X Factor UK Headlines for 01/15/12

Listen to Alexandra Burke’s new single! Chart update!

Alexandra Burke – Elephant – New Single!
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Nice moves, boys: One Direction steal the elbow dance from The Inbetweeners for their new video One Thing
After having been nominated for a Brit Award earlier this week, One Direction treated their fans to the long awaited new music video One Thing.

The Gotta Be You singers have released their third video while on their UK tour but we’re sure we have seen some of their dance moves before.

The boys spend the majority of their time on camera larking around and looking pretty in smart trousers and shirts but their dancing leaves something to be desired.
Read more: The Daily Mail

They’re real pop stars now! X Factor winners Little Mix share the stage with Alexandra Burke and The Saturdays at first big gig
They’ve only been pop stars a month after winning The X Factor last month.

But Little Mix made the transition to bona fide chart idols last night as they performed their first concert.

The four-piece joined fellow X Factor alumni Alexandra Burke, The Saturdays, Chipmunk and Dionne Bromfield at a charity gig in London.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Cher Lloyd, 18, ‘engaged to boyfriend Craig Monk’
She may be just a teenager, but Cher Lloyd already has more life experience than many adults under her belt.

Becoming a star overnight on 2010’s X Factor, befriending stars like Cheryl Cole, will.i.am and Simon Cowell and a number one single under her belt – all before by the age of 18.

And now the singer is engaged to her boyfriend of nine months, according to reports today.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Back on the road! Just days after car crash, One Direction hire iconic Volkswagen van
One Direction had a rare day off from screaming girls – as they headed off into the middle of a field.

The X Factor stars hired an iconic Volkswagen campervan for a day’s filming in Shropshire.

During their day at the village near Anglesey, north Wales, Louis Tomlinson took control behind the wheel as floppy-haired Harry Styles hopped in the passenger seat beside him.
Read more: The Daily Mail

‘I could have no one to share this with in 10 years time’: Olly Murs’ fears over being left on the shelf
As a former X Factor runner-up, successful Xtra Factor host, and with four number one singles under his belt, one would think that Olly Murs would have a line of girls at his door.

But the 27-year-old bachelor admits he actually struggles to find a girlfriend.

And in a candid interview with Now! magazine, Olly reveals that he is worried about never finding someone to share his success with.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Cowell gets fruity with old flame Sinitta! Duo put on a show for paparazzi, with Simon pretending to use a banana as his phone
With an act like this, he wouldn’t even get through the first round of Britain’s Got Talent.

Simon Cowell, 52, showed his childish side as he put on a show for the paparazzi aboard his yacht.

Along with former flame Sinitta, who he looked exceptionally cosy with, he pretended to use a banana as a mobile phone and shoved an orange in his mouth while she held lemons to her ears.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Wheels of steel: Macho Simon Cowell rides solo on quad bike while girl pal Sinitta isn’t far behind
His love of paradise islands and luxury yachts is well known.

But it seems Simon Cowell is also a closet biker, as he showed remarkable skill as he zoomed around St Barts on his quad bike.

And his close female companion Sinitta was not far behind, although she decided to ride pillion with a female friend.
Read more: The Daily Mail

Simon Cowell flanked by bevy of beauties as he lazes on his super-yacht… but where’s Mezhgan?

His fiancée may be nowhere in sight, but Simon Cowell was certainly not short of female attention as he continued to lap up the Caribbean sun on a super yacht.

The X Factor supremo, 52, beamed as he was joined on The Slipstream by millionairess divorcee Zeta Graff.

The pair – who first met in 2004 – giggled as they lounged upon the 196ft yacht, which is currently sailing around the celebrity retreat of St Barts in the French West Indies.
Read more: The Daily Mail

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Irish Charts
Singles
2 Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
4 Little Mix – Cannonball
22 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
33 Olly Murs – Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks)
41 JLS – Do You Feel What I Feel

Albums
2 Olly Murs – In Case You Didn’t Know
8 One Direction – Up All Night
14 Jedward – Victory
20 Rebecca Ferguson – Heaven
36 JLS – Jukebox
39 Cher Lloyd – Sticks + Stones
47 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
75 Mary Byrne – With Love
76 Susan Boyle – Someone To Watch Over Me
87 Jedward – Planet Jedward

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The Official Charts
Singles
1 Jessie J – Domino
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9 Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
21 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
28 One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
30 Little Mix – Cannonball
31 JLS – Do You Feel What I Feel
37 Olly Murs – Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks)
56 Cher Lloyd – Want U Back
61 Kelly Clarkson – Mr. Know It All
74 Will Young – Jealousy
83 JLS – She Makes Me Wanna (feat. DEV)

Albums
1 Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans
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11 Olly Murs – In Case You Didn’t Know
17 One Direction – Up All Night
19 Will Young – Echoes
20 Rebecca Ferguson – Heaven
30 Cher Lloyd – Sticks + Stones
33 Matt Cardle – Letters
35 JLS – Jukebox
51 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger
66 Olly Murs – Olly Murs
88 Susan Boyle – Someone To Watch Over Me

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