Name | Jedward |
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Caption | Jedward performing at The O2 Arena as part of the X Factor live tour in 2010 |
Landscape | Yes |
Alias | John & Edward |
Birth date | October 16, 1991 |
Birth place | Dublin, Ireland |
Background | group_or_band |
Genre | Pop |
Years active | 2009–present |
Manager | Louis Walsh, Ashley Tabor |
Label | Sony Music (January 2010 – March 2010)Universal Records (March 2010 – present) |
Website | planetjedward.net |
Current members | John GrimesEdward Grimes |
Jedward's debut single "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" was released on 1 February 2010. They first performed the song as a duet with Vanilla Ice at the 2010 National Television Awards on 20 January. Released by Sony Music, it reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the Irish Singles Chart. Having only had a one-single deal, Jedward were dropped by Sony on 16 March, but subsequently signed to Universal Records on a three-album deal the following day. They then released their second single, a cover of Blink-182's "All the Small Things", on 16 July and their debut studio album Planet Jedward on 26 July. Planet Jedward reached number one on the Irish Albums Chart and number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. It was also certified platinum in Northern Ireland.
On 11 February 2011, Jedward won the Irish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 on The Late Late Show with their entry single "Lipstick". The duo consequently represented Ireland at the Contest in Düsseldorf, progressing through the second semi-final, and performed at the final on 14 May 2011, achieving 8th place. "Lipstick" is the first single released from the twins's second album Victory.
On 18 August 2011, the boys entered the Celebrity Big Brother 2011 house.
At bootcamp, John & Edward were at the centre of controversy when they sang over the solos of two fellow acts, but they made it through to the second stage of bootcamp while one of the other acts was eliminated. Following this, Cowell said of them, "They're vile little creatures who would step on their mother's head to have a hit." The twins progressed to "Judges houses" with Walsh as their mentor. At Judges houses, John & Edward performed "I Want It That Way" in front of Walsh and Ronan Keating. Walsh later told the twins that they reminded him of the early days of Keating's band Boyzone and put them through to the live shows, where they later became known as "Jedward". Many X Factor fans were unhappy about Walsh's decision and all three received negative press in newspapers and on social networking sites. However, they survived until week seven of the competition. Walsh told the News of the World, "I don't know how people can hate two nice young kids from Ireland. They've been edited really badly and come across as the people everyone loves to hate... but they're just raw, naïve and innocent and they have the potential to be really good." Cowell threatened to leave the country if John & Edward won The X Factor, but believed they could go on to have a successful music career.
On the first live show on 10 October, John & Edward performed Robbie Williams' hit "Rock DJ". Cowell said afterwards, "It was a musical nightmare." and that "The truth is... is that Louis has put you through because you're Irish." In week 3, John & Edward performed Ricky Martin's "She Bangs". Afterwards, they were heckled by the studio audience, but Walsh confronted the audience by saying "Boo all you bloody want. I don't like bullying." John & Edward were later criticised for performing what was referred to as "a lewd dance act" in front of female fans at a window of the house where the X Factor contestants resided during the competition, although this was denied by an X Factor spokesman.
On 8 November, following a rendition of "Ghostbusters", the boys found themselves in the bottom two with Lucie Jones, with both being in the position for the first time. Jones was subsequently sent home after a public vote. Jones later claimed that the twins were "racked with guilt" by the vote and had since apologised to her. The following week was Queen week, and while John & Edward sang a mashup of Queen's "Under Pressure" and Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby", Calvin Harris ran onto the stage with a pineapple on his head, poking fun at the twins' quiffs. John & Edward later claimed that they initially thought Harris's stunt was part of the performance. Harris was wrestled out of the building by security men and later apologised for his behaviour, posting on his Twitter page: "At the end of the day, I had a pineapple on my head. Sorry if I caused anyone embarrassment. P.S. I love Jedward. (sic)". The twins were praised by their mentor Walsh, who said that it was their best performance of the competition. He also praised them for ignoring Harris's stage invasion. The twins' performance also won over harshest critic Cowell, who also said that it was their best performance. Following the incident, John & Edward were accused of having their singing drowned out by backing vocals, in a bid to hide their apparent lack of singing talent. Producers of the show insisted that the twins were not given extra help.
