X Factor 2015: Olly Murs accidentally reveals Monica Michael is leaving before deadlock result

The TV presenter accidentally revealed who was leaving before he had been handed the envelope containing the deadlock result

Blunder: Olly Murs on stage with Monica Michael as she says goodbye to Anton Stephans

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Emma Powell

16 November 2015

X Factor fans took to Twitter to brand the show a ‘fix’ after Olly Murs appeared to announce Monica Michael’s elimination before the deadlock result had been revealed.

Monica sang for survival against Anton Stephans during the third double elimination of the series.

After the judges announced the names of who they wanted to save, Simon Cowell took the decision to deadlock.

Clearly confused, Murs said: “Sorry Monica, you’re going home.”

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Realising he had made an announcement before the deadlock result had been revealed, Murs apologised saying: “I’m sorry guys, I’ve made a mistake.”

Viewers were quick to take to Twitter, with some branding the show a fix.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Olly Murs Xfactor Mistake says Monica is Leaving take a look shows that X factor is a fix <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/XFactor?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/hashtag/XFactor?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#XFactor</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/SjBqvYpcBJ" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://t.co/SjBqvYpcBJ" data-vars-event-id="c23">https://t.co/SjBqvYpcBJ</a> — St.Helens show (@StHelens_show) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/StHelens_show/status/666004181766025216" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/StHelens_show/status/666004181766025216" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 15, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Proof that people waste 35p on votes cause the X Factor is a fix <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/AgZwMmtStZ" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://t.co/AgZwMmtStZ" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/AgZwMmtStZ</a> — Charlie Cox |-/ (@charlcox6) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/charlcox6/status/665998267633803264" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/charlcox6/status/665998267633803264" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 15, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Goodbye tonight to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Monica?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Monica?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Monica</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OllyMurs?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/hashtag/OllyMurs?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#OllyMurs</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/XFactor?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/hashtag/XFactor?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#XFactor</a> — Polly Eddis (@PollyEddis) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/PollyEddis/status/666002636873842688" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/PollyEddis/status/666002636873842688" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 15, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheXFactor" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/TheXFactor" data-vars-event-id="c23">@TheXFactor</a> isnt it weird that Olly Murs knew that Monica is leaving before deadlock results? — Dasa Nova (@novicka1) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/novicka1/status/665998228802940929" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3115046-https://twitter.com/novicka1/status/665998228802940929" data-vars-event-id="c23">November 15, 2015</a>

Sunday night's show also saw Max Stone leave the competition. The singer sang Bruce Springsteen's Secret Garden from Jerry Maguire on Saturday night, but it wasn't enough to keep him in the competition.

On leaving he said: "I feel really lucky to have come this far. I think it might have been the song maybe I needed a song that showed my voice more but it’s been a fun journey."

Jess Glynne and One Direction were the special guests and took to the stage before the results were revealed.

X Factor returns to ITV next Saturday at 8pm.

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