This is the night The X Factor season 2 contestants and fans have been waiting for all week. After all the retrospective montages, celebrity guest appearances and final performances from the contestants are over… someone is going to walk away with a 5 million recording contract tonight. Will it be breakout teen star Carly Rose Sonenclar? Country cowboy and family man Tate Stevens? Or will Simon Cowell-created girl group Fifth Harmony somehow defy all predictions and emerge as The X Factor winner for season 2? Find out with us as our live The X Factor recap of the season 2 finale starting right now!

The X Factor 2012 season 2 ends tonight after a long and sometimes painful season, both for the contestants and the fans. Many amazing acts have been voted off The X Factor USA season 2, leaving both singers and their fans heartbroken. Now we are down to just three final acts left to find out who will be The X Factor winner tonight: Carly Rose Sonenclar of Team Britney Spears, Tate Stevens of Team L. A. Reid and Fifth Harmony of Team Simon Cowell. Will your favorite take home the title of The X Factor season 2 winner tonight? Join us for our live The X Factor results show recap for the season 2 finale and find out with us!