Joe McElderry wins X-Factor

Joe McElderry from South Shields in northeastern England, won the very popular sixth series of X-Factor UK last night. Auditions were held in front of live studio audiences for the first time in this series.

The judges were: shoot-from-the-hip Simon Cowell, Dannii strange-comments Minogue, Louis Walsh and well-known singer Cheryl Cole.

Joe McElderry - Audition video



His Winners Song is "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus which will be released on 16 December 2009.