Olly Murs and Nathan Sykes perform on X Factor as Sam Lavery gets the boot

Olly Murs and Nathan Sykes perform on X Factor as Sam Lavery gets the boot

Olly Murs and Nathan Sykes were last night’s X Factor guest performers, as Sam Lavery was voted off the show after a sing-off with Ryan Lawrie

Lavery gave a rendition of Mary J Blige's No More Drama in the sing-off, while Lawrie performed Oasis’ Stop Crying Your Heart Out.

Meanwhile on last night’s show, Murs took to the stage to perform new single Grow Up, while former singer with The Wanted, Nathan Sykes, performed new track Famous.

Next week’s X Factor theme is ‘movie week’.

Over on the BBC, Dutch violinist André Rieu was this week’s musical guest. He performed an instrumental version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah in tribute to the late Candian songwriter, who died at the age of 82 last week.



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