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| Aliya-Jasmine Sovani | |
| Born | November 18, 1981 Ottawa, Ontario,  Canada |
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| Occupation | Talk Show Host (MTV Live) |
| Website http://www.mtv.ca |
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Aliya-Jasmine "AJ" Sovani (born November 18, 1981 in Ottawa, Ontario) is one of the eight hosts of the MTV Canada's program MTV Live.[1] Along with her co-hosting responsibilities, Sovani is a segment producer for many social and comedic segments on the show including "Shopping for Coffins" and a reoccurring home design segment called "Budget:Cribs" based on the hit show "MTV Cribs."[2]
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[edit] Background
While growing up in Ottawa, Sovani attended Confederation High School where her visual arts program allowed her to study in New York, Los Angeles and Italy. [3] After graduating from John McRae Secondary School, Sovani moved on to attend the University of Ottawa where she obtained her bachelor of arts, with a major in broadcast communications while working a full-time job as a writer for a national men’s magazine, UMM. [4]
[edit] Career
Sovani moved to Toronto for an internship at Fashion Television and worked part-time as a cable-wrangler for Star! TV.[5] She soon became a field producer and host for bpm:tv for the program "Back at Ya" and later returned to Chum Television as a producer for MuchMusic for the show MuchOnDemand and toured across Canada while working as a host and field producer for the Much VJ Search in 2005.[6] On her current show, MTV Live, she interviews celebrities, including Kanye West, Brad Pitt, Dave Navarro and Perry Farrell.[1]
[edit] On Air Segments
- MTV.ca Commercial: Meet AJ
- AJ checks out buying a coffin
- MTV Budget Cribs
- Aliya Jasmine heeds to Nuit Blache
- Aliya Jasmine goes to Newfoundland
- Aliya Jasmine sits down with Jenna Jameson
- Aliya Jasmine at Wakefest 2007
[edit] References
- ^ a b MTV Live Host. [1] (2008-08-01). Retrieved on 2008-08-01.
- ^ Street Kids International. [www.streetkids.org] (2007-01-01). Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
- ^ MTV Announces Hosts for Flagship Program, MTV Live. [2] (2006-14-03). Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
- ^ Aliya-Jasmine Sovani: Information. [www.answers.com] (2008-09-01). Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
- ^ Aliya Jasmine Sovani. [3] (2008-08-01). Retrieved on 2008-08-01.
- ^ Exposing Calgary Talent. [4] (2008-08-01). Retrieved on 2008-08-01.
[edit] External Links
- ““Aliya-Jasmine's got a thing for lip gloss””, Metro Canada, Oct. 09, 2007, <http://www.metronews.ca/column.aspx?id=81362>
- Wakelin, Sarah L. (Oct. 06, 2005), ““VJ hopefuls strut their stuff””, Martlet, <http://www.martlet.ca/old/archives/051006/arts5.html>
- McLay, Diana (Nov. 16, 2005), ““Students bare all for a chance to be MuchMusic's next VJ””, The Concordinan, <http://media.www.theconcordian.com/media/storage/paper290/news/2005/11/16/News/Students.Bare.All.For.A.Chance.To.Be.Muchmusics.Next.Vj-1107366.shtml>
- “We Built This City on Bits 'N' Bytes.” (Dec. 08, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- Sperounes, Sandra (March. 15, 2006), ““MTV Canada unveils its hosts, without Much ado””, The Edmonton Journal, <http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/culture/story.html?id=70f1d53d-068c-472b-9b2d-85e97d649afb>
- “Multiple Canadian Urban Music Artists Cover Latest Issue of Urbanology Magazine” (Dec. 09, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- “Aliya-Jasmine Sovani”. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- Johns, Adam (Nov. 11, 2005), ““UW students get fired up for MuchMusic””, Imprint, <http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/legacy/story.php?f=2&t=7825&i=&v=f&story=7825&>
- “STOP RIGHT NOW! THANK YOU VERY MUCH... Spice Girl Mel B in "Spice City" Toronto to break world record” (Nov. 01, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- “Aliya-Jasmine Sovani”. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- “Université d'Ottawa - University of Ottawa”. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- “List of MTV VJs”. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
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