Melanie Amaro

Melanie Amaro was a bit overshadowed by R. Kelly during her first performance on tonight's episode of 'X Factor,' so she had to come out and performed a $5 million song flawlessly. She rebounded quite beautifully with a show-stopping rendition of Beyonce's 'Listen.' Amaro offered up a $10 million performance, for sure. She made us sit up and listen.

Following guest performances from Alanis Morissette and Avril Lavigne, we weren't all that surprised when R. Kelly showed up to duet with Melanie Amaro on his own 1996 smash, 'I Believe I Can Fly,' and their duet soared even though the surprise was spoiled.

It's a new dawn, it's a day, it's a new life -- and it's a new style for 'X Factor' darling Melanie Amaro. The powerhouse has been criticized for sticking with her "safe" ballads, but Amaro took a risk this week with Nina Simone's 'Feelin' Good.'

One female remains amongst the four 'X Factor' finalists. Melanie Amaro is no doubt hoping that helps her get viewer votes, and if America follows the judges' lead, that shouldn't be a problem. Although L.A. Reid and Paula Abdul offered constructive criticism, all four judges agreed that the 19-year-old was amazing once again.

Tonight on 'X Factor,' the remaining five contestants performed not one, but two songs for a spot in the semi-finals. The show started off with a bang courtesy of vocal powerhouse Melanie Amaro. For her first performance, the contestant, who is one of two left on Simon Cowell's team, was challenged to perform a dance song, and she chose to tackle a remixed version of Adele's 'Someone Like You... R

When mentor Simon Cowell introduced Melanie Amaro to 'X Factor' this week, he simply said, "We've saved the best for last." When Amaro hit the first note of Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song,' she proved him right.

Melanie Amaro, looking beautiful in a bright blue dress with curled hair, showed why she is one of the 'greatest' contestants on 'X Factor.' Since this is Thanksgiving week, each contestant is thanking someone with their performance and Amaro chose to give thanks to God, since he got her through the roughest of times. She also revealed her accent, which she had been hiding previously. Whatever the

Melanie Amaro's performance of R.E.M.'s 'Everybody Hurts' left the 'X Factor' judges arguing about the definition of "rock" during Rock Night on Wednesday. It's been a continuing conversation, led by Simon Cowell who's been deliberate about letting other judges know their contestants didn't choose rock songs.

Melanie Amaro had a sore throat, but when she got in front of that microphone on 'X Factor,' all was right with the world and her voice.

Melanie Amaro was worried about stepping out of her R&B comfort zone to tackle the Eagles' classic rock hit 'Desperado' on the 'X Factor' tonight.