Former X Factor contestant Niki Evans has criticised current contestants John and Edward Grimes and also lashed out at Louis Walsh for letting them on the show.

She told PA: “I don’t think Louis should have put them through because they knew what was coming. He knew that they’d get all this pressure and these things because they’re just not right.

“They’re the Cheeky Boys aren’t they? They are, that’s what they are. And they’ll probably go on to make some really awful cheesy pop song and that’s it and they’ll go to Butlins. They will have a big following because they are probably the worst act that’s ever been on The X Factor.”