'X Factor' twins John and Edward reckon people "forgot" to vote for them, leading to their exit from the show.
The twins - who were voted off the ITV reality show last Sunday (22.11.09) after facing Olly Murs in the sing off - reckon press coverage they gained on the show led people to presume they would be safe from getting voted off.
Edward said: "I feel like when people are talking about you and there's loads of hype, people forget to vote, they think, 'oh they'll be safe because there's so much hype'."
The 18-year-old pair also said the other contestants started to get a little jealous of the frequency that they were featured in newspapers and magazines.
John added: "When we were in the house, we went out and bought papers and everyone would be like, 'I can't wait to see myself', and then it would just be us on the cover and the inside."
The pair also said, however, they don't pay attention to negative things written about them.
John added: "We never worried about what was written, because we knew when we came into the competition that not everybody would like us."
Edward added: "I think people just wanted something to talk about, you know, like those internet nerds sitting at home on their own."
Meanwhile, although the pair are setting their sights on the pop charts and planning a debut single, an independent poll by bingo website 888ladies.com shows the public's interest in the couple is waning.
Of the 5,000 fans polled, 64 per cent thought the pair would never have a number one hit single in the UK, while 79 per cent said they thought they'd never make it as TV presenters.
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