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| Twins John and Edward Grimes have been voted off ITV1's the X Factor, after losing in a sing-off against Olly Murs. | Twins John and Edward Grimes have been voted off ITV1's the X Factor, after losing in a sing-off against Olly Murs. |
| The pair, 18 and dubbed Jedward, sang Boyzone's No Matter What, but without a dance routine or any gimmicks. | |
| Olly, one of the show favourites, said he was "a bit gutted" to be in the bottom two after the public vote. | |
| But his performance of Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight was too good for the brothers and all the judges bar their mentor Louis Walsh voted them off. | But his performance of Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight was too good for the brothers and all the judges bar their mentor Louis Walsh voted them off. |
| The spiky-haired pair had sung a medley of Wham's I'm Your Man and Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) on a George Michael theme night on Saturday night's show. | |
| Afterwards, judge Simon Cowell admitted they had "converted a lot of people" - despite comparing them to the less successful half of Wham. | |
| He told them: "I don't think it was George (Michael) and Andrew (Ridgeley), it was Andrew and Andrew." | |
| The twins' talents divided opinion - Cowell had said they couldn't sing and they regularly got booed on the show but have been popular with many fans. | |
| On Thursday, Prime Gordon Brown sent his best wishes to the pair, saying he had got into trouble for saying they were "not very good". | |
| The prime minister told ITV's This Morning he had "burnt my bridges with 'Jedward'" but hoped the twins would "do well". |