MTV Live (Canada)
Encyclopedia
Live is a 26 minute flagship show of MTV Canada
, on the air since March 21, 2006. The program began as an interactive talkshow where viewers were encouraged to jump into the conversation. It is the successor to the talktv program The Chatroom.
After beginning as a show that featured performances, interviews, stories on musicians, and focused on music, the show has become dedicated to focusing on its hosts, with little musical content. The show has become more of variety style comedy show, including the introduction of new "internet style" skits. The show now sometimes features live musical performances by a variety of artists of different genres and success levels, though is decidedly committed to being a 26 minute show on what the hosts do and think.
MTV Live broadcasts from the Masonic Temple in Toronto
.
MTV Live airs Monday through Thursday at 6 pm and 11 pm ET.
The show won the 2008 Gemini Award
for "Best Talk Series".
: Buzz
(Comedy Network), Rick Mercer Report
(CBC) Host Nicole Holness
: Chart-topping R&B/urban artist X-Quisite. Nominated for a Juno Award for Best R&B Recording of the Year http://www.junoawards.ca/archive_results.php. She starts every episode about today's show. Paul Lemieux: known as "Paul the Intern". Lemieux's official title is Jr. Host.
Sheena Snively: The tech and street Correspondent makes appearances in every episode, bringing an over the top crassness to the table, in stark contrast to her very heavy set figure.
: Weird on Wheels (YTV), former host of The After Show Daniel Levy
: Son of actor Eugene Levy
, former host of The After Show Aliya-Jasmine Sovani
: Former producer at MuchMusic
, current host of MTV News, & 1 Girl 5 Gays." Johnny Hockin
: DJ and former host of MTV Hacked, currently a reporter for MTV News and host of Movie Night Gilson Lubin
: Stand-up comedian, no longer with MTV Diane Salema: No longer with MTV
, a Canadian actor that starred in the movie Transamerica
. The second guest, and first live performance, was jazz musician Jamie Cullum
. Daily Dancer, a regular webcam guest in 2006, also appeared in the launch episode. The show shared its official on-air launch party with MTV Canada as a channel on April 18, 2006, with live performances by Kanye West
and Sam Roberts
.
The early episodes used three hosts each day. Starting in mid-May 2006, the show started using two hosts for each MTV Live episode, with Daryn Jones acting as the primary host with alternating co-hosts Jessi Cruickshank, Nicole Holness, Daniel Levy, and Aliya-Jasmine Sovani. The remaining MTV hosts continued to appear in short segments during MTV Live and in between other MTV programming in segments known as "Quick Chats".
On the 100th episode (which turned out to be their 101st episode due to a miscount), they showed the worst moments of MTV Live.
MTV Live has been home to many special events, such as The Tussle in the Temple, where Daryn and Paul "The Intern" competed in a legitimate boxing match; MTV Live Gladiators, where the hosts competed in American Gladiator-style events; and Dancing with the Hosts, a dancing competition putting the MTV Live hosts against each other.
On August 18, 2008, noticeable changes occurred with MTV Live. The previously hour-long program was now split into two separate half hour programs. The first half was still MTV Live, and what was previously referred to as "the second half" was now MTV News
, hosted by previous MTV Live hosts Aliya-Jasmine Sovani and Johnny Hockin, as well as music reporter Sharlene Chiu
. In the same week, what was previously known as The Hills After Show became a four-day-a-week entertainment and celebrity gossip program now known as The After Show, also hosted by previous MTV Live hosts Daniel Levy
and Jessi Cruickshank
.
On October 9, 2008, the band Fucked Up
returned to MTV Live, the first time since January 16, 2007 when the band first performed in the studio and caused thousands of dollars in damage to the set. Lead singer Damien Abraham also sliced his forehead open with a razor blade, leading to mass bleeding. This time the band performed in the men's washroom. Once again, the band (and their fans) caused a large amount of damage, destroying the ceiling, spray painting walls and knocking over amps and a motorcycle which was brought into the washroom as a prop. Fans rushed the doors and joined in the destruction the band had already started. The band was supposed to play three songs, but were stopped midway through the second song as MTV was not aware of the destruction the band had planned and were concerned about the safety of the band, audience, and crew. Some audience members had hidden in separate areas of the studio, due to fear.
