THEY have dodgy hair, screaming fans and instant fame.

Every schoolgirl in the country is in love with them and they even have a legion of celebrity followers.

Yep, it’s Jedward… but not THAT Jedward.

This isn’t The X Factor’s tone-deaf Irish twins, there is another, darker, Jedward in town.

Jacob Black and Edward Cullen are characters in New Moon, the latest in the hit supernatural Twilight film series.

Jacob is a werewolf played by American Taylor Lautner, 17, and Brit actor Robert Pattinson, 23, plays vampire Edward.

Based on the cult novels by Stephenie Meyer, the four-book Twilight saga revolves around 108-year-old Edward and his love for mortal schoolgirl Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, 19.

Hysteria

In New Moon Jacob also falls for Bella, which leads to a messy love triangle.

Twilight took 240million at box offices worldwide after hitting screens last November and sequel New Moon was released in the UK yesterday to scenes of mass hysteria.

Teenage girls desperate to see their heart-throbs caused pandemonium when they went to a fans’ party in Battersea Park, south London, on Wednesday night.

Fans queued overnight to catch a glimpse of the stars, some flying in from BULGARIA.

Devoted girls are either in Team Taylor or Team Robert and Taylor admits it is all a little bit overwhelming.

The teenager, from Michigan, US, said: “It’s weird to see fans wearing T-shirts with Team Taylor on them. I don’t own one… or a Team Taylor thong either!

“I’m stunned – I knew the fans’ reaction was going to be good but this is amazing. The fans in London are surprising me… it’s amazing to know we have this support behind us.”

Given his toned physique, Taylor should not be surprised at all the female attention.

He piled on an impressive 20lb of muscle between the first and second films – and has promised bosses there will be another 10lb on top of that for the third instalment.

His ripped body is regularly on display in New Moon and it took a lot of work to achieve the desired results.

Taylor said: “I hit the gym for two hours a day, five times a week and overdosed on protein. I had to eat every two hours.”

While Taylor slogged away to ensure girls would go wild for him, Robert has adopted a much more relaxed approach.

Robert – R-Pattz to his army of female admirers – said: “I wear the same thing every day. I don’t know how to use a washing machine. My body runs on junk food.”

Not that this has dented his popularity.

Robert’s signature “undone” look was showcased in his recent photoshoot for Vanity Fair magazine and his scruffy hairstyle has been named as one of the top three hairdos for fellas.

Like Taylor, Robert is bewildered by his massive following.

Robert, from Barnes, south-west London, said: “All the screaming is so bizarre.

“It’s a scream of wanting, but I have absolutely no idea what they want. How can I satisfy that?

“When there are girls standing there trembling and crying, that’s a very strange thing to be a part of.”

Fans have approached Robert with blood dripping from their necks and at the Twilight premiere in New York last year, one girl’s nose was broken in the stampede to reach him.

He was even hit by a taxi as he attempted to flee the smitten mob. Their co-star Kristen has also been caught up in Twilight’s Jedward phenomenon.

She explained: “I was in Brazil with Taylor while Rob was in Japan. This guy was chasing after us. He was like, ‘Where is Robert? Where is Robert?’

“I couldn’t stop laughing but I felt really bad because he was distraught and emotional.”

Rumour has it that Robert is secretly dating Kristen. The pair were snapped getting off a private jet hand-in-hand earlier this week.

But although stunning Kristen denies any romance, she understands why fans are desperate for her on-screen love affair to continue. She said: “I get why they want to know more about us – for us to be together and all of that. I just have to sort of not think about it.”

Robert, who played Cedric Diggory in two of the Harry Potter films, also insists he is single. He said: “I don’t have a girlfriend. I always think whenever I do a movie I’m going to get way more girls after it… it never, ever happens.”

Taylor is also single but stories have been circulating that he is dating US country pop sensation Taylor Swift, 19.

The boys also have their fair share of mega-star fans.

Robert has been described as “outrageously attractive” by Hollywood hottie Megan Fox and Denzel Washington and Will Ferrell have also praised the movies.

While the slick production and publicity machine behind Twilight’s Jedward has landed them global fame, The X Factor’s Jedward are simply relying on bungling dance routines and shocking vocals.

But it looks like we won’t be seeing the back of either of them for some time yet.

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It has been sensationally revealed that to coincide with the formation of the, I feel, quite amusing headline, Jedward have been asked to appear in the long awaited new episode of American wild west adventure Deadwood.

Long since thought to be finished, David Milch’s series is to once again ride high in the TV charts. In a massive plot twist, akin to that of the shower scene in Dallas, characters Tolliver and Hearst awake in a hotel bed together in Bedford, England, realising that the last three series were all a weird dream.

