Isabella
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At the beginning, I loved this song, but now it's kinda annoying. Though it's close to my top 10 and maybe enters again 
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http://www.metro.co.uk/music/861550-...deo-fight-club
Blue's I Can v Jedward's Lipstick: Eurovision music video fight club
Blue are doing the whole moody boyband thing in the video for I Can, while Irish pop duo Jedward are taking their trademark quiffs and dance moves to the top of the Eiffel Tower in the Lipstick promo. But which one will be crowned the cheesiest Eurovision track in this week's music video fight club?
Blue's I Can v Jedward's Lipstick: which is the cheesiest Eurovision track?
STORY
Story? Pah! Who needs a story in their music video when you have a boyband looking pensive and semi-naked female dancers? Blue certainly don't in the video for their Eurovision entry, I Can.
We begin with some dancers wearing what appear to be bandages to protect their modesty, while the Blue boys do the classic thoughtful looking in to the distance pose before switching to the equally classic moody glance to camera.
Lee Ryan and Duncan James seem to be experiencing a bit of sexual tension, but this is soon replaced by the more familiar set up of four men strolling around singing with exaggerated arm movements.
For the big finish, Blue go for the classic cheesy boyband tactic of being soaked in rain, bravely managing to get their powerful message across as their shirts cling to their pectorals.
Blue should have this cheesy competition in the bag, but they have major rivals: the undisputed kings of cheese, Jedward.
Not ones to make sense at the best of times, Jedward's video for Lipstick is typically nonsensical but at least offers some form of vague story.
The twins and their quiffs are on a trip to Paris, writing 'lipstick' – in lipstick no less – on the toilet mirror of their plane before making their way to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
The video ends with John – or perhaps Edward – smearing the lipstick, and if you hadn't worked out through the silence that the song was now over, one of the twins announces: 'It's a wrap!'
Winner: SHOCK HORROR! Jedward lose out in the naff stakes – Blue have to win round one with their textbook boyband cheesefest!
SONG
Blue's I Can is classic boyband fare: uplifting, inspiring music with that all-important key change. The trouble is, that while it definitely ticks the cheesy boxes, it's instantly forgettable – a crucial stumbling block in the road to Eurovision victory.
Lipstick is everything you'd expect from a Jedward track and more: delightfully naff, with plenty of backing music to cover up the less than perfect vocal talents of the Irish duo. Whether you want it to or not, the Grimes twins' catchy track is guaranteed to stick in your head.
Winner: Lipstick has the ingredients of the classic Eurovision winner: so bad it's good.
LYRICS
Blue tell the tale of their inspirational comeback: 'We’re not the first ones to be divided/ Won’t be the last to be reunited/ No/ Oh no/ Oh no.' Their killer chorus is as follows: 'I can/ I will/ I know/ I can untie these hands/ And get backup again.'
We'll let Jedward's words speak for themselves: 'She’s got her lipstick on/ Here I come, da da dum/ She’s got her lipstick on/ Hit and run, then I’m gone/ Check my collar, collar, hey, hey, ey/ Check my collar, collar, hey, hey, ey.'
Winner: Jedward. No explanation necessary.
Overall winner: Jedward certainly have the cheesiest video, but will they win Eurovision? Jedward win 2-1.
Blue's I Can v Jedward's Lipstick: Eurovision music video fight club
Blue are doing the whole moody boyband thing in the video for I Can, while Irish pop duo Jedward are taking their trademark quiffs and dance moves to the top of the Eiffel Tower in the Lipstick promo. But which one will be crowned the cheesiest Eurovision track in this week's music video fight club?
Blue's I Can v Jedward's Lipstick: which is the cheesiest Eurovision track?
STORY
Story? Pah! Who needs a story in their music video when you have a boyband looking pensive and semi-naked female dancers? Blue certainly don't in the video for their Eurovision entry, I Can.
We begin with some dancers wearing what appear to be bandages to protect their modesty, while the Blue boys do the classic thoughtful looking in to the distance pose before switching to the equally classic moody glance to camera.
Lee Ryan and Duncan James seem to be experiencing a bit of sexual tension, but this is soon replaced by the more familiar set up of four men strolling around singing with exaggerated arm movements.
For the big finish, Blue go for the classic cheesy boyband tactic of being soaked in rain, bravely managing to get their powerful message across as their shirts cling to their pectorals.
