fantastic news for X Factor’s producers because it gives X Factor massive amounts of publicity and an increased amount of viewers. The longer the dynamic duo stay in the X Factor the longer the public will hold interest in the show and the higher the viewing figures. The reason that John and Edward are staying in X factor is their ability to survive the public vote despite them not having anywhere near the same amount of singing talent as some of the other contestants.
They are slightly entertaining but this is a talent show and the general public is losing sight of that. However the only reason that they are entertaining is because it’s funny to see two Irish kids making idiots of themselves in front of millions of people. Britain needs to wake up to the talentless twins! The dancing, the slightly off-key and out-of-time singing, the awful outfits, the jumping up and down are a few of the reasons that Britain hates them. On the other hand there is the minority of the population that genuinely adores them.
The fact that Simon Cowell despises them is fuel to fire for many Brits to keep them in. “Jedward” is definitely the act that is most anticipated every week. Seeing their tuneless singing is a good laugh for the X Factor. The last couple of years the tedious same-old shows have been so dull, serious and intense, its great to have a laugh along the way. This year it seems that the only people bringing that ‘Laughter Factor’, that the boring show has desperately cried out for, are John and Edward. People seem to think that they spice it up and really shake-up Simon!
The Irish ‘wild cards’ that Louis has thrown in have certainly made this years X Factor stand out above all the previous repetitive years. It’s definitely keeping people out there giggling on a Saturday night and gives others something to complain about on. If these two win it will be a welcome deflation of the whole cynical mess that is the X-Factor. Perhaps the great British public have finally tired of this same old dross. The young popstar wannabe’s have inspired hundreds of teens to copy their quirky hair-style, representing Dublin as a hair-raising place to live in.
John and Edward gave us their opinions on being critisied:
“We feel our main focus right now is to go out and do our performance, because we feel major artists always get critised and they're not bothered. I mean we wouldn't have entered the competition if we weren't expecting that so we don't let it go to out head or let it get us down and just get out there on Saturday and do it for our fans.” It just shows that this un-stoppable duo won’t be phased by any critisms and will be brightening up our tv screens for just a couple more weeks to come. Great!
