Olly Murs felt like an "idiot" after he was overlooked for a BRIT Award.
The 32-year-old singer-songwriter pulled out of performing at the BRIT nominations launch party in February after finding out his album ’24 Hrs’ had been snubbed, and Olly has now admitted the disappointment ruined his recent holiday.
He shared: "I got a phone call while I was on holiday with my mates saying the bad news is I wasn’t nominated. I was thinking, ‘Great, cheers, thanks for ruining my holiday’.
"But they still wanted me to perform at the launch and I was the only artist that was going to be performing that wasn’t nominated. I just felt a little bit like an idiot.
"It was like being in the playground and being the one that didn’t get picked at the end."
Despite this, Olly insisted there is no lingering animosity between himself and the event organisers, revealing he explained his viewpoint to them at the time.
Olly also admitted he still hopes to realise his long-held ambition of winning a BRIT Award one day.
He told The Sun newspaper: "I’ve spoken to the leader – look, I spoke to someone and they were cool about it.
"This is not going to stop me from doing what I love. It doesn’t diminish my dream that hopefully one day I will win a BRIT. I still want to."
Meanwhile, Olly previously claimed that any other artist in his position would have also refused to perform.
He said: "If any other artist was in that position, that had been around as long as me and had success, they’d have done the same thing.
"There’s no doubt I’m not gutted not to get a nomination, it’s what everyone wants because it’s the biggest award in music in the UK. so I am 100 percent disappointed – but congratulations to everyone else."
Olly Murs: BRIT Award snub left me feeling like an idiot
