Yeah, CDTV did their annual poll again. XD Ayu placed #5. She dropped two places since last year. I will be putting her previous rankings from previous years after the ranking itself.
1. YUI
2. Mochida Kaori [from ELT]
3. Otsuka Ai
4. Ishikawa Rika
5. Hamasaki Ayumi
6. Takahashi Ai [from Morning Musume]
7. Abe Natsumi [she topped the poll like 6 times in a row previously]
8. Amuro Namie
9. Yoshizara Hitomi
10. Kumi Koda
11. Tanaka Reina [from Morning Musume]
12. hiroko [from mihimaru GT]
13. BoA
14. Kamei Eri [from Morning Musume]
15. ayaka
16. Kawashima Ai
17. Aragaki Yui
18. Niigaki Risa [from Morning Musume]
19. aiko
20. Nakagawa Shoko
Ayu's previous rankings:
July 2007 - #3
Feb 2007 - #3
July 2006 - ?
Feb 2006 - ?
July 2005 - #3
Feb 2005 - #2
July 2004 - #1
Feb 2004 - #3
July 2003 - #3
Feb 2003 - ?
July 2002 - #2
Feb 2002 - #2
July 2001 - #3
Feb 2001 - #1
July 2000 - #1
Feb 2000 - #1
Sep 1999 - #4
Jan 1999 - #3
Source for the video for 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejmaQtqX7U
Source for the past rankings:
http://www10.plala.or.jp/puusan/etc/sp2/koibito_w.htm