Olly Murs has announced that he is expecting his first child with his wife Amelia.
The 39-year-old singer and the 31-year-old bodybuilder shared their exciting news on Instagram on Wednesday evening.
Wearing Christmas jumpers, excited Olly proudly held up a photo from her scan and pointed to Amelia’s blossoming baby bump.
He wrote: “Baby Murs due 2024.”
The exciting news comes five months after Olly, 39, and bodybuilder, 31, married at Osea Island in Essex.
Olly Murs has announced that he is expecting his first child with his wife Amelia
Wearing Christmas jumpers, excited Olly proudly held up a photo from her scan and pointed to Amelia’s blossoming baby bump. He wrote: “Baby Murs due 2024.”
Many of the couple’s showbiz friends took to the comments section to share their congratulations.
Dianne Buswell wrote: “Congratulations guys,” while Davina McCall said: “Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy.”
Ronan Keating gave a clapping hands emoji, while others joked that Olly should “name the baby Chelsea” in reference to his beloved football club.
When the couple married in July, Olly expressed his hopes of becoming a father one day.
The X Factor star told Hello! magazine: “We’re ready to have our own little Murs running around.”
“It’s so special that one day we can take our children to Osea Island and say, ‘This is where we got married.’”
The couple tied the knot in a three-day festival-style wedding 13 months after the former The X Factor star proposed.
Olly couldn’t hold back his tears as he watched Amelia arrive in her custom-made wedding dress, insisting it was a moment he would never forget.
The couple tied the knot in a three-day festival-style wedding 13 months after the former The X Factor star proposed (pictured this summer).
Sweet: Olly proposed to her girlfriend Amelia in June 2022 and she shared a sweet clip of the proposal on her feed
He said: “I was blown away by how amazing it was. “It was quite magical – the perfect celebration of our love.”
“I was on the verge of crying at every moment. When my nephews walked down the aisle I was gone, and when Amelia walked in – oh my God! My mother said she hadn’t seen me cry like that since I was four!’
Amelia enlisted the help of Australia-based bridal house Pallas Couture for several months to perfect her wedding dress.
The garment was decorated with beaded floral embroidery and featured cut-off sleeves and a long, sweeping train with a floor-length veil.
The wedding, nicknamed ‘Murs Fest’, featured numerous major musicians including Olly himself and fellow singer Craig David.
A total of 71 people met with the couple for a barbecue on Friday evening before they tied the knot the following afternoon.
On Sunday morning, another 70 of Olly and Amelia’s family and friends arrived at Osea Island by boat, including Olly’s TV friend Mark Wright.
Olly’s house band and singer Katie Holmes-Smith – who is currently performing with Adele at her Las Vegas residency – took to the stage, followed by Heart FM DJ Pandora Christie.
Olly and Amelia, who met on Instagram in 2019, went public with their romance in 2020 and enjoyed a total of four stag parties before their wedding.