"The X-Factor" Holds Season Finale Press Conference

With the first season of the hit competition show set to come to a close this week, the stars of "The X Factor" gathered together for a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday (December 19).

Among those on-hand were co-judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid, who posed for pictures on the arrivals carpet before heading inside to join the final three contestants for a drawing to decide the order of performances.

During the drawing, Melanie Amaro chose to go third while Chris Rene picked second and Josh Krajcik ended up as the opener of the show airing on FOX this Wednesday (December 21).

Meanwhile, the winner will be crowned the following night during the results show, with star performers slated to appear including Justin Bieber, Leona Lewis and Ne-Yo with Pitbull.

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