Most irritating advert? This one is beyond compare... but the ones featuring Iggy Pop and Johnny Rotten are also up there

 

 

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 10:02 AM on 18th January 2010

 

 

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An Italian opera singer with a comedy moustache selling car insurance has topped a poll to find last year's most irritating advertisement.

The advert, for the gocompare website, was closely followed by Cash4Gold trying to persuade recession-hit families to sell their jewellery for cash.

The top 20, compiled by Marketing magazine, also features singer Iggy Pop selling insurance for Swiftcover - which admits it does not insure musicians - and former Sex Pistol John Lydon plugging Country Life butter.

 

Annoying: The gocompare car insurance advert topped the 'most irritating' poll

 

 

Crumbs: Former Sex Pistol John Lydon's butter advert also grated

 

A spokesman for Marketing said: 'It was a vintage year for irritating ads.

'The end of Kerry Katona's contract with Iceland did remove one regular fixture from the annual list but a host of other brands has joined the fray.'

 

 

 

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However, Nicholas Hall, head of marketing at gocompare.com, said: 'I'd say the campaign has performed exactly as we'd hoped so far.

 

You can't please all the people all of the time.'

Meanwhile, the magazine reports a Halifax bank advertisement set in an imaginary radio station is already among the most cringeworthy of 2010.

The Royal Navy one drives me up the walls, I actually have to turn the TV over when I see it.

Activia ! :veryangry2:

A Belgian yoghurt with an annoying music-tune !

Is Sheila's Wheels still on?

 

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^I believe it was banned for "promoting sexual stereotypes".:rolleyes:

I remember reading about THIS advert being the most complained about advert in UK history:

 

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Fucking ridiculous.

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Nothing beats Shamwow.

I'll take the Shamwow guy anyday over this...

 

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:stunned:

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In the most recent commercial she's dressed in a chicken suit. :uhoh:

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how can a baby be that irritating?

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Local car dealer commercials are defiantly the worst. :veryangry2::veryangry2:

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