Girls Aloud Are Officially The Richest Reality TV Show Stars

Pop babes Girls Aloud have notched up another No1 – in the reality TV rich list.

Since finding fame on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, Sarah Harding, 27, Cheryl Cole, 25, Nicola Roberts, 23, Kimberley Walsh, 27, and Nadine Coyle, 23, have amassed a £25million fortune with hits such as Sound Of The Underground.

But who else is a top telly earner?

2 Will Young £12.5million Age: 30
Since winning Pop Idol seven years ago, all four of his albums have charted well.

3 Leona Lewis £10million Age: 24
She won The X Factor in 2006 and her career has zoomed into the stratosphere.

4 Jade Goody £8million 1981–2009
Won hearts of British public back in 2002 when she entered the Big Brother house.

5 Myleene Klass £7.5million Age: 31
Won Popstars in 2001 with Hear’Say and is now a top presenter and M&S TV ad star.

6 Gareth Gates £6.5million Age: 24
Runner-up to Will Young in Pop Idol, he is now star of Joseph on West End stage.

7 Paul Potts £5million Age: 38
Former Carphone Warehouse manager won Britain’s Got Talent in 2007.

8 Craig Phillips £5million Age: 37
Won first Big Brother in 2000. Has steady income from TV and public appearances.

9 Lemar £4million Age: 31
Third place on Fame Academy in 2002. Has now sold over two million albums.

10 Jane McDonald £3.5million Age: 46
Sailed to fame on The Cruise and appeared in Las Vegas. Now a star of Loose Women.

11 Liberty X £3million
Michelle Heaton, 28, and gang had 10 hit singles and sold over a million albums. Split in 2007.

12 Brian Dowling £2.5million Age: 30
Won second Big Brother in 2001. Later voted most popular BB winner ever.

13 Ben Fogle £2million Age: 35
Leapt to fame in BBC Castaway 2000. Now a top presenter of countryside series.

14 Kym Marsh £1.8million Age: 32
Hit the big time with Hear’Say. Now earns £100,000 a year in Coronation Street.

15 Suzanne Shaw £1.4million Age: 27
Another refugee from Hear’Say. Appeared in stage shows and won Dancing On Ice.

16 Abigail Clancy £1.25million Age: 23
Second on Britain’s Next Top Model. But is now one of UK’s top glamour babes.

17 Charlotte Hobrough £1.2million Age: 33
Won £1million prize in first series of Survivor. Ex-policewoman has now rejoined force.

18 Chantelle Houghton £1million Age: 25
Won Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 – after entering house as the only non-celeb.

19 Jonny Gibb £1million Age: 38
Ex-policeman Jonny won second series of Survivor. Now works as a personal trainer.

20 Darius Danesh £900,000 Age: 28
Lost out on Popstars and Pop Idol, but had big-selling album and star roles on stage.

Parky Is Right About Jade Goody

I can't believe for the life of me why people are giving Micheal Parkinson a hard time for voicing his opinions on the 'talents' of Jade Goody. Was she held in such exaltation by the British public that no one can say a bad word about her? Bollocks I say.

Michael Parkinson has actually launched a shocking new attack over Jade Goody by claiming many of those mourning her death were fakers “pretending to be sad”.

Parky's quote about Jade Goody: “all that’s paltry and wretched about Britain today” and also “barely educated and puerile” is spot on. Jade Goody was in the Big Brother house and asked "Where do Portuginese people come from?" and "Where is East Angular" (I assume she meant East Anglia). These are just two out of a mountain of quotes of a similar nature from this girl.

Many so-called mourners are the very same people who used to call her “a pig”, “a racist” and “thick as a brick”. I have no comments on how she looked, I prefer not to discuss things like that, we all look like we do and our looks are just a temporary 'display' until we get old. But she showed herself to be a racist, there's no question about that.

Jade was taken to heart by the British public, the reason for this is beyond me, but it happened. From that moment on, she lived a 'scripted' life. Her publicist Max Clifford told her what to say and when to say it, purely to extract as much cash from her fame as possible.

The only time she was able to act on her own behalf was when she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. During this show she infamously led a trio of girls as they hurled racist abuse at a beautiful and very talented actress from India, Shilpa Shetty. So there you have it. She showed her true colours when given the opportunity to do so.

Jade Goody was a girl who came from a terrible background, that’s not her fault and it’s representative of a lot of kids from the social underclass, and she was mercilessly exploited, blinded by promises of stardom, not knowing what she’s doing. It was a case of bright, smart people utilising the ambitions and dreams of these underprivileged people for their own sordid enjoyment.

One part of Jade's life that could not be scripted was her death. We all watched on as the papers and 'money men' exploited her to the very end.

Jade's 27 years on this earth were quite active and to be frank, she had quite a bizarre life. But she did nothing special, she had no talents of any description and her achievements were zero. So why do people criticise Micheal Parkinson for speaking the truth ?