MUMBAI: Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan have first time made to the top 5 of the Characters Youth Loves (CYL) study of Ormax Media.

While Bachchan, thanks to Kaun Banega Crorepati, climbed to No. 2, Khan (Bigg Boss 5) jumped to No. 3 position in the list.

MTV VJ Rannvijay has, however, retained his numero uno position as the most popular character amongst youth. But Raghu (MTV Roadies) has moved down to the No. 4 position from No. 2 in the last track.

Hrithik Roshan (Just Dance) continues to be at the No. 5 position.

The track was conducted during September-November this year. CYL is a quarterly study done to track the favourite reality show characters (contestants, hosts and judges) among the youth, along with reasons for preference.

The study was conducted among 1,120 male and female respondents, 15-24 years, SEC AB, across four cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow and Bhopal.