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It’s the final showdown on The X Factor USA stage tonight! With three remaining contestants, only one can walk away with the X Factor crown — and the five million dollar recording contract. In case you’ve missed last night’s performance episode of the show, you can read that here or check out all of the performance videos here.

The three remaining contenders for the title of champion are Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro. They performed their hearts out during their duets and single performances last night. Of course, each of the mentors think their contestant should win, so naturally it was up to America to vote their conscious.

We conducted a poll yesterday to see who America thought should win the show — and it was pretty obvious that viewers felt that Melanie should win, followed by Josh and Chris.

Still, it’s up in the air as to who will win the competition and who will be sent home empty-handed. Join us here at Earsucker for the X Factor USA live-blog, live at 8PM EST. Who’s got the X FACTOR?

SHOWTIME!

RECAP:

Did Steve Jones just introduce the judges with Europe’s The Final Countdown?!? Ha.

Steve just welcomed the final twelve back to the stage. They’re singing Lady Gaga’s Edge Of Glory and most of them are butchering it. We still miss LeRoy Bell!

Melanie Amaro is taking the stage to perform All I Want For Christmas. PERFECTION!

They are getting ready to reveal the act that came in third place, after the break. LIES!! They’re introducing Chris Rene to sing a holiday song, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Meh.

Josh Krajcik took the stage after Steve hit on Nicole Scherzinger in an attempt to get an invitation to her house for Christmas. Josh is singing Bells Will Be Ringing.

Justin Bieber is singing and it appears that he is being auto-tuned something awful. Stevie Wonder joined him on piano! Love us some Stevie!

As of now, Steve has told us twice that we will get the first results after the break. Stop killing us with the anticipation, dude.

Third place goes to Chris Rene! It’s down to Josh and Melanie! Who’s going to win?!??

Leona Lewis is performing her new song, Run. I love her dress tonight, she looks great! Her voice sounds drowned out a bit. And Rachel Crow introduced her! Rachel says she’s after Steve’s hosting job. How cute.

50 Cent is performing! What a cool performance and set. Nice. What was even better is that he was joined on stage by Astro!

Ne-Yo and Pitbull are performing now and it’s an insane light show. Afterward, Josh and Melanie are doing a duet! They sound phenomenal together.

WHO WON THE X FACTOR? Melanie Amaro!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With the finale of True Blood hanging over our heads, we’ve got nothing but time to think of some predictions/guesses as to what’s going to happen on the show, September 12th.

Sookie Stackhouse

Sookie is going to embrace her inner fairy and then she’s going to dump Bill, because he went along with Russell’s plan to drain her. She has to venture to fairy land to regain her light. In the end, she saves Eric. She also learns how to control and use her light.

Eric Northman

Eric fries Russell Edgington outside of Fangtasia, but only at the last minute does he run over to the door and get himself in. Thus, he locks Russell out, who is still handcuffed to him. Russell dies. Eric lives. Pam is not made a rich vampire in his absence. We see Eric cursed and naked, with amnesia…Sookie finds him and saves the day.

Bill Compton

Destined to be a lonely vampire, for eternity and does not get to drink Sookie’s “delectable” blood anymore.

Jason Stackhouse

Jason heads off to Hot Shot to bust the were-panters for drugs. In the end, he gets nabbed by them and Crystal tries to save him. He gets turned into one of them or a werewolf in the process.

Russell Edgington

Dead as a doornail. Next.

Queen Sophie Anne

Usurps Russell’s land and makes the Louisiana and Mississippi territories hers. She doesn’t get into any trouble for selling V because there’s no Magister to deal out a proper punishment.

What do you think is going to happen this Sunday???