John and Edward Grimes (born 16 October 1991), collectively known as Jedward, are an Irish singing and television presenting duo.

They are identical twins who first appeared as John & Edward in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, generating a phenomenon of ironic popularity described as "the Jedward paradox".

[4][5] They have released several singles, including "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)", "Bad Behaviour", "Lipstick", with which they represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, and "Waterline", with which they represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku.

Jedwards's combined net worth was estimated at €6m in September 2013, and they have been ranked as the fifth most financially successful former X Factor UK contestants.

[8] They briefly worked as games testers for Xbox 360 format holder Microsoft and support football clubs Newcastle United and Celtic.

[12] John & Edward became known for their unpolished but enthusiastic performances,[13] famously including a version of Britney Spears' "Oops!...

[21] On 12 February 2011, Jedward released their third single and Eurovision Song Contest entry "Lipstick", which peaked at number one in Ireland.

Jedward successfully qualified from the second Eurovision Song Contest semi-final, eventually finishing in eighth place.

After the Eurovision Song Contest, "Lipstick" was released digitally across Europe, where it charted in many countries such as Belgium, Sweden, Germany and most notably Austria where it peaked at number three.

[23] Shortly after the Eurovision Song Contest, on 23 May, 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.

Jedward released the charity single and "unofficial" Irish UEFA Euro 2012 song "Put the Green Cape On", a reworking of "Lipstick".

[32] The duo embarked on the European leg of their Victory Tour in January, playing in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Estonia.

While in Australia they also released the music video for Young Love album track "Can't Forget You".

[52] The video for "Can't Forget You"[53] was shot at and around El Mirage Lake, in San Bernardino County, Los Angeles, California, United States..

[58] In November 2014 it was announced that John and Edward would join the cast of ITV's new circus reality show Get Your Act Together in 2015.

The twins appeared on The Ray D'arcy Show in February 2017 and confirmed that they were working on their fourth studio album.

[63][64] Also in Ireland, Jedward have been involved with the ISPCA's My Dog Ate It campaign,[65] and promote the Concern Worldwide Fast fundraiser.

[72] Jedward have also fronted advertising campaigns for East Midlands Trains,[73] Rowntree's Randoms,[74] Disney Universe[75] and a Travel Supermarket commercial with comedian Omid Djalili.

[83][84] Two leading British political parties, Labour and the Conservatives, each released campaign posters parodying the twins.

Brown's successor, David Cameron, admitted that he enjoyed watching The X Factor and that Jedward were his favourite act.

[87][89][90][91] The Irish Independent called Jedward "tone-deaf twins", even though the pair were voted more popular than The Beatles in a teenage poll.

[93] Their 2017 court case on merchandise rights was later the subject of a stage musical starring comedians Kevin McGahern and Tony Cantwell.