In this episode we talk to X factor Winner Joe Mcelderry.

Joe won the 6th series of the ITV1 British talent show The X factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on both the UK singles chart and the Irish singles chart. He was also crowned the winner of the 2nd series of Poster to Operastar in 2011 and the first series of The Jump in 2014. In 2015, McElderry played the lead role of Joseph in the touring production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

To date he has released five top 20 albums – three of them reaching the UK top three, a record for a solo X Factor winner. He was the first X Factor contestant to release a fourth album. As of 2014, McElderry has sold over 2 million records worldwide

In this episode Matt spoke to Joe about:

• What is in store for his 10 year anniversary tour and how to get tickets!
• Winning the X Factor. What was the best and worst thing about it? Was it all a huge dream and glamourous?
• Life in the spotlight…how that can effect your mental health when suddenly everyone knows who you are and everything you do is scrutinised
• What happens after you win the X Factor? Is life complete? Is it what people expect.
• Dealing with rejections with Joe's record label Syco dropped him.

• Dealing with the press and online trolls and how it felt to be body shamed.

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