Olly Murs thumbs up for X Factor copyright Sandra M Dean

Olly’s Mum, Vicky Lynn

, has been updating me with news on Olly….

I have been asked where to send fan mail to Olly Murs and this can be sent to ‘Olly Murs Carraways, Witham Essex’

Vicky Lynn also said ‘He definitely is not at home and we didn’t pick him up from the house on Monday (after the X Factor final). We did pop over to take most of his stuff and it was lovely to actually sit with our son and have a lovely chat without camera’s in our face. I have noticed lots of gigs that people keep telling us he is doing, one of them local on Christmas Eve at escape in colchester! He has a tour manager so I expect quite a few fans will get to see him in their area and then of course there is the X Factor Tour’.

Olly Murs tour dates

THURS 24TH DECEMBER, MAYHEM (SOUTHEND) 11PM

THURS 24TH DECEMBER, ESCAPE (COLCHESTER) 12.30AM

SAT 26TH DECEMBER, TRAMPS (WORCESTER)

SUN 27TH DECEMBER, TWICKENHAM STADIUM (4.00PM CAN YOU FEEL IT) (HALF-TIME) (5.00PM SUPERSITION)

SUN 27TH DECEMBER, 1.00AM CUBE (LIVERPOOL)

TUES 29TH DECEMBER, HALO (WARRINGTON)

WED 30TH DECEMBER, VIPER ROOMS (HARROGATE)

SUN 2ND JANUARY, FACES NIGHTCLUB (ESSEX)

There are a few more into January which will be added shortly, and of course, the X Factor tour will be touring next year!

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A happy Olly Murs copyright Sandra M Dean

Finally it is the end of the X Factor 2009 on this day (Sunday 13th December 2009)! We are all a little sad about the show ending, but it has done so with our favourite performer coming second so we are really happy! Olly Murs you deserve it but for us you are the winner of this talent contest that looks for the ‘X Factor’ as you have just that. Never mind that you didnt win.  I parcially blame Simon Cowell for not supporting you properly in the weeks leading up to the final, as he seemed to back Joe and Danyl far more.

Although there were some good singers in the competition this year, I think that a pop star/X Factor spells a ‘performer’ not a stand still ballad singer. We have enough of those, so even though Joe has a great voice, the soul voice and dancing talent of Olly Murs won it for us for the last 3 months. The minute I saw him in the auditions, I knew that he would go far! It is a shame that the public voted in the winner as a ballad singer.

Olly sang ‘Twist and Shout’ and cracked it even better than when we heard it on the 7th November 2009 (movie week). He has come on so much, and he has so much further to go that we wish him the best of luck to live his dream of becoming a star! We love the Thriller dancing in Twist and Shout – it is so original!

The judges were all smiling and had some great comments…..

Louie Walsh – “You always entertain us – a born showman– you are going to have a great career– you deserve it!”

Cheryl Cole – “I am glad that you are standing up there in the bottom two – I wish you the very best”

Dannii Minogue “Everyone on the tour will be looking forward to seeing you”

Simon Cowell – “We are here to win the X Factor tonight – there could be an upset tonight – you are fearless, put on a great show – brilliant!”

The winners single ‘The Climb’ originally by Miley Cyrus was then performed by both acts. Olly was up first and he did such a good job – Dannii and Cheryl couldn’t believe where he had found his new voice, and we were surprised and delighted too, as it now proves 100% that Olly can do Soul, Dance and slow songs too – Go Olly, well done!

The judges had great comments:

Dannii Minogue said that she couldn’t believe where his voice had come from and she really liked the new voice that he pulled out for this song

Cheryl Cole asked where he got that voice came from and she wished him all the best

Louie Walsh “I love everything about Olly Murs”

Simon Cowell “I can see now you really want it – I hope everyone gets behind you”

Watching his video clips of his fans and family was emotional and Olly shed a few tears, bless him. I did too, and I think that as he said, his family have been behind him all the way and having had the pleasure of meeting them, I say the same as Simon Cowell, it was a real pleasure!