On October 10, Abraham blogged about the performance on the MTV Live website, saying the bathroom performance was "fucking out of control terrifying".
MTV Live is in its fifth season and remains a 26 minute program. "The second half" previously known as MTV News
has been renamed Sex, News & Rock 'n' Roll and features three distinct segments, as reflected in the show's title: pop culture news hosted by Johnny Hockin
and Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, a 1 girl 5 gays clip montage and previews of five newly released music video
s. On Thursday Jonny Hockin hosts a movie night.
. The main seating area was made up of ghfdd rows of circular couches where the hosts and audience sat. In early 2008, the show began to shoot in different areas of the studio and was updated by designer Adam Nathan, who also designed the set for The After Show.
, reality TV regular Evan Starkman
and bands such as Moneen
, The Most Serene Republic
, illScarlett
, and Alexisonfire
.
MTV Canada
MTV is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel devoted to talk, lifestyle and documentary programming.MTV is owned by Bell Media, with its name licensed from the American channel of the same name, which is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom.The channel launched as talktv...
, on the air since March 21, 2006. The program began as an interactive talkshow where viewers were encouraged to jump into the conversation. It is the successor to the talktv program The Chatroom.
After beginning as a show that featured performances, interviews, stories on musicians, and focused on music, the show has become dedicated to focusing on its hosts, with little musical content. The show has become more of variety style comedy show, including the introduction of new "internet style" skits. The show now sometimes features live musical performances by a variety of artists of different genres and success levels, though is decidedly committed to being a 26 minute show on what the hosts do and think.
MTV Live broadcasts from the Masonic Temple in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
MTV Live airs Monday through Thursday at 6 pm and 11 pm ET.
The show won the 2008 Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for "Best Talk Series".
Hosts
MTV Lives on-air hostshttp://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2006/14/c2131.html come from a wide range of backgrounds. The hosts are:Current
- Host
Daryn Jones
Daryn Jones is a Canadian comedian and television personality. In 2006 he became the host of MTV Canada's flagship series MTV Live, alongside co-hosts Nicole Holness and Paul “The Intern” Lemieux....
: Buzz
Buzz (TV series)
The Buzz was a Canadian comedy television series that aired on The Comedy Network. The show was hosted by Morgan "Mista Mo" Smith and Daryn Jones. The show originally aired in the mid-90's as a community channel show on Rogers Television before finally getting a network deal in 2000...
(Comedy Network), Rick Mercer Report
Rick Mercer Report
Rick Mercer Report is a Canadian television comedy series which airs on CBC Television...
(CBC)
Nicole Holness
Nicole Holness is a TV host and R&B singer. In 2006, Nicole was chosen as one of the original seven co-hosts of MTV Canada and their flagship series MTV Live...
: Chart-topping R&B/urban artist X-Quisite. Nominated for a Juno Award for Best R&B Recording of the Year http://www.junoawards.ca/archive_results.php. She starts every episode about today's show.
Former
Jessi Cruickshank
Jessica Shaia "Jessi" Cruickshank is a Canadian television personality. She is the former co-host of MTV Canada's program The After Show and its various incarnations including The Hills: The After Show and The City: Live After Show with co-host Dan Levy...
: Weird on Wheels (YTV), former host of The After Show
Daniel Levy (TV personality)
Daniel Joseph Levy is a Canadian television personality.Levy was born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Deborah Divine and Canadian actor Eugene Levy. He is the former co-host of MTV Canada's program The After Show and its various incarnations including The Hills: The After Show and The City: Live...
: Son of actor Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...