On 21 November, John & Edward sang a mashup of Wham!'s "I'm Your Man" and "Enjoy What You Do". They received constructive comments from all three and ended up in the bottom two again the following night with Over 25s contestant Olly Murs, but this time, they lost out in the judges' vote; with Cowell, Cole and Minogue all opting to save Murs.
Week | Song performed | Theme | Result |
Audition | "As Long as You Love Me" | Free choice | To bootcamp |
Free Choice | |||
"You Are Not Alone" | Free choice | ||
"I Want It That Way" | Free choice | ||
Free choice | |||
Week 1 | "Rock DJ" | Musical heroes | Safe |
Week 2 | Divas | Safe | |
Week 3 | "She Bangs" | Big band | Safe |
Week 4 | Safe | ||
Week 5 | Songs from films | Bottom Two | |
Bottom Two | Free choice | Safe | |
Week 6 | "Under Pressure"/"Ice Ice Baby" | Queen songs | Safe |
Week 7 | "I'm Your Man (Wham! song) | [[Wham!/George Michael songs | Bottom Two |
Bottom two | Free choice | Eliminated |
Jedward signed a £90,000 one-single contract with Sony Music in January 2010. It was also announced that they would have their own ITV2 documentary. On 20 January, they performed their debut single "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" (a mashup of "Under Pressure" and "Ice Ice Baby") at the 2010 National Television Awards with rapper Vanilla Ice, who performed with them in the second half of the song. "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" was released on 31 January and the CD came out two weeks later. The song debuted at No.1 on the Irish Singles Chart and No.2 on the UK Singles Chart, falling just behind "Fireflies" by Owl City. On 16 March, Jedward's Sony contract was culminated, but the following day, which coincidentally was Saint Patrick's Day, Universal Music Ireland signed them up on a three-album contract.
On 6 April, Jedward began their first solo tour, a 27-date tour of Ireland called the Planet Jedward Tour. The tour was originally supposed to end of 1 May, but due to extremely high demand, a second 43-date tour of concerts in both Ireland and the UK was announced. The final concert took place on 2 December 2010 at the 2010 ChildLine Concert. The Irish Independent has rated the tour positively, saying that "Jedwardmania is right up there with Beatlemania."
On 4 June, Jedward announced that their second single would be a cover of Blink-182's 1999 hit "All the Small Things". They then appeared at T4 on the Beach at Weston-super-Mare on 4 July and performed a medley of "Ghostbusters/Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)/All the Small Things". Whilst performing a roundoff during "Ghostbusters", Edward fell and severely injured his left leg. This was later worsened when he fell again whilst doing a hip gesture near the end of "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)". He continued the performance of "All the Small Things" either limping or kneeling down. After the performance, Edward was taken to hospital and Jedward's spokeswoman said at the time of the incident: "We think he's broken his leg and at the very least has badly twisted the ligament in his knee." It was later revealed that Edward had torn ligaments in his left knee and would require surgery on it, but he insisted that he would still be able to perform "even if I have to bring crutches on stage".
On 16 July, Jedward's single "All the Small Things" was released which peaked at No.21 on the Irish Chart and No.6 on the UK Indie Chart. On 26 July, Jedward released their debut album Planet Jedward, which went straight to No.1 on the Irish Albums Chart and No.17 on the UK Albums Chart. Blink-182 referenced Jedward at the Reading and Leeds Festival in August. Frontman Mark Hoppus announced "We would like very much to thank that band Jedward for allowing us to cover their song." On 30 July, the twins appeared on the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother and performed "All the Small Things" in the garden as part the housemates' task to "ignore the obvious".
After the contest the "Lipstick" was released digitally across Europe, where it charted in many countries such as Belgium, Sweden, Germany and most notably Austria where it peaked 3. On 6 April, Jedward began their second tour, the Bad Behaviour Tour, with a series of dates across Ireland.
Jedward began recording tracks for a second album in early 2011. Jedward announced on 9 June that they had finished recording their second album. "Lipstick" and "Bad Behaviour" have both reached number one in Ireland. On 23 June 2011, Jedward announced the track listing for their new album. The album will consist entirely of original tracks, whereas Planet Jedward had featured only covers.
"Bad Behaviour" became the second single from their new album and was released in most territories on 1 July along with an accompanying music video. On 7 July 2011, Jedward announced that the title of their new album would be Victory. The following day, "Bad Behaviour" became the twins' third single to go to number one in the Irish charts. A new version of Planet Jedward will be issued by the German branch of Univeral Music on 15 July, featuring a mix of tracks from the 2010 album and new songs from Victory.
