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Girls Aloud top reality TV rich list

Group are worth a whopping £25million

Girls Aloud are the most successful reality TV act, according to new research.

The group, formed on Popstars: The Rivals, topped Current TV’s Reality Rich List, having earned more than £25million in just seven years.

Original Pop Idol winner Will Young comes in second place with a value of £12.5million.

'The Reality Rich List proves that, for a select few, the genre really is a source of both fame and fortune,’ says Current TV’s James Du Bern.

‘It's amazing how financially lucrative a relatively short stint on TV can become.'

Leona Lewis, 24, the late Jade Goody, 27, and Myleene Klass, 31, round off the top five. 

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The Reality Rich List top 20:

1 GIRLS ALOUD (£25m) Popstars: The Rivals

2 WILL YOUNG (£12.5m) Pop Idol

3 LEONA LEWIS (£10m) The X Factor

4 JADE GOODY (£8m) Big Brother

5 MYLEENE KLASS (£7.5m) Popstars

6 GARETH GATES (£6.5m) Pop Idol

7 PAUL POTTS (£5m) Britain’s Got Talent

8 CRAIG PHILLIPS (£5m) Big Brother

9 LEMAR (£4m) Fame Academy

10 JANE MCDONALD (£3.5m) The Cruise

11 LIBERTY X (£3m) Popstars

12 BRIAN DOWLING (£2.5m) Big Brother

13 BEN FOGLE (£2m) Castaway

14 KYM MARSH (£1.8m) Popstars

15 SUZANNE SHAW (£1.4m) Popstars

16 ABIGAIL CLANCY (£1.25m) Next Top Model

17 CHARLOTTE HOBROUGH (£1.2m) Survivor

18 CHANTELLE HOUGHTON (£1m) Big Brother

19 JONNY GIBB (£1m) Survivor

20 DARIUS DANESH (£900k) Popstars