Jedward

Jedward
Jedward in 2013
Background information
Also known as	John & Edward, John and Edward
Born	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Pop, hip hop
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Sony Music (January - March 2010) Universal Music (March 2010 - present)
Members	John Grimes Edward Grimes
Website	planetjedward.net

Jedward are an Irish pop rap duo made up of twin brothers John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes (born 16 October 1991).^[1]

There were formed in the UK in 2009 as John & Edward. They were contestants on the 2009 series of UK TV talent show The X Factor and finished in sixth place.

They represented Ireland twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. The first time was in 2011, where they finished 8th. The second time was in 2012, where they came 19th.

They have had one hit single featuring Vanilla Ice called "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" which reached number one in Ireland and number two in the UK. They were dropped by Sony and now are supported by Universal Music. They have released an album entitled "Planet Jedward", which charted at number 17^[2] and a second single entitled "All The Small Things", which charted at number 46.^[3] Thay have since released two more albums, Victory (2011) and Planet Jedward (2012).

They were contestants in the 2011 edition of Celebrity Big Brother. They returned to the show in the 2017 edition as "all-star" contestants. They finished as runner-up behind Coleen Nolan.