Welcome ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for your kind words and advice. I have thought this through and I have decided to continue this competition. I will tell you now that I may not be 100% on time for everything because obviously we have lives outside the internet and we have things to do. But I will give my 100% to try and finish this competition! So thank you for your guys support :) So let's get this started! You have all made it to the Top 16! Congratulations but that's only for now. 2 of you will be in the bottom 2, fighting to stay in this competition! You were asked this week to bring a break out performance that will wow the judges! Let's see the critiques! Some may be longer/shorter than others but that will change as the competition rolls on since there's many of you! Judges feel free to comment your critiques if you'd like!

Critiques:

I'm Telling You, I'm Not Going - Jessica Sanchez:
Beautiful performance! I thought you did a magnificent job on bringing the wow factor to the competition and I think this was a great way to start off this season!

Change - Taylor Swift:
Your emotions definitely showed in this song. I loved how you felt the song, you knew what you were doing and you brought a lot to the table. You made it so far last season, I believe you can do even better this season!

Dangerously In Love - Beyonce:
Let me just say, I LOVE YOU BEYONCE! I'll be honest, I don't think it was your best performance BUT I'm sure you knew that too! We wanna save those big time performances for the future and this performance itself was still amazing! Your vocal capability is incredible and I thought it was great!

You - Cascada:
WOW! Cascada, listen. When you told me after Season 1 that you had a goal of winning this competition, I'll be honest, I had my doubts BUT you proved me DEAD wrong. Because that was literally one of the best performances I've heard in this X-Factor season to date. Great job! Amazing vocals and such a catchy and passionate song.

Sexyback - Justin Timberlake:
Hmm, I don't think this was a WOW factor song that I was looking for from a big pop star like you. I feel like your ballads are a lot more WOW factor type. This song didn't show your vocal range that I believe you have, still early in the competition. You can change :)

Oops, I Did It Again - Britney Spears:
I think this was the same thing like JT, I felt like this song didn't bring your vocal range capability. Yes you are correct that you can dance, but the singing wasn't your best. I've seen your vocal capability and I wanna see those vocal ranges that I have heard before. You can do it!

Blown Away - Carrie Underwood:
I thought that was a great job from you! You gave a strong performance and I thought you had a great start to this competition. Great vocal and pace throughout the song!

Adore You - Miley Cyrus:
I like this song choice! I thought you did a great job in this song and the only thing I wished was that I could've heard your amazing high notes. BUT that being said, still a very good performance! Great job!