2009英国偶像冠军英国当地时间12月13号晚上，英国近两千万电视观众观看了ITV 的热门电视选秀节目The X Factor的决赛，来自北英格兰南谢尔兹（South Shields）的18岁学生乔·麦克尔德里（Joe McElderry）最终夺魁，并赢得一百万英镑的唱片合同。
来自北英格兰的乔·麦克尔德里以其清纯的嗓音和腼腆温和的性格赢得数以百万计英国电视观众的青睐，在决赛前，已经成为最被看好的赢家。 在周日晚上的决赛中，乔·麦克尔德里与来自埃塞克斯的选手奥利·莫尔斯（Olly Murs）竞争最后的选秀桂冠和百万英镑的唱片合同。他俩分别演唱了即将作为圣诞单曲发行的歌 The Climb（攀登）。 最终，在所有的一千万最后投票中，18岁的乔赢得了将近三分之二的票数，而成为第6届The X Factor 冠军。
最佳单曲Artist：Joe McElderry
Song：The Climb
I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"
Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on
‘Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa[1]
