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5 unusual facts about MTV Europe


Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Most notably, she has achieved top results in domestic festivals and also had the chance to be the first artist from the former Yugoslavia to appear on MTV Europe.

Electric Café

In the early 1990s, a completely different version of "Musique Non-Stop" – slower and more melodic – was used extensively as a jingle on the MTV Europe channel.

Marija Šestić

Šestić has achieved top results in domestic festivals and also had the chance to be the first artist from the former Yugoslavia to appear on MTV Europe.

New Beat

When MTV Europe began in the summer of 1987, it brought the term to the UK.

Nightnurse

They achieved some success with their debut single "Golem" which received a small amount of radio play on BBC Radio 1 and video play on MTV Europe but did not chart.


Beijo

The song was a popular summer hit in Romania in 2005, and in July of that year, reached number 1 on the MTV Europe and World Chart Express charts, overtaking singles by Coldplay, U2 and Shakira.

Diederiekje Bok

Famous creations of Diederiekje Bok are mainly her scripts and productions for MTV Europe as the MTV shorts Deutschland Liebt Günther (2005), Das Ist So Togo (2006) and John From Burlington (2010).

DStv

The original video channel bouquet consisted of 17 channels: M-Net, MGM TV, TCM, TNT Sci-Fi Universal, SuperSport, ESPN, SelecTV, Travel Channel, KTV, Cartoon Network, BBC World News, CNN International, Sky News, Trinity Broadcasting Network, MTV, VH1 and TV5Monde.

Jasmine Dotiwala

Following her stint at The Word, Dotiwala moved to MTV Europe where she was a presenter for MTV News, before becoming Senior Producer-Director for many of MTV International’s flagship TV shows including ‘Making the Video’, ‘MTV Cribs’, ‘MTV’s Diary Of’ and ‘MTV News Specials’.


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Eden Harel

She also appeared on some special events such as the MTV Europe Awards and in 1998, she hosted the Miss World Pageant, together with singer, Ronan Keating (in which the Israeli candidate won).

Electric Café

Earlier, MTV Europe had already included elements from the original song and the video in the title graphics for MTV's Greatest Hits.

Jason Holt

Jason Danino-Holt (born 1987), Israeli television presenter and former MTV Europe presenter

Marijne van der Vlugt

Marijne started her career as a VJ for MTV Europe Central from London in the early 1990s and hosted such shows as Alternative Nation (every Wednesdays from 23:00), and the fashion world show The Pulse with Swatch.

New Beat

MTV Europe's VJ Steve Blame was a great fan of new beat and through his position on MTV News, promoted the Belgium's new beat sound through his reports.