'X Factor' Behind the Scenes: The Top 11 Work Out the Week's Performances

10:07 PM PST 11/9/2011 by Shirley Halperin, Jethro Nededog, Chris Godley

How do "X Factor's" Top 11 spend their time offstage? Meeting with their mentors, choosing their songs and working out. THR got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the contestants who give new meaning to "no rest for the weary."

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