Irish pop duo Jedward have been chosen to perform for Barack Obama during his visit to Ireland later this afternoon. 

The twins, John and Edward, recently represented their home country at Eurovision and will now show off their singing and dancing skills to the President of the United States of America when he arrives in Dublin today, May 23.

Speaking to the BBC about the honour, they said "We're very excited, it's an honour to perform for the most famous man in the world, after Simon Cowell that is."

Watch Jedward's rendition of 'Lipstick' at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, in which they came a respectable eighth, here: