The X Factor USA's Rachel Crow has landed a recording contract with Columbia Records, and a TV deal with Nickelodeon.
The star was eliminated in a storm of controversy in the talent show's quarter-final, when Nicole Scherzinger put the vote to deadlock and Crow was sent home over Marcus Canty.
Crow's music career will be a joint venture with Syco Records, run by her show mentor Simon Cowell.
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Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said: "It's been amazing. A couple [of] days after the elimination I just found myself sitting home asking myself, 'What am I going to do now?' And I never would've thought that this is what I was going do now. So, it's pretty amazing. I'm very thankful and I feel very blessed to have all this."
As part of her TV deal, she will appear in at least five episodes of upcoming series Fred: The Show, and she will also star in her own musical comedy pilot.
Astro, Canty and Chris Rene have all joined the show's winner Melanie Amaro on Epic Records.
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