Miss Frank member Graziella Affinita, has defended John and Edward Grimes and insisted that she is not bitter about losing out to them on The X Factor.

Speaking on The Will Leahy Show on RTÉ 2fm yesterday, Graziella commented: “We love them so much. They’re really good lads.”

“They work really hard and they deserve every minute of this.”

On rumours that the boys had received the most public votes last weekend she said: “I can imagine it happening.”

“They work absolutely hard, day and night. They’ve held such a brave face throughout so much bad press.”