2010's best guest appearances

Bon Iver on Kanye's Lost In The World

It might be quicker to compile a list of people who didn't feature on Kanye's epic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Mike Oldfield, Rick Ross, Gil Scott-Heron, Aphex Twin etc) but Justin Vernon's cameo is a bit special.

Gillian Anderson as Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart

Logan Mountstuart (Matthew Macfayden) crossed paths with Gillian Anderson's Wallis Simpson (brilliantly partnered by Tom Hollander as the paranoid Duke Of Windsor). An exile on a royal streak, she floated from Portugal to the Bahamas like a swan carved in ice, until Logan was crossed off their party list with a hissed "JUDAS!" straight to camera.

Prince Jamming at Gayngs' Last Prom On Earth

Fair play to Mr Love Symbol #2 for his contribution to one of Gayngs' explosive Last Prom On Earth live shows. Well, almost. The Minneapolis indie group launched their brilliant soft rock debut Relayted with a show at one of Prince's old haunts First Avenue. Old Purple strapped on a Strat and waited in the wings to join the band. Unfortunately, the logistics of having 94 people on stage meant he never got any further … Good enough for us, though.

Mark E Smith on Gorillaz's Glitter Freeze

All together now ... "Where's north from EEEEERE?" The Fall's Mark E Smith was cajoled out of his titanium bunker by Damon and Jamie's cartoon band to record the best three seconds of Plastic Beach (and a new calling card for expat Mancunians).

Jack Black in Community

As Buddy – a newbie who muscles his way into the study group – Jack Black played his guest spot on the brilliant Community as the most annoying version of "Jack Black" ever, accidentally kicking Jeff in the face before ditching them all to hang with Owen Wilson.

Paul Krugman in Get Him To The Greek

Nobel prize-winning economist? Influential thinker and columnist? Tired of having an entirely upstanding reputation? Well why not turn up for 30 seconds in a derivative Judd Apatow schlubcom? Kudos denied!

Justin Timberlake in The Social Network

Not so much a guest as a supporting actor, but we had to fit him in somewhere. Amazing as Napster founder Sean Parker, channelling equal parts R&B smoothie and corporate snake.

Liza Minnelli in Sex and the City 2

If anything can truly sum up the horror of SATC2 it's the moment where a visibly ailing Minnelli turns up in Cabaret gear to do her version of Beyoncé's Single Ladies for Kim Cattrall.

See also …

Rick Springfield as "Rick Springfield" in Californication; James Franco and his forbidden love for Keiko (er, a Japanese body pillow) in 30 Rock; Danny Trejo swapping machetes for mops as the school janitor in Modern Family; Don Johnson as Kenny Powers's shady long-lost dad in Eastbound & Down; and Henry Rollins as an intense white supremacist in Sons Of Anarchy.

The mega list of lists – AKA all the other stuff we didn't have room for

"Sheriffs who've lost their hats" plotlines

Justified; The Walking Dead; Woody in Toy Story 3

Most pointless use of 3D TV

Ryder Cup footage of Tiger Woods's umbrella; Noel Edmonds's face in Are You Smarter Than A 10-Year Old.

Number ones we've forgotten

Roll Deep (x2); Jason Derulo; whatever that Olly Murs song was

Things we wish were real

The Street Countdown club in The IT Crowd; Super Hans's band Man Feelings

Hallucinations of the year

Liz Lemon's exes in the dentist in 30 Rock; Jack dancing with Vera's ghost in Corrie.

Films we didn't understand

Shutter Island; Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives; Enter The Void.

See you later

Lost; 24; Ashes To Ashes; Big Brother; Friday Night With Jonathan Ross; GMTV