Name	Melanie Amaro
Height
Naionality	USA
Date of Birth	26-june-1992
Place of Birth	Sunrise, Florida, USA
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Amaro was born in Sunrise, Florida, in the United States and was raised in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. She is the daughter of Hipolito Amaro and Debra Sylvester Amaro. At age eleven, she started singing in school musicals, church choirs and sweet sixteens.[clarification needed] Amaro attended DnD Music Learning Center, Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary School, Althea Scatliffe Primary School, BVI High School and graduated from Plantation High School in 2010.
Music career
2011:The X Factor (U.S.)
Amaro auditioned for the first season of the talent show The X Factor in front of judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid in 2011, singing the song "Listen" by Beyoncé Knowles. After becoming one of the Top 32 finalists, she performed Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There" in the judges' house, in front of her mentor Cowell. Amaro was initially not chosen to be part of the Top 16 and was eliminated from the girls category. However, Cowell surprised her at her Florida home and revealed that she was invited back to the competition after he decided he had made a mistake in not including her. Amaro eventually made it to the live shows in Cowell's girls category, along with Rachel Crow, Drew, Tiah Tolliver and Simone Battle. The addition of Amaro brought the total number of finalists qualified to perform during the first live show to 17. On December 15th, she won a place in the final along with Chris Rene and Josh Krajcik. On December 22nd, she came in first place in the first season of The X Factor.