Benedict Cumberbatch beats Barack Obama and Lady Gaga in Time magazine 100 poll The Sherlock star won’t make the US news magazine’s people of the year list but came a respectable seventh (RADIO TIMES)

BY Paul Jones
12:55 PM, 07 April 2012

At the end of last month we reported that Benedict Cumberbatch was in the running to claim the final spot in Time magazine’s prestigious 100 List.

The Sherlock star was among more than 150 people nominated in an online poll to join the 99 others chosen by Time’s editors on a roll of the “leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes” of 2011.

The voting is now closed and although Cumberbatch didn’t win, he came a very respectable seventh, beating famous names ranging from Barack Obama to Lady Gaga, David Cameron to Adele, Aung San Suu Kyi to Rihanna.

Cumberbatch received a total 91,840 “Yes” votes in the poll, which was won by internet hacking group Anonymous.


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Benedict Cumberbatch: Fans can vote for the star to make the prestigious roll of “leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes” in Time Magazine(RADIO TIMES)

Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch shortlisted for Time magazine’s 100 list

Paul Jones
8:05 AM, 30 March 2012

Benedict Cumberbatch is among the movers and shakers nominated for inclusion in Time’s prestigious 100 list this year. The Sherlock star is one of the “leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes” named in a poll on the US news magazine’s website.

Users can vote for Cumberbatch, or any of the other candidates, on the site, with the highest-rated nominee joining the ranks of key players from around the world, the other 99 of which are chosen by Time’s editors.

VOTE HERE - BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

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