Here is Viva’s list of those that will be happy to see the back of 2009:
Jordan – following her very public split from Peter Andre, there wasn’t much chance of ‘Team Katie’ t-shirts running out of stock. Sales of her product range have suffered as fans turn their back on her.
Tiger Woods – oh come all you faithful! A string of women have crawled out of the woodwork claiming to have got up to no good with the married golf pro, tarnishing his ‘holier than thou’ image.
Royal Mail – when our posties took a national strike over forced pay cuts and increased work loads, Royal Mail didn’t do themselves any favours by refusing to back down. We took the text with ever greater further.
Politicians – the expense scandal of the decade is going to haunt some of our leading MPs for a long while. Just don’t mention adult movies, gardening tools, and three-piece-suites to the likes of Tony Blair, Ed Balls and Jackie Smith. Remember her?
Maclaren’s – 1million pushchairs had to be recalled after several tots lost their fingers because of a manufacturing fault. The buggy makers lost more than a few customers.
Kerry Katona – she won’t be going to Iceland anymore after being declared bankrupt, a shambolic appearance on This Morning and being videoed snorting what looked like cocaine. Not even PR guru Max Clifford could help poor old Kezza and she lost her one remaining advertising deal – a £250,000 contract with supermarket Iceland.
Big Brother – the show that taught us you don’t have to be at all talented to become a celebrity (in fact, the loopier you are the better) looks set to have had its day and Channel 4 bosses announced they will pull the plug on it next year.
British Airways – it was ranked the ‘worst European airline’, which was a result of poor security and overcharging customers. The year has ended with disgruntled cabin crew striking.
Mexico – it’s where the pig flu started. It didn’t wipe us all out like we first feared but Mexico’s tourist profits certainly took a beating after health chiefs warned people to stay away from the country.
Gordon Ramsay – the mega rich celebrity chef cooked up a storm when tales of adultery surfaced. The angry chef is likely to be saying the F word a bit more seeing as his restaurant profits aren’t doing too well.
The BBC – letting nick Griffin loose on Question Time was a barmy decision from Aunty. Maybe she’s getting dementia.
Thierry Henry – once upon a time, Henry had it all. That accent, those looks, the wife, oh yes and quite good at footy too. Then against the plucky Irish he goes from hero to zero faster than you can say Va Va Voom.
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