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Jedward are more popular than the Beatles according to new poll
Updated 13:12pm on 17 Nov 2009An online poll has shown that X-Factor twins John and Edward are more popular than The Beatles.
Bigger than the Beatles? Jedward have topped the popularity poll
The poll, hosted on the homepage of paddypower.com, in which over 1,300 individual votes were cast over the past five days asked participants who they believe is the greatest boy band of all time.
When voting closed Jedward were first past the post with 45% of the vote (660 votes), followed by The Beatles with 33% of the vote (490 votes), Take That on 14% (210 votes), Westlife on 5% (70 votes) and finally last year's X-Factor runners-up JLS with 3% of the vote (40 votes)
Paddy Power 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.”
Last week the twins had drifted out to 12/1 in Paddy Power's X Factor outright betting however their odds have since been cut to 8/1 after their version of Under Pressure by Vanilla Ice went down well on Saturday night with both the judges and voting public.
Olly Murs remains the bookies red hot favourite at odds of 7/4 to win this years competition followed by Stacey Soloman at 5/2 and Joe McElderry at 7/2. Welsh teenager Lloyd Daniels is the bookies odds-on 4/5 favourite to be eliminated next week.
Reader views (3)
They can't write music and they can't play music and they can’t sing so they are not a band, obviously the people who voted for the two were not around when the Beatles were. Let’s see who remembers these two in 40 years time or even 4 years time. When they release their own album, written and played and produced by themselves, then I might listen to what that massive poll of 1300 people suggested.
- Stephend, London, England, 30/11/2009 09:31
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In that case they can headline Glastonbury and sell out the o2 for a week. Haven't they done well. I wonder who they polled. Was it exclusively Hanna Montana fans?
- Alex C, London, 18/11/2009 13:09
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Great publicity for PP...
- Blue Baby, London, 17/11/2009 16:45
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