Blue should have this cheesy competition in the bag, but they have major rivals: the undisputed kings of cheese, Jedward.
Not ones to make sense at the best of times, Jedward's video for Lipstick is typically nonsensical but at least offers some form of vague story.
The twins and their quiffs are on a trip to Paris, writing 'lipstick' – in lipstick no less – on the toilet mirror of their plane before making their way to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
The video ends with John – or perhaps Edward – smearing the lipstick, and if you hadn't worked out through the silence that the song was now over, one of the twins announces: 'It's a wrap!'
Winner: SHOCK HORROR! Jedward lose out in the naff stakes – Blue have to win round one with their textbook boyband cheesefest!
SONG
Blue's I Can is classic boyband fare: uplifting, inspiring music with that all-important key change. The trouble is, that while it definitely ticks the cheesy boxes, it's instantly forgettable – a crucial stumbling block in the road to Eurovision victory.
Lipstick is everything you'd expect from a Jedward track and more: delightfully naff, with plenty of backing music to cover up the less than perfect vocal talents of the Irish duo. Whether you want it to or not, the Grimes twins' catchy track is guaranteed to stick in your head.
Winner: Lipstick has the ingredients of the classic Eurovision winner: so bad it's good.
LYRICS
Blue tell the tale of their inspirational comeback: 'We’re not the first ones to be divided/ Won’t be the last to be reunited/ No/ Oh no/ Oh no.' Their killer chorus is as follows: 'I can/ I will/ I know/ I can untie these hands/ And get backup again.'
We'll let Jedward's words speak for themselves: 'She’s got her lipstick on/ Here I come, da da dum/ She’s got her lipstick on/ Hit and run, then I’m gone/ Check my collar, collar, hey, hey, ey/ Check my collar, collar, hey, hey, ey.'
Winner: Jedward. No explanation necessary.
Overall winner: Jedward certainly have the cheesiest video, but will they win Eurovision? Jedward win 2-1.
r3gg13
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Out of all the songs, my dad likes this the best. 
He also liked Sieneke's song last year
He also liked Sieneke's song last year
evilperson
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^In that case, I hope it achieves Sieneke's result!
r3gg13
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I sort of like this song, but I wouldn't vote for it, it's too hip for me 
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In the forecast of Google Jedward came in second.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/eurovision/results.html
1 Lena 186
2 Jedward 136
3 Amaury Vassili 124
4 A Friend In London 93
5 Dana International 89
6 Eric Saade 82
7 Alexej Vorobjov 75
8 Musiqq 68
9 Hotel FM 66
10 Yüksek Sadakat 64
11 Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike 64
12 Mika Newton 59
13 Blue 56
14 Stella Mwangi 51
15 Getter Jaani 48
16 Dino Merlin 44
17 Paradise Oskar 44
18 Lucía Pérez 40
19 Nina 38
20 Homens Da Luta 37
21 Anastasiya Vinnikova 37
22 Nadine Beiler 34
23 Zdob și Zdub 29
24 Daria 27
25 Ell/Nikki 27
26 Emmy 26
27 TWiiNS 25
28 Anna Rossinelli 23
29 3JS 22
30 Maja Keuc 21
31 Kati Wolf 20
32 Glen Vella 19
33 Aurela Gaçe 18
34 Vlatko Ilievski 15
35 Raphael Gualazzi 13
36 Witloof Bay 10
37 Sjonni's Friends 9
38 Poli Genova 8
39 Magdalena Tul 5
40 Eldrine 4
41 Senit 0
42 Evelina Sašenko 0
43 Christos Mylordos 0
http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/eurovision/results.html
1 Lena 186
2 Jedward 136
3 Amaury Vassili 124
4 A Friend In London 93
5 Dana International 89
6 Eric Saade 82
7 Alexej Vorobjov 75
8 Musiqq 68
9 Hotel FM 66
10 Yüksek Sadakat 64
11 Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike 64
12 Mika Newton 59
13 Blue 56
14 Stella Mwangi 51
15 Getter Jaani 48
16 Dino Merlin 44
17 Paradise Oskar 44
18 Lucía Pérez 40
19 Nina 38
20 Homens Da Luta 37
21 Anastasiya Vinnikova 37
22 Nadine Beiler 34
23 Zdob și Zdub 29
24 Daria 27
25 Ell/Nikki 27
26 Emmy 26
27 TWiiNS 25
28 Anna Rossinelli 23
29 3JS 22
30 Maja Keuc 21
31 Kati Wolf 20
32 Glen Vella 19
33 Aurela Gaçe 18
34 Vlatko Ilievski 15
35 Raphael Gualazzi 13
36 Witloof Bay 10
37 Sjonni's Friends 9
38 Poli Genova 8
39 Magdalena Tul 5
40 Eldrine 4
41 Senit 0
42 Evelina Sašenko 0
43 Christos Mylordos 0
Good luck Ireland! Certainly far from anything I'd ever would listen to. As a matter of fact it's somewhere at the bottom of my list. But I get that it stands out so I actually predict Ireland to move on to the finals, so 7 - 9th place in the Semi and 16th place in the Finals.
