X Factor rejects Jedward will perform a track called Lipstick at the Eurovision Song Contest while boyband Blue will hope to triumph with I Can.
While the Blue boys stick with the familiar set up of four men strolling around singing with exaggerated arm movements in the video to I Can, Irish pop duo Jedward - John and Edward Grimes - take their trademark quiffs and dance moves to the top of the Eiffel Tower and end up smearing Lipstick everywhere.
Blue's I Can is classic boyband fare: uplifting, inspiring music. The trouble is that while it definitely ticks the cheesy boxes, it's instantly forgettable. �
Lipstick is everything you'd expect from a Jedward track and more: delightfully naff, with plenty of backing music to cover up the less than perfect vocal talents of the Irish duo. The catchy track is guaranteed to stick in your head.
Winner of Round One: Jedward - Lipstick has the ingredients of the classic Eurovision winner. So bad it's good.
What they've got to lose
If the 19-year-old twin singing sensations Jedward win the competition, they could be set to play for US president Barack Obama when he visits their native Ireland.
John told The Sun: 'If we win Eurovision and get to perform for Obama that would be the ultimate, he's even bigger than Simon Cowell!'
Ireland is the country with the highest number of wins in the contest with seven, so they could give it an bigger boost if they take home the prize.
For Blue, this will be the first year in a while that Britain has sent an established act after the likes of Josh Dubovie and Scooch flopped.
If the group fail to succeed at the contest, will they take this as a sign that reuniting wasn't the best thing to do?
Moreover, if this already successful act also went down the pan, who would the UK pop bosses send next year?!
Winner of Round Two: Blue - even more than affecting their reputation, their appearance at the Eurovision could make or break their future as a boyband.
Achievements to date
The 56th Eurovision marks a comeback for reformed group Blue.
Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa are hoping to add another achievement to a successful ten-year career in which they have had several Top Ten hits, including All Rise, Guilty, and their duet with Elton John on his song Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word.
In 2005, the band split to pursue solo projects, but after having varying degrees of success, the band reformed last April and began writing new material, from which we've only heard I Can.
Less established, and arguably less successful are the Dublin twins, who shot to fame after appearing in the sixth series of The X Factor.
Though they didn?t win the contest, the identical twin brothers succeeded in winding up judge Simon Cowell and even some members of the viewing public.
Still, their energetic routines has helped them accumulate fans all over the world ? they have almost 220,000 followers on Twitter and have been rated second favourites for the contest.
Jedward's debut single, Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) featuring Vanilla Ice failed to hit the top spot and resulted in Simon Cowell's record label axing them. But fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh took the boys under his wing and landed them another record deal, days after they were dumped by Sony.�
Their strongest points may not be their voices, but this hasn't proven problematic. The duo has had TV ads lined up for them, and even had Jedward Easter eggs made in their likeness.
Winner of Round Three and the contest: Jedward - They can be annoying, but their unique style and verve have made them likeable too. Ireland loves them and Europe seems to be taking to them too.
The Eurovision Song Contest will be aired on BBC One on May 14 at 8pm.
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