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Stacey Solomon, Olly Murs and Joe McElderry – which of them will snatch glory and be crowned as the new Leon Jackson?

X Factor Recap: Olly Murs And Some Other Bad Idiots 2009

Olly Murs – Perhaps Olly is one of those performers who you need to see live to appreciate.

X Factor Recap: Lucie Jones Out, Jedward Rule Forever 2009

One of many Comic Relief-related programmes in the run up to the big event tomorrow, the Big Red Nose Desert Trek does something we've all imagined by packing Olly Murs off into the desert.

Tonight's TV highlights: The Big Red Nose Desert Trek | The British At Work | Monroe | Hellcats | Skins | How To Make It In America 2011

Olly Murs – Throughout X Factor, Olly Murs has only been given old-fashioned songs to sing.

Strictly Come Dancing Recap: John Sergeant 2009

But what was it about Oliver Murs that made Simon Cowell decide that he was cool?

X Factor: Olly Murs Is A Massive Failure 2009

Olly Murs, famous for not winning The X Factor and "sort of kicking" – my child explained – recorded some of The Xtra Factor with a woman in shorts.

OMG! We're going to The X Factor! 2011

The press release affixed to the second album from 2009 X Factor runner-up Olly Murs begins: I'm never going to think, 'Right, I've made it now.'

Olly Murs: In Case You Didn't Know – review 2011

Refusing to be mired in a swampland of balladry, Murs darts lightly from cute reggae (Heart Skips a Beat) to sax-blaring 50s pop (Dance with Me Tonight) to Bacharach/Davidish lushness (Just Smile), and sounds as if he's enjoying himself enormously.

Olly Murs: In Case You Didn't Know – review 2011

On the Rizzleometer this is hardly Down With The Trumpets, but nor does it have Olly Murs on it, and a Murs-free Christmas is the greatest gift of all.

This week's new singles 2011

So here are the X Factor contestants from Saturday who caught our eye – Olly Murs, Demi Cullum and Carla Schettini …

X Factor: Olly Murs Is A Massive Failure 2009