The "X Factor" finalists, from left, Chris Rene, Melanie Amaro and Josh Krajcik. Photo credit: Ray Mickshaw/Fox
Melanie Amaro had a huge advantage after the first round tonight on ?The X Factor.? Her?rival finalists, Josh Krajcik on ?Uninvited? and Chris Rene on ?Complicated,? sounded off-key as they began their songs. Of course, the judges used other words to explain the problem.
Nicole Scherzinger said Rene was ?a little shaky at the start,? and Simon Cowell said Krajcik seemed ?a bit intimidated at the beginning.? Whatever.
They were later joined by stars ? Krajcik by Alanis Morissette, Rene by Avril Lavigne ? and the songs improved vastly.
But Amaro, who is from Sunrise, was in superb voice on ?I Believe I Can Fly? before R. Kelly joined her. Amaro won the first round easily.
The second round was much closer. Krajcik forcefully delivered ?At Last? and played only his guitar. Going the unplugged route was a refreshing change of pace on the overproduced ?X Factor.?
Rene was at his?best on ?Young Homie? and confidently presided over a splashy production number.
Yet I?d give the edge again to Amaro, who plowed through an overproduced ?Listen? with startling intensity. She wasn?t going to let Cowell?s excesses drag her down.
The three are competing for a $5 million recording contract. The greatest praise was reserved for Amaro. Judge L.A. Reid said Amaro had delivered a $50 million performance, and Cowell predicted she would win based on the ?Listen? performance.
The results will be revealed in a two-hour finale that starts at 8 p.m. Thursday on Fox.
To fill up the time, ?The X Factor? in bringing in Justin ?I?m Everywhere? Bieber, Leona Lewis, Pitbull, Ne-Yo and ?others,? according to Fox. I hope the ?others? provide some surprises, because the singing competition won?t. Amaro won it. Easily.
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