Joe McElderry

UK NEWS: 2009 X-FACTOR WINNER JOE MCELDERRY SUPPORTS JEDWARD IN CONCERT

April 12, 2011

It’s been reported by tabloid rag The Sun that 2009 X-Factor winner Joe McElderry was the support act for fellow X-Factor contestants/clowns Jedward (John and Edward)  over the weekend, at a free outdoor concert in Northern Ireland. Since winning X-Factor Joe’s attempts at achieving major Pop stardom have failed, but twins John and Edward keep going from strength to strength, and seem to be raking in the dough.   They will represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and have revealed […]

UK NEW: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE BEAT X-FACTOR WINNER IN CHARTS

December 20, 2009

To think this all started when Facebook members Jon and Tracey Morter campaigned online to push Rage Against The Machine’s 1992 single Killing In The Name to number 1, which was designed to prevent another X-Factor number 1 (Joe McElderry – The Climb). Via BBC News Rock band Rage Against The Machine has won the most competitive battle in years for the Christmas number one. The band’s single, Killing In The Name, sold 500,000 downloads beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry’s The Climb by 50,000 […]