…Takes Home 20 Million Naira Prize Contract
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 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. BI, 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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