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Channel24 readers had the chance to vote for their favourite celebs, movies, songs, TV shows and presenters in the Top of 2012 survey. Here are the results of the survey.
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Most Improved Celeb of the Year: Katie Holmes
Turns out that dumping Tom Cruise wasn't such as bad thing for Katie after all.
Other contenders in the category included a new and improved Britney Spears (second), Charlie Sheen who seems to have cleared up his act (third), Joost van der Wetshuizen burying the hatchet with Amor (fourth) and Kelly Khumalo polishing up her flaky image (fifth).
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Song of the Year: Psy's Gangnam Style
Psy came out roaring on top with his catchy dance tune and knocked down other entrants such Carly Rae Jepsen with Call Me Maybe (second), Justin Bieber with As Long As You Love Me (third), Toya de Lazy's Love Is In The Air (fourth) and Die Antwoord's I Fink U Freeky (fifth).
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Reality Show of The Year: MasterChef SA
Not only the pans were sizzling on the hot new local version of the popular cooking show, but viewers also seemed to heat up the votes when it came to this category. Some of the other shows in the category included Come Dine With Me SA (second), SA's Got Talent (third), Survivor (fourth) and SA Idols (fifth).
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Best Movie of The Year: The Avengers
They came, we saw it, they conquered the votes. The Avengers was not only this year's biggest grossing film, but it also beat other movies such as The Dark Knight Rises (second), Material (third), Prometheus (fourth) and The Amazing Spider-Man (fifth) to be crowned Best Movie of The Year.
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Worst Movie of The Year: Paranormal Activity 4
A shaky camera as well as a shaky and crappy script. And our readers agree that Paranormal Activity 4 was this year's worst movie.
Other movies that contended in the category include Mad Buddies (second), What to Expect When You're Expecting (third), The Watch (fourth) and Men in Black 3 (fifth).
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Music Festival of the Year: Cape Town International Jazz Festival
The line-up of artists and the whole festival was just as stellar as its position in the poll. Beating out other festivals in the category such as Oppikoppi (second), Rocking the Daisies (third), Huisgenoot Skouspel (fourth) and Up The Creek (fifth), the Cape Town International Jazz Fest proved why it's so popular year after year.
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TV Presenter of The Year: Proverb
Many people agree that Proverb just has a knack when it comes to hosting, and this was proven to be true when he beat out other hopeful entrants such as Michael Mol (second), Nicky Greenwall (third), Graeme Richards (fourth) and Bonang Matheba (fifth) as Best TV Presenter of 2012.
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Celeb Couple of the Year: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Brad and Angie seem to dominate the world as a power couple, and also continued to dominate the votes in this category. They beat out other couples such as Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux (second), Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (third), Lee-Ann Liebenberg and Nicky van der Walt (fourth) and Minki van der Westhuizen and Ernst Joubert (fifth) to win the title.
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Radio Presenter of The Year: Gareth Cliff
5FM's controversial DJ may have a lot of people raging about his rants, but he proved that he is the most popular South African radio presenter by beating other entrants such as DJ Fresh (second), Anele Mdoda (third), Unathi Msengana (fourth) and Elana Africa (fifth) to win the title.
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Breakthrough Celeb of The Year: Chad le Clos
The Olympic golden boy proved why he was popular and rose out above other entrants such as Idols SA's Khaya Mthethwa (second), Carly Rae Jepsen (third), One Direction (fourth) and Harper Seven Beckham (fifth).
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Band of The Year: Linkin Park
To top off their successful South African tour, the rockers have also been crowned Band of The Year by our readers and beat out contenders such as The Parlotones (second), Mi Casa (third), Die Antwoord (fourth) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (fifth) for the title.
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Sexiest Woman of the Year: Candice Swanepoel
South Africa-born beauty Candice is a favourite with our readers and by beat out entrants like Sofia Vergara (second), Charlize Theron (third), Beyonce (fourth) and Bonang Matheba (fifth) for the award.
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Sexiest Man of The Year: Channing Tatum
People voted him Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 and our readers couldn't agree more. Channing beat out other hopefuls such as Chad le Clos (second), Ryan Gosling (third), Tom Hardy (fourth) and Idris Elba (fifth).
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Newsmaker of the Year: Whitney Houston
Whitney's sudden death came as a shock to many, but she will never be forgotten. Other news events that shocked us in 2012 were Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's cheating scandal (second), Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's divorce (third), Joost van der Westhuizen and Amor Vittone's ongoing battles (fourth) and John Travolta's assault allegations (fifth).
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