Just a quick reminder that Joe will be performing at the National Television Awards tonight in London! We have it that he’s going to open the show, but anything is subject to change. So make sure you’re watching from 7:30pm ITV to catch everything!

Videos and photos from the night should up after the show, so keep checking back for that! If anyone is going to the show, feel free to email us (mark@joemcelderry.com) your own videos and photos, as we’ll really appreciate it!

The X Factor is also nominated for Most Popular Talent Show so lets hope it wins!

A congratulations is in order, as Joe just nabbed himself a BRIT award nomination! Joe will fight against his X Factor mentor Cheryl Cole, JLS, Pixie Lott and more for the Best British Single award, which is voted for by the public.

Voting opens soon, so remember to checking www.brits.co.uk for details on how to vote soon!

As we reported earlier, Joe stopped by a hospital in Durham earlier this week and now we have some more information on it!

He visited the University Hospital of North Durham, where he’s also completed work experience, unnanounced and spent some time with patients and workers.

An Trust spokesman said of Joe’s visit: “All the staff were delighted to see him and tell him they were so pleased he won. They were congratulating him and saying they were so proud.”

For more on Joe’s visit and to see pictures, head on over to the Northern Echo website to read their article on Joe’s visit.

It’s been a bit of a busy week for Joe this week, as he reveals on his Twitter page. He performed at a conference in Coventry on Thursday, where he then went and visited a hospital.

Morning!! Up early off down south for the day singing at a conference x 12:49 AM Jan 14th from UberTwitter

All done and on the way home. Gotta a bit ov a drive in the car lol x 8:43 AM Jan 14th from UberTwitter

Just got home. Been to visit some people at a hospital today. Was really nice to meet everyone! x about 22 hours ago from UberTwitter

Joe also confirmed his appearance at the National Television Awards next week:

So I’m performing at the NTAs in the o2 arena on wednesday 20th jan. 7.30pm itv1. So excited!!!!!! Xx 6:49 AM Jan 14th from UberTwitter

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Journey have revealed they refused to let the X Factor winner record their hit single ‘Don’t Stop Believin’.

Despite eventual winner Joe McElderry covering the song numerous times on the show, Journey guitarist Neal Schon revealed they didn’t like Simon Cowell’s new arrangement of the song.

Schon told The Sun: “We knew about Joe’s song because Simon had contacted our management as he wanted to re-do the song with a different kind of arrangement,” he said. “We listened to it and we declined. We said there was nothing wrong with the original version. If it’s not busted, let’s not fix it.”

He added: “My buddy Randy Jackson, who was on American Idol in the US with Simon, was stressing the fact that we should really let him do the new version because it would probably go to number one. But we stuck to our decision and now the song is doing as well as it is.”

However, the band stressed there were no hard feelings toward Joe.

“I wish Joe all the best,” keyboard player Jonathan Cain said. “Maybe he will play with us when we come to Britain.”

Source: Digital Spy

Joe McElderry will be the opening act for the NTA’s next week! According to Digital Spy, the X Factor winner will be performing Journey’s hit ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ at the National Television Awards next Wednesday.

Simon Cowell picked the song for Joe after deciding he shouldn’t sing The Climb, the song he won the show with.

DS also reports sources have suggested Cowell would like Joe to release the song as his second single later this year.

So have any of you Joe fans got tickets for the X Factor tour? If so, which date are you going to and who are you most looking forward to seeing along with Joe?

21st March in London for us! Also, if you’re going make sure you check out our exclusive tour competition over at the forums.

Joe tweeted again today!! Here’s what he had to say today:

Moree lemsip for mee!! X about 13 hours ago from UberTwitter

Watchin posiedon! Brilliant film x about 12 hours ago from UberTwitter

Is watching glee !!! X about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

So glad he’s watching Glee! It’s amazing!

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We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank our regular visitors and all those that post over at the forums! What this site has become over the last few months wouldn’t be what it is today without you all, so thanks!

Just a quick chart update for this week. Joe has fallen to #15 in this weeks Official UK Top 40! In its fourth week in the chart, the song was #2 last week.

It saw new entries from Alexandra Burke, The Saturdays and Iyaz.