THEY might not have won X Factor, or the Eurovision Song Contest, but Jedward are riding high at a leading North Yorkshire independent prep school.

The twin brothers, who shot to stardom during Simon Cowell’s TV talent show, have been turned into puppets by pupils at Belmont Grosvenor School in Harrogate, who used wood, clay and other materials to create the marionettes.

Other puppets made by them included Wallace and Gromit, Homer Simpson and Barbie.