Oliver Stanley Murs was born on 14 May 1984 and is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality.
86 Facts About Olly Murs
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Olly Murs was a contestant on the sixth series of the television music show competition The X Factor in 2009, which he finished as runner-up.
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In 2010, Olly Murs released his self-titled debut album, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number two and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.
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In 2014, Olly Murs released the single "Wrapped Up" featuring Gym Class Heroes' Travie McCoy, which peaked at number three.
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In 2015, it was announced that Olly Murs would be reunited with Caroline Flack to replace Dermot O'Leary as co-presenters of The X Factor on series 12.
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Olly Murs was born on 14 May 1984 in Witham, Essex, the son of Vicky-Lynn and Pete Olly Murs.
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Olly Murs has a twin brother, Ben, and a sister, Fay.
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Olly Murs is of Latvian descent and his great grandparents were Edward and Kathe Murs.
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Olly 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.
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Olly Murs played semi-professionally for Isthmian Division One North side Witham Town between 2006 and 2008.
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Olly Murs made three first team appearances in the following season, scoring once, but was forced to give up his football career following an injury.
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Olly Murs returned for a celebrity version of the show in 2012, which made him the only person to appear on the programme as a contestant twice.
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In 2009, Olly Murs auditioned for the sixth series of The X Factor, performing Stevie Wonder's "Superstition".
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Olly Murs sang "Can You Feel It" and "We Can Work It Out" in the semi-final and ended up as one of the three finalists, breaking down on hearing the result.
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Olly Murs confirmed the first single from the album to be titled "Please Don't Let Me Go", which was released on 27 August 2010 following the circulation of the accompanying music video.
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The song is about a minor relationship Olly Murs was in where he ended up feeling something for the other person.
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Olly Murs's debut album was released in November 2010; which was a self-titled album, Olly Murs.
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Olly Murs performed the single for the first time on The X Factor.
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Olly Murs however donated his fee for his appearance at this event.
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Olly Murs completed a theatre tour for his first album in spring 2011, commencing on 26 April in Rhyl at the Pavilion Theatre and playing four sold out nights at London's Hammersmith Apollo in late May He toured as the support act of JLS on their summer stadium tour.
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Olly Murs confirmed in July 2011, that the lead single from the album would be called "Heart Skips a Beat", and it would feature up-and-coming Brithop Rap duo Rizzle Kicks.
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Olly Murs described it as a "parallel" to the remainder of the album, calling it a "summer party song".
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In September 2011, Olly Murs announced via Twitter that his second album would be entitled In Case You Didn't Know, taken from a song of the same name which appears on the album.
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On 14 October 2011, Olly Murs released the audio of "Dance with Me Tonight", the album's second single, via his YouTube Channel.
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Olly Murs confirmed via his Twitter account in February 2012 that the album's third single would be "Oh My Goodness", and that it would be released on 2 April.
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Olly Murs has written with Steve Robson and Claude Kelly.
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On 14 January 2013, Olly Murs confirmed that the second single from the album would be "Army of Two", which was released on 10 March 2013.
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Olly Murs was set to release 'In Case You Didn't Know' as his debut US album on 25 September 2012, through Columbia, however Examiner.
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Olly Murs provided support for English entertainer Robbie Williams on his Take the Crown Stadium Tour and performed a duet with him on Kids.
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In July 2013, Olly Murs served as the headline act at Alton Towers Live.
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On 11 September, Olly Murs announced on his Facebook page that he was going to release a re-packaged edition of Right Place Right Time, which would be released in November 2013.
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Also on the same day Olly Murs announced that he will feature on English entertainer Robbie Williams's upcoming album Swings Both Ways, singing "I Wan'na Be Like You", a song which he had sung on his first attempt to audition for The X Factor.
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Olly Murs featured on the UK version of rapper Classified's song "Inner Ninja", released on 10 November 2013.
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In July 2013, Olly Murs revealed that he had been back in the studio writing and recording new material for his fourth album, due to be released in Summer 2014.
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Olly Murs worked with Demi Lovato, Wayne Hector, Claude Kelly and Steve Robson.
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On 10 February 2015, Olly Murs confirmed on his Twitter account that the third single to be released from the album would be "Seasons".
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On 12 December 2014, Olly Murs released a Christmas EP titled Unwrapped exclusivity on Google Play.
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In February 2015, it was announced that a waxwork figure of Olly Murs would be put into Madame Tussauds Waxworks in Blackpool, which was unveiled on 30 March 2015.
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On 2 October 2015, Olly Murs announced on his Twitter account that he would release a special edition of Never Been Better on 20 November 2015 and the first single released was Kiss Me which reached number 11 in the UK singles chart.
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In early 2016, Olly Murs began work on his fifth studio album which will be released later in the year.
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On 1 July 2016, Olly Murs revealed on his Twitter account that the album's first single "You Don't Know Love" would be released on 8 July.
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On 9 July 2016, Olly Murs served as a support act for British five piece vocal group Take That at their British Summer Time concert at Hyde Park in London.
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On 2 September 2016, Olly Murs announced on his Twitter account that his fifth album would be called 24 Hrs and would be released on 11 November.
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On 22 June 2017, Olly Murs released his collaboration with Louisa Johnson called Unpredictable, the video already has more than five million views on YouTube.
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On 9 January 2018, Olly Murs revealed on his Instagram story to be working on his sixth album.
