by Todd Betzold

In honor of Thanksgiving this week, the singers on The X Factor are saying thanks to someone special in their lives and dedicating their song to that person.

This week two acts will be sent home. The act with the lowest vote will automatically be sent home and the next two lowest vote-getters will battle it out for the judges' votes to see who will survive.

Rachel Crow is up first and dedicating her performance to her adoptive parents...bring on the tears for the story before her performance. She sang amazingly. Her vocals were so good and that was an excellent start to the show...the others are going to have to step up their game. She is adorable and such an inspiration...love her!

Up next is Marcus Canty who is singing for his mother tonight (and more tears for me). Okay, so despite my tears throughout the whole performance I had to deal with, Marcus can sing. He slowed it down and you could feel the emotion in his performance. It was great.

Now time for Melanie Amaro, who will be dedicating her performance to the one person who has never let her down, God. Another beautiful performance by Melanie, who looked beautiful tonight. A flawless song...but after her performance, she gave a speech and gave her love for being in the show still. We saw the real Melanie tonight and I loved it.

Chris Rene is dedicating his performance to Tim, the counselor from his rehab that helped save his life. After three absolutely amazing performances to start the show, I just was not feeling this performance. He's a good guy and good for him with being sober still, but I just can't get into him as a performer.

The lone group left in the competition, Lakoda Rayne, who dedicate their performance to the ones who have helped shape them to be who they are today. It started a little rough for me and they seemed to not be harmonizing with each other, but it improved as the song went on...I'm still not a big fan.

Leroy Bell is dedicating his performance to his mother, who was behind him 100% while growing up. I think he has a great voice, but I feel he has no connection with the audience. He just seems to be going through the routines while on stage. I didn't feel the connection, like apparently Paula and Simon and Nicole felt.

Now time for Astro, where we get to see the drama again from last week and all the support he got from his fans despite his actions, so he is dedicating this performance to them, his fans. This kid is so amazing and is so talented. The lyrics he writes each week are so good...I just hope he gets the votes.

Drew is next and dedicating her performance to her best friend Shelby. She has the unique voice and I enjoy that about Drew, but it is getting old to me...same thing every week. L.A. questioned the song choice and it's not age appropriate, which included Drew defending the song choice and a spat between him and Simon. On a sidenote, the song was "Skyscraper" by Demi Lovato who happens to be 19 years old...bad critique L.A.

The last performer of the night is Josh Krajcik, who will be dedicating his song to his 13-year-old daughter Rowan. And he brought me to tears. This is natural for him...he sits behind the piano and what comes out of his mouth is effortless...beautiful performance.

Find out who will be sent home tomorrow night when The X Factor airs at 8/7c on Fox.

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