Here we go! The Top 10 Sexiest Women On TV 2010. Please check out part 1, 2 and 3 if you haven't done so already, but here's the final ten for those who have...
She's dropped five places this year because, well, the days of the cheerleader costume are long gone on Heroes, but Hayden Panettiere's still cute as a button and season 4 titillated us with a lesbian kiss -- even if the show just didn't have the maturity to take Claire's sexuality anywhere interesting. Still, Hayden's a diminutive, curvy treat for the eyes. And here she is on a shoot for Self magazine:
A slight drop two places, as Tricia Helfer's status as the statuesque bombshell on Battlestar Galactica kind of got forgotten about in the final season (not least because of an on-screen pregnancy), but she fought back with a guest spot on Chuck as a super-spy who got to wear a rubber police uniform for a pole/lapdance sequence. It wasn't really as hot as you're perhaps imagining (Chuck's a family show), but how can you not find your heart skipping a beat when scenes like that happen? Anyway, here she is posing for an issue of Maxim magazine, with BSG co-star Grace Park:
Quite a tumble down the chart from 4 to 8, once again because Ali Larter's role on Heroes was significantly reduced and, beyond a few near-naked shots the writers threw fans of hers, there wasn't too much to get hot-under-the-collar about in season 3 or 4 of the superhero drama.
Our first new entry in the Top 10 is former-Firefly babe Morena Baccarin, who's now playing the lead sexy alien in the remake of V. In a grey suit and pixie haircut, Morena's elfin goodlooks and svelte physique are certainly enough to charm most men into alien servitude. Here's a quick video of Morena, with V co-stars Elizabeth Mitchell and Scott Wolf, behind-the-scenes for a TV Guide shoot:
Yet another victim of a drop down the chart, Summer Glau falls four places to land at #6, primarily because the final seasons of both Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse didn't do much to promote Summer's sexuality. Still, she's always very cute and her role as an egghead on Dollhouse was sweetly done, which ensured she didn't slip put of the Top 10 this year. Here's Summer on a photoshoot with GQ magazine last year:
Our second new entry for 2010, Eliza Dushku's lead role on Dollhouse was perfect the perfect way to tease audiences with a variety of saucy outfits and her appearance in a tastefully nude advertising campaign. Considering the show's parallels to a high-tech brothel, it was no surprise to see the writers find ways to put Eliza in knee-high socks, short skirts and dominatrix leather every other week. Last year Eliza posed for Maxim as their March covergirl, so why not take a look behind-the-scenes:
Unarguably the most successful new entrant, if only because India de Beaufort's placing is based entirely on six appearances in comedy dud Krod Mandoon & The Flaming Sword Of Fire. Maybe it's adolescent memories of Xena at play here, but there's just something about longhaired girls in medieval garb showing plenty of thigh. India played a promiscuous, feisty warrioress in this short-lived series, and her fun attitude and beaming smiles were its only highlight. And yes, after the pagan striptease sequence below, I'm not surprised she became a few people's favourite pinup.
I haven't seen much of Smallville, where Laura Vandervoort played the leggy Supergirl for awhile, otherwise she'd have been a veteran of SWOT by now. Thankfully, she's now playing a sweet alien teen in V, who's designed to be every randy teenage boy's fantasy girl come true. It's a job well done. The fact her character's actually a gross green lizard underneath that flesh? Ignorance is bliss. Anyway, here's a rather good video montage someone put together of Laura, set to Beyonce's "Halo":
The highest new entry this year is the best thing the Cassidt family Cassidy ever did; create the stunning beauty that is actor/singer David Cassidy's daughter, Katie Cassidy -- best known to me thanks to her role as the plucky bride in Harper's Island, but also now playing a bitch on Melrose Place. Basically, imagine a healthier-looking Megan Fox without the ugly tattoos, who can actually act. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Katie's shoot for Saturday Night Magazine last year:
Predictable? Yeah, maybe. For the second year running Yvonne Strahovski is still my #1, although there are worrying signs she might not be next year. Don't get me wrong, I still think she's dazzlingly cute and a genuinely pleasant and humble person in real life, too, but her character on Chuck's beginning to grow tiresome. A lot of that is because Yvonne's rarely allowed to smile -- instead, her character's usually required to look pensive, upset or moody. And that's a shame, because whenever Yvonne's gets to play sexy, playful and funloving, you're in for a good time watching her. Still, her regular sexy scenes and variety of revealing dresses/costumes are still a source of delight for "Strahotski" admirers, which is great. But I do wish they'd just let her have some fun on the show. Anyway, she's still wonderful, and fans are still making funky video montages of her like the one below:
