<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\nDescribe your music in five words<\/strong> \nFeel good, cheeky, easy listening<\/p>\nWhat makes your heart skip a beat?<\/strong> \nSeeing a hot girl naked. That makes my heart skip a beat.<\/p>\nFor your new album you\u2019ve co-written a lot of your tracks \u2013 how was that?<\/strong> \nI wrote 10 of the 12 on the first album [the self titled \u201cOlly Murs\u201d released November last year] so that was already under my belt. It was great to get lyrics and stories down and find hits \u2013 and I\u2019ve been lucky enough to find a few already on this second album.<\/p>\nHow do you feel you\u2019ve developed as an artist over the last year?<\/strong> \nI\u2019m just more experienced. Before I did The X Factor I had no experience at all so I\u2019ve really learnt a lot over the last two years and really got to grips with the industry and what I want to do musically. With the writing sessions I got my head down and concentrated on what I want to do and have got my music going in the direction I want it to.<\/p>\nIn terms of your career, will the music always come first or do you see yourself as a TV presenter now?<\/strong> \nI\u2019m an entertainer and a singer and that\u2019s my main job. I\u2019ve delved into new things \u2013 TV presenting \u2013 but music is what I want to be taken seriously for.<\/p>\nDid you have concerns that the TV presenting could detract from your music?<\/strong> \nDefinitely but I think the proof is in the pudding, really. I\u2019ve had success with the singles from the second album and I\u2019ve got to express my personality [on the show]. I think people are liking the show and liking me and hopefully they like the music. So it\u2019s a good balance. <\/p>\nCaroline has been under personal attack \u2013 receiving death threats on twitter \u2013 from One Direction fans incensed by tabloid speculation that she is dating band member Harry Styles \u2013 but which member of One Direction are you dating?<\/strong> \n[laughs] They are boys! I\u2019m a woman\u2019s man. I like women.<\/p>\nIn seriousness though, how do you feel about Caroline receiving death threats? Are you protective of her?<\/strong> \nCaroline is one of my best friends. I always say what goes on behind closed doors is her business and no one elses. We work very closely together and, you know, she\u2019s had a tough time of it lately but obviously the papers will write what they want to write and people don\u2019t know the full story but people tend to believe what they read in the papers.<\/p>\nAccording to the tabloids last week you have apparently been giving Harry advice on how to woo Caroline \u2013 do you want those death threats to be followed out so you can be the sole presenter of The Xtra Factor?<\/strong> \nNot at all! Caroline and I get on really well and the show is going really well so it\u2019s all great. Again, it\u2019s a story that was pretty much put together. I said Harry was ping-ing me saying he really fancied Caroline and that was all, but they\u2019ve made it out that I set the guys up which is a load of rubbish.<\/p>\nHave you had any crazy fan experiences?<\/strong> \nI\u2019ve had a car chase through Manchester where some fans were chasing me in a car when I was with my parents in a taxi and there was this one experience when a girl walked into my room as I opened it and she sat on my bed and I was like \u201cwhat are you doing?\u201d and she said that it was her room. But it clearly wasn\u2019t because I\u2019d just opened the door with my key. That was quite weird. But my fans are not that crazy. They are great.<\/p>\nAre you are still single?<\/strong> \nYes. But it\u2019s fine. My career comes first and I\u2019m not hooked up on getting a girlfriend at the moment and I\u2019m happy with how things are going musically and on TV.<\/p>\nWould you want to date a fellow celebrity?<\/strong> \nYou never know. Obviously the benefits if you meet someone in this industry are that they know roughly what you\u2019re going through and the pressures you go through. But if you meet someone not from the industry then there is a benefit there too as you can keep it much more private. There is a catch 22, really.<\/p>\nWho would you rather Snog, Marry or Avoid between your co-host Caroline and X Factor judges Kelly Rowland and Tulisa?<\/strong> \nI would avoid Tulisa because of Dappy and Fazer \u2013 I\u2019d be scared of them. I would marry Caroline because we get on so well and I would definitely snog Kelly.<\/p>\nWith your duties as an Xtra Factor presenter and with promotional work with your album, are you finding any free time currently?<\/strong> \nIt is literally work every day \u2013 but I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. I\u2019d rather be busy than quiet. I\u2019ve really worked hard this year from January and I have a busy 2012 lined up as well but I have a few weeks off coming up which will be nice as I\u2019ve been working as hard as I can.<\/p>\nIn Case You Didn’t Know by Olly Murs is out today on Epic\/Sony Music. Murs will be on tour in 2012 and ticket details can be found at ollymurs.com<\/a><\/em> \nInterview: Seamus Duff<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a former contestant on The X Factor, Olly Murs knows better than most what it is like to perform on that famous stage. As a result, Murs became an inspired choice to present ITV2\u2019s sister show The Xtra Factor this year where \u2013 alongside co-presenter Caroline Flack \u2013 he delivers irreverent humour, interviews the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9419],"tags":[1268,1269,48,1266,495,228,257,1267,1170],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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