Wer ist olly murs

With a "cheeky young chap" persona to match Robbie Williams and vocals reminiscent of original Pop Idol Will Young, former call-center worker Olly Murs was one of the success stories of the 2009 season of The X Factor, finishing as runner-up to Joe McElderry in the hotly contested finale.

Born in Essex in 1984, Murs showed little interest in singing while at school, focusing his attention on football, which he played for the school team and later semi-professionally for local non-league team Witham Town. In 2007, he appeared on Deal or No Deal, where he won a lowly £10, but it was his performance of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" on the sixth series of The X Factor that enabled him to show off his talents. Mentored by Simon Cowell in the live stages, he wowed judges with renditions of songs by the Beatles, Queen, and George Michael, and soon became the favorite to win the show. Despite a duet with musical hero Robbie Williams in the finale, however, Murs finished a respectable second.

In 2010, he signed a six-figure record deal with Epic/Syco Music and embarked on the sold-out X Factor arena tour. After being personally invited by Williams to play at the televised charity football event Soccer Aid, Murs released his first single, the Jason Mraz-inspired "Please Don't Let Me Go," in August. His debut album, featuring songs written by Eg White, Scouting for Girls' Roy Stride, and Wayne Hector, was released in 2010. The record produced three U.K. Top 20 singles, with "Thinking of Me" and "Heart on My Sleeve" racking up chart positions alongside the debut number one "Please Don't Let Me Go."

Olly Murs

Oliver Stanley Murs

May 14, 1984 (age 34)

Olly

Singer-songwriter, presenter, actor

Epic (2009–present)
Syco (2009–present)
Columbia

www.ollymurs.com

Oliver Stanley "Olly" Murs (born 14 May 1984) is an English singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor.

Murs rose to fame after finishing as the runner-up in the sixth series of X Factor in 2009, and has since achieved 3 #1 albums and 4 #1 singles in the United Kingdom.

He was signed to Simon Cowell's Syco Music in 2010. Murs is currently signed to Epic Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States.

He was the opening act for One Direction during the North American leg of their Up All Night Tour. Murs is close friends with Niall Horan.

Contents

• 1 Early Life
• 2 Musical Career
• 3 Relationship With One Direction
• 4 Personal Life
• 5 Discography
• 6 Concert tours
  • 6.1 Headlining
  • 6.2 Supporting
• 7 References

Early Life

Murs was born in Witham, Essex. He is the son of Vicky-Lynn and Pete Murs. He has a twin brother, Ben Murs, and a sister, Fay Murs. Two of his paternal great-grandparents were Latvian. 

Murs attended Howbridge Junior School in Witham and Notley High School in Braintree, Essex where he was a striker in the school's football team. He also went to school with Next of Kin and played semi-professionally for Isthmian Division One North side Witham Town between 2006 and 2008. He excelled for the club's reserve team during the 2006/07 season, scoring 12 goals in 13 appearances and winning the Ridgeons Reserve Teams Cup. He made three first team appearances in the following season, scoring once, but was forced to give up his football career following an injury.

Before The X Factor, Murs worked as a recruitment consultant at Prime Appointments in Witham, and performed as part of a covers band called the Small Town Blaggers with a friend, Jon Goodey. He also appeared on the game show Deal or No Deal in 2007, where he won £10; he returned for a celebrity version of the show in 2012, which made him the only person to appear on the show twice.

Musical Career

In 2008, Murs travelled to Australia, backpacking alone along the east coast for three months. Upon return, Murs decided, having tried out unsuccessfully in the past twice, to audition for The X Factor again. Murs finished as the runner-up in the sixth series and was signed to Syco Music in February 2010.

His self-titled debut album was released on 26 November 2010 and spawned the hit singles "Please Don't Let Go" and "Thinking Of Me", which reached #1 and #4 on the UK charts respectively. Two more singles, "Heart On My Sleeve" and "Busy", found moderate success.

Murs second album In Case You Didn't Know was released on 25 November 2011 and spawned two #1 singles "Heart Skips A Beat" and "Dance With Me Tonight". The third single "Oh My Goodness" was a top 20 UK hit.

Murs released his third album "Right Place Right Time" on 23 November 2012. It spawned his most successful single to date, "Troublemaker", which was a UK #1, a worldwide top 5 hit and reached #25 in the United States. It also featured American rapper Flo Rida. Murs released five more singles from the album, with third single "Dear Darlin' also becoming a worldwide top 5 hit.

His fourth album "Never Been Better" was released 21 November 2014 and became Murs third consecutive UK #1 album. He released four worldwide top 20 singles before re-releasing the album as a special edition on 20 November 2015. Two more singles were released, to moderate success.

Murs announced his fifth album would be titled "24 Hrs" and would be released on 11 November 2016. The first single "You Don't Know Love" became a top 15 hit in the United Kingdom. The second single "Grow Up" was released on 12 October 2016. Murs premiered and released a lyric video for "Back Around" on 4 November 2016.

Relationship With One Direction

Olly Murs was a co-host of The Xtra Factor in 2010, during the seventh series, when One Direction were contestants. Murs also served as the band's opening act for their 2011 Up All Night Tour. Since then, Murs has maintained a close friendship with the band, in particular with Niall. Murs has been seen golfing with Niall and Harry, bowling with Harry and his family, and dining out with Louis and his then-girlfriend Eleanor Calder. Niall often attends Murs's concerts. After Niall's debut solo televised performance of his first single This Town in October 2016, Murs tweeted "Superb performance on @TheGNShow last night @NiallOfficial you ledge!! Such a beautiful song mate.. love it love it love it #ThisTown[1]". Niall also tweeted support for Murs's single "Grow Up" posting a video announcing the song's release[2].

Murs appeared alongside Niall on a special Stand Up To Cancer edition of Gogglebox on October 21, 2016.

In May 2018, after presenting the BRIT Award for Video of the Year to absentee winner Harry Styles, Murs joked he would steal the award. Harry then gifted Murs with the award anyway, sending a note saying "I thought it only fair". Harry also specially engraved the award with Murs name[3].

Personal Life

Murs lived with his parents Vicky and Pete until Easter 2012 when he moved into a 5 bedroom house of his own in Toot Hill, Essex. He is a supporter of Manchester United.

He also has a twin brother named Ben, who has been estranged from the family since 2009. Murs stated on The Jonathan Ross Show in March 2015 that Ben was also estranged from their parents, and that the incident stemmed from him not being able to attend his brother's wedding because of X Factor commitments.

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