LUMINOUS RED NOVAE WHICH ARE INTERMEDIATE IN LUMINOSITY BETWEEN CLASSICAL NOVAE AND SUPERNOVAE ARE THOUGHT TO BE THE RESULT OF THE MERGER OF TWO NON-DEGENERATE STARS IN A CONTACT BINARY (W URSAE MAJORIS STAR). PREVIOUSLY STELLAR MERGERS IN THESE SYSTEMS HAVE ONLY BEEN RECOGNIZED AFTER THEY HAD ALREADY ENTERED THE LUMINOUS RED NOVA STAGE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STUDY THEIR PRE-OUTBURST PROPERTIES. KIC 9832227 WAS RECENTLY IDENTIFIED AS A CONTACT BINARY THAT MAY UNDERGO A MERGER IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS. THIS PROVIDES US WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE EVOLUTION OF A CONTACT BINARY AS IT APPROACHES THE LUMINOUS RED NOVA STAGE. CURRENTLY NO X-RAY DATA ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS OBJECT AND THE PROPOSED XMM-NEWTON OBSERVATION WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE ITS GENERAL X-RAY PROPERTIES.