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the thought of Jedward as a sex symbol sends shivers down my spine. They're just like overgrown kids...
Elize
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The official video was not my thing but ok... not annoying.
But when i saw videos where they sing live it was really annoying..
But when i saw videos where they sing live it was really annoying..
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http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/brand-jedward-behind-those-smiles-ndash-the-deadly-serious-drive-thats-earning-the-twins-millions-2634061.html
Brand Jedward: Behind those smiles – the deadly serious drive that's earning the twins millions
Saturday April 30 2011
By rock'n'roll standards, Westlife after- show parties are pretty tame affairs. But for two young men hoping to emulate, if not eclipse, the band's success, one such party in London in March was still all too much.
The Westlife lads were chilling out with their entourage having just completed one of three London dates on their current Gravity Tour. In London at the time were 19-yea-old twins John and Edward Grimes, whose manager Louis Walsh also manages Westlife.
The Grimes boys turned up at the party and, having said their hellos, insisted on leaving. Because the Grimes not only don't drink, they're not comfortable around people who are drinking.
It's certainly unusual for a couple of Irish lads to be quite so fastidious about alcohol but it goes some way to explaining why Jedward, as they are better known, made an estimared €3.2m in the last year.
The blue-eyed, blonde twins who will represent Ireland at Eurovision in Dusseldorf in May are a marketing man's dream. Teen stars who don't drink, don't smoke, don't throw tantrums and are unstintingly sweet to their legions of fans while working round the clock, seven days a week.
A typical day recently saw them up at 5am for an early morning interview at the GMTV studios in London. Afterwards they did a series of radio interviews before catching a flight to Dublin and travelling on to Cork to begin production rehearsals for their latest tour.
Their last full days off were Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, which they spent at their mother's house in Lucan.
Since then, it's been a non-stop schedule of interviews, personal appearances, photo-shoots in Ireland and the UK and, more recently, a tour of sold-out Irish concerts.
According to those who have to deal with them, through it all they are bright-eyed, charming, energetic and entirely focused on the job. In fact, in the somewhat catty world of Irish show business, it's flat out impossible to find anyone with a bad word to say about them.
Lili Forberg photographed them for a spread in the latest issue of VIP, where they pay homage to former Eurovision acts.
They pose as Michael Flatley in Riverdance; Bjorn and Benny from ABBA and Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan singing their 1994 winner 'Rock n' Roll kids'.
"It was a full-day shoot and they were really brilliant," says Forberg. "What was really important to them was to get all the shots right. They didn't mess around. They took everything really seriously."
For all their zany antics in front of the cameras, it's this kind of focus that has made Jedward such a bankable commodity in the lucrative world of brand marketing.
One of their biggest sponsorship deals recently was with the car-maker Hyundai, which is using their Eurovision song 'Lipstick' in an advert that features Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio. The deal is worth an estimated £500,000 (€590,000).
They've promoted the iconic '80s brand Shake 'n' Vac; the confectionery brand Rowntree Randoms; the UK-based websites Travel Supermarket and Money Supermarket; the children's cereal Coco Pops; and the drink Britvic.
"They've a really good reputation with the people they work for," says Liam McKenna, the twin's tour manager since their days on The X Factor.
Their squeaky-clean living image isn't faked, he says, which makes them ideal for any product aimed at kids or families. "They generally don't go to showbiz parties. They've no problem getting up in the morning. They don't talk about people," he says.
Their favourite foods are sushi, chicken with steamed vegetables and, lately, dried mango. They drink lots of water. If they have a vice at all, it appears to be a penchant for cans of processed peas.
