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On its first live performance show of the season, all 17 remaining contestants on The X Factor took to the last night.

It was a long, at times painful evening that featured a handful of contenders, but just as many pretenders. It also featured the shortening of Drew Ryniewicz”s name to just Drew because apparently Simon Cowell doesn’t have confidence we can pronounce the full thing.

But did Drew make the cut? The top 12 is revealed below…

GIRLS
Melanie Amaro
Rachel Crow
Drew

BOYS
Brian “Astro” Bradley
Marcus Canty
Chris Rene

OVER-30s
LeRoy Bell
Stacy Francis
Josh Krajcik

GROUPS
InTENsity
Lakoda Rayne
The Stereo Hogzz