Suddenly, in bursts Jedward, in full cowboy gear, shooting their pistols and yelling “yee hah” in Irish accents. They do a rather poor dance routine to Micheal Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ and then are both shot by Ian McShane weilding a crossbow.

The scenes have already been shot and energies around the show are positive. Milch said “Jedward are great, I mean real keen lads. Not as annoying as they look on TV.”

Milch responded to allegations that the writing on this new series was by no means anywhere near that of previous shows by hocking a greenie at us and flipping the bird.

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X Factor tykes John and Edward Grimes are more popular than the Beatles, according to a new online poll.

The tone-deaf twins romped to victory with 45% of the 1,300 votes cast in a survey to find the greatest boy band of all time.

The Beatles came in second with 33% of the vote, followed by Take That with 14%.

Westlife were fourth (5%) and, sealing the poll’s credibility, last year’s X Factor runners-up JLS rounded out the top 5 with 3%.

A droopy-haired Jedward are escorted from the X Factor house yesterday (Splash News)

A spokesperson for Paddy Power, who hosted the poll on their website, said: “We’re genuinely gob-smacked with this result and would have presumed that the Fab Four would have easily topped this poll but once again Jedward have exceeded expectations and caused yet another upset”

Despite being voted the greatest boy group ever, ‘Jedward’ are still 8/1 outsiders to win this series of the X Factor, according to Paddy Power’s current odds.

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Show chiefs of ‘The X-Factor’ have been accused of manipulating the sound levels to keep the only group, Irish twins John and Edward Grimes, on the programme.

One outraged technician said employees had been threatened with the sack if they exposed their weak voices.

A source said: “We were told to lower the twins’ microphones and raise the levels on the backing track so the pre-recorded session singers covered the sound of their appalling vocals.

“The only time we were told we could raise the levels on their microphones was when they were rapping.

“One of the crew refused as he said it was unfair, but he was told he would no longer have a job if he didn’t follow instructions.”

Meanwhile, it has been claimed that Simon Cowell ‘sacrificed’ Jamie Archer to save his other ‘X Factor’ acts.

The 34-year-old rocker departed the competition this weekend and his mentor has been accused of deliberately manipulating the contest to show him in a less favourable light than his other singers, Danyl Johnson and Olly Murs.

A friend of Jamie’s told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “The whole show is being made a mockery of. Simon was the only judge with all three acts left – he knew he had to lose someone this week so he offered up Jamie.

“It doesn’t take a genius to see how he did it. He stuck him first on the bill, which is the worst slot. He made sure he dressed him in dark clothing so it all looked very drab and he gave him a very average song in ‘Radio Ga Ga’.

“There was no production, no backing singers, no choirs, no pyrotechnics like the other contestants had.”

What the hell has happened to Louis Walsh?

Gone is the jolly, inoffensive little Irish chap – only to be replaced by a hectoring ogre of a man who, in recent weeks, has flicked a V at the audience, humiliated presenter Dermot O’Leary and slated both Simon Scowl and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But, amazingly, Louis continues to praise his last remaining act, Jedward.

His astonishing personality transplant is obviously based on the ridiculous and bizarre Louis Walsh Book Of Imaginary Rules, in which he comes over as mixture of council official and traffic warden. In other words, a jobsworth who everyone despises.

Here are Louis’ most ridiculous regulations from the series so far…

- No Choirs
On Saturday’s show Louis got his rule book out and accused Joe of cheating during his performance of Somebody To Love. “Maybe breaking the rules with the choir,” he wrongly claimed. The judges weren’t impressed with Louis when his act Jedward then went on to twist the rules by rapping Vanilla Ice’s Ice Ice Baby in Queen week. Dannii pointed out hypocrite Louis’ flawed rulebook “So there’s Louis’s rules and everyone else’s rules.” Spot on.

- Presenters should not have opinions
Louis laid into Dermot in live show five for, god forbid, giving his opinion on Joe’s Circle Of Life performance. Dermot clearly over-stepped Louis’ boundaries of what the show’s host can and can’t say when he described Joe as a “well-rounded popstar”. Louis retaliated with “Dermot you are a presenter, I am a judge.” As if we’d forgotten!

- Audience must not “boo” Jedward
The rulebook master even dared to stick two fingers up to the X Factor audience on show five after throwing a paddy, sorry for the pun, when they booed Jedward. – That’s NOT allowed by loopy Louis. In fact…

- No hate for Jedward allowed whatsoever
Even our Prime Minister Gordon Brown isn’t safe from Louis’ sharp-tongued attacks. The PM dared pass comment on Jedward saying, “I don’t think they are very good”. A furious Louis later responded to the comment by blasting the PM’s taste in music. “Simon and Gordon Brown have one thing in common – both know nothing about music”, he said.

