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THE NATION joined her hometown insinging the praisesofCarlyRoseSonenclar,but the teen phenom’s last ballad became aswan song in “The X Factor” competitionshe lost Thursdaynight.

The defeat deflated stunned supportersin her native Mamaroneck, the Westches-terCounty townthathoped —andexpected— Carly Rose to win Thursday after one stel-lar performance after another. Show cre-ator Simon Cowell had even called her theodds-onfavorite.

Instead, 13-year-old Carly Rosewent home the ex-factor as CountryWestern crooner Tate Stevens cap-tured the $5 million recordingcontract prize after a hard-fought season of the populartelevisionprogram.

“Tate’s adorable, but Ifeel bad for Carly,” saidTara McHugh, 43, whowatched the show’s fina-le with her daughter at Mol-ly Spillane’s in downtown Mama-roneckThursday night.

“The whole town was behind her. Therewere signs all over Mamaroneck wishingher luck.”

KatieRoseMcHugh, just twoyearsolderthan Carly Rose, yelled “No!” when her he-ro lost thecontest.

“I wanted her to win so bad,” said theteen. “I’msomad rightnow.”

Carly Rose wrapped up her primetimestar turn with a spirited rendition of theholiday classic “All I Want for Christmas.But “Please Come Home For Christmas”pushedTate over the top.

But even in defeat, the 13-year-old bru-nette can count on legions of admirersstill convinced thather future isbright.

“Every time she sang I would getchills,” said Steven Lombardozzi, 22,who also cheered Carly Rose on at Mol-ly Spillane’s. “For someone her age sheis beyond talented . . . She is still Mama-roneck’s sweetheart.

The 37-year-old Stevens hails fromBelton, Mo., and gave up on an earlydream of a professional career in musicto support his family by working con-struction.

His family pushed him to try out forSeason 2 of “The X Factor,” and his au-

dition made it clear why, as thedyed-in-the-wool

country singer — pow-ered by viewer votes— went on to occupythe top spot in therankings for almosthalf the season.

Fist-pumping as lights flickered and hisname scrolled in a marquee across stadi-um-size screens, gratitude was the messagewhenhe finally spoke.

“First and foremost, I gotta thank theman upstairs for taking care of me,” thesoulful vocalist said, beaming in a leatherjacketand trademarkcowboyhat.

“My family, all the country music fans,Godbless you.”

From time to time during the season,Stevens strayed from his comfort zone,rocking Bon Jovi songs like “Livin’ on a

Prayer”and“WantedDeadOrAlive.”But his thick, expressive vocals res-

onated most with audiences on per-formances from the country-rock

songbook.His season-long duel

with wunderkind CarlyRose for the top spot final-

ly got its conclusionThursday night, withStevens eking out awin over the similar-ly mesmerizingteen, who sported afestive red outfit

with sparkling goldtrim.

Fans from “Tate Nation” came out indroves to support the Midwestern every-man with enough votes to put him over thetop. His mentor, judge L.A. Reid, offeredhisownwell wishesafterward.

“Congratulations to you, you deservethis,”Reid said.

It’s not as clear if the win was as sweet avictory for the Fox network, however.Though “The X Factor” topped ratingscharts on Wednesday, the finale drew lesseyes than last yearbya significantmargin.

And with complaints about Khloe Kar-dashian’s hosting job andthe departure of heavy-weight producer Reid,the show may need toretool in order tomake it through thethird season it was justgranted.

Back at MollySpillane’s, howev-er, all the talk wasaboutCarly Rose.

“Reallythought she wasgoing to win,”said bartenderAssumptaHaugh, 27. “Idon’t believeit.”

With Daniel

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jmiller

@nydailynews.com

CORNELL Universitycleared its first hurdle to-ward putting shovels in theground for its grand“geniusschool” campus onRoosevelt Island.

A year after Cornell beatout six other top universi-ties to win freecity landand$100 million to build an in-stitute for future tech entre-preneurs, its building planswere approved by the localcommunity board Wednes-daynight.

Cornell plans a 2.1 mil-lion-square-foot operationon 12 acres on Roosevelt Is-land, including academicbuildings, corporate spaceandahotel.

Development ultimatelyneeds approval from theCityCouncil.

“Roosevelt Island has afantastic history of innova-tionandcivicparticipation,and we were still gratifiedby the interest and supportof so many islanders fromDay 1,” said Cornell TechVicePresidentCathyDove.

