Alright, stop. Collaborate and listen: Pompadoured Irish X-Factor twins + real-deal Vanilla Ice cameo = holy Friday YouTube whoa.
Eighteen-year-old identical twins John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes, a.k.a. Jedward, are a dancing, singing, follicularly dazzling phenomenon sprung from Simon Cowell’s Idol-esque U.K. singing competition (it crowned Leona Lewis in 2006).
They didn’t win, but that hardly seems to matter; judging by the pageviews their David Bowie/Vanilla Ice mash-up “Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)” in its scant few days on the internet, they’ve already won a different kind of prize.
Watch them below, enacting what one EW coworker describes as “Vanilla Ice plus Nelson plus MC Hammer plus Puff Daddy (the original) minus David Bowie times a bag of s— on fire,” and be amazed:
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I want to hold them underwater until they stop twitching.
agreed. that was painful and not pleasant.
dude, this is like the second post under this name where you’ve been advocating this kind of crap. you got issues man.
What was the other one?
THESE TWINS’ SUCCESS DOES NOT REPRESENT THE MUSICAL CONSENSUS OF THE UK…
They’re entertaining in a train-wreck sort of way. But I wouldn’t actually buy their music or go to a concert. What are they trying to be? Actual recording artists? lol.
Wow, it’s about the least-inspired mashup that I have heard. The songs have basically the same beatline! Putting them together takes no imagination!
Well, I like it! Don’t be so sour, it’s not meant to be taken seriously you know…
your headline makes it look like JEdward are from the UK, they are not from the UK. IRELAND IS NOT IN THE UK!!!!! i know you mention in the article that they are irish, but could you please change your headline or remove it entirely!
The headline is accurate… they’re a sensation in the UK. Apparently, the Irish have better taste in music.
true, you got a point, but it still sounds like we are being painted with the one brush again!
They’re actually number one in Ireland atm. It’s NOT looking likely in the UK however so your point is invalid
try using ‘X-Factor Twin sensation’, before you pi$$ of more Irish people!
To Lisa.
I’ve seen them live twice and they really are born entertainers. I LOVE John and Edward to the obsessed level. I’ve also met them twice and they’re so nice and friendly. I play this song on repeat and the video is amazing. They don’t deserve all the badmouthing they’ve been recieving here in the UK. JEDWARD FTW!!!!!!!
Love these kids they bring the lol and the song is actually catchy. Better then anything American Idol has done in a while
I’m going to have them as my front act when I’ll have my fairyland tour!! Tee-hee
I guess they are trying their best. simon cowell and louis walsh are trying to cater for the gay community and the teen vote but really I couldnt go to a concert of theirs but they are fun
They do have a gay following but as far as females are concerned – it’s not just teens. I’m 26 and LOVE them – I am one of the youngest fans Jedward have. I know people in their forties that go and see them live. JEDWARD ARE FOR THE MASSES.
Jedward are brilliant fun.
I have seen them live they put on an amazingly energetic show – I’m really keen to see them again.
And in an interview they are the funniest genuine excentrics I’ve ever seen. Love ‘em!
The video is fun and entertaining to watch. They don’t deserve the s*** they get!
They are irish , not from the United Kingdom. Geography Lesson needed