i guess now that the submission deadlines are closed and i decided to drop out of my team, it’s safe to tell everyone without getting in trouble with mtv.
finally, mtv has had enough guts and glory to start their own designers reality show. think of it as like top chef, shear genius, top model, etc, but with graphic designers, developers, web designers and producers.
16 people will be flown to New York City commencing on or about July 18, 2008 through on or about August 16, 2008. They will compete in teams of 4 participants each for prizes by creating animations, websites, short films, sound mixes and more
registration was closed on the 1st of july and teams were chosen, each with a team leader. mtv had placed me 1st on my team of 4 designers as leader.
grand prize for each team of 4 is $400,000 including a design apprenticeship at HP for a year. hp is also throwing in a full desktop, laptop and printer for the winners as well as having hp computers and laptops available to the weekly winners of the show challenges.
i first heard of the show late may and submitted my work early june. i found out i was being put on the “asian” team 2 weeks ago. in my opinion, i’m not sure how i feel about mtv dividing the team up by race. it could be really interesting though. but then again mtv said it’s not fully confirmed that it’ll be divided up by race.
i also signed and faxed a disclosure, saying i had to keep my mouth shut about details of the show and when it would start/finish, who the winners were, etc. but the producers said that since i dropped out, the disclosure is now void and since they are going public, i am free to blog about the whole thing.
so why did i decide to drop out? if i was on the show, i had no doubt in my mind that my team would be one of the top teams on that show. but many of you know what kind of situation i’m in here in san diego. many of you know i’m pretty much stuck here for life. would i have liked to be on that show? sure. who doesn’t want to be on an mtv reality show? even though it comes with a bunch of drama and humiliation on national television, everyone wants to be on tv. but i just have so much going on here in san diego and los angeles that i really need to focus on. there are people down here that need me. i also need to graduate next quarter and get my bachelors. i need to finish all of my development projects. i need to complete all of my freelance projects.
but oh well. maybe next season.
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WOOOW.
holy crap are you serious? daaaaaang.
that IS kinda messed up that it’s categorized by race, or so it seemed. but daaang.. i think this is the show that’ll get me hooked on tv.
I saw a promo for the show and I immediately thought of you. No doubt you would have excelled on the show.