Lauren Murray has revealed she and some of the others have received death threats online, leaving them terrified.
Speaking to the Daily Star, she said: “People can be so mean on Twitter, they forget we’re just normal people.
“A few of us have even had death threats. And we’ve had people send pictures of themselves cutting our names into their arms. It’s horrible!”
Lauren, 25, is in judge Rita Ora’s girls category, and she insisted the pop princess is helping them to cope.
She added: “Rita told me not to listen to any of the negativity and focus all my energies on the competition.”
This week Lauren told Closer how she’s feeling under pressure to lose weight and compares herself to the other girls.
She said: “There’s so much pressure on your looks as a girl in the spotlight. I’m normal, I have my insecurities. It doesn’t help that you look so much bigger on camera.”