Hey TWIST readers,
Last night, 19-year-old Melanie Amaro won the first ever X Factor USA crown, a title which comes with a $5 million recording contract and her own Pepsi commercial! Her mentor was Simon Cowell, who also mentored One Direction on the British version of X Factor! Simon clearly knows talent when he sees it! Josh Krajcik, who was mentored by Nicole Scherzinger, was the runner up, and Chris Rene, who was mentored by L.A. Reid (he's the guy who discovered Justin Bieber!), finished in third place.
The finale was also filled with tons of celeb performances! Justin Bieber performed "The Christmas Song" with Stevie Wonder, and even called X Factor contestant and Belieber Drew on stage to sing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" with him! There were also performances from British X Factor winner Leona Lewis, 50 Cent, Pitbull and Ne-Yo! Check out Melanie's winning "$5 million performance" of Beyonce's "Listen" in the video above!
What do you think of Melanie's performance? Who was your favorite X Factor contestant? Tell us in the comments! For some awesome Justin Bieber wrapping paper for those last minute gifts, pick up the latest issue of TWIST, out now!
With love,
Krista