The final 12 sang their charity single ‘Hero’ and it was lovely to see them all together again. It seemed such a long time ago that we saw Ricky and Rachel! The Mariah Carey cover is raising funds for the ‘Help For Heroes’ charity, which supports wounded servicemen and women, and the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.

It was also great to see Leona Lewis back. Alexandra Burke and JlS did a medley of Alexandra’s ‘Bad Boys’ and JLS’s ‘Everybody in Love’

Sir Paul McCartney performed whilst the last of the votes were taken before the phone lines were closed, accompanied by the 12 X Factor finalist, singing ‘Baby, you can drive my car’ That was very cool! He then did ‘Live and let die’ whilst playing the piano which was spectacular.

What a great show!

The celebrity acts on this year, such as Lady GaGa, Rhianna, Whitney Houston and Michael Buble, have given the show a real wow factor and worth watching. Jedward were entertaining and Stacey was our second favourite to win from the start. All in all a great show – well done Simon Cowell, the producers, ITV and everyone else involved. It is one we will never forget.

And what with such a good ‘Britain’s got talent’ show earlier this year, in which Essex dance group, Diversity, won, we are now so proud to have another two out of the three in the finals coming from Essex, with Essex Girl Stacey Solomon in 3rd place! Well done guys!

Read all the posts, see all the photos and stuff from Olly Murs’ family CLICK HERE (in date order)

Read all the posts on Stacey Solomon CLICK HERE (in date order)

Olly Murs thumbs up for X Factor copyright Sandra M Dean

Oh my gosh, tonight’s X Factor was just fantastic! Olly Murs is through to the final – woo hoo! He deserves it! Sadly Stacey Solomon didn’t get through to the Final tomorrow, but third place was a great place for our Essex Girl!

Olly was fabulous – ‘Superstition’ which got him through to his first audition, was 100 times better! The judges agreed saying:

Louie Walsh said he has “Definitely got the X Factor!

Dannii Minogue said “Spectacular…. Brilliant!”

Cheryl Cole said he is an “Entertainer…. You thoroughly deserve your place in the final”

Simon Cowell added that Olly was the “Best risk I’ve ever taken…. On the biggest night you gave the performance of your life”

And then the duet with Robbie Williams, well, what a hit! They sang together in unison and were the perfect match. Olly IS the next Robbie, as they are so similar – they both can sing, dance and perform for an audience. This is a show that is looking for an ‘X Factor’ performer and a new pop star and Olly has everything that this Country now needs. Robbie is a huge fan of Olly, and it showed in their performance of ‘Angles’ which is Robbie’s biggest hit of all time. What a choice of song!

If you are voting for Olly, please leave your comments/good luck messages below….

Joe does have a great voice for his kind of song – ballads mainly and he does those well. George Michael was fantastic, it was not a proper duet and a Elton John track which was unexpected. Stacey has a beautiful voice and her performance with Michael Buble was fabulous, as were her single performances – she far outdid all her previous ones and was on top form. However, Olly was the star, with a great soul voice, great tracks and a visually exciting routine.

Olly’s third performance was the second one that won us over weeks ago ’Fool in Love’ by Tamyra Gray which is a great Saturday night song. I cannot help it but I don’t want to listen to slow songs on a Saturday night – I like them in their place and I do buy them – but I like to hear jazzy, dancy numbers and that is why Olly is the one for us!

Big Olly Murs fans Robbie Williams, 4th place X Factor contestant Danyl, Simon Cowell, Alan Carr and from what we have seen on the Xtra Factor, many more in the celebrity world behind him, Olly just has to win it! Watching the Xtra Factor tonight, it was clear that some have moved away from Joe to Olly and those voting for Stacey Solomon have now moved over to Olly, although we know that he already has a huge following, as he has got through to the final 2 and has 3 times the amount of facebook fans compared to Joe – this says a lot! We have voted for him all the way and said 3 months ago that he was going to be the winner!

