X Factor Winner: X Factor Season 1 Grand Champion Melanie Amaro Wins $5-M Recording Contract

X Factor Winner: X Factor Season 1 Grand Champion Melanie Amaro Wins $5-M Recording Contract

Melanie Amaro bested Chris Rene and Josh Krajcik and emerged as the X Factor Season 1 Grand Winner taking home the $5 million X Factor recording contract with Sony Music and a Pepsi commercial.


Watch her grand finals performance below:




The 19-year-old Melanie from British Virgin Islands says after her declaration as the singing competition's grand winner, “Thank you so much! I don’t know what to say. Thank you. God is good.”

Watch the finale of “The X Factor” tonight, 7pm, on Studio 23 with performances from Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Stevie Wonder and Justin Bieber.