Melanie Amaro

Melanie Amaro
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	26 June 1992
Age	31
Hometown	Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Occupation	Student
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Category	Girls
Mentor	Simon Cowell
Placement	Winner (1/17)
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Melanie Ann Amaro (born June 26, 1992) is an Virgin Islander-American pop singer. She auditioned for Season 1 of The X Factor USA and made it all the way to the final as part of the Girls category mentored by Simon Cowell.

Due to the eliminations of Tiah Tolliver, Simone Battle, Drew and Rachel Crow, Amaro was the only act left in her category. She was crowned the winner defeating Josh Krajcik from the Over 30s category mentored by Nicole Scherzinger.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Audition 1	Free choice	"Listen"	Advanced
Bootcamp 1	Solo performance	"Run to You"	Advanced
Bootcamp 2	Group performance	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"Will You Be There"	Eliminated then Advanced
Week 1	Free choice	"I Have Nothing"	Saved
Week 2	American anthems	"Desperado"	Safe
Week 3	Songs from movies	"Man in the Mirror"	Safe
Week 4	Rock	"Everybody Hurts"	Safe
Week 5	Giving thanks	"The World's Greatest"	Safe
Week 6	Songs by Michael Jackson	"Earth Song"	Safe
Week 7	Dance music hits	"Someone Like You"	Safe
	Contestant's choice	"When You Believe"
Week 8: Semi final	Pepsi Challenge songs	"Hero"	Safe
	Get me to the final songs	"Feeling Good"
Week 9: Final	Celebrity duets	"I Believe I Can Fly" (with R. Kelly)	Winner
	Winner's song	"Listen"
	Christmas songs	"All I Want for Christmas is You"