JLS pledge to work hard to win...
25 Nov 08
The boys are back (for good)?
JLS have promised to re-double their efforts to win The X Factor after finding themselves in the bottom two last week.
The boyband sang the Take That classic A Million Love Songs, but somehow the performance failed to melt viewers' hearts.
Says the band's Marvin Humes; "We went through shock when we found ourselves in the bottom two. We knew it could happen to anyone - but we didn't know how it would feel when it did".
We suddenly realised, "Wow! We are second least popular act here".
Aston Merrygold, who sang lead vocals on the track, was devastated. On Xtra Factor he stressed, "I feel like I let the boys down, because I was doing all the verses and they came in on the chorus".
But a couple of days later, he's feeling a little better; "That's just how the emotions came out, because it was a lot of weight to take".
Luckily, supportive band-mate Marvin was having none of it: "Aston can't blame himself at all. He's been absolutely fantastic every week. And he is consistent - for me, he was just as good as usual. The result was just one of those things".
The foursome sensibly refused to get involved in the Louis V Dannii debacle, with Marvin saying; "That's between the judges, they're just passionate about their acts. We could blame the song choices but we're not going to think like that".
Instead the London lad reasoned, "We know it wasn't our best performance, and we need to make sure that this week coming is".
With steely determination he said, "This can't happen again. We have to make sure we stay in the competition. There are only five acts left out of 185,000 people and we don't want this to be the end".
"There are two more weeks left before the Grand Final we have to make sure that this Saturday, we get the most votes".
And he pledged to the band's many fans, "We want to make it to the final and win the competition - fingers crossed"!
At which point Oritsé chimed in, "But we need people at home to pick up the phone and vote"!
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