Now Stacey has left the competition at a wonderful 3rd place, which she should be very proud of, I call to all you who voted for Stacey and all you who live in Essex and London, to vote for Olly. Every vote counts and please, please vote just as many times as you can, as we need him to win!

Olly’s family must be over the moon tonight – I screamed, so I bet they did! And I admire the efforts from his Mum, Vicky Lynn, as she has not been well, yet pulls out all the stops to help her son. If Olly wins he can help his Mum with doctors and take his Grandma to Graceland – let’s hope it all works out for this genuine Essex boy and his family!

Olly’s support tonight at the University in Colchester was wonderful – we had a chance to go, but sadly could not make it – hope to go tomorrow and come back with good news!

More news about Olly Murs …..

What would he like more than anything in the world – Olly said “A new car – he currently has an L reg 1993 car –a fiat Cinquencento which he says is old school and his style of car, but he would like a new flashy car.

In his week 10 X Factor diary he was filmed in a new pair of pants that were bought for him saying “Look at these bad boys – I haven’t got a six pack just a normal hairy body – I am pretty paranoid about my body” all while walking around in his pants. His room was filmed as a mess, and he apologised, but he is so cheeky we forgive him and don’t expect he is that messy normally.

His sister Fay Murs lives in Surrey and says that she can “see Olly as a Superstar” We agree!

See everything about Olly Murs including exclusive photo galleries, stuff from his family and facts and more CLICK HERE

Good luck Olly – we will be voting for you!

Sandra

Olly Murs at Colchester homecoming concert copyright Sandra M Dean

 Olly Murs was accompanied by his X Factor mentor Simon Cowell today on his homecoming trip to Essex! 

 Olly spent nearly the whole day today away from the X Factor house, to take a trip back to Essex to see his fans, friends and family. He went back to his Mum’s (Vicky Lynn) house in Witham, for a visit and X Factor judge, Simon Cowell even came with him, so that was a treat for his family!  They also went to Notley High School in Witham, where Olly went as a child and wooed everyone there – judging by some of the comments on my site, it appears that Olly perfomed (sung) there too!

Olly’s Mum, Vicky-Lynn, told me:

Olly went in a helicopter from London to Notley High School, Flying over the house about 4 times (that was amazing) he sang a few songs at the school. Then they arrived here at home. The neighbours were waiting for his arrival, which was brilliant as they only kept it to themselves so we didn’t have loads of other people arriving which made it very personal to them all. Simon came in for a lovely chat and I made him his favourite “butterscotch Angel Delight” and a Mug of tea, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Simon met all my close family and even our littlest member of the family Molly our dog! It will be a weekend and week we will never forget in a long time. Mamma Dels in Witham made us a selection of various Sandwiches which were absolutely scrummy, we would highly recommend them to anyone who needs a selection of sandwiches made or even their wicked Olly Breakfast. All in All a Fab day.

Well, that did sound like a great day for all…..

I went along to the event in Colchester, at the Charter Hall (Colchester Leisure World) in Cowdray Avenue, and we were met with a huge crowd already waiting for Olly’s arrival at around 7pm. The ITV crew were there of course, since it was an X Factor organised event, and they had the crowds going whilst everyone waited. In true celebrity style, Simon Cowell and Olly arrived a little late but it did not deter the crowds who chanted his name and cheered ‘Olly, Olly, Olly, Oi Oi Oi!’  Martin and Sue from Essex FM Radio were there getting the crowds going outside, and Heart FM posters in red and white were handed out for everyone with ‘I (heart sign) Olly’ on them – very good show!

Simon Cowell at Ollys Homecoming Colchester copyright Sandra M Dean

Olly slowly came round to the entrance to the Hall, via a very long red carpet, as he and Simon stopped to chat to the lucky few in the crowd, sign autographs and take in the massive support that they received. Fireworks were set off to celebrate the event.  Olly looked great in a black hat and he topped it off with his dazzling smile and many thanks to the supporters.

