The night of Monday, August 4 saw 32 year-old Melissa Lawson of Texas, a mother of five, emerge as the winner of the Nashville Star sixth season finale on NBC. Lawson along with a Hispanic singer from the San Antonio region Gabe Garcia were the two final participants in the highly popular fan-voted singing competition. 

Ecstatic at winning the singing competition, Melissa Lawson said ‘It is not just me that just won this competition. It was everyone that voted for me. We won!’ The judges in this talent competition were satisfied with the final two contestants US fans supported and voted for.

By winning this competition, Melissa Lawson has bagged a recording contract with the Warner Bros. Nashville. She will also be booked a slot at the impending Olympics Games to be held at Beijing. All those who missed the Monday’s episode can see it on Friday, August 8 at 4.30 p.m. when it gets re-aired.