Music promoter Caroline Downey, who is mentoring them for the Eurovision, admits she was a little non-plussed at the idea of meeting Jedward initially, having found them a bit too "cheeky" when she saw them on The X Factor. But she found them "respectful, lovely and kind".
She, too, talks about their non-stop work schedule. "They're TV gold. They turn down a lot of stuff. And they're always in a good mood. If I'm in a bad mood they put me in a good mood," she says.
As for their chance of success at the Eurovision, she's optimistic. "They're young, exciting and something different. But it's hard to predict."
Some 15.8 million people tuned in to watch Jedward at the peak of their popularity on The X Factor, five million more than watched at the same stage the previous year.
The Eurovision has an estimated viewership of 125 million. If they can recreate even a small percentage of the buzz they created on The X Factor, it hardly matters whether Jedward actually win. They'll have gotten face-time in a giant new sponsorship market.
It's unlikely to stop there. They will feature in the influential US magazine Time in May. If they were to be successful in the Eurovision, it's possible they will asked to perform for US President Barack Obama when he visits that same month.
Of course, a real boon for Jedward's Eurovision campaign would be if some notable decided to criticise them. Nothing makes Jedward shine brighter than the boorish begrudgery of those who think they know what it takes (or should take) to make it big these days.
X Factor Svengali Simon Cowell kicked off their X Factor bid by calling them "not very good and incredibly annoying", immediately making them the underdogs.
A short while later, then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed that they were "not very good" in response to then Conservative leader David Cameron's admission that Jedward had him glued to his seat during The X Factor. It was the middle of the British general election campaign and Brown was forced to back-track. If they weren't good at singing "they are good at other things", he said.
That's the problem with -- or perhaps the great strength of -- Jedward: criticising them is akin to kicking a small kid. Their legions of supporters find them adorable and boring worthies who criticise them simply come across as bullies.
The ability of the twins to rise above the meanness of others is now an innate part of the Jedward story.
On a YouTube clip of them performing in a talent contest while still at school, the boos and laughs of other young boys are clearly audible.
"Fair play to those two lads for getting up there and giving it their all in spite of those eejits down the back!," comments one fan.
"Who's laughing now that John and Ed are millionaires?" writes another.
While fans rush to their defence, the Jedward lads pointedly never whine or hit back. In the VIP interview they are asked about their experience of being bullied at school.
"You realise that people are trying to impact on your life, but it's just language. . . We have realised that everyone is just living and we are all like apes," Edward responds, somewhat cryptically.
"They're very good at changing the subject if they don't want to talk about something," points out the magazine's editor Elaine Prendeville, who interviewed them for the piece.
That same skill was evident in their recent appearance on Vincent Browne's TV3 show when they were asked about reports that John had a throat problem. They breezed over the question with a great deal more aplomb than a government minister in the line of fire.
Is it all an act? Those who deal with them on a regular basis say that while they might ham it up for the cameras, they are basically the same off-camera.
So strong is their desire to be famous it appears they genuinely have merged their personalities into the Jedward persona. They are, as their official biographer Jennifer O'Brien points out, part of that new generation raised on Nickelodeon, the first TV channel that targeted school-kids. Branding is almost part of their DNA.
Fans lap it up, sponsors throw money at them -- and the rest of us wait to see quite how far Jedward's star will go.
- Carissa Casey
Brand Jedward: Behind those smiles – the deadly serious drive that's earning the twins millions
Saturday April 30 2011
By rock'n'roll standards, Westlife after- show parties are pretty tame affairs. But for two young men hoping to emulate, if not eclipse, the band's success, one such party in London in March was still all too much.
The Westlife lads were chilling out with their entourage having just completed one of three London dates on their current Gravity Tour. In London at the time were 19-yea-old twins John and Edward Grimes, whose manager Louis Walsh also manages Westlife.
The Grimes boys turned up at the party and, having said their hellos, insisted on leaving. Because the Grimes not only don't drink, they're not comfortable around people who are drinking.
It's certainly unusual for a couple of Irish lads to be quite so fastidious about alcohol but it goes some way to explaining why Jedward, as they are better known, made an estimared €3.2m in the last year.
The blue-eyed, blonde twins who will represent Ireland at Eurovision in Dusseldorf in May are a marketing man's dream. Teen stars who don't drink, don't smoke, don't throw tantrums and are unstintingly sweet to their legions of fans while working round the clock, seven days a week.
A typical day recently saw them up at 5am for an early morning interview at the GMTV studios in London. Afterwards they did a series of radio interviews before catching a flight to Dublin and travelling on to Cork to begin production rehearsals for their latest tour.
Their last full days off were Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, which they spent at their mother's house in Lucan.
Since then, it's been a non-stop schedule of interviews, personal appearances, photo-shoots in Ireland and the UK and, more recently, a tour of sold-out Irish concerts.
According to those who have to deal with them, through it all they are bright-eyed, charming, energetic and entirely focused on the job. In fact, in the somewhat catty world of Irish show business, it's flat out impossible to find anyone with a bad word to say about them.
Lili Forberg photographed them for a spread in the latest issue of VIP, where they pay homage to former Eurovision acts.
They pose as Michael Flatley in Riverdance; Bjorn and Benny from ABBA and Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan singing their 1994 winner 'Rock n' Roll kids'.
"It was a full-day shoot and they were really brilliant," says Forberg. "What was really important to them was to get all the shots right. They didn't mess around. They took everything really seriously."
For all their zany antics in front of the cameras, it's this kind of focus that has made Jedward such a bankable commodity in the lucrative world of brand marketing.
One of their biggest sponsorship deals recently was with the car-maker Hyundai, which is using their Eurovision song 'Lipstick' in an advert that features Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio. The deal is worth an estimated £500,000 (€590,000).
They've promoted the iconic '80s brand Shake 'n' Vac; the confectionery brand Rowntree Randoms; the UK-based websites Travel Supermarket and Money Supermarket; the children's cereal Coco Pops; and the drink Britvic.
"They've a really good reputation with the people they work for," says Liam McKenna, the twin's tour manager since their days on The X Factor.
Their squeaky-clean living image isn't faked, he says, which makes them ideal for any product aimed at kids or families. "They generally don't go to showbiz parties. They've no problem getting up in the morning. They don't talk about people," he says.
Their favourite foods are sushi, chicken with steamed vegetables and, lately, dried mango. They drink lots of water. If they have a vice at all, it appears to be a penchant for cans of processed peas.
Music promoter Caroline Downey, who is mentoring them for the Eurovision, admits she was a little non-plussed at the idea of meeting Jedward initially, having found them a bit too "cheeky" when she saw them on The X Factor. But she found them "respectful, lovely and kind".
She, too, talks about their non-stop work schedule. "They're TV gold. They turn down a lot of stuff. And they're always in a good mood. If I'm in a bad mood they put me in a good mood," she says.
As for their chance of success at the Eurovision, she's optimistic. "They're young, exciting and something different. But it's hard to predict."
Some 15.8 million people tuned in to watch Jedward at the peak of their popularity on The X Factor, five million more than watched at the same stage the previous year.
The Eurovision has an estimated viewership of 125 million. If they can recreate even a small percentage of the buzz they created on The X Factor, it hardly matters whether Jedward actually win. They'll have gotten face-time in a giant new sponsorship market.
It's unlikely to stop there. They will feature in the influential US magazine Time in May. If they were to be successful in the Eurovision, it's possible they will asked to perform for US President Barack Obama when he visits that same month.
Of course, a real boon for Jedward's Eurovision campaign would be if some notable decided to criticise them. Nothing makes Jedward shine brighter than the boorish begrudgery of those who think they know what it takes (or should take) to make it big these days.
X Factor Svengali Simon Cowell kicked off their X Factor bid by calling them "not very good and incredibly annoying", immediately making them the underdogs.
A short while later, then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed that they were "not very good" in response to then Conservative leader David Cameron's admission that Jedward had him glued to his seat during The X Factor. It was the middle of the British general election campaign and Brown was forced to back-track. If they weren't good at singing "they are good at other things", he said.
That's the problem with -- or perhaps the great strength of -- Jedward: criticising them is akin to kicking a small kid. Their legions of supporters find them adorable and boring worthies who criticise them simply come across as bullies.
The ability of the twins to rise above the meanness of others is now an innate part of the Jedward story.
On a YouTube clip of them performing in a talent contest while still at school, the boos and laughs of other young boys are clearly audible.
"Fair play to those two lads for getting up there and giving it their all in spite of those eejits down the back!," comments one fan.
