THE X FACTOR: The Judges, Contestants and More Weigh In on the Finale

With Melanie crowned the champ of THE X FACTOR’s first season, before we can close the chapter on the freshman year, there are still a few people who had thoughts on what went down last night.

Backstage after the show, we talked with runner-up Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene (who came in third place), host Steve Jones, judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, former contestants Astro and Drew, plus musical guest Ne-Yo about the finale results and more…

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