YEAR IN REVIEW - Top Searches of 2006

TOP ENTERTAINMENT SEARCHES

Britney Spears (James Devaney/WireImage.com)

Messy splits, reality hits, and celebrity hissy-fits piqued the curiosity of Canadians, sending them to the Web to keep up to date on the latest entertainment news and gossip.

Ed McMahon, eat your heart out! Talent-hunting reality shows like the Idol franchises, Rock Star: Supernova, and America's Next Top Model led entertainment searches as Canadians vicariously lived out their 15 seconds of fame online.

Think blondes have more fun? So does the rest of the country - Canadians surfed to get the dish on Hollywood's fave fair-haired beauties: the recently-divorced Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears, the newly-wed (and now newly-divorced) Pamela Anderson and ... wait for it ... Paris.

Top Overall Entertainment Searches:
1. American Idol
2. Rock Star: Supernova
3. Days of Our Lives
4. Jessica Simpson
5. Oprah
6. Canadian Idol
7. Britney Spears
8. Pamela Anderson
9. America's Next Top Model
10. Paris Hilton

Top 10 Celeb Searches:
1. Jessica Simpson
2. Oprah
3. Tiger Woods wife
4. Britney Spears
5. Pamela Anderson
6. Paris Hilton
7. Jessica Alba
8. Dog the Bounty Hunter
9. Lindsay Lohan
10. Martha Stewart

Top Canadian Entertainment Searches:
1. Canadian Idol
2. Pamela Anderson
3. Canada's Next Top Model
4. Avril Lavigne
5. Nelly Furtado
6. Shania Twain
7. Loft Story
8. Simple Plan
9. Lukas Rossi
10. Rachel McAdams

Top 10 TV Show Searches:
1. American Idol
2. Rock Star: Supernova
3. Days of Our Lives
4. Canadian Idol
5. America's Next Top Model
6. Coronation Street
7. Lost
8. Deal or No Deal
9. Grey's Anatomy
10. Survivor

Top 10 Movie Searches:
1. Harry Potter
2. Superman Returns
3. Star Wars
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. Da Vinci Code
6. Spiderman 3
7. Saw III
8. Pirates of the Caribbean
9. V for Vendetta
10. Ice Age 2

Top 10 Music Searches:
1. Eminem
2. Shakira
3. Sean Paul
4. 50 Cent
5. Black Eyed Peas
6. Pussycat Dolls
7. Rihanna
8. Green Day
9. Nickleback
10. Mariah Carey