, former host of The After Show
Aliya Jasmine Sovani
Aliya-Jasmine "AJ" Sovani is a television personality and producer. She anchors MTV News and hosts the talk show 1 Girl 5 Gays on Logo and MTV ....
: Former producer at MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
, current host of MTV News, & 1 Girl 5 Gays."
Johnny Hockin
Johnny Hockin is a Canadian television personality and DJ. Johnny is the host and producer of MTV's Movie Night program and a reporter for MTV News , a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian version of MTV...
: DJ and former host of MTV Hacked, currently a reporter for MTV News and host of Movie Night
Gilson Lubin
Gilson Lubin is a stand-up comedian originally from St.Lucia. Raised most his life in Canada, Gilson spent the past couple of years on the CTV programme MTV Live as one of its original seven hosts...
: Stand-up comedian, no longer with MTV
History
MTV Live was launched on March 21, 2006 with Daryn Jones helping to introduce the hosts. A number of personalities from other MTV channels around the world taped short messages which aired on the program. MTV Lives first guest was Kevin ZegersKevin Zegers
Kevin Joseph Zegers is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his leading roles as Josh Framm in the Air Bud series, as well as playing Damien Dalgaard in the Gossip Girl series and the protagonist in Rock Mafia's The Big Bang...
, a Canadian actor that starred in the movie Transamerica
Transamerica (film)
Transamerica is a 2005 independent comedy-drama film produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman , who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby ....
. The second guest, and first live performance, was jazz musician Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum is an English pop and jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.- Early...
. Daily Dancer, a regular webcam guest in 2006, also appeared in the launch episode. The show shared its official on-air launch party with MTV Canada as a channel on April 18, 2006, with live performances by Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
and Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
.
The early episodes used three hosts each day. Starting in mid-May 2006, the show started using two hosts for each MTV Live episode, with Daryn Jones acting as the primary host with alternating co-hosts Jessi Cruickshank, Nicole Holness, Daniel Levy, and Aliya-Jasmine Sovani. The remaining MTV hosts continued to appear in short segments during MTV Live and in between other MTV programming in segments known as "Quick Chats".
On the 100th episode (which turned out to be their 101st episode due to a miscount), they showed the worst moments of MTV Live.
MTV Live has been home to many special events, such as The Tussle in the Temple, where Daryn and Paul "The Intern" competed in a legitimate boxing match; MTV Live Gladiators, where the hosts competed in American Gladiator-style events; and Dancing with the Hosts, a dancing competition putting the MTV Live hosts against each other.
On August 18, 2008, noticeable changes occurred with MTV Live. The previously hour-long program was now split into two separate half hour programs. The first half was still MTV Live, and what was previously referred to as "the second half" was now MTV News
MTV News (Canada)
MTV News is a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian cable specialty channel, MTV.MTV News is hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani "AJ" along with correspondents Johnny Hockin and Sharlene Chiu...
, hosted by previous MTV Live hosts Aliya-Jasmine Sovani and Johnny Hockin, as well as music reporter Sharlene Chiu
Sharlene Chiu
Sharlene Chiu is a television reporter, host, and producer. Sharlene is most known as a Reporter/Producer on MTV News Canada and Host/Producer/Creator of SHARLENE VS...
. In the same week, what was previously known as The Hills After Show became a four-day-a-week entertainment and celebrity gossip program now known as The After Show, also hosted by previous MTV Live hosts Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy (TV personality)
Daniel Joseph Levy is a Canadian television personality.Levy was born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Deborah Divine and Canadian actor Eugene Levy. He is the former co-host of MTV Canada's program The After Show and its various incarnations including The Hills: The After Show and The City: Live...
and Jessi Cruickshank
Jessi Cruickshank
Jessica Shaia "Jessi" Cruickshank is a Canadian television personality. She is the former co-host of MTV Canada's program The After Show and its various incarnations including The Hills: The After Show and The City: Live After Show with co-host Dan Levy...
.
