Jedward: Robbie’s support kept us in X Factor for so long

X FACTOR rejects John and Edward reckon it was the advice from pop star Robbie Williams that kept them in the competition for so long.

The controversial twins — who have become known as “Jedward” — left the show on Sunday night after a sing-off with Olly Murs.

The 18-year-olds met the former Take That star on the first week of the singing contest.

“The first week — which was Robbie Williams week — that was the week that everyone told us that we didn’t deserve to be in the competition but he gave us loads of encouragement and told us to ‘let go’,” John said.

“We took his advice and we made it to week seven. We’re grateful for his support. We’re really happy that he’s a fan.”

Edward is thrilled that they have won over other celebrity fans, including Black Eyed Peas and Calvin Harris.

“I think Britney Spears even saw our performance on YouTube. I think over the weeks, we proved who we were and we proved what we’re all about. Every time we came out, we practised so hard and every day and week, we gave our all because it’s all about letting go and doing your best.

“Every single week, we used to try so hard. We stayed up so late every single night making sure it was perfect.”

The bequiffed siblings were mentored by Louis Walsh. “Everybody else could have had these huge productions but it’s what we wanted to do. We’re always up for anything, we always discussed it between each other and we always will do it — it’s always our decision.”

His brother added: “We were comfortable with whatever we did. We always want to do bigger and better. The other night when they told us that we did too much, we wanted to step it up the next week if we had gotten through.”

The Grimes twins entered The X Factor to make their families and the Irish contingency “proud”.

“We’re just ourselves, we’re completely different and no one there in the competition thought we had to be a certain way,” John said.

They are keeping mum about what’s in the pipeline career-wise after the X Factor tour, but admit they’d like to pursue a TV career and possibly even release a Christmas single.

“We’d love to do all that stuff like TV shows because we feel like we have so much more to give,” said Edward.

“Our fans are so dedicated and we can’t leave them standing around the place, so we need to keep supporting them so that all the Jedward memorabilia like T-shirts don’t go out of date.”