X Factor champions Rak-Su continue to celebrate their win as they head out in London... after admitting they are 'too busy' for love

Published: 16:35 GMT, 5 December 2017 | Updated: 15:07 GMT, 6 December 2017

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They became the first boyband ever to be crowned X Factor champions on Sunday night, beating runner-up Grace Davies with 51.7% of the votes.

And Rak-Su continued to have a spring in their step on Tuesday, as they exited London's Global smiling and waving to fans.

The group, consisting of Myles Stephenson, Jamaal Shurland, Mustafa Rahimtulla and Ashley Fongho continued to showcase their winners spirit as they headed into the capital after series of radio interviews.

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Success: X Factor champions Rak-Su appeared still be on a victory high as they exited Global in London on Tuesday

One such radio show that Rak-Su visited was the Capital Breakfast Show, where host Roman Kemp confirmed the group would be appearing at the Jingle Bell Ball on Saturday.

While the band did not confirm what they would be performing, a rendition of their debut single Dimelo looked likely, after it shot into the top 5 on the iTunes charts just hours after its release.

However despite their astounding success thus far, the band have admitted that are 'too busy' to look for any new female partners right now, after receiving a sea of attention on social media.

Riding: Bandmate Myles Stephenson certainly made a statement in a matching splatter-print jumper and trousers as he joined his bandmates to head to interviews in the building

Success: Appearing on the Capital Breakfast Show, it was confirmed that the band would perform at the Jingle Bell Ball on Saturday

Loving band: The band, consisting of Myles Stephenson, Jamaal Shurland, Mustafa Rahimtulla and Ashley Fongho, had plenty to smile about as they headed into the capital

Ashley told The Sun: 'We've had a lot of female interest since we went on X Factor. We've had messages on social media but we haven't been responding.

'While you're on the show it just isn't possible, and now we've got to focus on our music.'

The group are hardly short of attention, with a horde of elated fans flocking to Twitter in support of the group, after the band's mentor Simon Cowell promised they could be as big as One Direction.

One elated fan wrote 'Raksu are gonna be bigger than one direction' while another added 'Rak-Su will be massive . It is clear for all to see. Will they ever be as big as 1D? Only time will tell but my money is on YES.'(sic)

Successful: Fans previously went wild for Rak-Su and revealed they were expecting the group to surpass the success of famed band One Direction

On the up: Fans have already pinned Rak-Su as the next One Direction, after their debut single Dimelo shot into the Top Five

Sing squad: The group admitted that they are honoured to be compared to such huge stars, after being crowned the first ever boyband to win X Factor on Sunday

Holding back: Rak-Su also admitted that despite a sea of female attention on social media, they are 'too busy' to look for love

Despite the high expectations, the humble group said that they felt honored to be in the same breath as the successful boyband, in a chat with Lorraine Kelly on Monday.

A shocked Myles said 'If we can get half of their numbers, it would be an honour.'

Ashley said: 'It's been unbelievable. Our priority when we went on the show was not to embarrass ourselves.

'We knew who we wanted to be and we knew who we were before going into the show and obviously we saw it as a good opportunity to get some exposure for ourselves. We didn't know it was going to go this far.'

Focusing on music: Ashley told The Sun: 'We've had a lot of female interest since we went on X Factor. We've had messages on social media but we haven't been responding'