'X Factor' Recap: Carly Rose, Tate Stevens, Fifth Harmony Battle

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All three remaining finalists came to play, but Fifth Harmony may have sealed the deal with their soulful cover of the Beatles' 'Let it Be.'


By Gil Kaufman

The three remaining acts on Wednesday night's (December 19) season two "X Factor" performance finale could not have been more different: a 13-year-old Broadway baby with a soulful wail, a girl group put together on the fly and a hard-working dad with a throwback country sound.

The show opened with a moving tribute to the victims of last week's Sandy Hook Elementary killings, with this year's finalists singing Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" while dressed in angelic white outfits. And then, with a $5 million recording contract at stake, the pressure was on during a triple-performance evening that saw Carly Rose Sonenclar, Tate Stevens and Fifth Harmony bring their best in an effort to emerge victorious on Thursday's finale.

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