RUSSELL TOVEY - No.283

Britain's top 50 most eligible bachelors uncovered

The West Australian June 15, 2009

This year's list was the first to be compiled by an all-celebrity panel, comprising White, Flack, previous Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry, author Katy Regan and TV presenters Dawn Porter and Zoe Salmon.

You will find Russell Tovey and other gay men on this list. At the time in 2009 these men were available for partners. The list didn't stipulate which kind of partnerships.

Top 50:

1 Prince Harry - 24, from London.

2 George Lamb - 29, from Dundee, Scotland son of Eastenders actor Larry Lamb.

3 Robert Pattinson - 23, from Barnes, a Hollywood heart-throb starred in vampire film Twilight.

4 Noel Fielding - 35, from London

5 Paul Sculfor - 39, from Upminster, Essex

6 Ed Westwick - 21, from Stevenage

7 Guy Ritchie - 40, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire

8 Jack Penate - 24, from Lewisham, London

9 Sam Branson - 24, from London

10 Jamie Dornan - 26, from Belfast, Northern Ireland

11 Colin Murray - 32, from Belfast

12 Jack Osbourne - 23, from London son of Ozzy and Sharon

13 Henry Cavill - 26, from Jersey

14 Luke Pritchard - 24, from Worthing

15 David Bentley - 24, from Peterborough

16 Wentworth Miller - 36, born in Chipping Norton

17 Edie Redmayne - 27, London

18 Dizzee Rascal - 23, East London

19 Simon Cowell - 49, London

20 Rick Edwards 29, Portsmouth

21 Nicholas Hoult - 19, from Wokingham, Buckinghamshire

22 Stuart Broad - 22, from Nottingham

23 Paolo Nutini - 22, from Paisley in Scotland

24 Adam O'Riordan - 26, from Manchester.

25 Russell Brand - 33, from Essex

26 Matt Smith - 26, from Northampton,

27 Johnny Borrell - 29, from Hampstead, London

28 Jack Whitehall - 20, London

29 Russell Tovey - 28, from Essex. Russell starred in The History Boys, Little Dorrit, Doctor Who and Being Human.

30 Steve Jones - 31, from Rhondda, Wales

31 Alex Zane - 30, Leeds

32 Euan Blair - 25, London

33 Tom Payne - 26, Essex

34 Danny Jones - 23, Bolton

35 Alex Pettyfer - 19, from Hertfordshire,

36 Ben Barnes - 27, from London

37 Sam Riley - 29, from Leeds

38 Matthew Horne - 30, from Nottingham. Shot to fame as Gavin in Gavin & Stacey.

39 Tom Sturridge - 23, from London

40 Rhys Ifans - 40, from Pembrokeshire.

41 Matt Di Angelo - 22, from London

42 Jack Madeley - 22, from Manchester

43 Greg Jones - 22, Tunbridge Wells

44 Matt Grant - 27, a global financier from London.

45 Simon Webbe - 30, from Manchester

46 Jenson Button - 29, from Somerset

47 Dev Patel - 19, from Harrow

48 David Walliams - 37, from Surrey

49 Tim Lovejoy - 41, London

50 Jude Law - 36, from Lewisham, London