pm
Tates soo soo soo over rated.
Hes getting to cocky for is own good.. carly rocks.. carlys gona win thus gands down.. watch what u say…. tates gone next week
He stinks.
And i enjoy some country
I.just cant stand tateee….
Tate Stevens all the way
December 10, 2012 @ 1:07 pm
Seems to be a lot of Tate bashing but the truth behind it is he has just as many if not more fans then Carly. He will come out on top.sometimes its hard to accept and others take it hard that you are on top Tate and can’t accept the fact you are just an amazing country star with tons of fans. Others are saying they dont understand how he is on top let me explain. … he had more fans vote that night. Its common since people. He has a great attitude and family and that will get him through to the end!
Jerry
December 10, 2012 @ 1:04 pm
Go Tate. All of you are winners. Have great careers ahead of you regardless of the final results. Enjoyed the season with all of you. Again you all are WINNERS !!! Good Luck.
JudithLove
December 10, 2012 @ 1:00 pm
I LOVE TATE ! :D Carly is amazing too but I think the music business isn’t so great for a 13 year old, but i LOVE her. I think the girls in fifth harmony should be solo and emblem3 just isn’t good at all in my opinion.
james pewter
December 10, 2012 @ 12:58 pm
seriously carly’s fans are so irritable that they make me hate carly ik ik that she got big huge voice but is it necessary to comment badly about every other contestant
lainabug
December 10, 2012 @ 12:58 pm
Tate Stevens #1 all the way
Samira
December 10, 2012 @ 12:49 pm
Tate #1 and Soniclair #2 the rest dont matter (2)
[email protected]
December 10, 2012 @ 12:45 pm
Tate #1 and Soniclair #2 the rest dont matter
Jana
December 10, 2012 @ 12:44 pm
I agree with Millz. I love Carly AND TATE! I appreciate and feel blessed to enjoy both of their God given voices! There is no need to BASH!
Cliff Roach
December 10, 2012 @ 12:03 pm
Your comments on XFactor are just like other shows, we wonder if you even watch. UK winner was hands down leader as was second place. 3rd place Maloney was an embarrassment to the show and his country.
As for Carly, she is hands down number one in YouTube hits and votes, as a matter of fact last week there were thousands of complaints about not being able to get through and vote using HER number. Smells a little like Dancing with the Stars final result – FIX maybe in…..Not only is Carly the best singer, she is the best performer, most consistent and has the XFactor…
Millz
December 10, 2012 @ 11:11 am
she’s a great kid with a great voice but her fans make people not like her! SMH
Millz
December 10, 2012 @ 11:00 am
I think it’s funny how only the Carly fans bash Tate and the other contestants but you never see a Tate, E3, or any othe contestants fans bash Carly.. LOL
drish
December 10, 2012 @ 10:02 am
And simon your just dumb k! yaeh you sold over a 300 million copies but demi’s not completely blank bout music i mean theres a reason shes a judge here >:/
drish
December 10, 2012 @ 10:01 am
i love you demi like nuts and i know you are a carley fan too but she doesnt need to do uptempo she is still a star :/
drish
December 10, 2012 @ 9:57 am
carley is the most talented artist on that show tate doesnt deserve to be no 1 at all….
Carley is soo super awesome i mean everytime she gets ont he stage faces lighten up i go nuts when I see her the way she makes every song her own is so awesome and the fact that she’s only 13 is unbelievable……
im on carley nation and she’s so goona win :* <3<3
One Direction
December 10, 2012 @ 9:36 am
I think fifth harmony deserves a place- At least they have more talent than emblem 3… All emblem3 has got is a massive fangirl base but they have not as good vocals.
Nina
December 10, 2012 @ 9:29 am
Why is Tate even that high up in the rankings? I don’t even think he’s good enough to be in anymore. He’s good, but not great.
Colin
December 10, 2012 @ 8:44 am
Carly Rose is amazing, god has gave her a gift!
Jackroad
December 10, 2012 @ 7:55 am
Carly has almost 20 million views in Youtube while the rest has less than 5 million… it hook you up once you listen to her songs
come on
December 10, 2012 @ 4:55 am
Come on. Tate gave not so good performance while Carly did a way better job. He got more votes. Not fair. And your comment is like dumb Demi. America chose the song of Carly. Do you get it. You are being hater toward Carly and trying to support Tate. Not cool. or you don’t watch the show like i do.
Ron P.
December 10, 2012 @ 1:34 am
You are making a huge mistake if you think the contestants get to choose their songs. So when you say that Carly needs to do someting more uptempo, and that contestants who are unafraid to take risks are rewarded, hat’s all well and good on paper, but the reallity is that a whole team of people is selecting the songs for all the contestants, and my souces tell me they do whatever they want regardless of what Carly or any of the contestants may suggest or feel.
Dave H.
December 10, 2012 @ 12:32 am
I am confused. Carly is criticized for not going up tempo for a change of pace, yet Tate can do nothing but Country week after week (along with two Bon Jove songs that he did not get rave reviews for) and that is o.k.? I don’t get it.