• Music
  • 24 Jan 02

Hot Press Readers' Poll 2002: Loves and Loathes

Hot Press Readers' Poll 2002: Loves and Loathes
A Various
A Various

And the winners are...

LOVE OF THE YEAR

1 U2 at Slane

2 The Irish football team

3 Andrea Corr

4 Gráinne Seoige

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5 hotpress

FILM

1 Lord Of The Rings

2 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

3 Amélie

4 Harry Potter

5 Moulin Rouge

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VIDEO

1 U2: ‘Elevation’

2 The Strokes: ‘Last Nite’

3 The Corrs: ‘Would You Be Happier’

4 Destiny’s Child: ‘Survivor’

5 The Avalanches: ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’

TV PROGRAMME

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1 Bachelors Walk

2 The Sopranos

3 No Disco

4 The Premiership (RTE)

5 The Simpsons

RADIO DJ

1 Tom Dunne

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2 Dave Fanning

3 Donal Dineen

4 Gerry Ryan

5 Ian Dempsey / John Kelly

LOATHE OF THE YEAR

1 Osama Bin Laden

2 George W Bush

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3 Britney Spears

4 Westlife

5 Liam Lawlor

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