Wanna Be a VJ was a show and contest on MTV in the United States. Contestants were selected from the crowd around MTV's Times Square office, and narrowed down via challenges testing the applicants' music knowledge and personality. Once narrowed down to six contestants, viewers were allowed to vote for contestants by telephone and on the Internet. The winner was awarded $25,000 and a one-year contract to be a veejay on Total Request Live. All three events were hosted by Carson Daly.
In the first Wanna Be a VJ contest Jesse Camp beat Dave Holmes. Holmes ended up hosting various shows on MTV until 2001.
Camp's unexpected victory caused many viewers to suspect foul play. The Village Voice ran an article in which a source, identified only by his online handle "UglyPig", claimed to have hacked the voting site, allowing him to vote more than 3,000 times.[1]
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The second Wanna Be a VJ contest was won by 21-year-old Thalia DaCosta, from Sunrise, Florida.
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The third Wanna Be a VJ contest was won by Ray Munns.
Munns went on to defend his job five times on a live show entitled TRL Presents: VJ for a Day, where he and the contestants introduced the eleven through fifteen videos of TRL. Ray was the first ever half-Korean VJ (he is also a quarter-Irish and a quarter-English) and was the first contest winner to stay longer than a year at MTV.
The runner up, Shannon Wiseman of Dallas, North Carolina, became a co-host for UPN's Atlanta Tonight in 2004 and the host of NASCAR.COM's Post-Race Show in 2005.
wanna, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2017, learn, w. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Wanna Be a VJ news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Wanna Be a VJ was a show and contest on MTV in the United States Contestants were selected from the crowd around MTV s Times Square office and narrowed down via challenges testing the applicants music knowledge and personality Once narrowed down to six contestants viewers were allowed to vote for contestants by telephone and on the Internet The winner was awarded 25 000 and a one year contract to be a veejay on Total Request Live All three events were hosted by Carson Daly Wanna Be a VJGenreReality televisionStarringJesse Camp Dave Holmes Ray MunnsCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishOriginal releaseNetworkMTVRelease1998 1998 2000 2000 Contents 1 Wanna Be a VJ 1998 2 Wanna Be a VJ Too 1999 3 Wanna Be a VJ 3 2000 4 References 5 External linksWanna Be a VJ 1998 editIn the first Wanna Be a VJ contest Jesse Camp beat Dave Holmes Holmes ended up hosting various shows on MTV until 2001 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Wanna Be a VJ news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Camp s unexpected victory caused many viewers to suspect foul play The Village Voice ran an article in which a source identified only by his online handle UglyPig claimed to have hacked the voting site allowing him to vote more than 3 000 times 1 Wanna Be a VJ Too 1999 editThe second Wanna Be a VJ contest was won by 21 year old Thalia DaCosta from Sunrise Florida Wanna Be a VJ 3 2000 editThe third Wanna Be a VJ contest was won by Ray Munns Munns went on to defend his job five times on a live show entitled TRL Presents VJ for a Day where he and the contestants introduced the eleven through fifteen videos of TRL Ray was the first ever half Korean VJ he is also a quarter Irish and a quarter English and was the first contest winner to stay longer than a year at MTV The runner up Shannon Wiseman of Dallas North Carolina became a co host for UPN s Atlanta Tonight in 2004 and the host of NASCAR COM s Post Race Show in 2005 References edit MTV Contest Hacked The Village Voice May 5 1998External links editWanna Be a VJ at IMDb I Want My Camp TV Salon com May 8 1998 nbsp This article relating to reality television in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wanna Be a VJ amp oldid 1174088273, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
