Jonathan Putra (born September 12, 1982) is a Channel V VJ, model, and musician who is of English and Chinese-Indian parentage.
JP, as he is commonly known, was born in Middlesbrough, England, but grew up in McHenry County IL Chicago where he honed his musical skills with his band Colour, playing gigs in and around the American midwest. He attended Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.
He continued his studies in arts and music at Broward Community College in Pompano Beach, Florida. He then moved to Malaysia to start a career in entertainment as a VJ for Channel V International.[1]
After presenting on Channel V for nearly two years on the show ARCADE and also co-presenting on the show Bid It with Joey G made the move to NTV7 to host a new program called Life! Session. After year long season of Life!session Jonathan made the jump to host the highly successful and acclaimed two hour morning talk show called The Breakfast Show, Malaysia's only English language talk show, alongside Malaysian television personalities Daphne Iking, Nazrudin Rahman(Naz), Hansen Lee, Sharifa Aleya, and Elaine Daly live on Ntv7. Aside from hosting television programs, Jonathan Putra also occupies his time through various side projects such as: officiating and hosting events as MC, DJ for Air Asia airlines in-flight radio programs, modeling for brands like Dolce & Gabbana, and acting in television commercials.