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  • Zee Music set to scout for new VJ’s

    Zee Music set to scout for new VJ’s

    MUMBAI: Zee Music has announced its VJ hunt– Kkalpes Patel VJ Banega Kya. In search of new faces the channel will conduct audition aspiring VJ’s in Bangalore, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai.

    Through the elimination rounds, sixteen finalists,four from each city will be brought to Mumbai.

    These finalist will host Suniyore, the live-interactive show.And in the process, the viewers will vote in for their choice among these finalists.

    The audition rounds will be held in four of the above cities in India, beginning from 7 February. To ensure that the message get across to the viewers, the auditions has a character Kkalpes Patel. A company release identifies Kkalpes Patel’s sole mission —to distract all participants by his humourous comments and become VJ himself.What is to be seen is who manages to outsmart Kkalpes Patel in the Zee Music VJ Hunt.

    According to the media release, Zee Music business head, Bharat Ranga said, “We want to add a new flavour to the channel by way of introducing new faces. Our two live shows Please Toh Play and Suniyore are extremely popular with viewers. It has made the existing VJs household names across the country. We hope the new VJs will be as well accepted by audiences.”

    The auditions will be telecast on the channel in the coming days. The short listed participants from each city will be brought to Mumbai for a grooming session, post which the finals will be held in Mumbai.

  • Zee Music set to scout for new VJ’s

    Zee Music set to scout for new VJ’s

    MUMBAI: Zee Music has announced its VJ hunt– Kkalpes Patel VJ Banega Kya. In search of new faces the channel will conduct audition aspiring VJ’s in Bangalore, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai.

    Through the elimination rounds, sixteen finalists,four from each city will be brought to Mumbai.

    These finalist will host Suniyore, the live-interactive show.And in the process, the viewers will vote in for their choice among these finalists.

    The audition rounds will be held in four of the above cities in India, beginning from 7 February. To ensure that the message get across to the viewers, the auditions has a character Kkalpes Patel. A company release identifies Kkalpes Patel’s sole mission —to distract all participants by his humourous comments and become VJ himself.What is to be seen is who manages to outsmart Kkalpes Patel in the Zee Music VJ Hunt.

    According to the media release, Zee Music business head, Bharat Ranga said, “We want to add a new flavour to the channel by way of introducing new faces. Our two live shows Please Toh Play and Suniyore are extremely popular with viewers. It has made the existing VJs household names across the country. We hope the new VJs will be as well accepted by audiences.”

    The auditions will be telecast on the channel in the coming days. The short listed participants from each city will be brought to Mumbai for a grooming session, post which the finals will be held in Mumbai.

  • New look, re-launch for B4U Music in store

    New look, re-launch for B4U Music in store

    MUMBAI: Don’t peek, its changing! After a complete management change, B4U Music is poised to start afresh.

    Although the plan is in the process of being firmed up, the Bollywood specialist channel will be repackaging all its shows and launching a VJ hunt, too, soon.

    But the first thing that the programming and production head, for both India and overseas beams, Khalid Sayed is set to tackle is the issue about it’s visibility. “First priority is to see that my channel is been seen. Only when it is being seen, can I zero down on the revamp plans. But yes, within the next six months you will be seeing a brand new channel.”

    Speaking about the channel’s future action plan, Sayed said, “As soon as we are manage to sort out our differences with the cable operators about the distribution and visibility, we will be looking at repackaging the shows.”

    While the team now comprises an all-new executive team, it is likely that IT will do a complete overhaul even where the programming is concerned. That apart, the channel is also contemplating on announcing a talents hunt to search for a brand new VJs for the channel.

    The winners for the UK edition of the channel’s VJ
    hunt, Race 4 The Face, which is a search for two UK presenters (one male and one female for its new UK
    programming), is acting as a platform for these youngsters to showcase their talent in the world of television.

    The channel short-listed Amandeep Kaur and Gurmej Singh Pawar. Both Kaur and Pawar are currently in Mumbai undergoing their presenter training in the B4U in-house studios before they actually start their stint as VJs. Besides formally training them and giving them a stylised look, the channel has hired ace photographer Subi Samuel to shoot their portfolio. “We are planning some localised programming for the new VJs; we will be making some announcement soon,” informed Sayed.

    What has been rather unfortunate is the brain-drain from the channel. A rather daunting task is of setting up the systems all over again. The main grouse may be the visibility, but industry sources indicate that it is lack of quality content that has led to a low demand.

    The new team is currently brainstorming to bring in the new dawn, but whether they will get out of the vicious content-visibility cycle is yet to be seen.

  • Zee Music launches veejay hunt

    Zee Music launches veejay hunt

    MUMBAI: Recruitment is no more a simple matter it seems.

    After MTV made famous its hiring drive by tying in contests with the MTV VJ Hunt and followed it up with the Nickelodeon VJ Hunt, it’s now Zee Music’s turn to search for its veejays among the young and the talented. Not very originally, the venture is also titled the VJ Hunt.

    The ad that is currently appearing on the official Zee website asks for talented youngsters with unaccented Hindi and a flair for chatter. Zee’s veejays have to be Delhi-based, says the ad.

    Zee Music, which has not been high on the popularity stakes among music channels, seems set for a makeover with ETC’s Yogesh Radhakrishnan taking over the reins. It now remains to be seen if the programming too is set for a relaunch.

  • MTV’s VJ hunt culminates in ishtyle in Mumbai

     400 odd wannabe veejays from all over the city and suburbs converged at Mikanos for live auditions arranged by MTV on 10 May.

    The Third MTV VJ Hunt, launched in Mumbai over a month ago, went into overdrive on 8, 9 and 10 May when the MTV VJ Hunter, the channel’s latest mascot, went on the prowl looking for potential veejay talent. From local hangouts to the hippest clubs (Fluid, Fire N Ice, Copa Cabana among them), the hunter in yellow marked his presence among Generation Next.

    The hunt culminated at the audition at the centrally located nightclub on Friday night. Among those who tried their luck were hopefuls from as far as Indore and Chennai.

    The auditions, in true MTV ishytyle, were whacky, with wannabe VJs asked to imitate Laooo Prasad Yadav and MTV VJs, among others. The hunt was followed by a late evening bash at Mikanos.

    Celeb MTV VJs Cyrus Broacha and Mini Mathur were the hosts for the evening. Four of the hopefuls were called on stage to perform. None, however, had the chutpzah of ‘Cyrus the virus’ or the charm of a Maliaka or a Mini.

    Cyrus and Mini were both in form, regaling the audience, while pop diva Sophiya enthralled with her performance. Remo Fernandes, as only he can, had everybody swaying and dancing to his Goan folk songs. DJ Nasha took over around 12 midnight.

    Earlier VJ hunts discovered MTV VJs Maria, Nikhil, Amrita, Mini, Cyrus Sahukar and Asif.