Melanie Amaro was crowned the first winner of The X Factor last night and she is still in a state of disbelief.
The X Factor USA will air its finale tonight, December 22, 2011. One of our three remaining contestants will be crowned the winner of the five million dollar recording contract and star in his, or her, very own Pepsi commercial. Continue reading
The X Factor USA aired its season finale tonight, December 21, 2011. For her second song, Melanie sang Listen by Beyonce. LA loved it! He said, “That wasn’t a five million dollar performance, it was a 50 million dollar performance.” Nicole felt empowered by Melanie’s performance. Paula called it a stellar and gorgeous performance. Simon said he is very proud of Melanie and that is why he brought this show to America (has said this at least 10 times). Simon believes that Melanie will win after her final performance. Continue reading
The X Factor USA aired its season finale tonight, December 21, 2011.
The X Factor USA aired its LIVE RESULTS show December 15, 2011.
Who was eliminated? And who will make it to the final three? Look below tonight for a real time live blogging and results from the east coast feed. Continue reading
The X Factor USA aired its top 4 live show December 14, 2011.
Melanie Amaro Sang Mariah Carey’s Hero as her first song.
The X Factor USA aired its top 5 live show December 7, 2011. Paula Abdul has no contestants left in the competition. Nicole Scherzinger has just one, Josh. L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell still have two of their contestants.
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.”
SEE MORE: SEE ALL OTHER CONTESTANTS’ PERFORMANCES HERE
Watch Melanie perform Earth Song below:
The X Factor USA aired its top 7 live show November 29, 2011. Paula Abdul still has no contestants left in the competition. Nicole Scherzinger has just one. L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell still have all three of their contestants.
Below is the live blogging of the show and the songs each contestant performed and their voting telephone numbers.
Josh Krajcik – “Dirty Diana” – 1 855 843 9301 or Text VOTE to 9301
CLICK HERE TO WATCH JOSH PERFORM ‘DIRTY DIANA’ AN D READ JUDGES’ COMMENTS
Astro – “Black or White” – 1 855 843 9302 or Text VOTE to 9302
Drew – “Billy Jean” – 1 855 843 9303 or Text VOTE to 9303
Rachel Crow “Can You Feel It” – 1 855 843 9304 or Text VOTE to 9304
Marcus Canty “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” – 1 855 843 9305 or Text VOTE to 9305
Chris Rene “I’ll Be There” – 1 855 843 9306 or Text VOTE to 9306
Melanie Amaro “Earth Song” – 1 855 843 9307 or Text VOTE to 9307
CLICK HERE TO WATCH MELANIE’S PERFORMANCE OF EARTH SONG
On tonight’s (Nov. 22) ‘thanks giving’ episode of X Factor, Melanie Amaro showed us her vulnerable, authentic self after she put on an amazing performance of R. Kelly’s The World’s Greatest.