Girls Aloud have topped a list of the UK's richest reality TV stars with an estimated £25 million.

 

The girl group, who formed on Popstars: The Rivals, beat competition from fellow musicians Will Young and Leona Lewis to head up the list.

 

Big Brother contestants Craig Phillips, the late Jade Goody and Chantelle Houghton also made the top 20, while opera singer Paul Potts is the highest-earning Britain's Got Talent star.

 

Myleene Klass beat former Hear'Say bandmates Kym Marsh and Suzanne Shaw, finishing fifth with a reported £7.5 million fortune.

 

The list was compiled by Current TV as part of its Desperately Seeking Fame season, which starts tonight at 10pm.

 

The full reality TV rich list top 20:

 

1. Girls Aloud - £25million

 

2. Will Young - £12.5 million

 

3. Leona Lewis - £10 million

 

4. Jade Goody - £8 million

 

5. Myleene Klass - £7.5 million

 

6. Gareth Gates - £6.5 million

 

7. Paul Potts - £5 million

 

8. Craig Phillips - £5 milion

 

9. Lemar - £4 million

 

10. Jane McDonald - £3.5 million

 

11. Liberty X - £3 million

 

12. Brian Dowling - £2.5 million

 

13. Ben Fogle - £2 million

 

14. Kym Marsh - £1.8 million

 

15. Suzanne Shaw - £1.4 million

 

16. Abigail Clancy - £1.25 million

 

17. Charlotte Hobrough - £1.2 million

 

18. Chantelle Houghton - £1 million

 

19. Jonny Gibb - £1 million

 

20. Darius Danesh - £900K

 

this had already been posted on here somewhere.

this had already been posted on here somewhere.

Yeah in the Reality TV forum

Wow ! I understand now why the press keeps calling them "a national treasure" :lol:

isn't it in a thread in this AF though.