Who Will be the New Host of Mahalo Daily?
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Mere hours after I interviewed Veronica Belmont last month, news broke that she was leaving the daily video podcast she helped launch — Mahalo Daily.
Soon enough, Jason Calacanis, founder of Weblogs, Inc. and CEO of the human-powered search engine Mahalo, announced an American Idol-esque contest to find the next host of the Mahalo Daily vlog.
As dozens of potential hosts lined up to audition in side Mahalo HQ in Santa Monica, we grilled Calacanis (and his bulldogs) to find out exactly what kind of host was desired and how she might be found.
We interviewed three of the top Mahalo Vlog Idol contestants (Sarah @w00d, Bonny Pierzina, and Lisa Brewster) shortly before they took their big turn in front of the judges (and “webebrities” in their own right) Calacanis, Loren Feldman, and Alex Albrecht:
The search for the coveted full-time job as host of Mahalo Daily will be narrowed down to five contestants later this week. Who of these talented finalists has what it takes?
- Kristina Allison
- Andrea Rene
- Nadine Heimann
- Leah D’Emilio
- Lisa Brewster
- Sarah Atwood
- Alice Sarfati
- Pili Nathaniel
- Ladan Roxy
- Erica Jean
- Martine Beerman
originally posted at LAist.
