2012: "ACHTUNG! HERE COMES DOUBLE TROUBLE". The Diary. Irish Independent. May, 2012
You won't be able to escape Jedward this week. RTE and TV3 are both planning specials on the twins' European bid and on Wednesday they perform last in the second semi-final of the song contest. We just hope they don't lose their voices talking 'a mile a minute' to the bemused foreign press out in Dusseldorf. "If that happens, we'll just get Louis to put a 'Jedward' on and bring him in on as a substitute," Jedward warned as they left me at the departure gate in Dublin Airport on Tuesday.
It only seems like yesterday that the two messers were on The X Factor, immortalised by artist Pervaneh Matthew's portrait on display in Balla Bán Gallery in the Westbury Mall, off Grafton Street. Meanwhile, the boys have teamed up with Kellogg's Coco Pops to invite fans to create their own version of the famous Coco Pops song. Fans can check out footage and samples of the famous pair in action before recording their own special tracks on www.cocopopspromise.ie