YTV's Hit List was a music video television program that aired on YTV, a Canadian specialty

Specialty channel

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 television network

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 aimed at children

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. The series first started in 1991, hosted by Tarzan Dan and had 14 seasons in all. The first 6 seasons of Hit List were hosted by Tarzan Dan, there were numerous hosts to follow from Aashna, Leslie and Exan to Rob and Danielle. As of fall 2005, Hit List has gone on an indefinite hiatus.

Tarzan Dan worked on the radio in Toronto and was nominated for Canadian Radio Announcer of the Year 5 times and won 4. He was also nominated for a Gemini for his YTV work and Best TV Host of a Music Based Show at the Canadian Music Industry Awards. He has most recently been seen on MuchMoreMusic

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 on the show Listed.

Danielle McGimsie and Rob Fournier, were the last people to host the Hit List. Danielle is now an entertainment reporter for ETalk

ETalk

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on the Canadian CTV

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 Network, and was the host of HypaSpace

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 on the SPACE Channel.

Hit List was known for breaking many groups in Canada. The Backstreet Boys performed on the YTV Achievement Awards one year.

The celebrities include "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic

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, Backstreet Boys

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, *NSYNC, Take That

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, Smashing Pumpkins, Spice Girls

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, Five

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, No Doubt

No Doubt

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, Britney Spears

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, Blur

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, Kim Stockwood

Kim Stockwood

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, The Moffatts

The Moffatts

The Moffatts were a Canadian pop/rock band, composed of brothers Scott, Clint, Bob and Dave Moffatt. Eldest brother Scott was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon. Less than a year later, on March 8, 1984, triplets Bob, Clint and Dave were born in Vancouver, British Columbia...

, Hanson

Hanson (band)

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, O-Town, Eiffel 65

Eiffel 65

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, Aaron Carter

Aaron Carter

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, Shawn Desman

Shawn Desman

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, Lillix

Lillix

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, Simple Plan

Simple Plan

Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...

, Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

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, Busted, Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens

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, Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken

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, and many others.

From seasons 1-6 when Tarzan Dan hosted it, the music videos played were similar to those seen on Muchmusic

MuchMusic

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with pop, rock, dance, r&b, etc. When the show began its 7th season with Aashna, Leslie and Exan, most of the music videos being played were pop which caused a decline with the male viewing audience during seasons 7-10. However, once Danielle and Rob replaced them in season 11, rock videos made a comeback and so did the male viewing audience.