- Songs must stick to the week’s theme
Louis was quick to snipe at serial rule-bender Simon for choosing U2’s Angel Of Harlem for Jamie Afro to sing in Big Band week. An outraged Louis whined, “It’s not big band. I wouldn’t get away with this,” followed by, “I feel it’s cheating because everybody else sang a big band song”. Good on Simon for responding by telling Louis he was acting like “a man from the council with a little book of rules”. Oh, and if it comes to Big Bands, there ain’t none bigger than U2.

- Simon must play fair at all times
In movie week Louis accused Simon of rule dodging with his song choice for contestant Jamie Afro, who sang Crying which appeared in 1997 film Gummo.

Following the performance, Louis said: “I don’t know the movie it’s from and Simon you’re cheating again, we all picked songs from big movies, you’re cheating”. Tut tut! We see. Louis’ cultural ignorance and the fact he doesn’t get out enough leads to an accusation of cheating? Even though Roy Orbison’s song Crying has won a Grammy in film Hiding Out and was also featured in Mulholland Drive, as Jamie pointed out.

Is Louis’ constant talk of rule-breaking because he is jealous of the other judges’ acts? Does Louis have a point with his whingeing and moaning, and should the rule-bending be reined in to stop the show becoming a farce? Who will feel the wrath of Walsh’s sharp-tongue on The X Factor this week?

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Jittery Jedward were Under Pressure last night after their song for tonight’s show was changed at the 11th hour.

Queen stars Roger Taylor and Brian May met the finalists this week and twins John and Edward Grimes were meant to sing the band’s Radio Ga Ga hit. But the Dublin teenagers were told to swap with Jamie Archer and will now perform Queen’s 1981 song with David Bowie, Under Pressure.

An X Factor insider revealed: “The twins were struggling a bit with Radio Ga Ga so a decision was made to change their song.

“But they’re freaking out now as they’re having problems remembering the words for Under Pressure and they’re worried they’ll mess it up. For the past few weeks, their performances have been ambitious but there is no big production to hide behind this time.

“There’s some big notes in this song too so that’s another worry.”

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Last week the duo were in the bottom two but were saved by the public vote after Simon Cowell chose to go to Deadlock.

But the tide appears to be turning on Jedward as some of Britain’s biggest pop stars say it’s time for them to go. Take That’s Gary Barlow said: “I don’t want the twins to win. I want it to go to someone more deserving. It’s not really fair otherwise. I don’t really enjoy them.”

Lily Allen added: “I can’t say I’m a fan of Jedward. Quite the opposite really.”

Their mentor, Louis Walsh, would be thrilled if the lads survived for another week.

He said: “I’m worried about them going home. If we get through I’ll be so happy.”

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By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:34 PM on 14th November 2009

Has David Beckham started taking his style lead from Jedward? The footballer appeared to be copying the X Factor twins when he stepped out for last night’s LA Galaxy match in California last night.

A bizarre combination of a mohawk and a quiff, the new hairstyle was attracting as much attention as his goal-scoring skills at the game against Houston Dynamo.

And despite helping his team to a 2-0 win in the Major League Soccermatch, it was the footballer’s hair that was the talk off-pitch.

Bad hair day: David Beckham sports a new look at the LA Galaxy match last night

Otherwise smartly turned out, he arrived at the Home Depot Center inCarson, California with his head shaved at the sides, but left long atthe top.

The remaining hair appeared to have been tousled in the style of hiswife’s latest hairdo, indicating that the couple most likely share astylist.

But while Posh saw unanimous praise for her mussed-up ‘Pob’, her husband’s new look is likely to be less well-received.

The apparent inspiration for Beckham’s new look, X Factor’s love-them-or-hate-them contestants John and Edward Grimes have already divided opinion.

High hopes: ‘Jedward’, aka John and Edward Grimes, appear to have been the inspiration behind Beckham’s new hairdo

Famous for their gravity-defying blonde quiffs, they were the subject of outrage last Sunday night, after Simon Cowell allowed singer Lucie Jones to be knocked out of the competition in their favour.

This is not the first of Beckham’s looks to be criticised in recent weeks. Only a few weeks ago the midfielder stepped out with a heavy beard.

While his facial hair was quickly imitated by fellow footballers and male fans alike, women were quick to critique the hirsute style.

Hair today: Victoria Beckham with her tousled ‘Pob’ at Heathrow airport yesterday

The beard was shaved and trimmed to a stubble in honour of last night’s match, but in an interview yesterday, U.S. television presenter Ryan Seacrest asked why he had grown it in the first place.

Hirsute: Beckham wearing a beard at a Lakers game earlier this month

Admitting everyone had told him: ‘Shave it, shave it! It looks terrible!’ he said: ‘I saw Brad Pitt and thought he looked really good.’

