Voice UK star Olly Murs shares his GCSE results to make people feel better!

By David Hollingsworth
( What's on TV )
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Voice UK star Olly Murs shares his GCSE results to make people feel better!
(Image credit: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

Paddy McGuinness makes joke at Olly’s expense after he tweets his GCSE results

As teenagers around the country get their GCSE results, Olly Murs has tried to assure anyone who’s disappointed with them not to be too worried – after all, his weren’t great!

The Voice UK star, who came second on The X Factor back in 2009, shared his own GCSE results, which, erm, weren’t fantastic!

“Wow it’s GCSE results today! Don’t be scared, Don’t be worried! These results will not define you as a person or predict your future! To make you feel better check mine out. If you believe you can achieve,” tweeted 34-year-old Olly, who was born in Essex.

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So, how did Olly do then? Well young Olly Murs wasn’t top of the class! There’s no sign of any As. He scored a “D” in maths, “D” in French and also a “D” in PE. He did at least get a respectable “C” in Art, while curiously he didn’t take music! Surely he’d have got top marks in that?!

Poor Olly - or Oliver Murs as his National Record of Achievement book [remember those?] reads - didn’t get any sympathy from presenter Paddy McGuinness, who tweeted: “There’s no way you got that high grades! FakeNews”.

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Meanwhile, the BBC reports that in England, Wales and Northern Ireland GCSE results have gone up despite tougher exams.

Good luck to everyone getting their results!

Main pic: David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock

David Hollingsworth
David Hollingsworth
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David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch.


Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. 


David started out as a writer for TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007.


Other than watching and writing about telly, David loves playing cricket, going to the cinema, trying to improve his tennis and chasing about after his kids!