The Favourite Celebrity of 2019 According To The Kids is…
I had a feeling I’d spent fewer days visiting schools with my Comic Art Masterclasses in 2019 than I have in previous years (and a tot up of the figures shows me that this year I spent only 80 days doing classes, compared to last year’s 103. This is my lowest in a decade, the next being 82 days in 2012). However quality over quantity, they’ve been good, and the comics they’ve produced with me have been exemplary. In every class I get the group to name the most famous celebrity they can think of, for me to draw in my demonstration strip. Four names are taken, then they choose the favourite of that four, which is the one that goes in the strip, it then gets mentioned on the front cover of the comic we produce together, and duly noted in my blog.
So which celebrity is the most popular with schoolkids in 2019? Let’s have a look…
ONCERS - only chosen the one time
Alesha Dixon
Amy Tinkler (Olympian)
Angela Merkel
Ant McPartlin (last year Dec was chosen 6 times, this year not even once)
Bill Gates
Billie Eilish
Billy Sharp (Sheffield United)
Bob Marley
Bruno Tonioli
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner
Conor McGregor
Craig Revel-Horwood
Daniel Radcliffe
David Attenborough
David Beckham
David Hasselhof
David Hasselhof
Dwayne Johnson
Emma Watson
Gary Lineker
Harry Kane
Hermione Grainger
Hillary Clinton
Jake Paul
James Bond
Jeremy Kyle
Jesus
John Ratzenberger (yes, Cliff)
John Wayne
Kanye West
Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Kevin Bu Bruyne (Man City)
KSI (a boxer)
L’il Pump (a rapper)
L’il T (also a rapper)
LeBron James
Lionel Messi
Meghan Markle
Melania Trump
Michael Whittaker (show jumper)
Michelle Obama
Millie Bobby Brown
Mr B (their teacher)
Naga Munchetty
Nicki Minaj
Roald Dahl
Robert Downey Jr
Snoop Dogg
Stormzy
The Emperor Of Japan
Tina Turner
Tom Holland
Tom Jones
Usain Bolt
Will Ferrell
William Shakespeare
CHOSEN TWICE
Albert Einstein
Elvis Presley
Gordon Ramsay
Justin Bieber
Kim Jong Un (2018 8 times)
Lady Gaga
The Queen
CHOSEN THRICE
Beyonce
Cristiano Ronaldo
James Charles
Kim Kardashian (2018 8 times)
Kim Kardashian (2018 8 times)
FIFTH PLACE - chosen 4 times
Boris Johnson
Ed Sheeran
Freddie Mercury
Stan Lee
FOURTH PLACE - chosen 5 times
David Walliams
(2018 5 times, 2017 6 times, 2016 not chosen, 2015 5 times)
Simon Cowell
(2018 16 times, 2017 11 times, 2016 20 times, 2015, 14 & 13 = most popular choice)
THIRD PLACE - chosen 7 times
Michael Jackson
(Bizarrely, in the year of the Neverland documentary, he’s still popular. 2018 chosen 8 times, 2017 4 times, 2016 3 times, 2015 12 times)
SECOND PLACE - chosen 8 times
Ariana Grande
(2018 only chosen once, 2017 & 2016 5 times, 2015 twice)
And the WINNER for the fourth year running:
Donald Trump - chosen 16 times
(2018 30 times, 2017 42 times, 2016 25 times, 2015 twice, before that he’d never been mentioned)
Thanks for joining in once again with this futile and not-even-quasi-scientific study. We look forward to reporting back on more such trivia in 2020.
Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries and art centres - email for details, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter. View the promo video here.
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