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" The X Factor USA might have been on a bit of a break, but it&amp;#039;s back tonight for the first Live Show - and we&amp;#039;ve already got the popcorn in. Given the dreaded four-chair challenge that the contestants had to face, the entire Top 16 is pretty spectacular, and it&amp;#039;s been hard narrowing down our ones to watch to just five. But after much head-scratching and anguished faces, we&amp;#039;ve managed to select the five acts that we think could end up being something quite special on the show. Let&amp;#039;s just hope this doesn&amp;#039;t end up being the kiss of death for them... after all, we&amp;#039;re losing four hopefuls in the first week! Let us know what you think of our choices, and who your favourites are... Alex &amp;amp;amp; Sierra  OK, we&amp;#039;ll be honest. When we first met Alex and Sierra, we felt a bit stabby. A bit nauseous. Did they have to be quite so happy? So lovey-dovey? And right in front of us? And then they took to the stage for their first audition - a countrified rendition of &amp;#039;Toxic&amp;#039; - and we had to grudgingly accept that actually we do quite like them and think they&amp;#039;re really quite good. Isn&amp;#039;t that annoying? Every time we see them we think of Nashville&amp;#039;s Scarlett and Gunnar, except not as whiney. Trust us - that&amp;#039;s a compliment.      Lillie McCloud  Oh, we love Lillie McCloud so much. The Over 25s category can so often be a bit of an afterthought on The X Factor - you know, you have a nice voice and all, but you&amp;#039;re never going to be a popstar. But with Lillie, you get the sense that she could be a proper superstar. Not only does she ooze charisma from every pore, but she has a stunning voice. Also, there&amp;#039;s always this reaction when she reveals that she&amp;#039;s 54 years old with seven grandchildren. There&amp;#039;s something we really like about Lillie, and we think she could win over viewers pretty damn easily.      Restless Road  Simon Cowell has a bit of a habit of putting bands together, and he&amp;#039;s not been entirely unsuccessful in the past (hey, One Direction!). We think he might have struck gold again with Restless Road, a hunky slice of the south with plenty of grit and gravel. Andrew Scholz, Colton Pack, and Zach Beeken might have auditioned separately, but when they got on their jeans for a rocking rendition of &amp;#039;Somebody&amp;#039; at the four-chair challenge it felt like they&amp;#039;d been performing together for ages. We&amp;#039;re excited about where they could go in this competition.      Carlos Guevara  We&amp;#039;ll be honest - we didn&amp;#039;t pay much attention to Carlos Guevara in the audition stages of The X Factor. He was a nice guy, with a nice voice. Well, that was an oversight on our part, because when he came out for the four-chair challenge, he blew us away with his stunning, quirky take on &amp;#039;Ain&amp;#039;t No Sunshine&amp;#039;. It wasn&amp;#039;t perfect, but there was something really emotional and thrilling and different about it. We can&amp;#039;t wait to see what he performs next.      Danielle Geimer (Danie)  The Girls category is really strong this season, which made whittling it down extremely difficult for us. But for some reason, we feel ourselves drawn to Danielle Geimer - now apparently going by Danie (could she be the next Cher or Madonna?). I don&amp;#039;t know why, but there&amp;#039;s something about this slightly dorky-in-the-best-way teenager blossoming on stage that just captivates us - so much soul in someone so young! Then she took the four-chair challenge by storm with her stunning take on &amp;#039;Georgia On My Mind&amp;#039;. We&amp;#039;re rooting for you, Danie!      The X Factor USA Live Shows begin tonight on Fox. Do you agree with our five ones to watch? Who are you backing in the competition? Who do you think will win? Let us know below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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