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..
photos below..
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