It took a while, but Mamaroneck’s singing sensation Carly Rose Sonenclar, the runner-up for “The X Factor,” has a contract with Simon Cowell’s SYCO company. It took a while. “The X Factor” finale was Dec. 20 and, while other contestants Tate Stevens, Emblem3 and Fifth Harmony had been signed, Carly… Read More →
‘X Factor’ teen to attend Sunday parade, has been recording Carly Rose Sonenclar and her brother, Russ, record a song in producer Brian McKenna’s Btoven Music studios in Manhattan. Photo by Jordan Rennert/Respect Films It has been more than a month since Mario Lopez announced that the season 2 winner… Read More →
Mamaroneck plans to honor ‘X Factor’ star on Jan. 27 (Carly Rose Sonenclar attends the “The X Factor” season finale at CBS Television City in Los Angeles on Dec. 20, 2012 Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Mamaroneck’s singing superstar—“XFactor” runner-up Carly Rose Sonenclar—has been home for weeks, but her village will… Read More →
Westchester’s singing phenom finishes 2nd on ‘X Factor’ Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar on “X Factor.” Ray Mickshaw/FOX In the end, the country went for country. Westchester singing sensation Carly Rose Sonenclar did not win the second season of “The X Factor” tonight. After more than 35 million votes were cast… Read More →
Re-capping Carly’s ‘X Factor’ semi-final performances Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar sings Elton John’s “Your Song” in the semi-finals of “The X Factor” last night. Photo by Ray Mickshaw/FOX. Carly Rose Sonenclar’s semi-final wasn’t as smooth as her ride to this point, but the pride of Mamaroneck is THIRTEEN, the youngest… Read More →
Doris Hernacki has been teaching Carly Rose Sonenclar the piano for five years—and doing her part to help her student advance on “The X Factor.” “Last week, I voted 175 times,” she says with a laugh. “I usually vote 100 times a week. On the phone, I keep hitting redial…. Read More →
Broadway co-star remembers a girl with ‘natural,’ ‘prodigious’ talent Kate Shindle, who appeared with Carly Rose Sonenclar two years ago in “Wonderland” on Broadway, says “I’m totally fan-girling this girl I met when she was 11 years old.” Shindle, who was Miss America 1998 (the year before Carly was born),... Read More →
Broadway co-star remembers Carly’s Broadway debut When Carly Rose Sonenclar was 7, she played Young Cosette in the Broadway revival of “Les Miserables.” (That’s her at right, in a Joan Marcus photo.) The actress playing Cosette in that production was another Westchester actress, Ali Ewoldt, of Pleasantville, who would go… Read More →
Voters tonight could put Sonenclar in the finals (Carly arrives for last week’s “X Factor” viewing party. Tonight’s semi-finals will determine which three acts head to next Thursday’s final of the Fox singing competition. Photo by Ray Mickshaw/FOX.) She started out as contestant 708987 at her audition, but tonight, Mamaroneck… Read More →
‘X Factor’ phenom is a New York kid in Hollywood (Carly Rose Sonenclar arrives at “The X Factor” viewing party at The Grove in Hollywood last Thursday. Photo by Ray Mickshaw/FOX.) As she prepares for tomorrow night’s big show—with two performances that could send her to “The X Factor” finale—Carly… Read More →
And then there were four… (Carly performs in Wednesday’s live show. Photo by Ray Mickshaw.) Westchester’s singing phenom, 13-year-old Carly Rose Sonenclar from Mamaroneck, made it straightaway to the top 4 and the semifinals of Fox TV’s “X Factor” singing competition tonight. Next Wednesday, she’ll face country singer Tate Stevens,... Read More →
Carly Rose Sonenclar singing and chatting Here are some videos from Mamaroneck’s 13-year-old phenom, Carly Rose Sonenclar, on “The X Factor” (and after) last night. Carly singing “As Long As You Love Me,” by Justin Beiber. Carly singing Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy.” Afterward, backstage with Hollywire. I’ll be… Read More →
Hang out tonight and watch ‘The X Factor’—unplugged And then there were six. Tonight, the final six contestants—Diamond White, Tate Stevens, Cece Frey, Emblem 3, Fifth Harmony and Mamaroneck’s phenom Carly Rose Sonenclar—sing to stay in the competition. A couple of thoughts before the show starts. With Vino Alan leaving… Read More →
Mamaroneck teen’s ‘Over the Rainbow’ puts her over the top Last night’s emotional “X Factor” exit of New Jersey teen-ager Beatrice Miller—who sang through the tears in a performance that seemed a bit cruel, even by reality-tv standards—was followed by the unveiling of the vote totals for the remaining… Read More →
