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Joe still reeling from X Factor win

McElderry - "It has been the best experience of my life"
McElderry - "It has been the best experience of my life"

X Factor winner Joe McElderry has said that he still can't believe his victory.

Speaking to GMTV today, the 18-year-old said: "I am still pinching myself, I cannot believe it, that I am sitting here, and that I have just won 'X Factor'.

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"I think it is going to take a long time to sink in. It was just amazing, it has been the best experience of my life."

"I just feel like I am in this dream and then it keeps hitting me," he added.

McElderry beat Olly Murs in Sunday night's final, receiving two thirds of the 10m votes.

He is now odds on to have the Christmas Number One in the UK with his debut single 'The Climb'.

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