Finale Night, Wednesday: Backstage with ‘The X Factor’ Judges

On Wednesday night, shortly after Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik, and Chris Rene sang one last time to convince America's voters they're worth $5 million, the "X Factor" judges spoke to the press about their contestants' chances and the show's future. Simon Cowell seemed fairly confident about his girl Melanie; L.A. Reid still had faith in Chris; Nicole Scherzinger had hope for Josh; and neutral judge Paula Abdul had love for them all, of course. And all four judges seemed confident that, with a few tweaks here or there, "The X Factor" will go on to have a successful second season. But none of them were 100 percent sure who was going to win Season 1.

Check out the judges' interviews now, before Thursday night's big reveal!

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