Amaro beat out 30-year-old Columbus, Ohio, contestant Josh Krajcik for the title of “X Factor” winner. Chris Rene, the 28-year-old from Santa Cruz, California, came in third place.

When the results were read, an emotional Amaro exclaimed, “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!” She was swarmed by members of her family, and “X Factor” host Steve Jones struggled to get a word from her. After performing Beyoncé’;'s “Listen,” Amaro said, “God is good,” and thanked her fans.

“Thank you so much, thank you. I’m just, I’m so happy and I don’t know what to say,” she said. “This is something I’ve wanted for all my life!”

Amaro’s victory was especially sweet considering she was technically eliminated from the competition after Simon Cowell sent her home following one of the early rounds. Deciding he had made a mistake, Cowell paid a personal visit to her home and invited her to rejoin the competition.

In the end, Cowell was pleased with his decision, as well as America’s choice of Amaro as its first “X Factor” winner. “We came here to find a superstar, we found a superstar. Thank you to everyone who supported the show,” Cowell said. He called Krajcik “a worthy runner-up.”

Krajcik, the husky, self-described burrito slinger, congratulated Amaro on her victory. “Melanie deserves it, she has a wonderful voice,” he said. “I’ve had such an incredible experience here. I got to be myself and sing what I wanted to sing. I couldn’t be happier.”

Thursday’s results show followed Wednesday’s performance episode, when the three finalists performed duets with superstar acts: Amaro with R. Kelly, Krajcik with Alanis Morissette and Rene with Avril Lavigne. Following the show, Cowell heavily endorsed Amaro to be the winner.

The top 12 finalists opened the show with a group performance of Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory.” The top three contestants also performed holiday songs, with Amaro doing “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Rene crooning “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and Krajcik taking on the Eagles’ “Please Come Home for Christmas.”

We just found out that musician networking site Musicolio is accepting applicants to work with Grammy nominated producer Printz Board.

Printz has already chosen Musicolio users Carl Cartegena, Corn Austin, and Brandon Jhon to bring into his studio. We’ll let you when we get a sneak peek at the tracks.

Anyone using Musicolio can submit their work to Printz for consideration. Musicolio is free, so you have nothing to lose. You can sign up here.

Enter the Country Strong Meet & Greet Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip for two to Los Angeles for two days and one night and a meet and greet with Garret Hedlund!

All you have to do is visit http://bit.ly/evsJvf and connect to your twitter account to enter the contest. Simple!

Country Strong will be in theatres starting Friday, January 7th.

Good luck!

Are you a huge Black Eyed Peas fan? Well, you’re in luck because here’s your chance to win an AUTOGRAPHED deluxe edition copy of The Black Eyed Peas’ new album The Beginning featuring their current single “The Time (Dirty Bit)”. We’ll also be giving away an AUTOGRAPHED 8×10 glossy photo!

TO ENTER simply comment below with your full name, email address, your favorite Black Eyed Peas song and tell us why it’s your favorite. Contest ends Friday Dec. 31st. US residents only!

First prize will win an autographed copy of The Beginning and second prize will receive an autographed 8×10 glossy photo.

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Proactiv® and Justin Bieber have teamed up to make one teenager’s dream come true (plus three of her friends) — a chance to win a trip to LA to meet the pop star himself at his Los Angeles concert.

Now through October 1, Bieber fans can log onto http://justin.proactiv.com to register for a chance to win a three-night luxury trip for four to Los Angeles, $1,000 spending money, a rental car to check out Los Angeles and, of course, a chance to see Justin live in concert and meet the teen superstar in person.

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For three other lucky winners, $1,000 will be donated in their name to Justin’s favorite non-profit organization, Pencils of Promise. Plus, they’ll each receive a personally-autographed T-shirt from Justin himself. To top it off, all registrants could instantly win a Proactiv Trial Kit, complete with an autographed poster of Justin.

For additional contest details, visit http://justin.proactiv.com/sweepstakes/.

Justin Bieber fans looking forward to his performance at the New York State Fair are going to have to wait a bit longer.

Fair officials said Bieber’s concert planned for Sunday in Syracuse has been postponed until Wednesday because of illness.

Bieber performed Saturday night in Newark, N.J.

Feel better Justin!

That’s right! Time to turn that frown upside down because Lady Gaga just announced a chance for you to win the ultimate hight stakes jackpot. The prize will include a flight to Las Vegas for you and a friend, 2 nights hotel accommodations, spending money, and tickets to the sold out Monster Ball show where you’ll get to meet Lady Gaga backstage!

And all you have to do is tweet!

Head on over to ladygaga.com/meetgaga to enter.

Congratulations to @benrobot!

@benrobot was the first person to TWEET a photo of himself impersonating SIMON CURTIS.

Hollywire and iMusicDaily are giving @benrobot 2 FREE tickets to see SIMON CURTIS live at The Roxy when he opens for AJ MCLEAN from the Backstreet Boys on May 6th.

To purchase tickets to the SIMON CURTIS & AJ MCLEAN show, contact THE ROXY.

The makers of TROJAN® Brand Condoms and GRAMMY award winning musician and actor Ludacris today announced the launch of the Magnum “Live Large” Project, which gives emerging musicians the opportunity to compete for a chance to be crowned winner by Ludacris.

Aspiring artists are invited to record or mix their own Magnum song, featuring audio tracks approved by Ludacris at www.MAGNUMLiveLarge.com. Participants can submit their songs to the site, where the public will be able to vote for their favorite. The winning entry will receive a $5,000 prize check, have their song played on the radio, and, at the Birthday Bash hip hop festival this June in Atlanta, will be introduced by Ludacris and perform the winning track live on stage.

“The ‘Live Large’ Project is all about giving people who live beyond the status quo the platform they command,” said the newly signed partner, Ludacris. “This campaign provides recognition for people who always live with that Magnum gold standard in mind.”

“We know users of Magnum Condoms live large. They have a confidence and a swagger that is unique to this brand, and one that is typified by a partner like Ludacris,” said Bruce Tetreault, Group Product Manager for Trojan Brand Condoms. “He exudes this thriving lifestyle and we are happy to have him partner with us to help bring the Magnum ‘Live Large’ Project to life.”

Less than a week after she announced plans to perform in Malaysia this October, a Pan Malaysian group has come forward to say Beyonce is not welcome.

“We oppose the holding of such concerts and we will take action to prevent it,’ said a spokesman for the PMIP (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party).

According to the group’s statement, Beyonce’s dress and onstage antics are not acceptable to muslims.

“Her skimpy attire and behaviour onstage are immoral and lead to unclean behaviour,” says the group.

While the threat of protests are looming, sources say Beyonce plans to proceed with show.

As previously reported, Beyonce had been scheduled to perform in the region in 2007 but later canceled.

Beyonce is due to perform in Malaysia October 25.