Tonight‘s the night, kids! No, not that night. Not Santa and presents and sugarplums night. That‘s two nights from now.

They sang with the stars. They sang with Michael Jackson‘s Cirque du Soleil robot army. And then they sang alone, each trying to prove, once and for all that they -- Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene -- are worth that $5 million contract that will be awarded in tomorrow‘s X Factor finale.

Not only are the final live performances on tonight on The X Factor, there is something else worthy of sharing a "Yippee!

Earlier today, I hedged my bets and gave you three reasons why each of tonight‘s X Factor finalists -- Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene -- might take home the trophy tomorrow.

Tonight, we‘ll watch as the final three performers on The X Factor USA -- Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik and Chris Rene -- perform three songs each as their last bid for America‘s votes.

As The X Factor season 1 wraps up (still a ways off from Simon Cowell‘s 20 million viewer prediction), here are seven things he should think about changing for next season, and seven things that should stay exactly the same.

In a press conference on the X Factor soundstage yesterday, Simon Cowell said that this week‘s season 1 finale will be "the greatest finale ever, in terms of talent.

This week, The X Factor USA will crown its first winner, and America‘s votes will decide who takes home the title.

It‘s time for another X Factor dream to be crushed ... then pulverized, and then ground into a fine, luminous powder and sprinkled over the Road to Victory, the easier for the three remaining performers to see their way as they march to next week‘s finale.

Tonight, the X Factor Top 4 take the stage twice each, and it‘s their last chance to convince us, the voters, that they deserve a spot in next week‘s two-part finale.