The first classes will startin January at the school’stemporary location inChelsea, provided by Goo-gle. The Roosevelt Islandcampus is to open in 2017andbe fullybuilt by2037.

Rachel Monahan

OK, genius!Cornellplanwins vote

PETER MADOFF will joinhis Ponzi-scheming bigbrother in the big house foradecade.

The younger brother ofBernard Madoff was sen-tenced to 10 years in prisonThursday for his role in themammoth ripoff thatrobbed billions upon bil-lions from thousands of in-vestors.

The ruling by ManhattanFederal Judge Laura TaylorSwain came after Madoff,67, pleaded guilty in June toconspiracy to commit secu-rities fraud and other charg-es.

He served as complianceofficer for the family-runfirm.

“I’m deeply ashamed formy conduct,” the wealthywheeler-dealer told thecourt.

But ruined investorMichael DeVita urged thejudge to give Madoff themax. Robert Gearty

Bernie’s broto prison, too

BYE, CARLYSinging cowboy beats N.Y. kid in ‘X Factor’ upset

Mamaroneck

mourned “X Factor”

loss of local phenom

Carly Rose Sonenclar

(r.), but no doubt

Missouri hooted and

hollered as Show-Me

State’s Tate Stevens

was crowned champ.

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Do you have fun playing videogames? Hundreds of people may haveworked to create each game. Manykinds of artists work on video-game artso it looks real and exciting.

The Mini Page talked with a video-game designer and video-game artprofessor to learn more about video-game artists.

Concept artistThe concept artist comes up with

the concept, or idea, of the game. Thisartist invents the universe and the char-acters that will make up the game. Heor she might draw a rough idea of whatthe game world would look like.

2-D artistArtists working in two dimensions,

or 2-D, might create art for games ondevices like cell phones. These deviceswere not made specially for games.

DimensionsA dimension is the length, width or

depth of an object. A picture in 2-D hasonly length and width and appears lat.Photos and most paintings are in 2-D.

3-D artistsThe difference between a 2-D artist

and a 3-D artist is like the differencebetween a painter and a sculptor. Art-ists working in 3-D, or three dimensions,often make models of the art irst. Theirmodels have length, width and depth.

The character Mario (pictured above)was designed especially for videogames. He began as a 2-D game charac-ter. Today, he appears as a 3-D character.

AnimatorsA 2-D or 3-D animatormakes the

characters seem to move. For example,if an artist has drawn a picture or madea model of a dragon, the animator wouldmake it seem to come alive. He or shewould make the dragon’s wings lap orire blow out of its mouth.

Animators of regular cartoons workin 2-D. Artists working on 3-D animationmovies like “Wall-E” or “Shrek” may alsowork on 3-D video games.

Texture artistsTexture is the way something looks

or feels. Texture artists add color. Theymake art seem real.

For example, an artist might createa model of a car. But at this point, thecar is still colorless. The texture artistpaints it different colors. He or shemight add designs to the car.

The artist might put the rubber on thetires and splashes of light on the fenders.

He or she might take photos of a realcar and scan them into a computer.

Computerprogramshelp copythe tex-tures fromthe photoon to theart.

Artistsmightcreatetheir owntextures, too. Their materials can seemreal, even in fantasy games.

Other creatorsMany people are needed to create

advanced games.•Writers decide what words the

characters say. They might work onplots. Video-game writers might alsowrite for movies or TV shows, comicbooks or regular books.

• Sound engineers record real noisesor invent their own.

• Programmers are good at math andscience, and build the software enginethat makes everything work together.

The designerA designer takes a completed ani-

mated igure and puts it into the game.For example, the artist might take acar and decide how fast it will go andhow quickly it will turn. The designermight create a NASCAR stadium or alandscape to put the car in.

The Mini Page thanks Jack Mamais, videogame designer and professor of InteractiveDesign and Game Development, Savannah(Ga.) College of Art and Design.

Each week, we identify standardsthat relate to The Mini Page’s contentand offer activities that will help yourstudents reach them. This week’sstandard:

• Students understand there are variouspurposes for creating works of visual art.(Visual Arts)

Activities:

1. Select a Daily News photo of a place.Explain why that place would make a goodsetting for a game.

2. Who creates these parts of a video game:(a) noises, (b) story line, (c) visual settingand (d) moving images?(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&MUniversity-Corpus Christi)

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