Eighteen-year-old Joe McElderry has beaten Olly Murs to win the sixth series of the ITV talent show X Factor.

The pair battled it out on primetime TV across the weekend to win a lucrative £1m recording contract.

More than 10 million viewers voted in the final show which has dominated television screens this autumn.

It is the second consecutive year that judge Cheryl Cole has mentored the winner. “I can’t even speak,” said McElderry. “Thank you so much.“

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