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"After three months of watching the most talented performers compete, judges Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Paulina Rubio and Kelly Rowland crowned the winner of season 3 of The X Factor last night. Real-life couple Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton, also known as Alex &amp;amp;amp; Sierra, claimed victory after going up against Jeff Gutt and Carlito Olivero in the two-part finale, which started last week. The singing duo from University of Central Florida and real-life couple walked away with a $1 million recording contract. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re speechless. I don&amp;#039;t even know...this is incredible.&amp;quot; Kinsey said. &amp;quot;Thank you to everybody who voted.&amp;quot; Cowell, who mentored the pair throughout the season, said he felt like &amp;quot;Christmas came early&amp;quot; after viewers voted his mentees as the victors. Leading up to their emotional win, the audience was treated to performances from music&amp;#039;s finest, including Mary J. Blige, One Direction, Pitbull, Ke$ha Lea Michele from Glee. Meanwhile, finalists Gutt and Olivero didn&amp;#039;t let their losses get them down. The two fan favorites said they were very grateful to have made it to the top three and plan to continue with their music. Mario Lopez, the host of the signing competition, also sung their praises to CBS News. &amp;quot;With the finalists this week, they&amp;#039;re totally different.&amp;quot; Lopez said. &amp;quot;I think they&amp;#039;re all are probably going to do just fine afterwards.&amp;quot; The X Factor wasn&amp;#039;t the only singing competition to reveal their winners this week. NBC&amp;#039;s The Voice crowned Tessanne Chin the winner of season 5 on Tuesday, following a much-talked-about duet from Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners. Are you happy Alex and Sierra walked away the winners? Share your thoughts below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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