John and Edward Grimes (born 16 October 1991), known professionally as Jedward, are an Irish singing and television presenting duo. They are identical twins and first appeared in the The X Factor UK in 2009, generating a phenomenon of ironic popularity described as “the Jedward paradox”.
Since then, they have released three Planet Jedward, Victory, and Young Love. The first two went double platinum in Ireland.
They have also released nine singles, notably Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby), a mash-up of Under Pressure by Queen/David Bowie and Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby; Lipstick, with which they represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011; and Waterline, with which they represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.