'X Factor' contestants sing tribute to Newtown

By Michele Amabile Angermiller , The Hollywood Reporter

"The X Factor" began?its finale week Wednesday with a touching tribute to the 20 children and six adults tragically slain during last week's Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

After a short introduction by?Simon?Cowell, the "X Factor" contestants -- Beatrice Miller,?Arin?Ray,?Diamond White,?CeCe?Frey,?Paige Thomas,?Jennel?Garcia,?Vino Alan,?Emblem3,?Tate Stevens, Fifth Harmony and?Carly Rose?Sonenclar -- each?contributed a verse of Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone."?

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The performance -- aided by a children's choir -- concluded with the names of the departed students and educators on the screen behind them.?

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Earlier this week, NBC's "The Voice" honored the victims with their own heartfelt offering of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."

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