2013 – The year’s disliked personalities
1. Kyle Sandilands
“Arrogant”, “rude”, “obnoxious” and “annoying” are words that Australians use to describe Sandilands yet his enduring on-air success leaves even the people who feel this way uncertain whether they are fans or not. One Encore Score respondent posed the rhetorical question: “Foolish, but strangely likeable?” The star’s move to a new network in 2014 will certainly answer that.
2. Matthew Newton
Like Sandilands before him, Newton cops a beating for his perceived “arrogance” with few Encore Score respondents able to look past his well documented and highly public struggles.
3. Sam Newman
The third in a line of names to be deemed “arrogant” by the public, Newman is called “obnoxious”, a “smart arse” and a “yobbo” by members of the Australian public.
4. Pauline Hanson
Australians mainly remember Hanson for the spoof song ‘I don’t like it’ performed by drag impersonator Pauline Pantsdown in the late ‘90s and sentiment regarding her image centres on her political views with one respondent commenting: “I disagree with her political and personal views, especially as relates to immigration issues”.
5. Lara Bingle
The public’s negative perception of Bingle stems from the belief she is famous for simply being famous with the public questioning her credibility and noting that she is “overexposed”.
6. Tom Waterhouse
The public have taken note of Waterhouse’s “media saturation” as one Encore Score respondent called it, finding him “overexposed”, “pretentious” and “a mummy’s boy”.
7. Alan Jones
It’s clear Australian’s are not fans of Jones considering him to be “rude”, a “big mouth”, “opinionated” and “outspoken”, qualities that others very much admire the broadcaster for. One respondent calls him “the poster boy for right wing Australia” while others question whether his word can be trusted.
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I’ll just throw in another one there – Melissa Doyle. Love her or hate her, the whole “Dumping from Sunrise” thingy was played out like a soap opera.
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All of these dislikeables seem a little dated and irrelevant for 2013 except for Tom Waterhouse…
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There are two sides to Alan Jones.
One the champion of the underdog.
The other, a sometimes factually incorrect,interrupting individual who’s opinion is always the right one!
However,despite his faults, I still listen to him religiously every day.
Kev
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How could Eddie MacGuire be missing from this list?
Putting aside the absence of either a personality or a neck, he attempted a “joke” about gorillas and insulted Aam Goodes – a highly respected man.
MacGuire wins the disliked category hands down.
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Rupert Murdoch?
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