Oopsy Daisy singer Chipmunk has hit out at X Factor ’singers’ John and Edward Grimes and pleaded with people not to allow them to land a Christmas number one.

“They’re entertainers, not musicians,” he told The Sun.

“Me and Tinchy [Stryder] were talking about it – it’s hurtful that if they were to release a single now it’s gonna go No.1.

“If you’re from another country and you come to England and you’re randomly flicking through the channels and you see them on X Factor, I don’t know how seriously you’d take the UK music scene.”

He added: “It’s very comic, and I don’t think that’s fair. People vote because they want a laugh. And I watch because I want to see what they do, but that’s what’s representing our country right now. It hurts, man.

“The Christmas No. 1 every year is the X Factor cover, we’ve got over that. But come on, man, don’t let it be John & Edward.”

Chipmunk says that he is backing Lucie Jones to win the show but doesn’t think she compares to previous winner, Leona Lewis.

“She’s the standout for me. I like her, she seems so innocent. Very pretty girl, man. But I don’t think a girl is gonna win again and I don’t think any of them are like Leona,” he said.