The Idea MTV VJ Hunt is on, are you mad enough to be hunted?

MUMBAI: The MTV Mad House announced the admissions for its fresh crop of patients. Yes, MTV is looking for a brand new bunch of mad VJs! The Idea MTV VJ Hunt is on, and if you think you have a personality that can keep people glued to their TV sets, here?s your big chance to prove it. MTV is looking VJs who can take MTV beyond Music and beyond Television. Kick-starting the auditions in Mumbai on 5th December, the Mad House hunters will round up the contenders from Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata and Bangalore on 8th, 11th, 14th, 18th, and 21st December respectively.

The best things in life come packaged in MTV! From the queen of oomph VJ Malaika Arora to style gurus Nikhil Chinapa & Anusha, from the mad-house champions Jose, Cyrus Sahukar and the baap of all VJs, Cyrus Broacha, to the uber cool Rannvijay and the emo-goth Bani, from the girl next door Shenaz to the girl you wish you had next door Sophie, from the super talented Ayushmann to the bubbly VJ Rhea... MTV VJs have continued to lead and reflect MTV?s young audience, being youth icons in their own right.

Started way back in 1999, the MTV VJ Hunt has discovered talents including Nikhil Chinappa, Maria Goretti, Mini Mathur, Cyrus Sahukar, Anusha, Ramona and Sophie. And it is time now to hit the road again to add more madness to the MTV Mad House with the Idea MTV VJ Hunt.

The auditions would be held at ?MTV Studios-Parel? in Mumbai on 5th December, ?Punjab Kala Bhavan-Sector 16? in Chandigarh on 8th December, ?British Council? in New Delhi on 11th December, ?Lal Bahadur Shastri Auditorium? in Lucknow on 14th December, ?Bhawanipore College? in Kolkata on 18th December and ?St. Joseph?s Indian High School? in Bengaluru on 21st December.

After going though thousands of profiles in the audition phase, the shortlist would be down to 100 contestants. These shortlisted contestants will be made to do various tasks over 3 weeks on mtvindia.com. Based on their performance, the list would be brought down to 10. The 10 finalists will compete on-air by hosting various MTV shows in the VJ Hunt Week, open to public voting. The Hunt would culminate with a grand on-air finale where the winners of the Idea MTV VJ Hunt 2009 would be announced.

If you are cool enough to have that streak of madness, if you are hot enough to display that splash of lunacy, well, the admissions to the MTV Mad House are open already. Apply now! And have the coolest job in India. Become an MTV VJ!