FINALLY, WINNER OF THE MTV VJ SEARCH EMERGES!

After a nail-biting two month nationwide search,
23 year old Olayinka Oladiran from Abeokuta
was finally revealed as the winner of the 2016
MTV Base VJ Search – Nigeria on MTV Base
(DStv channel 322) on Friday 23 September.
Four finalists from all over the country slugged
it out for the top slot during the televised grand
final in front of Viacom executives Alex Okosi
and Katung Aduwak, as well as famous faces
from the entertainment industry including Olisa
Adibua, Vector Tha Viper, Ikechukwu, Niniola,
among many others
Olayinka Oladiran beat fellow finalists Tomiwa
Olorunfemi (23), Tochukwu Onwubiko (21) and
19 year-old twins, Grace and Glory Danbaki
after competing with thousands of hopefuls in
Lagos, Enugu and Abuja plus online and social
media applicants. While all the competitors
brought their “A-Games” to the finale, K’Ola
outstripped the competition thanks to her
bubbly personality, relaxed stage presence, and
the ability to relate to the audience.
The other finalists also went home with
contracts and will be representing MTV Base as
VJs on new shows coming to the channel.
Speaking about the victory, Alex Okosi , Senior
Vice President & Managing Director, Viacom
International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa ,
commented, “Congratulations to K’Ola, who
really has shown the rare combination of
qualities we look for in an MTV Base VJ. We
are so excited to welcome K’Ola to our MTV
Base and VIMN Africa family and look forward
to seeing her on screen on MTV Base in the
coming weeks. The finalists were so strong
and amazing this year that we plan on
contracting all of them to represent the brand
as VJs”
K’Ola who could not contain her excitement
after being named as the latest MTV Base VJ
commented, “I feel very blessed by this
experience and I’ve learnt that any dream that
is worth having is worth pursuing.”
Olayinka Oladiran will now join Ehiz Okoeguale ,
popularly known as “Dadaboy Ehiz” on MTV
Base’s in-house talent roster, where she will
start off presenting ‘Word on the Street” and
“Newsish” on MTV Base. K'Ola , who also
walked away with a contract worth 20million
Naira, will also get the opportunity to travel
around the world with the MTV Base team on a
wide range of glittering entertainment events
such as the MTV Africa Music Awards
Johannesburg 2016, the MTV EMAs, BET
Awards, BET Experience Africa, and many other
events in the Viacom portfolio





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