“Now that’s an unusual talent. That’s rare talent. And honestly, she could win right now. If we stopped right now and we didn’t have the public voting it and we would just to pick, I’d pick her as the winner. That’s just a gift. It’s really incredible. I don’t know where it comes from. The thing about her is that it’s a talent show on some level, right? And so people can come on and they can win based on being great at doing talent shows but the thing about this little Carly Rose is that she has something else. It’s not that she has just the voice, she has the X factor face. She has the X factor energy. And that’s what i’m looking for. A lot of people can sing. Singing alone just doesn’t quite do it for me. I want stars.” L.A. Reid on Carly Rose