1. Melanie Ann Amaro was born on June 26,1992 and is an American singer who won the first season of The X Factor USA in 2011, securing a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and Epic Records.
28 Facts About Melanie Amaro
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Melanie Amaro was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and raised on Tortola, British Virgin Islands since the age of three.
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Furthermore, from an early age, Melanie Amaro would sing around her house using a hairbrush as a microphone.
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Melanie Amaro realized she fell in love with singing and acting at around age eleven, and credits her mother for pushing her to follow her singing dreams.
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Melanie Amaro never entered any singing competitions as a child, but performed at weddings, churches, and other events.
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Melanie Amaro attended the Althea Scatliffe Primary School and later went on to Elmore Stoutt high school, formerly known as BVI high school.
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Melanie Amaro moved to Florida when she was 15, and graduated from Plantation High School in 2010.
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In June 2011, Melanie Amaro was persuaded by her mother to audition for the first season of The X Factor USA.
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Melanie Amaro previously tried auditioning at her local Fox affiliate for a "fast pass", but was not well received by producers there and subsequently auditioned with the general public at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Melanie Amaro was initially not chosen to be part of the Top 16 and was eliminated from the girls' category.
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Melanie Amaro progressed to the live shows in Cowell's girls' category, along with Rachel Crow, Drew, Tiah Tolliver and Simone Battle.
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The addition of Melanie Amaro took the total number of qualifiers for the first live show to 17.
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Melanie Amaro was declared to be the show's youngest contestant to win at age 19.
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Melanie Amaro's prize was a $5 million recording contract with Syco Music and a Sony Music label, which is the largest guaranteed prize in television history.
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Melanie Amaro performed the following songs on The X Factor:.
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Melanie Amaro did not originally make it through to the live shows, but was later brought back as a wildcard.
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Melanie Amaro's album was set for release on December 4,2012.
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The commercial featured Melanie Amaro singing a dance cover of "Respect", alongside Elton John, Flavor Flav, and Annie Ilonzeh.
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On 19 October 2012 Melanie Amaro premiered the music video for "Don't Fail Me Now" on her official VEVO account.
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Melanie Amaro performed a new single, "Long Distance", live on The X Factor on December 6,2012.
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Melanie Amaro performed her new single "Long Distance" and then "The World's Greatest" as a duet with Fatin Shidqia.
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On October 4,2013, Melanie Amaro made her musical theater debut in the national tour of "You're Never Alone".
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In 2014 Melanie Amaro relocated to Atlanta GA, with new management.
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Under new management, Melanie Amaro began touring and performing in such places as the Cayman Islands for fashion week as well as a few cities in the USA.
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On May 6,2015, Melanie Amaro released a new song "Dust" featuring American hip-hop recording artist, Fabolous.
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On February 17,2016, Melanie Amaro released a new song "The One".
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In January 2018, Melanie Amaro was living in Atlanta, GA, with her newborn son and was signed under up-and-coming Indie label Moorehouse Music Group, LLC, headed by producer and multi-instrumentalist Justin A Moore.
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Melanie Amaro is the first woman and artist signed to the label.