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"Melanie Amaro is Digital Spy readers&amp;#039; favorite to take home The X Factor USA&amp;#039;s $5m grand prize. The 19-year-old singer gained 45.9% of the overall votes to top the DS readers&amp;#039; poll of the final three competitors.  Josh Krajcik finished as runner-up by taking in 31.7%, after winning last week&amp;#039;s survey of the best performer in the semi-finals.  Chris Rene, who has previously wowed the X Factor judges with his original song &amp;#039;Young Homie&amp;#039;, finished with 22.4% in third place. The two-night X Factor final airs tonight (December 21) and Thursday (December 22) and will feature all three finalists performing duets with mystery special guests. Justin Bieber will also be on hand to duet with recently-eliminated X Factor contestant Drew Ryniewicz and music legend Stevie Wonder. Ne-Yo and Pitbull will take the stage as well, with judge Simon Cowell also promising that the two-night finale will feature the greatest talent to have ever appeared on The X Factor. The X Factor season finale airs tonight and Thursday at 8/7c on Fox. &amp;gt; X Factor USA Melanie Amaro: &amp;#039;I deserve to win over Josh and Chris&amp;#039; &amp;gt; X Factor USA Steve Jones &amp;#039;firing&amp;#039; denied by his spokesperson Watch Melanie Amaro perform &amp;#039;Hero&amp;#039; on The X Factor below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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