Olly Murs and his pregnant wife Amelia Tank have shared a moving video in which they told their loved ones they are expecting their first child together.
The singer, 39, and the bodybuilder, 31, took to Instagram on Wednesday evening to announce they are to become parents.
And on Saturday the couple posted a montage clip on Instagram in which their friends and family appeared emotional after learning they were expecting.
Former X Factor star Olly is seen pretending to take pictures of his friends and family, counting down from three to one, before shouting: ‘Amelia’s pregnant!’
Everyone looks equally stunned before smiling and laughing with delight at the news.
Olly Murs and his pregnant wife Amelia Tank have shared a moving video in which they told their loved ones they are expecting their first child together
The singer, 39, and the bodybuilder, 31, took to Instagram on Wednesday evening to announce they are to become parents
Referencing his loved ones’ surprised reactions and his 2011 song Heart Skips a Beat, Olly captioned his post: ‘It wasn’t just our hearts that skipped a beat’
Other moments show Olly handing his pals a baby scan and at the end of the video, the moment they heard their unborn baby’s heartbeat during an ultrasound is shown.
They captioned their post: ‘It wasn’t just our hearts that skipped a beat.’
In a picture posted on Instagram on Wednesday, Olly and Amelia were seen dressed in Christmas jumpers, with an excited Olly proudly holding up a photo from their ultrasound scan while pointing at Amelia’s blossoming baby bump.
He wrote: ‘Baby Murs due 2024,’ as Amelia posed in unbuttoned jeans and a white crop top.
The news comes five months after Olly and Amelia married on Essex’s Osea Island.
A host of the couple’s showbiz friends took to the comment section to share their congratulations.
Dianne Buswell wrote: ‘congrats guys’ while Davina McCall said: ‘Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy’ (sic).
Ronan Keating gave a clapping hands emoji while others joked Olly should ‘name the baby Chelsea’ in reference to his beloved football club.
And on Saturday the couple posted a montage clip on Instagram in which their friends and family appeared emotional after learning they were expecting, showing their reactions
Everyone looks equally stunned before smiling and laughing with delight at the news, with Olly simply announcing the pregnancy or handing over a baby scan in the clip
When the couple got married in July, Olly shared 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 we’ll be able to take our kids to Osea Island one day and say, “This is where we got married”‘.
In a different interview with OK! Magazine, he said: ‘I’m not sure I’m going to go for six kids, but of course I’d love to have children.’
The couple tied the knot in a three-day festival-themed wedding 13 months after former The X Factor star proposed.
Olly was unable to hold back his tears as he watched Amelia arrive in her custom-made wedding gown, insisting it was a moment he’ll never forget.
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 brink of crying at any moment. When my nephews walked down the aisle, I was gone, then when Amelia came in – oh my God! My mum said she hasn’t seen me cry like that since I was four years old!’
A host of the couple’s showbiz friends took to the comment section to share their congratulations after the couple announced they were pregnant this week
The couple tied the knot in a three-day festival-themed wedding 13 months after former The X Factor star proposed (pictured over summer)
Sweet: Olly proposed to girlfriend Amelia in June 2022 and she shared a sweet clip of the proposal on her feed
Amelia is a bodybuilder and back in 2021 won the Pure Elite bikini competition in Margate
Olly was a contestant on the sixth series of the television talent show The X Factor back in 2009. He finished as runner-up and has gone on to have a career in TV
Amelia enlisted the help of Australia-based bridal house Pallas Couture for a number of months to perfect her wedding dress.
The garment was decorated with beaded floral embroidery, and featured detached sleeves and a long sweeping train with a floor-length veil.
The wedding, which was nicknamed Murs Fest, saw a number of big musical names perform, including Olly himself and fellow singer Craig David.
A total of 71 people joined the couple on the Friday night for a BBQ before they exchanged vows the following afternoon.
On the Sunday morning, a further 70 of Olly and Amelia’s family and friends arrived on Osea Island by boat, including Olly’s television personality friend Mark Wright.
Olly’s house band and singer Katie Holmes-Smith – who is currently performing with Adele at her residency in Las Vegas – 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 and hen parties between them ahead of their nuptials.
Olly was a contestant on the sixth series of the television talent show The X Factor back in 2009. He finished as runner-up and has gone on to have a career in TV.
Amelia, meanwhile, is a bodybuilder and back in 2021 won the Pure Elite bikini competition in Margate.
