OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory

OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory is an Irish children's reality television series starring pop duo Jedward.[1]

OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory
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 (2011-12-25) – January 4, 2013 (2013-01-04)
Chronology
Preceded by	Una's Dream Ticket
External links
Website
Production website

In each episode, Jedward helped to fulfil the wishes of children who had written in to the show.[2] The wishes involve such activities as meeting players from Manchester United,[3] swimming with a dolphin,[4] interviewing TV presenter Ryan Tubridy,[5] meeting pop group The Saturdays[6] and reading the television news,[7] as well as wishes involving Jedward themselves. Every episode begins with a musical performance from Jedward.[8]

The first series was nominated for best Children's/Youth Programme in the 2012 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards[9] and won best Online PR Campaign in the 2012 Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Awards.[10] The second series was nominated for best Children's/Youth Programme in the 2013 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards [11]

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.[12][13]

In 2013, RTÉ announced that the show format would be relaunched as Una’s Dream Ticket, hosted by The Saturdays member Una Healy.[14]

Episodes

Series 1 (2011–12)

No.	Song	Dreamers	Dreams	Original air date
1	"Teenage Kicks"	Luka Murphy Fiona Leamy Lynsey Reilly	Train with Manchester United Dance in a flashmob Meet The Saturdays	25 December 2011 (2011-12-25)
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. Special guests: Rio Ferdinand, Denis Irwin, Sonya Lennon, The Saturdays
2	"We Are Golden"	Ben & Conor Cuffe Christian Kearney Aoife Malone Kayla Walsh	Play with the RTÉ Orchestra Be a pilot Perform with Royseven Design an outfit for Jedward	26 December 2011 (2011-12-26)
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. Special guests: Marty Whelan, Royseven
3	"Lipstick"	Conor Leigh Katie Quirke Caoimhne Quinn St Thomas' Hip Hop Crew	Make a giant bar of chocolate Interview Ryan Tubridy Acting with Saoirse Ronan Dance with Jedward	27 December 2011 (2011-12-27)
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. Special guests: Ryan Tubridy, Saoirse Ronan
4	"Bad Behaviour"	Scott Relihan Una Harty Edel & Kate Jenny Wilson	Work with celebrity hairdresser Be a radio DJ Cooking with Rachel Allen Play tennis with Conor Niland	28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
Aspiring hairdresser Scott gets his first haircutting session in a real salon while Una gets to work with Hector in RTÉ 2fm, Edel and Kate get to meet and cook with Rachel Allen and Jenny gets to play tennis with Conor Niland. Special guests: Dylan Bradshaw, Hector Ó hEochagáin, Rachel Allen, Conor Niland
5	"Wow Oh Wow"	Chloe, Kayleigh & Gradie Chloe Hayes Sophie Spain Ross Gibney	Get a Jedward makeover Train with the Irish soccer team Be a journalist Learn BMX tricks from a pro	29 December 2011 (2011-12-29)
3 young fans of Jedward get a Jedward makeover, while Chloe gets to meet Robbie Keane and The Republic of Ireland national football team, while Ross learns some new BMX bike tricks and Sophie gets to live her dream as a journalist. Special guests: Robbie Keane, Joe O'Shea
6	"Teenage Kicks"	Jacqueline McGranahan Killian Hayden Ishtara Larkin 14 viewers	Work as a Dublin Zoo vet Learn magic with Keith Barry Appear on Ros na Rún Dance with Jedward	30 December 2011 (2011-12-30)
Killian meets Keith Barry and learns a few tricks from him. Ishtara gets to appear on her favorite TV Show and Jacqueline gets to work in Dublin Zoo and 14 lucky viewers dance with Jedward. Special guests: Keith Barry
7	"We Are Golden"	Cian Burns Ailbhe Laura & Niamh Niamh Mahon	Present the TV news Work at Kiss magazine Be Jedward's tour manager Work with the Garda Mounted Unit	31 December 2011 (2011-12-31)
Aspiring News Reader Cian from Sligo gets to work as a newscaster and meets his favorite news anchor Bryan Dobson. Laura and Niamh become Jedward's tour manager for the day. Niamh gets to work with the Garda Mounted Unit while Ailbhe gets to work with Kiss magazine. Special guests: Bryan Dobson, Niall Breslin, Liam McKenna
8	"Lipstick"	Shonagh Harris Stephen Byrne Laura Prior Isabelle O'Sullivan & friends	Work on Fair City Spend a day with the army Meet darts champ Phil Taylor Perform a song for Jedward	1 January 2012 (2012-01-01)
Stephen trains with the army, Shonagh gets to go on the set of Fair City, meet her favorite cast members and even record a small scene, Isabelle and her friends sing their self penned song for Jedward and Laura gets to meet and play darts with world champion Phil Taylor. Special guests: Clelia Murphy, Tony Tormey, Phil Taylor
9	"Bad Behaviour"	Aaron Kerry Enya O'Dwyer & Eimear O'Sullivan Doireann de Courcy MacDonnell	Commentate a soccer match Be a zookeeper Ballet lesson from Monica Loughman	2 January 2012 (2012-01-02)
Aaron gets to work as a football commentator with Darragh Maloney. Enya and Eimear pair up to work in the zoo together, while Doireann gets to meet Monica Loughman and perform ballet with her. Special guests: Bill O'Herlihy, Eamon Dunphy, Liam Brady, Darragh Maloney, Monica Loughman
10	"Wow Oh Wow"	Hannah Roberts Aaron Hurley Aoife Dardis Grace Collins	Swim with dolphins Present a TRTÉ show Meet Les Miserables cast Work with chef Derry Clarke	3 January 2012 (2012-01-03)
Hannah gets to swim with Fungi the Dingle Dolphin, aspiring TV presenter Aaron gets the surprise of presenting his favorite show, Elev8 on TRTÉ, Drama Queen Aoife gets to travel to London and see Les Miserables and meet the cast while Grace gets to cook up a meal for Aidan Power with Derry Clarke. Special guests: Diana Bunici, Ivan Minnock, Alexia Khadime, Derry Clarke

