On Wednesday’s X Factor, the remaining 7 contestants had the daunting task of singing a Michael Jackson song, in front of a studio full of the King of Pop’s family including Jackson’s brothers Marlon, Tito and Jermaine and Jackson’s mother Katherine, and his children, Prince, Paris and Blanket.

It didn’t seem to intimidate Melanie Amaro one bit as she earned the highest praise from the judges with her show-closing rendition of Jackson’s Earth Song.

L.A. Reid called it amazing and said he felt he was at an Amaro concert and not at a competition. Nicole Scherzinger said it was one of the best performances of the season. Paula Abdul called it flawless. And Amaro’s mentor, Simon Cowell, said “I couldn’t think of a better way to pay tribute to one of the greatest artists in the world.”

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Watch Melanie perform Earth Song below: