25 The Rolling Stones
Okay, this is a very controversial one. They may be the greatest rock n' roll band of all time, but they deserve a place on this list. This is all because of their overpriced tickets for their arena tours which left many fans devestated. £120 for the worst tickets in the house is appalling, especially with teenagers who have listened to them (such as myself) who would kill to see the rocking grandas, but do not have sufficient funds to pay for their private pension. For that, they place 25.
24 Mumford and Sons
Again, I really like Mumford and Sons. With their first album "Sigh No More" wowing people worldwide with their unique sound, I was excited for their new album "Babel", but it turns out that they had ran out of ideas and just slightly adjusted their sound so it wasn't the same songs, being no different from the first album. Worst of all, every ned/chav, douche, mainstream girl etc, thought they were indie by listening to the band. Sorry to break it to you guys, but you all look like sheep now.
23 Craig Whyte
Some of you must be thinking "Who's he talking about?". Well, I am talking about the former-Rangers owner who doomed the club. Most people didn't care about this, but it was the aftermath where he didn't give a fuck about what he did, caused the banks millions of debt as the club didn't need to pay it back, and I do not like crooks. This is coming from a Celtic fan. Yes I felt sorry for what happened to Rangers, but also if that all hadn't happened, Rangers wouldn't be in the Third Division thinking they are world beaters.
22 Craig Levein
This is the man who made every Scottish person embarrassed to say they were Scottish, this is the man with one of the worst international records for Scotland and famously, this is the man who played a 6-4-0 formation against a shot-shy Czech Republic side. God I loved his positive football. Not only that, Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher refused to play, and Levein was too stubborn to recall him, despite the team being a shambles. Great stuff Craigy boy.
21 Rihanna
Why is she here? Well, in 2012 she was everywhere. Singles were thrown out like bad food, she made her music videos a bit too, erm, racy and she's headlining T In the Park, completely ruining it's reputation as cool. The worst was her performance at The X Factor where I heard her singing without any of the trashy dance music and thinking "Wow, is this what the new album is like?" before hearing her turn her song into a dance anthem. She will never learn...
20 Mitt Romney
So why is a right-wing Republican on this? Oh I don't know, probably because he feels women shouldn't be equal to men, he's trying to turn the whole of America into Mormons, he doesn't know his geography (yeah that really bugs me) and with him in charge The Mayans would have certainly been right about the world ending in one way or another. Fellow Mormon Brandon Flowers doesn't even agree with him he's that crazy. So number 20 on the list goes to the backwards failed Republican candidate for the Presidential Election.
19 One Direction
Right, they really, really irritate me. They write love songs? No, Ne-Yo does (did), they don't. As much as I like to "get some" as much as the next guy, they try to portray this attitude that they love girls and respect them. Pfft yeah right. The fact that my sister loves them and they are everywhere doesn't help. Too much idiocy in these groups as well, full of delusional fans.
18 George Osborne
Some will wonder where Mr Long-Legged Cleggy Weggy is, but he hasn't made this list as he hasn't done much this year, but the Chancellor George Osborne is another story. His announcement of the Autumn budget and his attitude towards the working class is irritating, showing his greed with favourable cuts to the middle and upper class.
17 Alex Salmond
This is a man who quite clearly watches Braveheart before he goes to bed every night. He manages to think an Independent Scotland will work, despite never proving where the money will come from and how he'll spend it. There have also been criticisms of him changing his mind over policies and trying to gain independence by putting the referendum right after the Commonwealth Games are held in Glasgow.
16 Fangirls
Yes, they more than deserve a place on this list, and they would be higher up if it wasn't for the small minority of fangirls being alright. Fangirls are on the list because of 2012's stupid trends, the bitchiness and racism that has been hit at One Direction and The Wanted (They may be shit, but they are human beings) from each others fans, and other fangirls hoping someone gets cancer/dies/etc. Before anyone assumes I'm just someone who is "jealous" of these boys, recently I went to see The Vaccines and a butch 14/15 year old girl started barging me as she screamed to Justin Young "You're so fucking hot I love you!". Pretty sure he wouldn't go within 5 metres of you love.
15 Chelsea
They have done a lot of good -like winning two trophies in 2012, one being in a great style-but they have also done a lot of bad. John Terry racially abused a player, Ashley Cole backed him, their chairman Roman Abramovich fired two bosses and the team tried to accuse referee Mark Clattenburg of racially abusing John Obi Mikel after a controversial decision against Man Utd. Oh, the irony.
14 Politicians in the Expenses Scandal
Fine, this might be last years and the year before that's news, but it is still continuing! Some politicians haven't been caught, some are finding loopholes and some are buying properties under expenses to be "closer to Parliament" and then renting out the property to put cash in their pockets, as they live in their house an hour away from Westminster. Scum.
13 James Holmes
The word "villain" is thrown about these days, but this man is truly the only real villain on this list. On the 20th of July during a premiere of Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, Holmes entered a cinema in Aurora, Colorado, armed with guns and started randomly shooting, killing 12 people and injuring 58 in one of the worst shooting tragedies of the decade so far. It was later discovered that he had planned the attack and died his hair ginger to portray The Joker. It's moments like that that shake the world.
12 Sky F1
If you ever watched Formula One, you were always happy and cheery watching Jake Humphrey, Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard being pundits on the BBC F1, with the banter flowing and everyone in the country getting to watch free Formula One. Yaaay! That soon changed though as the sport got more and more commercial as they decided to grant Sky F1 all races, with only half of the races being shown live on the BBC. I really, really hate Sky.
11 David Cameron
I'll give him credit for being able to hide the fact that he's a shit Prime Minister during the Olympics, however, as soon as everyone left the UK after the games, the focus went back to the PM with more cuts and more criticisms of him. Not only that, but he was part of the Leveson enquiry, showing that he isn't just a posh twat, but he's a dodgy twat.
10 The Police
They were surrounded by controversy this year. There was the embarrassing moment when a Lancashire policeman tasered a blind man mistaking his white cane for a samurai sword, then there was rumours they knew about phone hacking and finally, the lowest of the low came at the Hillsborough Disaster investigation. The police report blamed "drunken Liverpool fans" when in fact the disaster could have been prevented by police. Fuck da Policee.
9 Chris Brown
Honestly, if I could punch one celebrity, it would be him. He's just a terrible human being. This year, he got a tattoo of what looked like a battered Rihanna and then releases a song called "Don't Judge Me". You're right, I'll stop talking about this woman-beating, egotistic disgrace to music now. In the words of Tyler, The Creator "Hey guys, it's me Chris, I think I'm a Light Bulb Okay Bye"
8 Starbucks
This is the year where hipster joint and coffee cafe Starbucks pissed the world off even more than before. If it wasn't enough that you have to be ironic to be part of the Starbucks club and own an Apple Macbook, it was revealed this year that the coffee chain haven't been paying their taxes as they found a loophole in the law, much to the anger of the public who tried boycotting it. Turns out they made a bigger profit, due to more hipsters going there because it wasn't "so mainstream" now.
7 Chart Rock Bands
"What's this?" You ask? Well, this applies to the big three bands who totally sold out their originality, for chart success and screaming girls. These three are The Script, Maroon 5 and Coldplay. All bands had high points such as We Cry, Makes Me Wonder and Shiver, but since the glory days, they have traded it for poor material such as Hall of Fame, Payphone and Princess of China. It should be illegal for bands to turn to this. Infact they are no longer bands, I'm calling them groups.
6 LOCOG
Locog sounds like a shit brand of cereal, but really it was the guys who dispatched the tickets for the London Olympics 2012. They rank so high because they were incredibly controversial. Although they randomly (allegedly) picked applicants of tickets - which people were given time to apply for - they left a lot of the tickets to executives: who didn't use them, sparking outrage at the start of the Olympics, which certainly wasn't inspiring a generation. It got slightly better, but it was hardly the public's games.
5 Nicki Minaj
Not only is she one of the worst artists of 2012, she started a wave of bitchy little lip gloss-wearing pre-teens with a massive attitude. Then, after being put on the line up for TITP (much to the dismay of many campers) she turned up an hour and a half late because she refused to walk on long grass, performed for 20 minutes, got piss chucked at her and was booed off the stage. She also "wasn't well" enough to perform at The V Festival. Excuses excuses.
4 Vladimir Putin
He has suppressed a nation and made new laws against treason, sending the country back to it's old Soviet Union days rather than forward into the 21st century. The worst came when he jailed feminist punk band Pussy Riot for performing a "punk prayer" in Moscow's highest Orthodox cathedral. After one of the members was released, the other two were jailed for two years and exiled to remote prisons. Talk about a breach of human rights.
3 Ian Watkins
This is just plain weird. Most people have enjoyed a Lostprophets song in their lifetime, most known for their songs "Rooftops" and "Where We Belong" but the Welsh rockers were hit with a massive scandal, after it was released that lead singer Ian Watkins had been charged with possession of child pornography and conspire to child sexual assault. Not only does he rank 3rd because he's a paedo, but because one of his music videos "A Town Called Hypocrisy" features children as they present a kids TV show, and finally, he has put the rest of the band in a bad name, possibly ruining their futures.
2 Jimmy Savile
From one paedo to another, this one was a lot worse. Just days after his death, a flurry of cases of sexual assault came against the once beloved radio DJ and then rumours of paedophilia and necrophilia came. Soon, he went from beloved, to despised by the public. The BBC apparently knew about this, but did not report it.
1 News of the World
They perverted the court of justice, obstructed justice, committed perjury and perverted privacy laws. The phone hacking scandal was mental and with people like Rebecca Brooks, Andrew Coulson, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch found guilty. Some people's texts were deleted, which could have been vital evidence in murder investigations and celebrities' privacy was also interrupted with many reporting them and the News of the World was cancelled. Horrible people.
Have I missed any real villains? Do you not agree with the list I have? Express your opinions by commenting below.
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