US X Factor crowns first winner

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US X Factor crowns first winner





Host Steve Jones announces the first winner of US X Factor. Footage courtesy of Fox


The first winner of the US version of The X Factor has been named as Melanie Amaro from Sunrise, Florida.
Amaro, 19, won a $5m (£3.2m) contract with Simon Cowell's record label SyCo and a role in a TV commercial.
"I want to say 'America, thank you for giving this girl an opportunity'," said Cowell after Amaro was named the winner ahead of runner-up Josh Krajcik, 30.
Justin Bieber, Stevie Wonder and 50 Cent were among the stars who appeared on Thursday's season finale.
Amaro had been tipped by the show's four judges to win after her rendition of the Beyonce hit Listen on Wednesday's X Factor show.
Her triumph was all the more notable given she was originally eliminated from the contest during the judges' houses stage of auditions, only to be subsequently reinstated.
More than 100,000 people auditioned for a chance to compete in The X Factor, launched in a blaze of hype earlier this year following its success in the UK.
Simon Cowell with Melanie Amaro Amaro (left) has been compared to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey
US network Fox has given the programme a second season, despite it failing to attract the audience Cowell intially predicted.
When The X Factor USA launched in September Cowell said it would be more successful than American Idol, another talent show on which he appeared.
But the new show has drawn an average of 12 million viewers - less than half the number that watch its popular Fox stablemate.

With courtesy of BBC

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