Viral Video

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#1 YouTube

And the Nominee Is…

Tim Russert calls the primary race for Sen. Barack Obama.

#2 Google

Ghouls on Film

Spooky footage from ghost-hunting missions.

#3 MSN

There Can Be Only One

Tim Russert makes the case for Obama’s clinching the nomination on “Today.”

#4 Yahoo!

Spider Bolognese

The trailer for the hotly anticipated Web movie “Italian Spiderman.”

#5 Veoh

D. Gray-Man

A subtitled episode of the popular anime series.

#6 Break

Joke Bombs

A parody of the ever-popular “bombs in plastic drink container” genre.

Editor's Choice

Simon Cowell smiled. Piers Morgan clapped his hands to the rhythm. And why wouldn’t they? Suleman Mirza had just done a spot-on Michael Jackson-esque dance and was joined by his surprising sidekick, Madhu Singh, who had some stylin’ moves of his own. Morgan reportedly said of the pair’s audition, “I can see them going all the way to the final if they keep that up." It’s hard not to see this duo as the next Paul Potts, but with funk.

*As calculated on a weekly basis by Nielsen//NetRatings. If a video from the top sites is not available, the most popular video from a lower-ranked site is substituted. If a video contains inappropriate content, the most popular video from a lower ranked site is substituted.