14 DAY TRIAL // The latest edition of X Factor USA saw 13-year-old Rachel Crow getting the boot after judge Nicole Scherzinger sent the decision to deadlock. Drama ensued – and it also played out once the show was over, as the video below will confirm.
As we also informed you yesterday, judges had to send home either Rachel or Marcus Canty. When it came down to Nicole to cast her vote, she chose to send Rachel home because, this way, the decision would go to deadlock, with each contestant having two of the judges' votes.
Deadlock means the judges can't reach a valid outcome and their votes are thrown out the window. In a deadlock situation, it's the public who decides.
In this particular situation, Rachel didn't have more votes than Marcus, so she was sent home. Her and Nicole's reaction to the news was to burst into tears.
The crying continued backstage, at least on Nicole's part, as the video below will show.
“I couldn't make that decision on my own... I didn't send her home. I adore Rachel,” she says, trying to explain that she basically sent the decision to deadlock in the hope that Rachel had received more votes than Marcus.
Only when she saw Rachel's reaction to hearing her name called out, did Nicole realize what she'd done.
“When I saw Rachel's look on her face, I just died inside,” Nicole adds between tears.
At one point in the video, Rachel walks in on Nicole, trying to tell her not to cry anymore because she'll “be OK.”
And she's telling the truth, even if she probably didn't know it at the time. TMZ reports that Disney has already shown signs of interest in the young singer, and might sign her.
“Now that she has been eliminated off X-Factor, a general meeting is planned with her and Disney Channel executives soon,” a Disney source says for the e-zine.
“We're told Disney honchos want to go through a laundry list of possible opportunities for Rachel during the meeting – including TV, movies, and radio,” TMZ adds.
As they say, this is not the end for Rachel: it's only the beginning.
