Westlife: 'One Direction will win X Factor'

Westlife have tipped fellow boyband One Direction to triumph on this year's X Factor.

Speaking at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Of The Year Awards, the Irish hitmakers claimed that the group will be a "massive" success next year.

Nicky Byrne is quoted by PA as saying: "One Direction [will win] I would say. This time next year they're going to be massive. They're very good, they're a great little boyband."

Simon Cowell revealed last Sunday on The Xtra Factor that Westlife, along with JLS and Take That, will be performing on the reality show later this month.

Mark Feehily commented about the appearance: "It's going to be ourselves, Take That and JLS. It's going to be a good week. I think it's fantastic... a celebration of boybands.

"A few years back, I don't know if people would have believed it if you told them that three boybands were going to be on and they were going to be as big as ever. It's not in a nostalgic sense, it's here and now. We're all very much relevant right now in pop music. It's a great time for boybands."