His fans had been turning up since 3 o’clock in the afternoon, which was 4 hours before his arrival was due at 7pm.  Judging by the cheering and smiles on their faces, they thought it was worth it to see their famous Essex boy, Olly!

Vickylynn Pete and Fay Murs at X Factor event copyright Sandra M Dean

Once inside the Hall, seating was laid out and it was rather well organised. Olly’s Mum sat near us, with her husband, Peter, and daughter, Fay, surrounded by many friends and family of Olly’s. I caught a nice photo of them after a quick chat and I really do admire Vicky Lynn and Olly’s family for their endless support of Olly and their efforts to help him achieve his dreams. I am also very grateful to have been able to attend the event with their help. Their genuine personalities mean a lot, as this is how we have perceived Olly to be. It is all correct, and I am pleased to know that I have been supporting the right contestant all along!

Vote for Olly!  If you support Olly, then please vote as many times as you can afford – he really needs every vote to get through and win!

The show was short, but really good. Martin and Sue from the radio came on first, to host the show, and then Simon Cowell came on with words of support and told us that one of his family members came from Essex! He said he ‘will do everything he can’ to ensure that Olly wins the X Factor this weekend, as he told the crowd

”I am going to do everything I can Saturday night so that Olly returns here next week as the winner of the X Factor – who’s gonna win?” to which the audience shouted ‘Olly!’

On introducing Olly Murs, Simon told the crowd ”Give an essex welcome to Olly Murs!”  and the audience started chanting  ’Olly, Olly!’  It was a fabulous atmosphere.

 With Danyl now out of the competition, this will certainly make it easier for him, and I only hope that he keeps all his best praise for Olly.

Olly then came on, got the crowd going, and had everyone chanting, singing, dancing and waving their banners in no time at all. He performed three songs by himself and he did a great job. After tonight, I can honestly say that Olly is ‘the best all rounder and performer’ He can sing, dance and woo the crowd and is the only person in the competition who can do all three – he simply has to win!!!

All the song choices were hits that he has sung in the shows. First up, he sang the Michael Jackson hit ‘Can you feel it?’, then ‘Come Together’ by the Beatles, and finally the song that got him flying through the auditions ‘Superstition’ originally by Stevie Wonder. Fantastic choice of songs and everyone loved it. We even got to see some of Olly’s signature dance moves, including a bit of body popping and the ‘wiggle’.

Well done Olly, you rocked the crowd! Cannot wait to see the clips on X Factor on Saturday 12th December 2009 – go get ‘em! Vote for Olly Murs!

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For a full photo gallery of Olly Murs, inclding his homecoing photos plus exclusive photos direct from his family photo collection CLICK HERE

Earlier in the day, GMTV interviewed some of Olly’s friends (mates as we say in Essex) Leigh, Ricky, Carl, Cody, Leigh and Ryan, who are supporting Olly all the way. 

To see all my articles, photo galleries and family stuff about Olly, including the answers to tonnes of your questions, CLICK HERE  (will open all the articles in date order)

Apparently, Dannii, 38, was up at the crack of dawn, and on her Twitter page revealed “I’m up and getting ready for my home visit with Stacey, yippeeeeeee. Yes! A surprise tour for me!” calling her trip with Stacey “Dannii Does Dagenham”.

Joe McElderry was joined by mentor Cheryl Cole in South Shields on Monday, with Olly Murs heading to Witham in Essex today.

 The tickets to the gig which starts at 6pm on the 9th December 2009, were available from 8am this morning, and were quickly snapped up by eager fans, who were allowed just two tickets per person on a first come first served basis – so it was a sell out in no time at all!

The venue is Charter Hall at Colchester Leisure World, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester, Essex and there are rumours that Olly’s mentor, Simon Cowell, may even accompany Olly to the event!

It is no wonder, since Olly has gone from office worker to superstar since being in the X Factor and his fan base is huge. He has many more facebook fans than any of the other contestants, so I guess this says it all, but he will need your votes on Saturday, in the final so please vote for Olly. He is the best all rounder in the finals, as he can sing, dance and give an all round performance. For me, ballads are good, but to make a popstar, you need to be able to sing and dance and entertain and he is the only one in the competition that can do all of those things and well!

Update at 1pm Wednesday 9th December 2009 – The event will take place after a visit back to his hometown of Witham, to see friends and family.  I will be going to the event with a VIP ticket, with Olly’s friends and family, so let’s hope I get some fabulous photos of Olly and Simon Cowell – I am so looking forward to it and I think it is going to prove why Olly must win the X Factor.  Check back on Thursday morning (10th December 2009) to see all my news and photos from the event!  Thousands of fans are set to be crowding outside the venue, so it should be good!

See all my other articles, photo galleries and info direct from Olly’s family, by CLICKING HERE (opens in a new window)

To see the photos and info from this event, as seen by me CLICK HERE

The first performance of the night was themed and had to be a Michael Jackson song. They chose ‘The way you make me feel’. Stacey wore a very sexy number – a black jacket and hat, with her legs on show in black tights. She looked really different, and she danced a little as well as keeping up with an unusual routine. She did look a little uncomfortable and it affected her singing a little, but overall it was good.

Secondly, she sang ‘Somewhere’ which suited her much better – the long dress and pure singing.

Stacey deserves to be in the final, so let’s hope to see her there!

Read more about Stacey Solomon and get info on her previous performances, CLICK HERE (opens in a new window)

Olly-Murs-and-sister-Fay copyright Sandra M Dean

Olly Murs is through to the X Factor finals and he deserves it!  He was told first out of the 4 finalists and he looked really overwhelmed, with a few tears!

Olly’s first song, ‘Can you feel it’ by Michael Jackson, was, for us, the best performance of the night. It was fun, involved energetic dancing, and is a popular song. Although some of the other ballads were good, I prefer something more upbeat to listen to on a Saturday night, and this one won it for me.

All the judges (Dannii Minogue, Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louie Walsh) exclaimed that Olly ‘should be in the Final next week’ and advised all viewers to vote for Olly. Simon commented that Olly is the most hardworking contestant out of the final 4 and he is really impressed by his dedication to practice and rehearsals. Olly missed out on being best man yesterday (Saturday 5th December 2009) to his twin brother, Ben Murs (who got married in Chelmsford, Essex) as he had to rehearse and Simon refused to allow him to go to the wedding during the day. I guess this shows Olly’s dreams of ‘being a pop star’ are strong and he is willing to sacrifice his own desires in order to make a new career and win the X Factor. For this, plus his family’s support and his performances, I think Olly should win.

Louis said ‘you’re talented, you can sing, you can dance, you’re an all-round entertainer. People need to vote for Olly as he deserves to be in the final’

Dannii said ‘Can we feel it? We can all feel it in the room tonight. That was fantastic’

Cheryl said ‘Everyone loves you and I hope to see you in the final’

And Simon added ‘You look like a star. I cannot imagine you not being there next week’

‘We can work it out’ (written by John Lennon for the Beatles and covered by Stevie Wonder on one of his albums) was Olly’s second song choice. He made it his own and it was sung with care.

So now we will look forward to seeing him next week in the final of X Factor, which is the most important of them all……

Janet Jackson was one of the celebrity guests singing on the show, but Lady GaGa blew me away.  I am a big fan of hers, as she is so unique and professional, unlike some stereotype lady singers.

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Vote Olly,

Sandra

Olly Murs support in George pub witham essex copyright Sandra M Dean

Olly has the most fans on facebook, photos from his home town Witham (Essex) and more… 

…. I wanted to share with you some of the local support Olly Murs is getting in his town of Witham – The George Pub, which is his local and where he has performed, has ‘VOTE OLLY’ posters in it’s windows, and another local shop has a ‘support Olly Murs’ poster up. Just a bit of the local support, but the newspapers and locals have also been very supportive of our Essex boy!

