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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Olly Murs has hit back at critics following his awkward X Factor gaffe, claiming his mistake was “blown out of proportion”. Some viewers quickly began claiming that the talent show is fixed, with others calling it the blunder publicity stunt and questioning whether Simon Cowell would sack Murs. At the end of the day, I made a single mistake at a critical point in X Factor which was massively blown out of proportion.” Olly talks X Factor blunder Murs added that Cowell did not get as angry as he thought he might about the cringeworthy moment. “I saw everyone after, I saw Monica, I saw all the judges and said I was so sorry and let myself down.” Murs will be performing new single “Kiss Me” on The X Factor results show this Sunday.

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