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Bieber becomes UK’s most searched for celeb
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 8 July 2010
Justin Bieber has become the most searched for celebrity on the UK internet, according to Ask Jeeves. Although judging by the various messages we’ve received on the subject of the Bieber of late, many of these searches will have been along the lines of “who the hell is Justin Bieber?” and “how do I send Justin Bieber to North Korea?”.
The search engine said of the singer, who was originally discovered on YouTube and is a popular Twitterer: “The Bieber is an online sensation so it’s fitting he now rules the search engine world too. It’s as though to millions he only exists on the net”.
On the subject of sending Bieber to North Korea, it’s been widely reported this week that pranksters have gatecrashed a “where should Justin play next?” competition set up by the popster’s people, all voting to have the teen star play in North Korea as part of his world tour. With the ‘Axis Of Evil’ hotspot topping the poll as voting closed (with over 650,000 votes), some wondered how Bieber’s management would spin having to reject the whims of his ‘fans’.
However, upon closer inspection, it appears no such climb down will be required, because Bieber-loathers online have, in fact, been spending their time skewing a poll that never had anything to do with the pop star in the first place. It seems there was never any official association between Team Bieber and the site the poll appears on, faxo.com, or, for that matter, even any suggestion by said website that the singer would actually play a show in the winning country.
Other polls on faxo.com allow users of the site to vote for “the best pet”, and there’s no suggestion that said pet will come and lick everyone’s face. Which is probably a good thing, as the current leader is some kind of parrot.