"Who's laughing now that John and Ed are millionaires?" writes another.
While fans rush to their defence, the Jedward lads pointedly never whine or hit back. In the VIP interview they are asked about their experience of being bullied at school.
"You realise that people are trying to impact on your life, but it's just language. . . We have realised that everyone is just living and we are all like apes," Edward responds, somewhat cryptically.
"They're very good at changing the subject if they don't want to talk about something," points out the magazine's editor Elaine Prendeville, who interviewed them for the piece.
That same skill was evident in their recent appearance on Vincent Browne's TV3 show when they were asked about reports that John had a throat problem. They breezed over the question with a great deal more aplomb than a government minister in the line of fire.
Is it all an act? Those who deal with them on a regular basis say that while they might ham it up for the cameras, they are basically the same off-camera.
So strong is their desire to be famous it appears they genuinely have merged their personalities into the Jedward persona. They are, as their official biographer Jennifer O'Brien points out, part of that new generation raised on Nickelodeon, the first TV channel that targeted school-kids. Branding is almost part of their DNA.
Fans lap it up, sponsors throw money at them -- and the rest of us wait to see quite how far Jedward's star will go.
- Carissa Casey
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http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/jedward-its-good-to-talk-but-a-little-bit-slower-please-2633966.html
Jedward: It's good to talk . . . but a little bit slower, please
Pop twins Jedward have been ordered to talk more slowly. With the 19-year-olds due to meet foreign press when they represent Ireland at Eurovision, their handlers fear the kind of communication breakdown which occurred when Vincent Browne attempted to interview them on his TV3 show recently.
John told The Diary: "We've been warned that journalists at Eurovision don't speak English as quickly as we do, so we need to talk much, much slower. Talking over each other is another no-no as is us finishing each other's sentences..."
"Which we do quite a lot ... whoops" added Edward.
On the subject of communication, the teenagers say they hope to connect with millions of Eurovision fans worldwide by sneaking in some hand gestures into Irish entry 'Lipstick'.
"We're both going to do peace signs, which will be recognised around the world. We just hope we don't get it the wrong way around, because that could cost us serious points," said Edward.
As first revealed by The Diary back in January, win or lose in Dusseldorf next May 12, Jedward will be filming a new variety show for RTE during August.
"It's called John and Edward's Big Bold Quiz and it's going to be the biggest show on RTE this year," they added.
However, they revealed that they had run into difficulties booking pals to appear after they lost their mobile.
"It had everybody's number on it, from Simon Cowell to Gary Barlow. We just hope they're not getting any strange calls from whoever found it," said John.
Luckily mobile phone network 3 have given the lads a new iPhone as part of their 'all you can eat' data plan promotion.
Jedward: It's good to talk . . . but a little bit slower, please
Pop twins Jedward have been ordered to talk more slowly. With the 19-year-olds due to meet foreign press when they represent Ireland at Eurovision, their handlers fear the kind of communication breakdown which occurred when Vincent Browne attempted to interview them on his TV3 show recently.
John told The Diary: "We've been warned that journalists at Eurovision don't speak English as quickly as we do, so we need to talk much, much slower. Talking over each other is another no-no as is us finishing each other's sentences..."
"Which we do quite a lot ... whoops" added Edward.
On the subject of communication, the teenagers say they hope to connect with millions of Eurovision fans worldwide by sneaking in some hand gestures into Irish entry 'Lipstick'.
"We're both going to do peace signs, which will be recognised around the world. We just hope we don't get it the wrong way around, because that could cost us serious points," said Edward.
As first revealed by The Diary back in January, win or lose in Dusseldorf next May 12, Jedward will be filming a new variety show for RTE during August.
"It's called John and Edward's Big Bold Quiz and it's going to be the biggest show on RTE this year," they added.
However, they revealed that they had run into difficulties booking pals to appear after they lost their mobile.
"It had everybody's number on it, from Simon Cowell to Gary Barlow. We just hope they're not getting any strange calls from whoever found it," said John.
Luckily mobile phone network 3 have given the lads a new iPhone as part of their 'all you can eat' data plan promotion.
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So they haven't done any foreign press yet? Have they done any promotion at all outside UK and Ireland?
Also, I like how they only have one mobile phone between them.
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They have been busy with their concert tour and don't worry, they will DRAW attention, promotion in Germany will be okay.