Jedward "sing" their way to kind of fame

They look like teenage clones of Vanilla Ice, and to hear them sing, as Sinéad Gleeson noted in the Irish Times, "is like listening to someone trill along to their iPod, oblivious to the din thanks to their headphones."
Irish twins JOHN AND EDWARD GRIMES have captivated Britain -- and some of us here in the States, thanks to YouTube -- by providing a "car-crash television" experience on the singing competition "THE X-FACTOR" (the British equivalent of "American Idol," complete with SIMON COWELL).
Two weeks ago, they sang a tuneless version of "Oops! I Did it Again" dressed in what appeared to be red vinyl suits.
Last week, they performed "She Bangs" and this past Saturday, they sported two-toned hairstyles while warbling through "We Will Rock You."
"Not since the hotpant-clad Romanians, The Cheeky Girls, have twin singers divided audiences into camps of derision and support, but one thing they have in spades is enthusiasm," Gleeson wrote. "Since auditioning for this series of the singing contest, the teenagers have sung and danced as if their quiffs depended on it. No matter that they omit notes or that their choreography is cheesy and badly timed, John and Edward are car-crash TV and it has won them legions of fans. Why? They’re of the so-bad-it’s-good school of entertainment."
Will the twins win "The X-Factor?" Cowell has promised to leave Britain if that calamity occurs.
Click here to see the memorable version of "Oops! I Did it Again" as performed by the twins known in the British tabloids as "JEDWARD."