Series 2 (2012–13)

No.	Song	Dreamers	Dreams	Original air date
1	"Waterline"	Chantal O'Callaghan Issey Fenton Conor McMahon Caoimhe Abbott	Run a five-star hotel Go to a red-carpet event Go backstage at Mrs. Brown's Boys Meet Olly Murs	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)
Special guests: Francis Brennan, Keith Lemon, David Hasselhoff, Brendan O'Carroll, Olly Murs
2	"A Girl Like You"	Jack Downey Danielle Byrnes James Campden Megan Doyle	Meet the Irish rugby team Work as an RTÉ make-up artist Work on a farm Jedward concert at her house	26 December 2012 (2012-12-26)
Special guests: Donncha O'Callaghan, Miriam O'Callaghan
3	"Luminous"	Philip, Micheál & Seán Siobhán O'Gara John O'Connor Cliodhna Donnelly	Have Jedward design costumes Play the fiddle with Sharon Shannon Go backstage at The X Factor Go behind the scenes at Disneyland	27 December 2012 (2012-12-27)
Special guests: Sharon Shannon, Louis Walsh, Union J, District3
4	"All the Small Things"	Ciarán Browne Sophie Mangan Zoe Bracken Julieanne Molloy	Cook with celebrity chef Neven Maguire Have Jedward play a trick on her teacher Meet Ryan O’Shaughnessy Spend a day with the DSCPA	28 December 2012 (2012-12-28)
Special guests: Neven Maguire, Ryan O'Shaughnessy
5	"What's Your Number"	Neeama Keogh David O'Callaghan Orlagh O'Shaughnessy Caiomhe O'Leary	Dance with Ashley Banjo and Diversity Learn from a top jump jockey Go behind the scenes at a music video shoot Make potato crisps	29 December 2012 (2012-12-29)
Special guests: Ashley Banjo and Diversity, Barry Geraghty
6	"Lipstick"	Enzo Crothers Mark Gleeson Caragh Rooney Alice & Amy	Work as a marine biologist Snooker lesson from Ken Doherty Duet with John Grimes Work as dog groomers	30 December 2012 (2012-12-30)
Special guests: Ken Doherty, Jamie Heaslip
7	"Miss America"	Ella Pacini Shane Doherty Leisha Regan David Manning	Meet JLS Drive a train Ride the search and rescue helicopter Make a Jedward comic strip	1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)
Special guests: JLS, Dennis the Menace
8	"Waterline"	Aobhín McGovern Daniel Philpott Hannah Heskin Seán Downey	Meet camogie player Ursula Jacob Be a firefighter Work on a professional photo shoot Rap with Jedward	2 January 2013 (2013-01-02)
Special guests: Ursula Jacob
9	"A Girl Like You"	Eva Tobin Dylan Lavelle Emma O'Callaghan Sofi-Mei Lally	Meet Little Mix Be in the Garda Síochána Be a scientist Dance with Riverdance	3 January 2013 (2013-01-03)
Special guests: Little Mix, Evelyn Cusack
10	"Luminous"	Orla Coffey Oisín Mahony Lauren Hendrick Emily Jade Elliott	Meet Kerry football player Colm Cooper Perform in a circus Sail a ferry Do special effects make-up	4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)
Special guests: Colm Cooper

References

1. "TRTÉ OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory".
2. "'OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory'". Screen Scene. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
3. "Jedward make Luka's dream come true". The Argus. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
4. "Jedward make Hannah's dolphin dream come true". Lisburn.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
5. "Katie to feature in Dream Factory TV show". The Nationalist. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
6. "OMG! Lynsey's dream machine". Drogheda Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
7. "Cian to read Christmas Day news - thanks to Jedward!". The Sligo Champion. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
8. "OMG! JEDWARD'S DREAM FACTORY". RTÉ. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
9. "Children/Youth Programme". Irish Film & Television Academy. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
10. "Winners of the 2012 Social Media Awards announced". The Sociable. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
11. "Oops – They Did It Again!". Tourismireland.com. 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
12. "Jedward Bounce Up to Northern Ireland To Film CBBC Show 'Dani's Castle'". Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
13. "Jedward return to RTÉ Two this Christmas". RTÉ Ten. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
14. "Una takes over the dream from Jedward". The Star. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

External links

• Official website