It’s incredible to believe it was eight years ago that cheeky chappie Olly Murs came runner-up in The X-Factor, impressing us all with his funky dance moves and charismatic personality.
With four number one albums including eight top 10 singles, he has also proved that he has the vocals to match.
Opening his outdoor concert at Aberdeen’s AECC last night was another X-factor favourite Louisa Johnson who put in an impressive shift warming up the crowd.
With a 24 countdown and giant red numbers flashing from large screens (a reference to his new album 24hours) Olly erupted on to the stage to thunderous applause and girlie screaming from the (not surprisingly) predominantly female audience.
In his strong Essex accent he boasted that he had brought the sun to Aberdeen and that Scottish fans were the best.
Kicking off the rousing 90-minute set with You Don’t Know Love and Up from his latest album he then treated the audience to some fabulous singalongs and his signatory raunchy dancing to the wonderful Stevie Wonder classic Superstition and Tina Turner’s What’s Love Got to Do With It.
A fabulous old school mash-up when Olly requested everyone to go crazy for 10 minutes included some belting 90s tunes, such as This Is How We Do It and Here Comes The Hotstepper.
Finishing the hugely energetic set with big hits Troublemaker and Dance With Me Tonight had everyone on their feet singing and dancing.
An encore of Kiss Me and an ‘audience arm waving’ to Years and Years left the showman bidding the Granite City good night but not before he treated us to a flash of his chiselled torso much to the delight of the crowd.
Olly is an outrageous flirt and had wonderful cheesy ‘banter’ with his audience from start to finish.
Pop’s most eligible bachelor cheekily reminds everyone that he is single and that he has never dated a Scottish girl, resulting in plenty willing volunteers from his adoring fans.
Special mention must also go to his first-class seven-piece band and two backing singers who not only provided terrific musical accompaniment but also had immense on-stage chemistry which only added to the party atmosphere.
The epitome of entertainment.