MTV VJ Hunt

The MTV VJ Hunt is a search conducted by certain MTV channels in Asia for their respective channels' newest VJs.

Indonesia

Year Winner Year active in MTV Note
2003 Daniel Mananta 2003–2012 Host (Indonesian Idol and Asian Idol)
2004 Evan Sanders 2004–2007 Actor and singer
2005 Alblen Fillindo Fabe 2005–2006 Actor and presenter L A light freepas
2006 Vinna Yuanna 2006–2007
2007 Millane Fernandez [id] 2007–2008 Indonesian actress
2008 Rizky Triyantono 2008–2010 Indonesian presenter
2010 Sarah Jane 2010 Actress
2011 Eliza Sulaiman 2011–2012
2014 Feli Sumayku 2014 - 2015 Indonesian radio announcer.[1]

MTV VJ Hunt Indonesia in 2014 was the last VJ Hunt competition in the country as the MTV license for Indonesia was cut because of economic reasons [2] (albeit MTV Indonesia is closed first in 2012 because of some undisclosed reasons.). In MTV VJ Hunt Indonesia 2011, Haries Argareza (Arga) Harahap was chosen as the runner up and Andra Ziggie got the 3rd place.

Philippines

The MTV VJ Hunt in the Philippines was held every two years, and has produced notable Filipino VJs. During the 2005 MTV VJ Hunt, instead of choosing the standard two winners, four winners were picked for the first time. One winner, Colby Miller became the first Philippine VJ Hunt winner to be hired by MTV Asia. During the whole duration of MTV Philippines, KC Montero became the longest active VJ Hunt winner.

1997

  • Shannen Torres (1997–2000)
  • Jamie Wilson (1997-1998)

1999

2001

2003

  • Patty Laurel (2003–2004)
  • Johan Ekedum (2003)

2005

  • Colby Miller (2005–2007)
  • Nicole Fonacier (2005–2006)
  • Claire Olivar (2005-2006)
  • Don Puno (2005)

2007

  • Kat Alano (2007-2009)
  • Andi Manzano (2007–2009)
  • Sib Sibulo (2007–2009)

Vietnam

The first season of the search for a VJ on MTV Vietnam begins from July 15, 2012. Utt Panichkul (from MTV Asia) and former model Thúy Hạnh (from Vietnam) are the permanent judging members. They are joined hands by Holly Grabarek (MTV Asia), Thanh Bạch, music producer Huy Tuấn, Nguyễn Hải Phong, actress Ngọc Hiệp, actress Lê Khánh, and fashion designer Công Trí throughout 12 weeks.[3]

References

  1. ^ Jessica (2015-02-02). "Feli Sumayku, Jawara MTV VJ Hunt 2014 » Hard Rock FM". Hard Rock FM. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  2. ^ "MTV Indonesia Telah Resmi Berhenti Tayang". Creative Disc. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  3. ^ "Kênh truyền hình MTV tìm kiếm VJ". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2020-05-29.