Jedward

Jedward (2013)

Jedward is an Irish music duo consisting of the identical twins John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes (born October 16, 1991 in Dublin , Ireland ).

Childhood and youth

The identical twins John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes were born in Dublin. Their first school was the Scoil Bhríde National School in Rathangan. They later attended King's Hospital School for four years and then transferred to the Dublin Institute of Education . The twins attended school talent shows and were inspired by Justin Timberlake , Britney Spears, and the Backstreet Boys . They were also members of various sports clubs and participated in several Irish sports tournaments. In addition, they worked briefly as a computer game tester for X-Box 360 . You support the football clubs Newcastle United and Celtic .

Career

2009: Start at X Factor

John & Edward (Live X Factor 2010)

They became known for their participation in the British talent show The X Factor in 2009, where they played the role of the controversial, flashy candidate. The two then 17-year-old twins were less noticeable for their singing qualities than for their steep hairstyles and colorful outfits. In addition, X-Factor juror Simon Cowell certified them lacking talent and called it a "disaster" if they won. Nevertheless, he refrained from selecting Jedward early and joined the audience voting when another singer was playing. The duo made headlines for weeks, and even an expression of opinion from then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown became news. The two Irish made it to under the last six, but then had to play for the second time and were eliminated in the play-off against Olly Murs .

2010: Number one in Ireland and debut single

In January 2010, John and Edward Grimes were signed by Sony Music . Their first single was a version of Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice , a rap song mixed with parts of Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie . The US rapper Vanilla Ice also took part in the recording and appeared with them at the presentation of the British television award. Upon release in the first week of February 2010, the song debuted at number one in Ireland and number two in the UK. After a week, however, the title slipped to number twelve in the UK charts and Sony canceled the contract with Jedward on March 16, 2010. The twins, whose manager is X-Factor jury member Louis Walsh (Westlife), signed a new one the next day Contract with the Universal Music Group .

The twins are now volunteering as the official ambassadors of the Irish children's aid organization ISPCC, “Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children”. During their school days they were victims of abuse themselves, and as victims of a beating attack, they used make-up to advertise in a spot for more attention to violence against children.

2011: Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and Lipstick

John at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

With the title Lipstick , the single release of their debut album, Jedward won the Irish Grand Prix preliminary round on February 11, 2011 as part of the Late Late Show broadcast by Irish national television station RTÉ , just ahead of the singer Nikki Kavanagh . On May 12, 2011 Jedward qualified in Düsseldorf in the second semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 for the final round on May 14, where they finished eighth with 119 points.

In Germany, Lipstick rose to number one on the iTunes charts shortly after the Eurovision Song Contest finale and number six nationwide. However, it was not placed in the official German charts because their label Universal had not registered the song for a chart rating. One week after the Eurovision Song Contest, the title was registered and entered the German charts at number 12 as a download-only title. On June 3, the song was also released as a CD single. Two weeks later, the official release date of another piece was announced: Bad Behavior was released on July 1st.

In an interview with a German Ireland online magazine, the Irish Grand Prix record winner Johnny Logan gave the Dublin twins little chance of winning the title because they couldn't sing.

From August 18 to September 8, 2011, they took part in the British celebrity version of Big Brother . They left the house in third place.

When the former US President Barack Obama visited College Green in Dublin City in 2011, Jedward were allowed to perform in front of 60,000 people.

2012: Participation in the ESC again

After the national preliminary decision in 2012, which Jedward had won by a wide margin, they represented Ireland again at the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan's capital Baku . With the song Waterline they qualified for the final on May 26th, in which they finished 19th with 46 points.

Third album Young Love

The song Waterline was also released as the first single from the studio album Young Love . In the run-up to the European Championships in 2012, the song Lipstick was released with a new text under the name Put the Green Cape On .

On June 22, 2012, their third album Young Love was released. The Victory Tour followed , which also included a few gigs in Germany. Singles were also released for the songs Young Love and Luminous . Music videos for some of the songs on the album were later shot for the video platform YouTube . As a result of the tour and the new album, Jedward also traveled to Canada, Singapore and Australia, where they appeared on several radio broadcasts. Also in 2013 was the second season of their BBC show Jedward's Big Adventure .

Since 2014

Jedward (2016)

2014 started with the third season of Jedward's Big Adventure . A little later that year, after an interview, Jedward announced that they had been working on a new album since 2013. According to Jedward, the special thing about this album is that they wrote all the tracks themselves. The album was originally announced for the end of 2014, but none was released. Now, little by little, a lot of singles were released. In early 2015, the single Make Your Own Luck was released. In mid-2015, the single Oh Hell No was released. Both made a cameo in the films Sharknado 3 , Sharknado 4, and Sharknado 5: Global Swarming .

For the MTV dating program: “Single AF”, Jedward traveled across Europe, among others. In the show wzrdeb previously, selected fans were invited on dates with the stars through the Internet.

