{"id":19907,"date":"2011-12-22T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/the-x-factor-who-deserves-to-win\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T22:00:00","slug":"the-x-factor-who-deserves-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/the-x-factor-who-deserves-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor: Who Deserves to Win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"7.5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/f608chris-rene-440.jpg\" alt=\"The X Factor: Who Deserves to Win?\" border=\"0\" height=\"330\" width=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\">\n<p>From left: Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro<\/p>\n<p>Frank Micelotta\/FPictureGroup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There can be only one. So, who should it be?<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene and each <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20555952,00.html\">made their case<\/a> on Wednesday night to take the crown as the season 1 winner of <em>The X Factor<\/em>, and the $5 million recording contract that goes with it.<\/p>\n<p>The judges had their say. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/simon_cowell\">Simon Cowell<\/a> flat-out claimed Amaro should win. And L.A. Reid agreed that her rendition of &#8220;Listen&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/beyonce_knowles\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> was &#8220;a $50 million performance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>But Krajcik and Rene brought the goods, too. Reid said Rene&#8217;s duet with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/avril_lavigne\">Avril Lavigne<\/a> on &#8220;Complicated&#8221; could be an instant No. 1 hit. Reid also loved Krajcik&#8217;s version of the Etta James classic &#8220;At Last,&#8221; calling him &#8220;such a rock star.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s hear your point of view. Vote below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.people.com\/~r\/people\/headlines\/~3\/YOCjDUFZ8Kg\/0,,20555988,00.html\" title=\"The X Factor: Who Deserves to Win?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The X Factor: Who Deserves to Win?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> From left: Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro Frank Micelotta\/FPictureGroup There can be only one. So, who should it be? Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene and each made their case on Wednesday night to take the crown as the season 1 winner of The X Factor , and the $5 million recording contract that goes with it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The X Factor: Who Deserves to Win? - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/the-x-factor-who-deserves-to-win\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The X Factor: Who Deserves to Win? - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"From left: Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro Frank Micelotta\/FPictureGroup There can be only one. 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