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"Simon Cowell has revealed that he is confident his act Melanie Amaro will win the first series of Fox&amp;#039;s The X Factor. Cowell told reporters in a post-show press conference that his &amp;quot;gut&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;heart&amp;quot; were telling him Amaro would pull through in the Thursday night showdown with Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene. &amp;quot;I was nervous until that very last song by Melanie, and if that doesn&amp;#039;t win the competition, I might as well give up,&amp;quot; he said, referring to Amaro&amp;#039;s reprise of her first audition song &amp;#039;Listen&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;To be honest, anything can happen tomorrow and I&amp;#039;ve sort of prepared myself for any decision. But my gut, my heart tells me that Melanie should win after tonight.&amp;quot;  However, he added: &amp;quot;How many times have I said that and been wrong? Many, many times.&amp;quot; Speaking about the competition, Cowell claimed that &amp;quot;you could feel in the room&amp;quot; the warmth from audiences for Rene and said that Krajcik &amp;quot;has got a lot of support, too&amp;quot;. Amaro duetted with surprise guest R Kelly on &amp;#039;I Believe I Can Fly&amp;#039; in the finale, while Rene was joined by Avril Lavigne for a cover of her hit &amp;#039;Complicated&amp;#039;. Krajcik partnered Alanis Morissette, who said that she is a fan of the Columbus, Ohio singer. Watch Melanie Amaro&amp;#039;s duet with R Kelly on last night&amp;#039;s X Factor USA final below:      The X Factor grand final airs tonight at 8/7c on Fox in the US and at 8pm on ITV2 in the UK. &amp;gt; X Factor USA finale: Live Blog &amp;gt; X Factor finalist Josh Krajcik: &amp;#039;Alanis Morissette made me nervous&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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