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"Melanie Amaro has revealed that she never believed she would win The X Factor USA. Amaro was awarded The X Factor&amp;#039;s $5m grand prize in Thursday&amp;#039;s finale when she topped runner-up Josh Krajcik and third place finalist Chris Rene.   Discussing her life-changing win with the show&amp;#039;s official website, Amaro revealed that the most nerve-wracking moment of her life was when host Steve Jones announced the final result. &amp;quot;The entire time I was thinking to myself, he&amp;#039;s going to say Josh Krajcik. Prepare yourself for Josh Krajcik,&amp;quot; Amaro said. &amp;quot;So when he said my name, it was just like, he said my name!&amp;quot; She added of her mindset before the finale: &amp;quot;I honestly didn&amp;#039;t [think I&amp;#039;d win]. I didn&amp;#039;t think I would be in this position right now.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; X Factor USA grand final: Melanie, Chris, Josh in pictures &amp;gt; X Factor USA Melanie Amaro: &amp;#039;R Kelly duet blew my mind&amp;#039; Amaro&amp;#039;s mentor Simon Cowell also beamed about the 19-year-old Miami native&amp;#039;s triumph. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s nothing like winning. I&amp;#039;m not going to lie, it is the best feeling in the world. I felt like a part of it up there,&amp;quot; Cowell declared. The two-night grand final saw 50 Cent, Avril Lavigne, R Kelly, Alanis Morissette, Justin Bieber and Stevie Wonder all perform on The X Factor stage. &amp;gt; X Factor USA finale accident injures three stagehands &amp;gt; Simon Cowell &amp;#039;wants Cat Deeley to replace Steve Jones on X Factor USA&amp;#039; Watch Melanie Amaro win The X Factor below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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