Jedward also took part in the 19th edition of Celebrity Big Brother in 2017 .

In 2019 they released their fourth studio album Voice of a Rebel .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE
2010	Planet Jedward	DE51 (3 weeks) DE	AT53 (1 week) AT	-	UK17 (5 weeks) UK	IE1 × 2 Double platinum (76 weeks)IE	First published: July 16, 2010
2011	Victory	-	-	-	UK34 (2 weeks) UK	IE1 × 2 Double platinum (54 weeks)IE	First published: August 5, 2011
2012	Young Love	DE50 (1 week) DE	AT45 (1 week) AT	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	IE1 gold (31 weeks)IE	First published: June 22, 2012

More albums

• 2019: Voice of a Rebel

Compilations

• 2011: Planet Jedward (New Version)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE
2009	You are not alone	-	-	-	UK1 gold (7 weeks)UK	IE1 (8 weeks) IE	First published: November 15, 2009 as part of the X Factor finalists
2010	Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) Victory	-	-	-	UK2 (10 weeks) UK	IE1 (15 weeks) IE	First published: February 15, 2010 feat. Vanilla ice
	All the Small Things Planet Jedward	-	-	-	-	IE21 (3 weeks) IE	First published: July 16, 2010
2011	Lipstick Planet Jedward	DE12 (11 weeks) DE	AT3 (10 weeks) AT	CH28 (3 weeks) CH	UK40 (2 weeks) UK	IE1 (31 weeks) IE	First published: February 12, 2011
	Bad Behavior Victory	-	-	-	-	IE1 (9 weeks) IE	First published: July 1, 2011
	Wow oh wow Victory	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 18, 2011
2012	Waterline Young Love	DE62 (1 week) DE	AT50 (3 weeks) AT	-	-	IE5 (22 weeks) IE	First published: February 24, 2012
	Put the Green Cape On	-	-	-	-	IE3 (10 weeks) IE	First published: May 4, 2012
	Young Love Young Love	-	-	-	-	IE31 (3 weeks) IE	First published: June 15, 2012
	Luminous Young Love	-	-	-	-	IE59 (2 weeks) IE	First published: October 12, 2012
2014	Free Spirit Free Spirit	-	-	-	-	IE31 (1 week) IE	First published: May 17, 2014
	Ferocious Free Spirit	-	-	-	-	IE15 (2 weeks) IE	First published: October 24, 2014
2015	Make Your Own Luck	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 30, 2015
	Oh hell no	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 22, 2015
	Leave a mark	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 14, 2015
2016	Good vibes	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 25, 2016
	The Hope Song	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 12, 2016
	Hologram	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 14, 2016
2017	Oxygen	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 6, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Clare: To Edward Bell Drury [before Sunday, November 15], 1829 . In: The Letters of John Clare . Oxford University Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-19-812669-0 , pp. 473-473 .
2. ↑ George Oltman: Eugene N. Torgow, November 26, 1925-25 November 2008 [Transitions] . In: IEEE Microwave Magazine . tape 10 , no. 5 , August 2009, ISSN  1527-3342 , p. 132-133 , doi : 10.1109 / mmm.2009.932829 .
3. ↑ "I'm praying Jedward won't win the X Factor" says Simon Cowell , Daily Mail Online, October 30, 2009
4. ↑ Jedward: X Factor twins John and Edward help ITV rake in advertising , Telegraph, November 11, 2009
5. ^ Sorry John and Edward, but even the Prime Minister thinks you're rubbish , Daily Mail Online, November 7, 2009
6. ↑ Jedward bow out of the X Factor show , BBC, November 22, 2009
7. ↑ Jedward to release debut single Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) , Daily Record, January 22, 2010
8. ↑ Jedward twins badly battered, Gaelnet.de, August 9, 2011
9. ↑ Report on oljo.de May 24, 2011
10. ↑ Press release from media control on May 31, 2011
11. ↑ Product page at mix1.de (accessed: June 2, 2011)
12. ↑ Bad Behavior - Single on iTunes (accessed September 9, 2016)
13. ↑ They are young and full of energy, but they cannot sing. That's the problem. , Gaelnet.de, March 14, 2011
14. ^ Musicians entertain 60,000 at event. In: The Irish Times. May 23, 2011, accessed July 19, 2017 . 
15. ^ ESC in Baku: placement and points. In: NDR. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . 
16. ^ Jedward Victory tour announcement. Retrieved July 19, 2017 (American English). 
17. ↑ BBC - Press Office - CBBC announces raft of new commissions. In: BBC. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Jedward announce new album. In: mix1. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . 
19. ↑ Hannah Lawrence for Metro.co.uk: Jedward and Marnie Simpson to star in new MTV dating series Single AF. In: Metro. June 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . 
20. ^ Jedward make an explosive return to the Celebrity Big Brother house. In: dailymail. Retrieved July 19, 2017 . 
21. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Chart placements
22. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for Music Sales: IE UK

Web links

• Jedward in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website