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The first round asked the finalists &#8212; Graham, Leah Jenea, Whitney Reign, and Sharaya J &#8212; to perform for the live crowd.  The top vote-getter earned the right to choose her challenger for the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Sharaya J won, and opted to battle Reign.  Judges Meghan Trainor, DJ Khaled and Diddy named Sharaya J the winner, thrusting her into the night&#8217;s final round.<\/p>\n<p>Graham meanwhile defeated Jenea, earning the right to battle Sharaya J for the grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>Graham&#8217;s rendition of &#8220;Fix You&#8221; was rousing enough for victory.  The judges selected him as the winner of the music competition series.<\/p>\n<p>Graham wins a recording contract, future support from the iHeartRadio &#8220;On The Verge&#8221; program, and career mentorship from the expert judges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Graham won the second season of FOX&#8217;s &#8220;The Four: Battle For Stardom.&#8221;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[255,11330,9898,10404],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Graham Defeats Sharaya J In Final Battle, Wins &quot;The Four: Battle For Stardom&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"James Graham was shockingly eliminated on the July 20 edition of &quot;The Four: Battle For Stardom.&quot; 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