On October 9, 2008, the band Fucked Up
Fucked Up
Fucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life.-History:The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001...
returned to MTV Live, the first time since January 16, 2007 when the band first performed in the studio and caused thousands of dollars in damage to the set. Lead singer Damien Abraham also sliced his forehead open with a razor blade, leading to mass bleeding. This time the band performed in the men's washroom. Once again, the band (and their fans) caused a large amount of damage, destroying the ceiling, spray painting walls and knocking over amps and a motorcycle which was brought into the washroom as a prop. Fans rushed the doors and joined in the destruction the band had already started. The band was supposed to play three songs, but were stopped midway through the second song as MTV was not aware of the destruction the band had planned and were concerned about the safety of the band, audience, and crew. Some audience members had hidden in separate areas of the studio, due to fear.
On October 10, Abraham blogged about the performance on the MTV Live website, saying the bathroom performance was "fucking out of control terrifying".
MTV Live is in its fifth season and remains a 26 minute program. "The second half" previously known as MTV News
MTV News (Canada)
MTV News is a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian cable specialty channel, MTV.MTV News is hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani "AJ" along with correspondents Johnny Hockin and Sharlene Chiu...
has been renamed Sex, News & Rock 'n' Roll and features three distinct segments, as reflected in the show's title: pop culture news hosted by Johnny Hockin
Johnny Hockin
Johnny Hockin is a Canadian television personality and DJ. Johnny is the host and producer of MTV's Movie Night program and a reporter for MTV News , a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian version of MTV...
and Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, a 1 girl 5 gays clip montage and previews of five newly released music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s. On Thursday Jonny Hockin hosts a movie night.
Set
The original MTV Live set was designed by 3RD Uncle, an interior design firm based in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. The main seating area was made up of ghfdd rows of circular couches where the hosts and audience sat. In early 2008, the show began to shoot in different areas of the studio and was updated by designer Adam Nathan, who also designed the set for The After Show.
Segments
- Twitter Me A Script: Viewers tweet a script of a short film using TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
.com/DarynJones and they produce it, word for word.
- Will Paul Pop One: Daryn, Nicole and Sheena try to seduce Paul into becoming erect.
- Speaking Out On: Daryn, Nicole and Paul discuss a random topic.
- Interesting to Paul: A short video clip that Paul Lemieux filmed that day that was interesting to him, or a news story he thought was funny. The segment continues to appear in the show even though Daryn has been saying they won't be doing it anymore since September 2010.
- Sheena Sessions: Sheena shares true stories with Daryn about her troubled youth, which are later reenacted by herself and other staff members.
- Point, Counterpoint: Paul and Daryn have a debate over a general topic.
- True or False: Daryn asks all of the hosts (including himself) true or false questions sent in from viewers via TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
.com/DarynJones
- Freestyle Ambush: The hosts perform a spontaneous freestyle rap about a given topic. This segment always start with Paul, Nicole goes next and Daryn goes last. Some episodes Sheena will go third and Daryn goes last.
- Think Tank: The hosts try to solve problems sent in by viewers.
- Quiz Master Daryn asks all hosts, including himself, various questions and hosts much choose one of two choices. Daryn then decides if the answer is correct or incorrect.
- Sheenooki Shore: A segment which airs every Thursday in honour of Jersey Shore. Sheena plays Sheenooki, the Snooki of Canada.
- Face Time Face Off: Paul describes the celebrity to Daryn and Nicole and they must say why the celebrity is making headlines in the news.
Previous segments
- Live Wire: A round up of strange news, current events, and general interest stories.
- The Virus: A daily viral videoViral videoA viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email...
clip.
- Ask MTV Live: Viewers email in varying questions for the hosts to answer.
- The Thread: The topic that will be discussed, debated and dissected during that day's show.
- Dear MTV: Viewers e-mail problems and the hosts and audience members suggest possible solutions.