Politicians in both Ireland and the UK have also made their feelings about Jedward heard. The two leading British political parties, Labour and the Conservatives, each released campaign posters parodying the twins. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown came under fire in November 2009 for describing Jedward as "not very good" and later apologised for doing so. Following this, Walsh stated "So Gordon Brown and Simon Cowell both have something in common: neither of them know what the public want." Current Prime Minister David Cameron admitted that he enjoyed watching The X Factor and that Jedward were his favourite act. Cameron also bought a t-shirt with their faces on it. The Irish Independent called Jedward "tone-deaf twins", even though the pair were voted more popular than The Beatles in a teenage poll. Followers of Jedward, in popular culture, are often referred to as being in possession of the "JW Gene", publicized by comedian Harry Evans.
In 2010, Jedward fronted an advertising campaign for fast food chain Abrakebabra in Ireland. Following this they helped relaunch the Shake 'n' Vac brand for Glade alongside original Shake 'n' Vac actress Jenny Logan in a modern day remake of the popular 1980's advert. Jedward have also fronted advertising campaigns for East Midlands Trains, Rowntree's Randoms, Nintendo DS game Dragon Quest IX, and a Travel Supermarket commercial with comedian Omid Djalili; the latter was later banned after advertising watchdogs agreed that the advert was misleading. As of August 2011 they have become the faces of an advertising campaign for mobile network 3 Ireland.
Since March 2010, Jedward have been series regulars on the comedy panel show Celebrity Juice. Each week they appear in a pre-recorded VT in which they compete against host Keith Lemon in various tasks.
On 14 September 2010, RTÉ aired a one hour documentary entitled "OMG It's Jedward". It followed the twins on the promotional tour for the release of their album Planet Jedward. Two months after the show aired, it was released on DVD, and became the third best-selling Music DVD of the year in Ireland. On 12 May 2011, a 30 minute Eurovision special aired, documenting the twins as they prepared to represent Ireland in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.
Jedward performed at the Dublin Olympia Theatre's pantomime Cinderella which took place from 22 December until 9 January 2011. They will return to the Olympia Theatre for the Christmas pantomime "Jedward & the Beanstalk" in December 2011. Jedward have also been signed to Next Models and appeared in fashion magazines such as i-D, Esquire and Grazia.
On 23 May 2011, Jedward performed in front of an audience of 60,000 people at College Green in Dublin City ahead of a speech by visiting U.S. President Barack Obama. On 3 June, they made an appearance during Antonio Popeye's act on Britain's Got Talent. They later on appeared in Britain's Got More Talent.
The duo will also front a new CBBC show, called Jedward's Tour Of Britain. The twins will act as tour guides around several famous sites across the UK and attempt to lead a tour of genuine visitors. A second show, entitled OMG - Jedward's Dream Factory has also been announced for TRTÉ.
At the end of 2009, Jedward were placed third in BBC Three's The Most Annoying People of 2009 following "the overexposure they received during their time on The X Factor". In The Most Annoying People of 2010, they were placed second (behind the England football team) for "becoming successful and being everywhere on TV".
The Irish Tourism "Apology for Jedward" commercial won a silver award in the Best Single Promotion category at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. A year later, Jedward were awarded the Marcel Bezençon Artistic Award- as voted by commentators – when they took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany.
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Planet Jedward | *Debut studio album | *Released: 16 July 201015 July 2011 (EU) | Universal Music Group>Universal Music | 1 | 17 | 51| | 53 | 17 | International Recording Media Association>IRL: 2× Platinum | ||
scope="row">Victory (Jedward album)Victory | |
*Second studio album | *Released: 5 August 2011 (IRL)15 August 2011 (UK) | *Label: Universal Music | 1 | — | —| | — | 34 |
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"Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" | rowspan="2" | 2010 | 1 | — | —| | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | rowspan="2" | Planet Jedward | |
scope="row" | "All the Small Things" | 21 | — | —| | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | ||||
scope="row" | "Lipstick" | rowspan="2" | 2011 | 1 | 3 | 14| | 26 | 12 | 22 | 84 | 11 | 28 | 40 | rowspan="2" | Victory |
scope="row" | "Bad Behaviour" | 1 | — | —| | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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"[[You Are Not Alone#The X Factor UK 2009 finalists version | 2009 | 1 | — | —| | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | Single-only release | |||
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