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Brendan Murray is an Irish plumber from Tuam, Co. Galway who competed in Series 15 of The X Factor as part of the Boys category mentored by Louis Tomlinson.
He was eliminated on the first night of the semi finals in a double elimination after receiving the fewest public votes, finishing in 5th place.
•He auditioned for Series 8 of Britain's Got Talent as part of Hometown and the band reached the second round, however their audition was never televised. After they advanced it emerged that Hometown had been created Louis Walsh, leading to claims that the band had been 'fast-tracked' through the audition process, and that they would have advanced regardless of their performance.
•He is formerly a member of the Irish band Hometown, who scored two #1 singles in their homeland and were managed by Louis Walsh.
•After Hometown split he was the country's representative at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, where he failed to qualify for the final.
•It was when supporting Murray in Kiev that Walsh got Slavko Kalezic (Montenegro's entry that year) to audition for The X Factor UK (Series 14).
Sep 2, 2018 · He flew the flag for Ireland on a hot air balloon at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv. Now Brendan Murray was “Dying to Try” his luck on this year’s X Factor UK, as ITV broadcast his audition on the opening weekend.
Sep 2, 2018 · Singer Brendan Murray, who represented Ireland in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, made it through a gruelling X Factor audition on Sunday night, snatching victory from the jaws of...
