Jedward are to star separately on a TV show for the first time – on Dancing On Ice. he baby-faced Irish twins are trying out for the new series of the ITV1 skating contest in what would be their third reality show.

But bosses have ruled they would have to compete against each other under their real names — John and Edward Grimes — because it would be impossible for them to dance together. The madcap twins, whose first hit was Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby), have been practising at a London ice rink in the hope of impressing programme producers.