Wanna Be a VJ was a show and contest on MTV. 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 via telephone and internet. The winner was awarded $25,000 and a one-year contract to be a Veejay on Total Request Live. It is one of the first examples of electronic democracy in the United States. All three events were hosted by Carson Daly.
Read more about Wanna Be A VJ: Wanna Be A VJ (1998), Wanna Be A VJ Too (1999), Wanna Be A VJ 3 (2000)
Famous quotes containing the word wanna:
“And you’re too fired up to go to sleep, you sit at the kitchen table. It’s really late, it’s really quiet, you’re tired. Don’t wanna go to bed, though. Going to bed means this was the day. This Feb. 12, this Aug. 3, this Nov. 20 is over and you’re tired and you made some money but it didn’t happen, nothing happened. You got through it and a whole day of your life is over. And all it is—is time to go to bed.”
—Claudia Shear, U.S. author. New York Times, p. A21 (September 29, 1993)