Last night (Dec 19), Central Florida contestants Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton won the finale of season 3 of the Fox TV competition show “The X-Factor.”
The duo, mentored by Simon Cowell, performed performed “All I Want For Christmas is You” and “Love Me Again” as their final songs.
They are also the only “X-Factor” contestants to hit No. 1 on the iTunes Top 100 chart with their cover versions of A Great Big World’s “Say Something” and Sara Bareilles’ “Gravity”.
Deaton recently graduated from the University of Central Florida, and Kinsey is a senior there.
For their win, Alex & Sierra will receive a $1 million recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment.
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