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"Chris Rene has admitted that duetting with Avril Lavigne in the X Factor finale made him very nervous. The 28-year-old Santa Cruz trash collector partnered Lavigne for the celebrity duets section of the show, re-working the popstar&amp;#039;s hit &amp;#039;Complicated&amp;#039; with some of his own lyrics. Rene told the official X Factor site: &amp;quot;Working with Avril was amazing. At first I&amp;#039;m like, oh man, I&amp;#039;m kind of shy, but it&amp;#039;s because she&amp;#039;s a superstar. I had to work through my nerves and just be myself. I loved it. It was positive to me.&amp;quot; In a post-show press conference, Rene&amp;#039;s mentor LA Reid applauded his act&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;fun&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;honest&amp;quot; performances in the finale. &amp;quot;He let himself go,&amp;quot; said Reid. &amp;quot;He was honest. He was having fun. He brought joy to the stage. He brought joy to the judges. I think he brought joy to the fans. And I think that&amp;#039;s what this is all about.&amp;quot; Rene described his reprise of his first audition song &amp;#039;Young Homie&amp;#039; as his highlight of the series, describing it as &amp;quot;the best performance I&amp;#039;ve ever done&amp;quot;. 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; &amp;#039;X Factor&amp;#039; USA finale: Live Blog &amp;gt; X Factor finalist Josh Krajcik: &amp;#039;Alanis Morissette made me nervous&amp;#039; &amp;gt; R Kelly makes live comeback on X Factor USA - video Watch Chris Rene&amp;#039;s duet with Avril Lavigne below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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