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"Carly Rose Sonenclar has been backed to win The X Factor USA by Digital Spy readers. Britney Spears&amp;#039;s teenage contestant, who has consistently topped our opinion polls throughout the season, collected 56.73% of votes in our final tally.   Fifth Harmony finished in second place with 28.28%, while Tate Stevens appealed to 14.99%. Sonenclar&amp;#039;s duet partner on Wednesday night&amp;#039;s show LeAnn Rimes recently hit out at the &amp;quot;gossip and lies&amp;quot; surrounding her controversial performance. TMZ quoted the country singer as implying that her own somewhat shaky performance was because she was &amp;quot;trying to help this 13-year-old girl who was having some trouble with the song&amp;quot;. Rimes insisted: &amp;quot;While I have not given any media outlet a quote, if you want one, here it is - &amp;#039;It was an amazing opportunity to share this experience with Carly and I know I&amp;#039;ll be watching for her to win tonight&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; The grand finale of The X Factor USA airs tonight (December 20) on Fox at 8/7c. Photo gallery - X Factor USA finale part one:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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