VOTE NOW! Help Decide The Next Pop Superstar of 2013!
This round closes at 9:00 a.m. EST on Friday, January 11th.
What: Turn Around
Who: Conor Maynard
Why: Conor is a worthy UK acolyte of the Justin Timberlake school of pop-star genre-hybrid swag. Just don't compare him to that other guy named Justin.
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What: Say You're Just a Friend
Who: Austin Mahone
Why: What do you get when you mix Justin Bieber's style with Ryan Lochte's swag? Probably Austin Mahone, a 16-year-old Youtube sensation with a legion of #Mahomies at his beck and call.
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What: Anything Could Happen
Who: Fifth Harmony
Why: This girl group's ecstatic cover of Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen" launched them into the X Factor, where they came in third—just as One Direction did in Britain three years ago. Could lightning strike twice?
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What: Call Me Maybe
Who: Union J
Why: The four-piece boy band was formed on Season Nine of the British "X Factor," and though they lost the season, their good looks and stellar harmonies were enough to get them a deal with Sony anyway.
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