Tom Daley Named Hottest Hunk of 2013!

Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley has been voted the hottest hunk of 2013 by readers of heat Magazine!

The 18-year-old heartthrob, who currently stars as a mentor in ITV talent show Splash!, triumphed ahead of US actor Channing Tatum in second place and last year’s number one David Beckham who slipped to three.

Ever modest, Tom commented: “It’s surreal because I just do diving because I love doing it. For people to vote for me like this is great and I want to say a big thank you to everyone who voted.

“I don’t think of myself as a hunk. I just think of myself as a normal person who still goes to school, who still has to train 30 hours a week and who just gets on with life!”

Incredibly Tom received nearly three times as many reader votes as fifth placed Ryan Gosling who narrowly missed out on the top spot last year.

!heat Magazine editor-in-chief Lucie Cave said: “I'm delighted that the official hottest man on planet earth is not only British but also wears Speedos for a living. heat readers have once again shown that they have faultless taste.”

Harry Styles is the highest placed One Direction star on heat’s countdown at number six ahead of Zayn Malik who is in eighth place.

Louis Tomlinson is at 14 on the list but sadly Niall Horan and Liam Payne both failed to crack into the top 101.

Other pop stars that made the cut include Olly Murs (9), Gary Barlow (11), Justin Bieber (19), James Arthur (22), JLS’s Aston Merrygold (62) and Marvin Humes (62), Westlife’s Nicky Byrne (15), The Wanted’s Max George (81) and McFly’s Dougie Poynter (20) and Harry Judd (25).

CLICK HERE to see photo highlights of the hottest hunks countdown.

The top 10 hottest hunks of 2013:

1. Tom Daley (NEW ENTRY) 2. Channing Tatum (40 LAST YEAR, +38 PLACES) 3. David Beckham (1 LAST YEAR, -2 PLACES) 4. Zac Efron (10 LAST YEAR, +6 PLACES) 5. Ryan Gosling (2 LAST YEAR, -3 PLACES) 6. Harry Styles (18 LAST YEAR, +12 PLACES) 7. Taylor Lautner (17 LAST YEAR, +10 PLACES) 8. Zayn Malik (51 LAST YEAR, +43 PLACES) 9. Olly Murs (22 LAST YEAR, +13 PLACES) 10. Johnny Depp (8 LAST YEAR, -2 PLACES)

The full list of heat’s 101 Hottest Hunks can be found by visiting www.heatworld.com or in this week’s heat magazine, on sale now.