McFly’s Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd have admitted to being fans of ITV’s X Factor but said that you have more chance of winning the lottery, than making it as an X Factor winner.

Harry told MSN: “We do watch The X Factor and I think it is a good way to make it in the music industry, but it’s very tough – there’s thousands and thousands of people that enter but it’s one person a year, and generally from The X Factor it’s only Leona Lewis that’s been successful.”

Dougie suggested: “I think you’ve got more chance of winning the lottery?”

Harry continued: “Who else has been successful? There was Will Young from Pop Idol, Leona Lewis… Girls Aloud.

“But that’s three people and there’s been like 15 of these shows now so it’s tough, because people get built up and built up and they win or they get into the final.

“And people keep banging on about how their lives are going to change and stuff even after the first audition stage, and then they’re just knocked back down again.”

Dougie said: “I think you can still make it without going on The X Factor and stuff – there’s La Roux, Pixie Lott, Little Boots – there’s a bunch of people like that through things like MySpace and YouTube and stuff, so it’s not the be all and end all.”