For the first time, two television channels with diverse programming, came together to promote the social cause of AIDS awareness. MTV VJs Ramona, Sophie and Ranvir were on the sets of Challenge 2005 to spread the word on World Aids Day. They co – hosted a segment of the episode with Shaan.
Inturn, Challenge 2005 contestants will perform at the MTV Music summit to be held in Mumbai on November 12.
Watch the VJs in action in Challenge 2005 on Zee TV on Friday, November 11 at 10 pm.
MUMBAI: MTV India will bid farewell to 2002 with a rundown of the year’s greatest musical hits from all genres of music on MTV Top 100 Videos .
The show hosted by popular RJs Aditya, Anusha, Sophia, Ramona, Vivan, Shenaz and Nikhil will treat music lovers to music ranging from Enrique’s Escape, to Shakira’s Whenever, Elvis v/s JXL A Little Less Conversation, Shaan’s Nikamma, Euphoria’s Aana Tu Meri Galli, Adnan’s Tera Chehra to Instant Karma’s Aaja Piya and the latest Kaliyon Ka Chaman, to name a few .
Sponsored by Hero Honda the show has been shot around exotic locales of Sri Lanka, states a press release.
The channel has also announced a contest, which requires music enthusiasts to log on to www.mtvindia.com and rank three tracks, which according to them ruled the charts this year. The winner whose guess turns out to be right, will win fabulous prizes, adds the release.
The show airs till 27 December and then from 30 December to 3 January 2003 at 11:00 am. The repeats will air in a two five-hour special format on 4 January 2003 at 1:00 pm and 5 January at 9:00 am, respectively.
Also, as an year end extravaganza, MTV Style Check’s spicy special which profiles the best dressed actors and actresses in Bollywood will unveil the biggest fashion faux pas on 25 December 2002. The vignette airs three times daily.
After three months the curtains finally fell on MTV’s third VJ Hunt last night in Mumbai. It was an action packed night at Mikano’s in Worli Naka and for the final five who were crowned VJs – Anusha, Aditya, Sophiya, Vivan, Ramona – it was a time to let it all hang loose and party.
Proceedings to choose five VJ’s were conducted within a squared circle made up like a boxing ring. The idea was to give the VJs who appeared on the stage in pairings of two a chance to verbally spar against each other.
All smiles are MTV India’s new VJs (from left) Aditya, Ramona, Anusha, Sophiya and Vivan.
The 14 finalists were introduced through video clips showing them hosting the various shows on the channel from 24-30 June like Loveline, talking a bit about themselves and snippets of them chilling out on the beach in Goa. The introductions were interspersed with performances by Anamika who was accompanied with a dance troupe, Indipop singer Shaan and Pakistani singer Adnam Sami.
The channel chose the finalists from 12,000 entries, which were received not just from the metro cities but also from small towns. Fans could vote online on indiatimes.com, on air and for the first time they could send SMS messages on 688 indicating their VJ preference. Newly crowned VJs Anusha, Aditya, Sophiya, Vivan and Ramona were duly “christened” by having their faces smeared with cream pie.
The programme will air on the channel before the end of the month.