OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory | |
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Genre | Children's TV, reality |
Starring | Jedward |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language(s) | English, Irish |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Running time | 22–26 minutes |
Production company(s) | Tyrone Productions |
Release | |
Original network | RTÉ Two |
Original release | December 25, 2011 | – January 4, 2013
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Una's Dream Ticket |
External links | |
Website | |
Production website |
OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory was an Irish children's reality television series starring pop duo Jedward.
In each episode, Jedward helped to fulfil the wishes of children who had written in to the show. The wishes involve such activities as meeting players from Manchester United, swimming with a dolphin, interviewing TV presenter Ryan Tubridy, meeting pop group The Saturdays and reading the television news, as well as wishes involving Jedward themselves. Every episode begins with a musical performance from Jedward.
The first series was nominated for best Children's/Youth Programme in the 2012 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards and won best Online PR Campaign in the 2012 Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Awards. The second series was nominated for best Children's/Youth Programme in the 2013 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards
The first series of OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory began broadcast on Christmas Day 2011, playing every day until 3 January. The second series also began broadcast on Christmas Day 2012 and screened until 4 January, with no show on 31 December.
In 2013, RTÉ announced that the show format would be relaunched as Una’s Dream Ticket, hosted by The Saturdays member Una Healy.
Jedward help Luka meet his favourite players from Manchester United and give him the opportunity to be their player escort at their next game, they then help Fiona create a flashmob in the city and help Lynsey get a professional make over in time to meet her favorite band, The Saturdays.
Jedward help aspiring twin musicians Ben and Conor from County Kilkenny play with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, help an aspiring pilot named Christian get flying lessons, have their young fan Kayla design an outfit for them and Aoife gets to meet her favorite band Royseven and perform with them.
Jedward's biggest Fan, Conor, gets to live his dream making chocolate bars, Katie gets to host The Late Late Show and interview Ryan Tubridy. Caoimhe gets acting lessons with Saoirse Ronan and St Thomas' Hip Hop Crew gets to perform with Jedward.