After a brave and heartfelt show that drew in over 10 million votes, Olly was a well deserved runner up to this years X Factor 2009 Winner, Joe McElderry.  This year’s X Factor was the most successful yet, with average audiences of around 14 million tuning in to catch the live shows, and an estimated [...]

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With just one show remaining before next weeks all important X Factor Final the nerves were well and truly kicking in for all the contestants.  Tonight’s performances needed to be nothing short of spectacular to guarantee their place in the final three. Opening the show, Olly started with the Jackson 5’s “Can you Feel It”.  [...]

X FACTOR QUARTER FINALS 2009 – Take That and Elton John As the contestants begin to leave the show one-by-one, this week saw the first of the contestant double performances.  First up, Olly sang Take That’s “Love Ain’t Here Anymore”.  One girl in particular seemed to catch Olly’s eye as he sat at the edge of the [...]

GEORGE MICHAEL WEEK After 6 storming shows, Olly seemed to be on fire, improving week after week after.  However, this week was the first week that Olly would find himself in the bottom two at the fate of the judges or the public. Olly’s song was George Michael’s “Fast Love”.  Olly put out a great [...]

QUEEN WEEK As we move closer and closer to the finals, this week featured hits from the legendary Queen with Roger Taylor and Brian May mentoring the X Factor finalists.  During the run up to the show, Olly had an unfortunate boxing accident during a scuffle with a punch bag.  Olly and Jedward were messing about with a punch bag [...]

MOVIE WEEK Tonight’s show was Movie Week.  Without a guest mentor for the show, the X Factor finalists were treated to a night out at the premiere of Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” in Leicester Square’s Odeon Cinema, London.  Olly’s choice of song for the evening was “Twist and Shout” from one of Simon’s favourite film characters, [...]

ROCK WEEK Screened on Halloween in the UK, tonight’s X Factor theme was Rock Week.  Sporting a slightly dodgy Barnet, Olly sang one of the Beatles classics, “Come Together”.  Accompanied by 4 female dancers, Olly put his own spin on the song and pulled off another solid performance.  Towards the end of the song, Olly [...]

BIG BAND WEEK Welcoming back Louis to the judges table following the tragic death of Boyzone singer, Stephen Gately, tonight’s episode was one of the most anticipated nights of the X Factor – Big Band Night. Michael Buble was mentoring the contestants, with Olly up first to sing Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller’s “Bewitched”.  Big [...]

DIVA WEEK This week’s theme was ‘Diva Week’.  In to mentor the contestants with a Masterclass was none other than Whitney Houston and legendary music mogul, Clive Davis. Singing Ike and Tina Turner’s “Fool in Love”, Olly smashed it up and received a standing ovation for his performance in which he performed the trademark ‘Olly Shuffle’! [...]