Last night’s match was fraught with problems after power cuts twice plunged the stadium into darkness during the game.

Despite the setbacks, Beckham helped lead his team to victory when a free kick in the first half of extra time set up a goal from Greg Berhalter.

The second goal, from Landon Donovan ensured Galaxy’s place in the MLS Cup final in Seattle next weekend.

They are to learn later today whether they will play against Chicago Fire or Real Salt Lake.

Yesterday Beckham praised his team-mates.

‘We’ve got a great bunch of guys that are working hard for each other and it’s been tough, so we’re happy,’ he said.

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Just when you thought that man couldn’t look any more stupid………….

- lou, derbyshire, 14/11/2009 17:20

It was described by someone on tv this morning as looking like Woody Woodpecker and someone else said Harold Steptoe. All in all David…. the bottom line is…IT’S HORRIBLE. Hope he changes it soon. Very soon.

- jb, sussex, 14/11/2009 17:19

- trudy, uk, 14/11/2009 17:17

Not his best look, but who cares?
He is FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!

- sarah, Essex, 14/11/2009 17:07

Beckham always experimented with his look and i dont think he copied Jedward. I dont even think he knows who they are. The boys are hilerious but come on they aint fashion icons. Posh looks lovely

- Salma, London, 14/11/2009 17:00

I sincerely hope that foxtail that VB has attached to her bag is a synthetic one.

- Rosemary, Greece, 14/11/2009 16:58

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Monday We shall tell you a secret. There is no John and there is no Edward. Actually, there are 12 Jedward bodies and 8 Jedward heads. The bodies are piled up in a corner of our room in the X-Factor house in Golders Green. The heads hang upside down in a cupboard. They need to be upside down to preserve our very tall hair. If the hair were to sag, the audience might see our aerials.

“Jedward?” says Louis Walsh, barging in.

“Yes?” say our heads, in chorus. Although we were all made in a special stage school factory in Ireland, each of our voices manages to say it in a slightly different time at a slightly different pitch. Such is the power of the Jedward.

“I need a volunteer,” says Louis. “We’re having trouble with Dannii Minogue. She’s still causing problems, so we need to give her a scare.”

Various bodies put up their hands, but Louis is only after a head. “You’ll do,” he says, picking up Head 3. Then he says he’s going to cover the head in ketchup, and leave it in her bed. That should keep her in line.

Tuesday Dannii is angry because Simon Cowell kept us in The X-Factor and voted out one of her acts, Lucie Jones. Everybody says that Lucie is better than us at singing. Still, she never had our respect. There is only one of her. She has very flat hair. Her head doesn’t even come off. She can’t even spell “Lucy”.

There used to be nine heads, but Head 6 got lost just before we were due to go onstage and do our performance of Baby One More Time. We nearly did it half-headless, what with it being Hallowe’en, but they sent a runner just in time to fetch a spare.

Louis is very pleased with us, particularly since Simon came on board. Everybody says we’re the culmination of everything he’s been trying to do for his whole career. When Westlife all came out different, says the runner, apparently he sulked for almost six months.

Wednesday The runner comes back with the head that Louis put in Dannii’s bed, and the other one that went missing on Hallowe’en. They’re both in a duffel bag.

Head 6 has spent the past fortnight down the back of a radiator and is feeling quite shaken. Head 3 is pretty chirpy, though. He says that Dannii didn’t even notice him. Eventually he rolled out of the bed, landed the right way up on a 2ft high bedside table, and decided he might as well wake her up. She didn’t have her contact lenses in so at first she thought he was her sister Kylie, dropping by on a surprise visit.

Thursday The Prime Minister has sent us a note to apologise for telling a Manchester radio station that we couldn’t sing.

“This is a very big deal,” says Louis, who is thrilled. “The Prime Minister! You guys should be thrilled. I’m going to have this framed and stick it up on the wall.”

We don’t want to spoil his mood, but none of us really thinks he ought to be so excited. It actually seems to be for somebody called “Jodward”.

Friday Major rehearsals today. Tomorrow night, we’re putting on a performance of Bohemian Rhapsody. You know that bit at the end where it’s all black and you just see the faces singing about Galileo? We’re going to do that.

Anyway, Heads 6 through to 9 are each being painstakingly balanced on to their own blacked-out shelf in a diamond pattern when Simon Cowell comes in.

“You boys!” he says, rubbing his hands together. “We’re going to make a lot of money out of you.” He’s thinking TV presenting, he says, and chat shows, and panto, or possibly a couple of roles in Hollyoaks. Maybe even a fitness video.

“Although for that,” he points out, “we’d have to stick you on to one of the spare bodies we’ve got left over from when we made Cheryl Cole.”

*according to Hugo Rifkind