- The Dirt: Jessi Cruickshank's weekly satirical round up of celebrity news and popular culture.
- Modus Poperandi: Dan Levy investigates pop culture phenomena, much like The Dirt.
- On the Radar: An interview with an up and coming artists. (now featured in MTV News)
- Word from the Street: Gilson rants on his view of the world.
- DVD Rap Up: Farmer and Nicole review a new DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
movie release in the form of a freestyle rapFreestyle rapFreestyle rap commonly refers to rap lyrics which are improvised through a acapella or with instrumental beats, i.e. performed with no previously composed lyrics, or "off the top of the head"...
song.
- Movie Club: Two hosts discuss new theatrical film releases.
- Cyber Treasure: Paul "The Intern" is given $20 to purchase something interesting on the InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
.
- Diane's Dad On...: Correspondent Diane Salema is given advice from her real father.
- What Will Diane Do?: Correspondent Diane Salema is given three options which the viewers have voted her, if she chooses and performs one of the tasks described in the options, she receives ten dollars.
- Better Living with B & J Supersquad: Daryn Jones and Paul Lemieux (dressed as BatmanBatmanBatman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
and The Joker respectively) give advice on how to properly perform every day tasks, such as lifting a heavy object, applying sunscreen and bicycle safety.
- Scarborough Farms: Nicole shares some of her favourite meals she remembers from growing up in her home town of Scarborough, OntarioScarborough, OntarioScarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
.
- Can Sheena Spell It: Sheena attempts to spell words live on air as she is not a very good speller.
- If I Was God: Daryn discusses what he would do if he were God while speaking with a vocal effect to make him sound like God.
Quick Chats
MTV hosts also used to appear in short segments known as Quick Chats, which were seen during regular MTV programming. The hosts were often joined by viewers via webcam, phone, or through email submissions. On occasion, the hosts are also joined by guests. Previous guests include MTV reality star Tila Tequila, Canadian dancer Blake McGrathBlake McGrath
Blake McGrath is a Canadian professional dancer, pop singer and choreographer, best known for being on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2005, and MTV reality dance show, DanceLife.-Early career:...
, reality TV regular Evan Starkman
Evan Starkman
Evan Starkman is a reality television star, best known as a competitor on the MTV reality game shows Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat, The Duel, The Gauntlet III, The Duel 2, The Ruins, and The Challenge: Rivals. He won The Duel 2 and The Ruins...
and bands such as Moneen
Moneen
Moneen is an indie rock band from Brampton, Ontario, Canada.-History:The band formed in 1999 after the dissolution of another band, called Perfectly Normal. Moneen's original bass player, Mark Bowser, was replaced by Chris Slorach, who left the band after the release of The Theory of Harmonial Value...
, The Most Serene Republic
The Most Serene Republic
The Most Serene Republic is a Canadian indie rock band based in Milton, Ontario. It takes its name from the sobriquet of formerly independent Venice under the Doges, which was regarded as "The Most Serene Republic of Venice".-Members:...
, illScarlett
IllScarlett
IllScarlett is a Canadian rock and reggae band.Their sound can be defined as pop infused rock reggae. They have made a name for themselves in the Canadian music scene and are making their name known throughout the United States and around the world...
, and Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...
.
MTV Shuffle
Active from 2007-2008, every Friday the best moments of the week from MTV Live and MTV News were edited into a one-hour program called MTV Shuffle. This program also appeared on CTV.Hacked
Hacked was an interactive chat which viewers participate in through MTV Hive. A small chat window was displayed during the program, showing selected portions of the chat. Throughout Hacked, the original MTV Live episode is paused to allow host Johnny Hockin to make comments about the chat, ask questions to viewers and send shout outs to the chatters. The show was discontinued in 2007.Viewer interaction
Viewers are urged to interact live during the show through email, phone, chat, or webcam.- Email: feedback@mtv.ca
- Phone: 1.866.536.LIVE
- Chat and webcam: MTV Peek at Live