If you watch television, read newspapers, flick through magazines or surf the internet, chances are all these names will be all too familiar.
These are the movers and shakers that have had the water cooler buzzing with discussion. They tantalised both attention and public opinion with their beauty, daring, talent, determination and ability to attract headlines.
As we draw to the end of 2010, let’s take a look at the newsmakers that shaped our year.
A hung parliament is finally won by Julia Gillard and the Labor party
Live television at its very best. The Chilean miners are freed
David Jones is embroiled in a sex scandal the day before its season launch
Tiger Woods comes out of hiding to speak to the world about his infidelity
Hollywood superstar Mel Gibson is accused of abusing his wife Oksana Grigorieva
A case of foot-in-mouth comes over fashion designer Alannah Hill
Alicia Coutts is our golden girl at the Commonwealth Games, taking home five gold medals
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Mark Webber wins four F1 races and finishes third in the drivers’ championship
Jessica Watson, 16, becomes the youngest person to sail around the world
*Packed to the Rafters* catapults gorgeous Jessica Marais to Aussie megastardom in 2010
Packed to the Rafters catapults gorgeous Jessica Marais to Aussie megastardom in 2010
Matt Preston from *MasterChef* wins ‘Best New Talent’ at the Logies
Matt Preston from MasterChef wins ‘Best New Talent’ at the Logies
Rachael Finch becomes an Aussie favourite following her place in the Miss Universe pageant
Nineteen-year-old Samantha Harris has a blockbuster year on the catwalk
Twenty-year-old Wyatt Roy becomes the youngest person elected to federal parliament
Dannii Monogue gives birth, releases a book and is the winning *X Factor* judge
Dannii Monogue gives birth, releases a book and is the winning X Factor judge
Love them or hate them, there is no denying the Kardashians have made it big in 2010
Lady Gaga wins two Grammys, three Brits, five World Music Awards, eight VMAs
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