So here we have "Jedward", "The Grimes Twins", or whichever stage name you in particular have manifested for the pair. I have been watching X Factor from their very first audution to their controversial demise last week. From week one the twins seemed, rightly quoted by Simon Cowell, "Arrogant", and brimming with over confidence with little to no talent to show for it. They paraded around the stage with their rendition of "As Long As You Love Me" by Backstreet Boys, and were instantly in the bad books of, i'm assuming, the majority of the judges and audience members. With pound signs in his eyes however, Louis Walsh put them through, which we now know is absolutely not a result (Yeah right...) of their genetic boyband exterior- Ronan Keating blonde hair and, lets be honest with ourselves now, ideally proportioned faces that couldn't look more suitable plastered in a pimped up music video. Nobody really expected that Louis Walsh was absolutely serious in condoning both behaviour and talent of these boys, and, with never enough enthusiasm than was needed, they made it to the Live shows of X Factor. As the weeks paraded by, it was clear that the judges were struggling to come up with constructive criticism that didn't contain the phrase "That was shit", and Simon Cowell winced harder as, to his unexpectant horror, the twins outvoted every act one by one. Eventually, through a heavy process of pride-swallowing and realising the majority of the public had to be pleased, Cowell treated the boys for what they were- young, albeit confident, harmless kids from Dublin. It was pleasing to see even the most smug of minds could be swayed by the persona of these kids, and Simon finally, on the night they demised, admitted that he would miss them when they were gone. Alternatively, and most truthfully, he would miss X Factor's ratings when they were gone.
It's a shame the British public took the competition far more seriously than the judges. With unsettling headlines, public backlash, and, it wouldn't be unfair to say, a hatred manifested amongst peer groups, John and Edward, the pair voted in by you, the public of the United Kingdom, had given them more abuse than at the time 17 year olds, needed or deserved. Being talentless is nobody's fault. Being kept in the most watched show on TV because you're making them is. If you don't already know that X Factor is a corrupt TV show formed by producers with nothing but money on their minds, then you shouldn't have a TV set rooting in propagandic evil in the first place. Start "taking it on the chin", as you will. Money is the root of all evil- and evil is the root of all reality TV shows. There's an excellent post on this over here.
The purpose of this, however, was not to point this out. I've recently read that John and Edward were being bribed to make an appearance on I'm A Celebrity after Katie Price's demise this week, for £50,000 (some sources say £100,000). And now reports that they are being bribed to appear on Dancing On Ice, backed by a Facebook page apparently in favour of the twins, to find time in their fatigue-inducing schedule to face more public humiliation. They did say they were fans of John And Edward, didn't they? So, once the stressing introduction to the outside world (Hello Jedward- we hate you) is over and done with, looks like the boys are lined up to have 100 pound notes gracefully shovelled into their anus by a lanky man in a business suit bearing a grimly placed smile. (They're just kids after all, we do with them what we like!) My prediction for this year and all of next year and beyond is that the Grimes twins will be so lathered in publicity, dosh, screaming girls and boys at one end, whilst that niggling angelic voice at the other end of the spectrum is reminiscently reminding them of a life kept private with no death threats from absent-minded grown adults on the NME website who, I pray to God, don't have kids of their own, and don't ever claim to understand them.
You're right, i'm almost claiming John and Edward have absolutely nothing to do with their now vulnerable position in the erratic world of media. They popped onto our screens young, stupid, and vulnerable, and the folks of the higher ground have simply taken that into account when shoving money into their polished little shiny faces. As an adult, and especially in such a position of power, sometimes you really need to take the option of growing the fuck up and thinking about the people you are about to exploit for more than 5 minutes before you stick the boot in and wallow in your pathetically-earned (if you can even call it that) cash. Good riddance to the lot of you.