They were one of the most spectacular acts at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Düsseldorf in May. With their infectious entry Lipstick, Jedward finished a very respectable 8^th place in the competition and gave Ireland its best result since 2000. In the voting for the 2011 ESC Radio Awards the Irish twins fared much better: The listeners voted them Best Group, and in the Best Song category, Lipstick finished in second place, behind Eric Saade’s Popular (Sweden).

We met John and Edward this past weekend before their Berlin concert to hand over the trophies and chat with the guys about their Eurovision experience, their new cd album Victory and future plans.

Read more and listen to our exclusive interview…

They were one of the most spectacular acts at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Düsseldorf from 10-14 May. With their infectious entry Lipstick, Jedward finished a very respectable 8^th place in the competition and gave Ireland its best result since 2000, when Eamonn Toal came in sixth place with Millennium Of Love. In the voting for the 2011 ESC Radio Awards the Irish twins fared much better: The listeners voted them Best Group, and in the Best Song category, Lipstick finished in second place, behind Eric Saade’s Popular (Sweden).

Ireland’s 2011 Eurovision entry, written by Daniel Priddy, Lars Halvor Jensen and Martin Michael Larsson, became the most commercially successful entry from the competition, an Irish number #1 hit with a chart run of almost 30 weeks, and chart listings in Austria (#3), Sweden (#11), Germany (#12, iTunes #1), Finland (#22), Switzerland (#28), UK (#40).

We met John and Edward this past weekend before their Berlin concert to hand over the trophies and chat with the guys about their ESC adventure, their new cd album Victory, touring and future plans. Listen to our exclusive interview here:

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Jedward presently promote their second CD album Victory (Universal), which was released early in August. Most of the 12 tracks were written or co-written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson and Daniel Priddy. The album contains their Eurovision entry Lipstick, the follow-up single Bad Behaviour (which gave John and Edward their third Irish #1 hit), and the next single release Wow Oh Wow. A music video for the song will be shot soon. For the complete track list of Victory see below please. The album is available for download on amazon and iTunes.

CD Victory – Track list:

1. Lipstick
2. Bad Behaviour
3. Everyday Superstar
4. My Miss America
5. Your Biggest Fan
6. Distortion
7. Pop Rocket
8. Saturday Night
9. Techno Girl
10. Wow Oh Wow
11. Celebrity
12. Hold The World

For more info on Jedward please visit their official website http://www.planetjedward.net/

You can find more photos from our meeting with Jedward on our facebook page. The Awards gallery here on our website has been updated.