JEDWARD have discovered a heartbreaking secret after leaving the Celebrity Big Brother house - that their dad is in hospital fighting for his life.

The twin popstars came second in the Channel 5 reality show but they were unaware their father was seriously ill after he decided not to tell them so they wouldn't leave the show and disappoint their fans.

Jedward have finished as runners up on Celebrity Big Brother Credit: Getty Images - WireImage

The boys' mum and manager Susanna Condron revealed the news to the Daily Star, telling them: "The last week has been very stressful for Jedward's family.

"John Snr has been in intensive care. He insisted Edward and John must not be informed about his critical condition.

"He stated he would not jeopardise their chances of reaching the final as there would have been legions of disappointed fans."

The brave decision meant that Jedward continued in the show and reached second place, being beaten by Loose Women star Coleen Nolan.

The Irish brothers made a typically flamboyant departure from the famous house after host Emma Willis announced they had lost out to Coleen Nolan on winning the show.

The brothers' dad is in hospital fighting for his life Credit: Collins

The pair were as hyper as ever as they left the house Credit: PA:Press Association

The pair have had an eventful week leading up to Friday's big final, with the pair almost making fellow housemate Nicola McLean sick as they ate dog food for one of their last tasks.

The Irish duo were taking part in the daily task, where they had to present a spoof television shopping channel called Selling Yourself Short.

Bianca and Jedward were presenting a spoof TV show

Part of the task was eat dog food

Joining them was Bianca Gascoigne, while their fellow housemates watched from another room.

As part of the task, the presenters had to demonstrate and try the products on sale.

When they started eating the dog food, Nicola was nearly sick

This included a ‘mystery can’ which was filled with dog food.

Not wanting to miss an opportunity the boys tucked straight into the canine chow, which instantly made Nicola react.

The dog food didn't taste good, but they carried on eating it

Never ones to shy away from shocking their fellow housemates, the brothers also washed each other in the bath this week before John tried on one of Bianca's thongs.

stripping off and covering each other in bubbles in the bath.

Jedward helped wash each other down on the show Credit: Ruckas

While one of the singers is stood up, the other slowly appears to wash him, apparently completely comfortable with pushing the boundaries.

Not done there however, the twins then took things up a notch as they found housemate Bianca's thong in the bedroom.

Edward said: "John needs a pair of underwear, so if anyone has any spare that would be great."

As the housemates laughed, an angry Kim Woodburn asked Edward to repeat what he'd said, to which he pointed out they only had one pair of pants left.

The pair took their bond to new levels Credit: Ruckas

John was mystified by Bianca's thong Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoSM1bdcuI

John was persuaded to try on the thong Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoSM1bdcuI

Holding up a pair of Calum Best's boxers, Edward branded them "ginormous".

Nicola then said to Bianca: "Babe, do you have a clean thong or anything for John?"

Bianca replied: "Yes I do. I have one over her."

Kim joked: "I can't wait to see this."

He got VERY up close and personal with Bianca's underwear Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoSM1bdcuI

John shimmied into the tiny udnerwear Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoSM1bdcuI

Edward treated his brother to some surprising underwear Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoSM1bdcuI

Edward said: "They're camouflage, they're see-through, they're kind of crazy."

He added: "Maybe wear it back to front."

John said: "They're going into no man's land, there's no support."

John managed to pull the thong up under his towel Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoSM1bdcuI

John didn't look too impressed Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCoSM1bdcuI

Edward then replied: "We have all these amazing clothes but no underwear, it's like the biggest tragedy of the whole entire show."

To top it all off, Jedward also received a bizarre compliment from Kim this week, after the 74-year-old told them she 'finds them quite sexy young men'.

During another task from yesterday, the twins dressed up as Kim and reenacted the previous epic row she had with Nicola.

Fortunately, she didn't blow her lid.