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In October 2018, Olly Murs announced that his sixth album would be a double album called You Know I Know with one disc featuring new tracks and the second disc continuing singles from Olly Murs' previous albums.
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On 7 October 2022, Olly Murs released the single "Die of a Broken Heart", which debuted at number 19 on the UK Official Downloads Singles Chart Top 100 a week later.
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On 7 May 2023, Olly Murs performed at King Charles III's Coronation Concert, held at Windsor Castle.
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On 28 October 2011, Olly Murs was the first artist to be confirmed to play at Capital FM's Jinglebell Ball 2011.
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In March 2012, Olly Murs performed at the 'Big Gig' event in Birmingham.
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Olly Murs released a special DVD, entitled "Olly Murs: 7 Deadly Sins of Football", through 2Entertain on 28 November 2011.
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In January 2013, as part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of The FA, Olly Murs was appointed as an FA150 Ambassador, along with other leading figures from the world of football such as Alan Shearer, Gary Lineker and Sir Bobby Charlton.
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Olly Murs released an illustrated autobiography, Happy Days, published by Coronet on 11 October 2012.
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On 6 October 2013, Olly Murs returned to The X Factor as a guest mentor to help judge Gary Barlow pick his finalist for the finals of the competition.
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On 10 November 2014, Olly Murs confirmed on his Twitter account that he would join the line up for Band Aid 30.
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Olly Murs confirmed on 12 March 2015 that he would be releasing a second book titled On The Road.
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ITV confirmed on 11 October 2017 that Olly Murs had become a coach on the seventh series of The Voice UK.
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Olly Murs has returned for the eighth series, ninth series, and the tenth series.
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In February 2011, it was announced that Olly Murs would participate in the BT Charity Trek, with other celebrities, as part of the 2011 Comic Relief Red Nose Day campaign.
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On 27 May 2012, Olly Murs played for England in a charity match for Soccer Aid at Old Trafford, but was taken off in the first half due to a hamstring injury.
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Olly Murs played back in 2010, a third time in 2014 and made a fourth appearance in 2016.
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On 21 March 2014, Olly Murs took part in the Clash of the Titans event in aid for Sport Relief 2014 as part of Sebastian Coe's team, Team Coe who were crowned champions.
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Olly Murs took part in Men's Cycling Elimination and Rhythmic Gymnastics.
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In June 2021, Olly Murs organised the "Climb for Caroline", a sponsored climb of mountain peaks in the Lake District.
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On 4 April 2011, Olly Murs stood in for Comedy Dave Vitty on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 for one week while Vitty was rehearsing for Dancing on Ice.
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In 2011, Olly Murs appeared on CBBC's children's hidden camera show Remote Control Star.
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Olly Murs went on to present a Celebrity Special over the Christmas Period in 2011 and again in 2012.
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On 31 May 2011, it was confirmed that Olly Murs would be co-presenting the eighth series of The Xtra Factor alongside Caroline Flack.
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On 10 November 2011, Olly Murs turned on the Christmas Lights at Cribbs Causeway in South Gloucestershire, where 7,000 fans attended.
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Olly Murs concluded his appearance with a performance of "Dance with Me Tonight", the first time he had performed the song live.
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On 1 February 2012, Olly Murs began his 22-date arena tour, starting with an audience of 20,000 in Cardiff.
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Olly Murs returned to the show full-time with Flack on the first live show of the series on 6 October 2012.
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However, on 22 February 2016, Flack and Olly Murs confirmed that they would not be returning to the thirteenth series of The X Factor and were permanently replaced by Dermot O'Leary.
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Olly Murs served as both a guest and guest panelist on Loose Women on 26 July 2016 in place of Katie Price who had fallen ill.
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Olly Murs invited several guests, including Bradley Walsh, Tom Jones, Emma Willis, Megan McKenna, Rochelle Humes, Chris Hughes and Kem Cetinay.
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In 2019, Olly Murs made his acting debut as the voice of Spike the Doberman in a two-part special of the Disney Channel series 101 Dalmatian Street titled "A Summer to Remember".
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Olly Murs made his voice acting film debut in Spies in Disguise.
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Olly Murs lived with his twin brother Ben and parents Vicky and Pete Olly Murs until 2012, when he moved into a five-bedroom house of his own in Toot Hill, Essex.
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Olly Murs is an avid supporter of Manchester United and a supporter and chairman of local side Coggeshall Town.
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Olly stated on The Jonathan Ross Show in March 2015 that Ben was estranged from his parents and that the incident stemmed from Murs not being able to attend Ben's wedding because of X Factor commitments.
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In 2015, Olly Murs first opened up about ongoing mental health issues, admitting that he turned to alcohol to cope with depression caused by the pressure of a new career during his time on the X Factor tour.
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Olly Murs continued to experience panic attacks when he was confirmed as a coach for The Voice UK, which led to him seeking therapy to cope with his anxiety.
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Olly Murs went on to write the song "Talking to Yourself" about his anxiety and encourages other men to speak up about their mental health.
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On 24 November 2017, Olly Murs was caught up in the Oxford Circus panic while shopping in Selfridges, Oxford Street.
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Olly Murs was criticised by the police and the media for tweeting false claims about gunshots in Selfridges, and for alleging in April 2018 that the police had covered up a terrorist attack in the shop.
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On 4 June 2022, Olly Murs announced that he was engaged to his girlfriend Amelia Tank.