Atlanta, GA 12/1/2010 11:32:35 PM
Cheryl Cole is the most searched for celebrity online.
In 2010, the ‘Promise This’ hitmaker was the most
popular celebrity and music star as well as the fifth most popular
search term in total on Yahoo!.
She is four places up on last year, and beats Katie Price into second
place. Her divorce from her husband Ashley Cole – who allegedly had
multiple affairs – came top of the list of most searched celebrity
scandals.
Other showbiz personalities to make the list included Lady Gaga, who
went up to third from six last year and Angelina Jolie and Victoria
Beckham, both new entries.
Megan Fox was up from tenth last year to seventh spot, while Justin
Bieber and Katy Perry also made the top 10 most searched for
celebrities.
Other popular scandals included Mel Gibson’s alleged domestic violence
against his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva and George Michael’s prison
stay.
Yahoo! Year in Review:
Top Ten Celebrities:
1. Cheryl Cole (#4)
2. Katie Price (#3)
3. Lady Gaga (#6)
4. John Terry (new entry)
5. Angelina Jolie (new entry)
6. Victoria Beckham (new entry)
7. Megan Fox (#10)
8. Justin Bieber (new entry)
9. Peter Andre (new entry)
10. Katy Perry (new entry)
Top Ten Celebrity Scandals:
1. Cheryl and Ashley Cole’s quickie divorce
2. Mel Gibson investigated over domestic violence claims
3. Footballers playing away
4. Vernon Kay’s sex texts
5. Good boys go bad – Ronan Keating and Mark Owen caught cheating
6. George Michael goes to prison
7. Joaquin Phoenix’s nervous breakdown hoax
8. Bad girls…. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and various encounters with the law
9. Hollywood divorces
10. Roman Polanski sex abuse scandal
Top Ten TV Shows:
1. ‘Big Brother’
2. ‘EastEnders’
3. ‘The X Factor’
4. ‘Dancing on Ice’
5. ‘Doctor Who’
6. ‘Coronation Street’
7. ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
8. ‘Home and Away’
9. ‘Glee’
10. ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
Top Ten Music Stars:
1. Cheryl Cole
2. Lady Gaga
3. Justin Bieber
4. Katy Perry
5. Rihanna
6. Britney Spears
7. Kylie Minogue
8. Beyonce
9. JLS
10. Lily Allen
