Nicky Byrne, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Kian Egan joined their manager Louis Walsh at the annual ceremony.

Unfortunately for Westlife, for some unknown reason the crowd insisted on chanting Jedward during the event even though they weren’t scheduled to appear.

Meanwhile, John and Edward were allowed a brief trip home yesterday during which they met Westlife and were left totally and utterly gobsmacked when the boy band asked them for an autograph:

“John and Edward were shell-shocked when the Westlife boys asked for their autographs on the plane. Talk about a role reversal.”