CeCe breaks the bottom 2 AGAIN!

With all of the preparation for the premiere of The Stakes last week, I forgot to blog about CeCe's win in last week's X Factor.

The assignment that week was to rock out a famous song from a movie sountrack and MissXtotheO chose "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky III. On a personal note, I have never been a fan of this song, as much as I love the Rocky franchise... I have never really been THAT into this song and I actually find it quite annoying. But needless to say, CeCe took to "the challenge of her rivals" and beat the hell out of the song like Rocky Balboa did to Clubber Lang.

Plus her trademark leopard print made a distinct return in new fashion, which I thought was a nice touch. And fire... Seriously, FIRE on stage!

That pretty much sold the performance for me, but it didn't impress the judges. LA Reid felt like it was strong, but just wasn't doing it for him, while Simon Cowell (who has surprisingly been a CeCe suporter in the past) admitted that Demi Lovato has pretty much been "cocking" up CeCe's song choice.

CeCe has been a huge fan of Demi for some time, and I still believe that CeCe's version of Demi's "Skyscraper" is still better than the original. But here for the first time, I am starting to think that their match up is gonna cause CeCe's eventual downfall on the show. It just does not seem to be meshing. And part of that (I believe) is because Demi Lovato is just not as talented or original as the press make her out to be.

So... the next night, CeCe found herslf in the bottom two once again, this time facing off against flamboyant showman, Jason Brock (who, I absolutely LOVED btw). 

Once again, CeCe hit the judges with a ballad (Her saving grace several times over during this competition). And while pretty much putting her words into the song form, she told the judges and the audience watching at home that they "hadn't seen the last of her." And it wasn't.

After the judges were deadlocked in their votes. The audience's voting at home determined that Jason Brock was the official loser and CeCe was granted a pass to stick around for another week.

Whew, intense.
On to next week!

-P 

CeCe Narrowly escapes Elimination on X Factor!

CeCe hit the stage on Wednesday night's first X Factor LIVE show with a rockin rendition of Patti Smith's "Here Come The Night." I watched the following day with no clue of how the evening would turn out, but was blown away by how transformed CeCe had become into a mega star. I mean, just a few months ago we were in Kyle Jordan Mueller's basement filming against a green screen for her cover of "Wild Ones" and now she putting on a Britney-esque performance (not on IN FRONT OF Britney) but also in front of millions of viewers WORLDWIDE!

Unfortunately, things did not go CeCe's way and the judges ultimately criticized her vocals by chalking it up to "nervousness." The thing that gets me, is that they also claim that her performance was NOT CeCe... I thinks it was quite the opposite. I think it was 110% CeCe, and the entire perforamce (from the dancers to the makeup to the wardrobe) was all a personification of her style and creativity. I think the judges, Simon Cowell especially, only want to see the softer side of CeCe and not the "Rocker" side that she works so hard to maintain. Anyway, this left CeCe in Demi Lovato's "Bottom Two" and facing elimination on the following night's LIVE show.

Luckily, she made her presence known once again in front of those millions of viewers and established herself as a REAL contender in this competition, taking down Willie Jones and remaining in the game! I have to admit, I have been swept up in the Hunger Games aspects of this show and am now eagerly waiting to find out what happens next.

A year ago, I knew that I only wanted to work with the MOST talented artists in St. Louis before making my way to the west coast. And thus far, I truly have.

-P

CeCe tackles LMFAO in front of Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato

This week as CeCe moved forward on The X Factor, she was faced with the challenge of singing in front of Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas in Demi's own home. After a quick exchange of advice from Demi, who suggested that CeCe tone down her confidence a bit, Miss X to the O got it together and stepped up to perform LMFAO's monster hit "Sexy and I Know It."

CeCe jokingly points outs to the judges that the song is just for fun and in no way reflects her own pride... see for yourself. Will it be enough for her to move on in the competition?

Keep watching,

-P

CeCe Battles It Out Over Some Whitney!

So your girl, CeCe has officially moved on to Boot Camp in the X Factor Competition, and found herself in a Whitney Houston face off on last night's episode, belting out her signature "I Will Always Love You."

Of course I'm biased, but Cecelia blew me away, having filmed her over the last year, there have been several times when she has blown my mind and shown me how extremely talented she really is, and last night's performance was one of those moments. 

I guess we will find out what happens tonight, as The X Factor returns for more Boot Camp trials and tribulations.

Also, I have been receiving a few e-mails about CeCe's videos, once again... Her video portfolio (filmed by ME) will be online after her run on the show is complete! Until then, keep supporting your girl and feel free to TWEET her at: @CeCeMissXToTheO

-P

CeCe PREMIERES on The X-Factor!

Back in June, within a 5 minute window, you might have seen a blog post about my last video with CeCe ("Wild Ones") where I said that her and I would be on a brief hiatus while she was busy competing on The X Factor.

Well, within seconds, MissXtotheO was lighting up my iPhone in a frenzy about how we were supposed to keep it secret (keep it safe). So I swore to her, I would keep my mouth zipped until the day came when she would appear on the Fox talent show. 

Well... TODAY is that day. Last night, during The X-Factor auditions in Kansas City, CeCe made her worldwide television debut, WOWing the judges with her rendition of Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man." Naturally, all four judges (which includes L.A. Reid, Britney Spears and Demi Lovato) told the girl she had "The X Factor" and moved her along in the competition.

So, now... as we waited to find out CeCe's fate on the show (and I will continue to stay hush), all our videos together have been temporarily locked down. So at least for the time being, you wont be able to see the portfolio that we built together until her time is done on the show. So chill out!

Keep watching and supporting your girl @CeCeMissXtotheO

Thanks for reading!

-P