Just like Bing and Yahoo!, Google has released its lists of the world’s most searched people, songs, films, shows and news of 2012. Surprisingly, three Brazilian telenovelas and their version of Big Brother made the list of trending TV Shows.

See the lists below and check out the video.

Overall Searches

1.  Whitney Houston
2.  Gangnam Style
3.  Hurricane Sandy
4.  iPad 3
5.  Diablo 3
6.  Kate Middleton
7.  Olympics 2012
8.  Amanda Todd
9.  Michael Clarke Duncan
10.  BBB12

Images

1.  One Direction
2.  Selena Gomez
3.  iPhone 5
4.  Megan Fox
5.  Rihanna
6.  Justin Bieber
7.  Harry Styles
8.  Minecraft
9.  Nicki Minaj
10.  Katy Perry

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<b>Events

1.  Hurricane Sandy
2.  Kate Middleton Pictures Released
3.  Olympics 2012
4.  SOPA Debate
5.  Costa Concordia crash
6.  Presidential Debate
7.  Stratosphere Jump
8.  Penn State Scandal
9.  Trayvon Martin shooting
10.    Pussy Riots

People

1.  Whitney Houston
2.  Kate Middleton
3.  Amanda Todd
4.  Michael Clarke Duncan
5.  One Direction
6.  Felix Baumgartner
7.  Jeremy Lin
8.  Morgan Freeman
9.  Joseph Kony
10.  Donna Summer

Feature Films

1.  The Hunger Games
2.  Skyfall
3.  Prometheus
4.  The Avengers
5.  Magic Mike
6.  John Carter
7.  Ek Tha Tiger
8.  Paranormal Activity 4
9.  Taken 2
10.  Dark Shadows

TV Shows

1.  BBB12
2.  Avenida Brasil
3.  Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
4.  The Voice
5.  American Idol
6.  Game of Thrones
7.  Homeland
8.  Revenge
9.  Cheias de Charme
10.  Carrossel

Performing Artists

1.  Whitney Houston
2.  Michael Clarke Duncan
3.  One Direction
4.  Donna Summer
5.  Lana Del Ray
6.  Carolina Dieckmann
7.  Dirk Bach
8.  Carly Rae Jepsen
9.  Michel Telo
10.  LMFAO

See additional lists here. Specific countries’ searches can also be seen.

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