X Factors singers second rate - Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud have hit out at reality TV show The X Factor.

The group, formed in 2002 from fellow TV talent show Popstars: The Rivals, criticised The X Factor’s singers as second rate.

Nicola Roberts, 20, said: “I don’t think the talent is that good this time round.

“Seriously, if that’s what Britain has got then we’re dying on our a**es!

“I mean, look at Chico – what is that? That’s what you get when you try and make good TV rather than a talent show,” she told OK! magazine.

Girl band Cheryl Tweedy, Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle and Nicola are managed by Louis Walsh, a judge with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne on ITV’s The X Factor.

Nadine, 20, said: “I can’t watch it. The judges are just so harsh. I told Louis Walsh that he should give them constructive criticism and not just destroy them.”