This post contains spoiler information about X Factor U.S. Season 2 Top 17 contestants. Please don’t continue if you don’t want to know the names of the contestants until the episode airs in November.

The X Factor” U.S. has eliminated the Boys and Girls categories and replaced them with two age-based categories: solo singers ages 12 to 16 and solo singers ages 17 to 24. In addition, the minimum age for the Overs category has been lowered from 30 to 25.

Check out the list below.

Solo singers ages 12 to 16: Mentored by Britney Spears: Guest mentor is Will.i.am
1. Reed Deming
2. Beatrice Miller
3. Arin Ray
4. Carly Rose Sonenclar
5. Diamond White

Solo singers ages 17 to 24: Mentored by Demi Lovato: Guest mentor is Nick Jonas
6. CeCe Frey
7. Jennel Garcia
8. Lyric (also known as Lyric Da Queen)
9. Paige Thomas

Solo singers ages 25 and over: Mentored by L.A. Reid: Guest mentor is Justin Bieber
10. Vino Alan
11. Jason Brock
12. Tara Simon
13. Tate Stevens

Groups: Mentored by Simon Cowell. Guest mentor is Marc Anthony
14. Dope Crisis
15. Emblem 3
16. One4Five
17. “X Factor”-created girl group whose name is to be announced. The group’s members, who originally auditioned as solo singers, are Ally Brooke, Camila Cabello, Normani Hamilton, Dinah-Jane Hansen and Lauren Jauregui.

Source: The Examiner