I can see from the X Factor website today that Olly has loads more fans than the other 3 contestants, with Stacey coming second. Olly has over 204 thousand

Olly – 204,340

Stacey – 121,653

Joe – 68,991

Danyl – 39,826

If you would like to join his fan base on facebook (X Factors Olly Murs, not personal) then CLICK HERE and view my 22 questions and answers (it is number 6!)

However, this does not mean that you should not vote – since he was in the bottom two once we really must vote for him this weekend to get him in the final. Don’t leave it for others – just call and vote for Olly Murs!

Wow, Olly hitting those difficult high notes for scissor sisters last Saturday really showed off his range of singing vocals. I hope he gets some good choices from Simon this week which show his broad vocal range.

Some people were moaning about Olly walking off the stage when he got through to the final 4, leaving Lloyd Daniels on the stage. However, if you listened to Lloyds interviews on Monday following his exit of X Factor, you can see he certainly was not annoyed with Olly. On Morning TV Monday he said “Olly is awesome! He’s awesome. He really makes me laugh, we always have a bit of banter all the time. He’s brilliant.” So there you go – he likes him, so it was probably just that Olly was asked to leave the stage when he knew he was through, just as all the others did before him.

Read more about Olly Murs in all my articles by CLICKING HERE  (opens in a new window)

Olly Murs thumbs up for X Factor copyright Sandra M Dean

Olly Murs through to final 4 of X Factor!

Olly Murs was fantastic this week – showing us two varied performances. Take That’s ballad‘ Love Aint here anymore ‘ was a stripped right back to the song alone, with no dancers – just Olly singing and he made a fabulous job of it.

For his second song, he performed ‘Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting’ as his Elton John choice and as Danni said, it was a ‘knockout’. The song suited him as he was able to sing and dance and all with sexy ladies dancing round him.

The comments were pretty good, but I am still disappointed with Simon Cowell (Olly’s mentor), as he seems to be giving some of the other contestants more positive comments than Olly.

Louis Walsh said: I loved you in round 1. It was an unusual song choice for you. I like your funny dancing and I like you, but there was something missing for me.

Dannii Minogue said: Move over, round one was OK, round 2 was an absolute knockout. I’m really happy that the grandpa suit’s gone. That was absolutely a smash.

Cheryl Cole’s comments: I don’t know how on earth you concentrated with all those sexy girls around you. But you did it and you did it really well.

Simon Cowell liked it: It was the Olly we really loved from the very beginning, back in the competition with a great song, great performance and you really added something tonight. You made it sound like the song was written for you. You gave it an extra 10 -15 %.

On the results show on Sunday (30th November 2009), we were all kept on the edge of our seats as Dermot made us wait a particularly long time to find out if it was Lloyd or Olly that was being sent home by the public (least votes) and it did seem a little unfair. The results are not read out in any particular order, but it made it seem like Olly was in the bottom two, when this may well have not been the case.

Oh yes, let me not forget the group song on Saturday (‘I don’t feel like dancing’ by the Scissor Sisters, which is one of my top 5 favourite songs!)  Wasn’t it good?  I thought it was fantastic for Olly, as he showed that he can hit the high notes that the song requires.  It is such a difficult song to pull off, and his part in it was superb!

So, Olly got through! There is one sad fact shadowing this achievement, and that is that Olly will not now be able to attend his twin brother (born 15 minutes after Olly) Ben’s Wedding next Saturday 5th December 2009. That is a shame, but Olly you have done so well to get through – Olly to win!!!!

I have also found out something more about our favourite Essex boy – he went to Australia last year for 3 months and whilst out there, he renewed his confidence, so that is where his extra confidence came from!  I know what he means, as I spent a few months in Oz a while ago (Cannot bring myself to say how many:-) ) and found the same – I came back with renewed confidence!  So, there is a trick for anyone who wants to ‘find themself’….

VOTE OLLY!

Sandra

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