Even after all these weeks, the judges on THE X FACTOR still aren’t quite sure what they’ve got with Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar. She killed “My Heart Will Go On,” the “Titanic” anthem tonight and the judges were still thinking that someone was singing for her. L.A. Reid to Carly’s… Read More →
Facing the voters for the first time We got to meet Russell, Carly’s brother, last night on “The X Factor” and the 13-year-old phenom from Mamaroneck got to sing a song from her wheelhouse: Bruno Mars’ “It Will Rain.” Carly has said Mars is an inspiration and an example. He’s… Read More →
Mamaroneck phenom advancing on “The X Factor” (Carly Rose Sonenclar performs live on THE X FACTOR last week. Ray Mickshaw/FOX. ) Last week, Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar made it through the first week of live shows on “The X Factor.” Wednesday night, she’s back for the next round. Here’s this… Read More →
And then there were 12 on “The X Factor,” including Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who was spared by Britney Spears last night, with 11 other acts. They’ll be back singing live next Wednesday with the results show next Thursday. But first, there’s Sunday night’s recap from the judges’ homes, for… Read More →
Mamaroneck teen gets her Britney on Gotta say that Carly Rose Sonenclar looked so out of place singing Flo Rida’s “Good Feeling” last night on “The X Factor.” It looked like she got some bad advice from her judge-advisor Britney Spears, who had Carly dressed in a school uniform (I… Read More →
Chatting up ‘X Factor’ phenom Carly Rose Sonenclar The World Series is booting “The X Factor” from its Wednesday/Thursday lineup on Fox this week (and possibly next), but we caught up with the very busy Carly Rose Sonenclar and the Mamaroneck phenom talked about last week’s episode, when Britney Spears… Read More →
After a baseball rain delay stalled the start of “The X Factor,” in the final night of the Judges Homes episodes, Britney Spears last night told Mamaroneck phenom Carly Rose Sonenclar that she’s moving on to the group’s 16 finalists. The 13-year-old joins Diamond White, 13, from L.A.; Arin Ray,... Read More →
Mamaroneck ‘dragon caterpillar’ talks about Britney’s home The morning after will.i.am dubbed her a “dragon caterpillar” who starts out soft and then scorches the village, Carly Rose Sonenclar called this morning to talk about the experience of being at Britney Spears’ Malibu home for last night’s episode of “The X… Read More →
Mamaroneck teen wows Britney and Will.i.am in Malibu On “The X Factor” last night, after L.A. Reid was finished screening the six finalists in the “Over 25” category, it was time for the teens—and Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar.
On tonight’s hour-long episode of “The X Factor,” Mamaroneck 13-year-old Carly Rose Sonenclar and her fellow teens hang out at Britney Spears’ Miami home, and compete to be among the four teen acts moving on to the Fox show’s “live shows.” The show airs from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m…. Read More →
Swapped emails with Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who is now through with boot camp on “The X Factor.” Here’s our Q&A. We’ll add some more answers later this afternoon, about last night’s duet with Diamond, so check back later for that.
Carly survives boot camp’s first round (Carly Rose Sonenclar, left, on “The X Factor” boot camp’s first night last night. Photo by Ray Mickshaw/FOX.) Nerves took their toll on early X Factor boot campers tonight. Waiting for Carly Rose Sonenclar to do her thing, but it looks like we might… Read More →
Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar will be on tonight’s Boot Camp episode of “The X Factor.” I’ll be updating this post after her performance tonight and speaking with her first thing tomorrow moring, so check back here. Meanwhile, here’s my story about the 13-year-old phenom. (Carly Rose Sonenclar sings “Feeling Good”... Read More →
Looks like I’ll have a weekly appointment to talk with Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who blew the judges away on “The X Factor” and will appear on the show’s Miami Boot Camp episode tomorrow night. Do you have a question for Carly? Leave a comment here and I’ll pick a… Read More →
Mamaroneck’s Carly Rose Sonenclar, who took “The X Factor” by storm when her audition aired last week, is getting more airtime. Her mom tells me Carly will be on NBC’s “Access Hollywood Live” this morning, between 11 and noon, and on Extra at 7 p.m., so set those DVR’s. As… Read More →
