Marvin Humes: 'JLS better without Simon Cowell record label'

JLS have claimed that they were better off not winning The X Factor.

Singer Marvin Humes believes that the boyband, who are signed to Epic, would not have reached their potential if they were owned by Simon Cowell's record label Syco.

Humes told The Guardian: "If we'd signed with Syco I don't think we'd be the group we are today.

"When you hear of people fighting with their record labels and stuff… that would have been us. We wouldn't have wanted to sit on stools, sing ballads and wear suits, and I think that might have happened."

Meanwhile, JB said that the group has evolved since The X Factor, saying: "We had to [sing ballads]. It's very hard for viewers to get attached to a whole band, so we had to sing songs the public connected with."

Aston Merrygold added: "You do what you need to do to get through, and when you leave the show you become your own act - it's as simple as that."

Watch the video for JLS's new single 'Take a Chance on Me' below: