First runner-up Rebecca Ferguson is the latest rising star to emerge from Season 7 of "The X Factor U.K.," the same stellar season that spawned brooding electro singer Aiden Grimshaw and pond-crossing breakout pop stars Cher Lloyd and One Direction. The Britsoul sensation's critically heralded debut album, Heaven, recently came out in the U.S., and this week--with all of the world's eyes riveted on her native England as the London Olympics kick off--Rebecca delivered a winning performance at the P&G Family Home, a home-away-from-home haven established for athletes and their families during the Games as part of its "Thank You Mom" campaign.

photo: NBC/Tyler GoldenWhile everyone is getting all worked up about Mariah Carey joining "American Idol" and Britney Spears signing on for "The X Factor," NBC's "The Voice" has quietly acquired a dream team of credible, if slightly less flashy, mentors to advise the show's coaches in Season 3. Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas will assist Cee Lo Green, Mary J. Blige (who was once rumored to be in the running for "Idol") will help Adam Levine, Michael Buble will be Blake Shelton's right-hand man...and now it has just been announced that Christina Aguilera will join forces with none other than Billie Joe Armstrong. OF GREEN DAY.

Brandon & Amber go home, after dancing their best routine to dateOkay, before I get into tonight's full top 16 "So You Think You Can Dance" recap, can someone please tell me where/how I can start a petition to reinstate the series' Thursday night results show--which was cut by Fox this season, thus forcing the program to adopt a new elimination procedure even more confusing than the one on "Duets"? "SYTYCD" is really suffering due to this new format, and specifically, it's the contestants who are suffering most of all.