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The X factor USA final is this week. 3 contestants are remaining. They are: Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro. $5 Million is up for grabs for the winner. In case you have not been following, here is a little summary of each contestant.

Josh Krajcik: He is the oldest of the contestant at age 30 from the over-30 group. He flips burgers during the day, but music is his passion and he has always tried to make it as an artist. His voice has a grungy soulful sound to it. During the rock week, he did a cover of Foo Fighters song, which I feel was his best so far and rocked the house.

Chris Rene: He doesn’t have the best voice of the remaining contestants, but has the charisma, the looks and what it takes to be a super star. He writes and plays his own music. He has performed 2 of his own songs so far and has also written additional lyrics for some of the covers he has done. His style is hip hop and his mentor LA Reid once said that Kanye would be proud of him.

Melanie Amaro: She probably has the best voice of the remaining contestants and has taken on real powerful songs from Maria Carey to Celine Dion. She is only 18. She almost did not make it to the Top 16, but Simon Cowel his mentor changed his mind at the last minute. After he had already picked 4 to go to the next round, he decided he had made a mistake and brought on Melanie as well. It seems he made the right choice.

Let’s watch the show this week and see what happens.

It is reported that Charlie Sheen will settle the lawsuit with Warner brothers soon putting an end to the legal battle over his firing from the hit TV show Two and a Half Men. The value of the settlement is said to be around $25 million representing his participation in the profits from the show.

The legal battle began when Warner Brothers fired him from the show as a result of his drug and alcohol abuse. The production of the show was suspended in January 2011 to allow Sheen to get treatment for his substance abuse. This was not the first time the show had to halt production due to Sheen’s problems.

He went on a public relations offence when Warner Brothers didn’t agree on his fitness to return to work. He appeared on ABC’s “Good morning America” and NBC’s “Today” where he boasted openly about his drug use and womanizing and struck back at the show’s co-creator Chuck Lorre and Warner Brothers. Subsequently he was fired on the grounds that he was unable to perform at an acceptable level.

Charlie Sheen sued Warner Brothers for $100 million dollars for wrongful termination.

The new season of the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men will begin with the funeral of Charlie Harper played by Charlie Sheen. Pictures released show a funeral scene in a church with Charlie’s iconic bowling shirt. Sheen was sacked from the show last season due to his drug and alcohol addiction. According to the show’s producer TMZ Charlie will die a violent death after he is run over by a subway train.

It was revealed that Charlie married his neighbor Rose and they have gone to France where Rose finds him with another woman and the marriage breaks up. At the funeral Rose reveals that after the incident with the other woman, they were waiting for a subway in France when Charlie slips and the subway runs him over. There is a hint that Rose has pushed him.

The episode will also introduce Sheen’s replacement Ashton Kutcher who plays the role of an internet Billionaire Walter Schmidt who buys Charlie’s beach front home.

The episode will also have guest appearances by John Stamos who was once considered as the replacement for Sheen and Jenny Mc Carthy who played the role of one of Charlie’s ex girlfriends.

NBC ended speculation by announcing that former tennis champion Anna Kournikova will be replacing Jillian Michaels as the new celebrity trainer on the weight loss reality show “The Biggest Loser”. Michaels said that the present 11th season would be her last as she plans to concentrate on her family. The announcement was made during the live finale of the show where Kounikova made a surprise appearance.

The Russian beauty has earlier appeared on the show as a guest trainer where she did tennis based training session. There are also reports that trainers Cara Castronouva and Brett Hoebel, who joined the show for season 11, will be leaving the show and will be replaced by Dolvett Quince who will join Kournikova and Bob Harper.

The reality show which began in 2004 features over weight people competing to lose weight for a cash prize. The person who loses the highest percentage of weight is named the winner. The contestants are sent through a grueling work out program and encouraged healthy living and eating habits in order to lose weight.

Season 12 will premier on NBC in September 2011.

American Idol has decided its Top 24. 12 girls and 12 boys were chosen to go to the next round live for the public to vote. It has been an interesting season with many good singers and interesting characters.  Some favorites like 15-year-old Jacee went home, while some other favorites that made it were: Brett Loewenstern (long red haired guy), Jovany Barreto (the guy who showed his abs), Paul Mcdonald, James Durbin (the punk that delivers pizza), and Scotty McCreery (the country singer), Lauren Alaina.

Here is a list of remaining Top 24:

• Thia Megia
• Naima Adedapo
• Ashthon Jones
• Karen Rodriguez
• Pia Toscano
• Robbie Rosen
• Stefano Langone
• Casey Abrams
• Julie Zorrilla
• Tim Halperin
• Tatynisa Wilson
• Jordan Dorsey
• Jacob Lusk
• Rachel Zevita
• Kendra Chantelle
• Paul McDonald
• Clint Jun Gamboa
• Lauren Turner
• Haley Reinhart