You make remember him as Ireland’s 2018 Eurovision entrant but Brendan Murray has found himself in the limelight of a very different stage - the Judges’ Houses stage on this year’s X Factor. The Galway native won his place by receiving Louis Tomlinson’s coveted Golden X during the show’s six chair challenge. The button, comparable to the Golden buzzer on Britain's Got Talent, sends the contestants straight through to judges' houses, the final stage before the live shows. Murray was the last to sing in the Boys' category on last night’s show and wowed both the audience and judges with his rendition of REM's Everybody Hurts. Tomlinson then joked that he wanted to have a 'word' with the singer off stage, before running and pressing the Golden Buzzer.

Source: Evening echo October 01, 2018 11:03 UTC