Blue vs The Jedward

Former Pop & Rnb group, Blue, could be considered as moderately successful by British pop historians. Their second single reached No 1 in the U.K charts; a cover version of the US platinum-certified hit, by RnB group Next. Blue used the same musical arrangement to offer us a single, released only three years prior, with far less vocal depth than their American counterparts.

Of note, they achieved a further two chart-topping singles and an album, before disbanding to pursue solo projects.

I, for one, took some time to warm to Blue; Next were one of my favourite RnB groups at the time, and I considered it quite a shameless raid when Blue covered their song.

Blue - whose members are Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa- surprisingly exhibited some small seeds of hope, in as much as evolving into a really good British Pop/RnB group. I thawed a little to their likeable personalities and music; and begrudgingly accepted their success.

Listening to Blue was a little frustrating, in as much, as one of their members, Lee ’Play that funky music white boy’ Ryan really had a great, soulful vocal ability and Simon Webbe could Rap! With the right material, they probably could have released some credible authentic RnB styled albums.
I can say with some conviction that I now appreciate their achievements as a pop vocal band.

However, they now have the opportunity to win total admiration, boisterous praise and my eternal gratitude if they can propel the annoying abomination known as Jedward into the annals of obscurity. As competing entrants in tonight’s 2011 Eurovision, Blue will be up against 42 other entrants, but I am only concerned with one particular face off - Blue vs Jedward.

There has been a concerted effort to disguise the true appearance of these two half-baked teenagers and turn them into bona-fide pop stars, credible artists and smouldering pin-ups and the consequences could be catastrophic should they steal any more success through tonight’s Eurovision.

I would hope that the former chart-toppers, realize the gravity of our fates should they finish below the mumbling, blonde-quiffed twins of banality; the growing underground movement to make Jedward pin-ups and a European phenomenon will advance their permeation of reality TV, magazines and all forms of digital media will become saturated with their images and dishwater dialogue; the U.K will become the target of international anger and retribution as Jedward export their own inimitable brand of ‘entertainment’ across the globe in their quest for world domination.

It could be the end as we know it….

I will watch the proceedings tonight with great trepidation and be cheering on Blue as they battle it out in the German arena.