The Top 16 took the stage tonight on The X Factor Season 2 live shows and when it comes to Simon Cowell and FOX, you know everything is going to be down way over-the-top and it started with a bang when Paige Thomas took the stage. Tonight’s kickoff of the live shows on The X Factor 2012 was no different, as all 16 acts took the stage in what can be described with a question: really? It was glitter and costumes and dancers and smoke and girls screaming, but where was the singing tonight on The X Factor Season 2?

Paige Thomas kicked off the show and in her package video it was all about Demi Lovato giving her a new look and a new attitude for the live shows. They shaved off her hair, which actually looked really cute. All this hooplah on The X Factor USA about the shaving, but they they put her in some costume for her performance that has this crazy, spiky thing on her head…not even a glimpse of the shaved hair.


Then we get to the Paige Thomas performance on The X Factor Season 2 live shows and it was like she was a whole new person, but not in a good way. All the lights and the dancers and crazy costumes took away from a girl with an amazing voice. Sometimes you couldn’t even hear her and other times you didn’t want to. While they are looking for a star on The X Factor 2012, there has to be a point where we can see these people sing. Paige can sing and the song choice and bells and whistles going off around her took away from that fact. Check out her performance here:

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