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"CeCe Frey has admitted that she never expected to win The X Factor USA. Frey was eliminated from The X Factor on Thursday&amp;#039;s (December 6) live show following weeks of harsh criticism from Simon Cowell.  Speaking to MTV News about her exit, the 21-year-old Illinois native acknowledged that it was time for her to leave the series. &amp;quot;I pretty much knew [I wouldn&amp;#039;t win],&amp;quot; Frey said. &amp;quot;I mean, I had leopard print on my face, for Christ&amp;#039;s sake! I pretty much knew that I wasn&amp;#039;t that cookie-cutter girl that you pick to win one of these things, but I knew that I was going to use this and run with it.&amp;quot; Frey also expressed hopes that her music career will break the mould of the typical reality show contestants. &amp;quot;When Adam Lambert was on [American Idol], I said, &amp;#039;Now that&amp;#039;s the kind of dude that needs to win one of these shows&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;But the thing is, performers like me and Adam Lambert and Diamond White and Lyric 145, we&amp;#039;re not the kind of artists that win these things.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re the kind of artist that win afterwards - or I hope so, anyway - and I&amp;#039;m going to work my butt off to get there.&amp;quot;  Diamond White was also eliminated on last week&amp;#039;s live show. The X Factor&amp;#039;s semi-finals air Wednesday (December 12) at 8/7c on Fox. The show airs on ITV2 in the UK. Watch CeCe Frey&amp;#039;s elimination below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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