We’ve never hidden our love for Jedward here on Essentially Pop. The Irish duo continue to impress us with their talent and imagination, and they are for us – and should be for everyone – an example of what can be achieved if you refuse to give in and believe what others say about you.

From their earliest days singing to girls in school, and serenading actress Amy Adams, when she was in Dublin shooting her film, ‘Leap Year’, to their first foray into the public consciousness, with X Factor in 2009, then twin appearances for Ireland in 2011 and 2012 at the Eurovision Song Contest, John and Edward Grimes have gone from strength to strength.

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