Melanie Amaro has signed her $5 million record contract

X Factor USA winner Melanie Amaro has signed her promised $5m record contract with LA Reid's Epic Records.

The 19-year-old, who was ori­gin­ally sent home at Simon Cowell's Judge's House, will now work with her mentor on her first release. "I am so excited to start recording my debut album for Epic under the guidance of LA and Simon," she said in a statement. "This is a dream come true for me."

Part of that 'dream come true' will include featuring in an advert­ise­ment for show sponsor Pepsi, to be aired during the Super Bowl.

Her new boss Reid said in a press statement: "I joined The X Factor to be able to discover undeni­able talent such as Melanie", adding: "I believe we have only scratched the surface on uncov­er­ing her talent and her inev­it­able journey to super-stardom."

Speaking about what we can expect from her debut album Amaro 'teased' "I think for my first record I just want to do a R&B and pop or pop-soul, or just music that embodies it".