Actor Jake Wood is named the UK's top 'weird crush'

Actor beat off Jon Richardson and Ed Sheeran

Published 9th Feb 2016

Eastenders' star Jake Wood topped a public poll for the UK's weirdest crush.

The actor, known for playing Max Branning in the soap, beat off comedian Jon Richardson and musician Ed Sheeran to reach the top spot.

The rest of the list includes:

Jon Richardson (non-mover) Ed Sheeran (up 2) Richard Ayoade (up 3) Greg Davies (up 5) Jeff Hordley (new entry) Dom Parker (new entry) Richard Osman (down 5) Ty Burrell (new entry) Himesh Patel aka Tamwar Masood from EastEnders (new entry)

The actor has won the title for a second year in a row. Here are the previous winners:

2010 – Karl Pilkington 2011 – Richard Osman 2012 – no poll 2013 – Russell Howard 2014 – Matt Richardson 2015 – Jake Wood 2016 – Jake Wood

The full top 25 Weird Crush list appears in this week’s heat magazine, on sale Tuesday, visit www.heatworld.com for more.