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"The X Factor USA has opened online auditions for its second season.  The singing competition will conclude its debut season with a two-part live finale next week, with a second season previously confirmed by Fox last month. Singers and vocal groups can now submit their audition videos through the official website until Saturday, December 31.  Marcus Canty, who made it to the live shows this season, was one of the contestants who auditioned via YouTube for the first season.  Cities and dates for the open auditions and MyStudio Booth Auditions - which found Drew Ryniewicz this season - will be announced at a later date.  The X Factor chose its final three for season one on Thursday night&amp;#039;s results show, when Marcus Canty, Chris Rene, Melanie Amaro and Josh Krajcik discovered who would be going home and who would be advancing to next week&amp;#039;s finale.  The X Factor concludes Wednesday, December 21 and Thursday, December 22 at 8/7c on Fox.  &amp;gt; X Factor names its season one final three &amp;gt; X Factor poll results: Josh Krajcik rules the semi-finals Browse a gallery of this week&amp;#039;s X Factor results show below (spoilers included): "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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