VenetianPrincess

Jodie Rivera
Born February 22, 1984[1]
Italy
Nationality American
Years active 1993–present
Known for Comedy, Parody, Musical

Internet information

Web alias(es) VenetianPrincess
Web hosting service(s) YouTube
Website
vprincess.com

Jodie-Amy Rivera (born February 22, 1984), also known as VenetianPrincess, is a YouTube Internet personality who became known worldwide in 2006. She was the longest standing #1 most subscribed female in the world from February 2009 to August 2012. Rivera is of Swedish and Italian ancestry, and grew up in Brockton, MA. Her videos are usually parodies of songs and events in pop culture. Between both of her channels, she has over 1 million subscribers, and has had over 380 million video views. She gained notoriety in 2006 after being featured on the front page of YouTube, and then in 2007 was one of the first people invited into YouTube's revenue sharing program.[2] In December 2008, Samsung announced that her music video for her original song "Somewhere Else" is the pre-installed video on all Samsung Behold cell phones. PC World Magazine named her "7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do" music video one of the top 10 viral videos of 2008.[3]

Background

She was born in Italy, but raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. Rivera studied opera as a soprano at the New England Conservatory of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Her official biography lists her background in modeling, including her most recent title of Miss Massachusetts State Queen.

Videos

She became popular for her episodic series The Princess Chronicles (formerly known as "The Disclosed Series"). The series was known for its elaborate editing and visual effects.[4]

Press

In 2007, she received media coverage for her videos, with appearances on Fox News, Boston, Fox News Milwaukee, and ABC News Boston. She was interviewed on Massachusetts radio station JAMN 94.5, and a two-page article was also written about her in the Boston Herald on June 18, 2007. A segment about her videos was presented by Bill Weir on ABC's first episode of television series I-Caught, airing on August 7, 2007.[5]

On February 10, 2008, an article about VenetianPrincess was featured in the Boston Globe.[6] On February 11, 2008, another large article was printed in the Brockton Enterprise.

In April 2008, VenetianPrincess' "Hillary, Be My Best Friend" parody video went viral with over 800,000 views in just over 2 days. The video received press coverage from CNN, FOX News, NBC News, The Washington Post, VH1.com, and Hotair.com.[7]

In July 2008, VenetianPrincess and MakeMeBad35's video collaboration of "Drunken Genie" (as titled on VenetianPrincess' channel) and "My Pretty Genie" (as titled on MakeMeBad35's channel) got an Epic Fail on Attack of the Show on G4. The hosts on the show have also chosen VenetianPrincess one of the top hottest women of the web for three consecutive weeks.[1]

In February 2009, VenetianPrincess made a video about Nadya Suleman titled "Octo-Mom Song." The video was mentioned in several national magazines and newspapers including the LA Times, USA Today, Radar Online, Trendhunter Magazine, Entrevue Magazine, And Don't Miss Magazine.[8] She has also made parodies about the Jonas Brothers.

On August 10, 2009 VenetianPrincess' Transformers 2 Parody was shown on MTV on the It's On with Alexa Chung Show. Alexa Chung commented "Megan Fox's acting was amazing in that video", referring to VP's portrayal of Megan Fox.

On May 15, 2012, Rivera was featured on CBS' The Insider,

Acting career

She appeared as Emily Binx in Disney's 1993 Halloween-themed fantasy horror comedy film Hocus Pocus under the name, Amanda Shepherd. Most recently, she has appeared in two episodes of HBO's web show Elevator: Drunk Dial and Telemarketer. She has also produced videos for MTV, Universal Pictures, ABC, and other major brands.

Awards/Rank Achievements

Publications

Books

Rivera is profiled in the nationwide published (8/10/09) book YouTube and Video Marketing An Hour A Day by Greg Jarboe.

Rivera is profiled in another recently nationally published book (11/10/10) Beyond Viral by Kevin H. Nalty.

Magazines

VP was featured in a spread in one of Europe's largest circulated weekly magazines, Der Spiegel (2012). http://vprincess.squarespace.com/home/2011/11/29/vp-featured-in-major-magazine-article.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)

VP was featured in a spread in Spain's largest magazine, El País Magazine (12/11/09).

VP was also featured in a spread in India's top English-printed magazine, DNA Magazine (9/13/09).

VP has also been profiled in several celebrity magazines overseas including France's Premier Magazine and Israel's "Teen Magazine."

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Discography

Albums

Music Videos/Parody Singles

Name

During a May 2012 interview on CBS' The Insider, Rivera reaffirmed that she chose the name VenetianPrincess because of her love of Lady Diana and a fascination with the Italian city of Venice.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Imdb.com".
  2. ↑ "Boston Woman One Of YouTube's Most Popular". The Boston Channel.com. 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 JR Raphael (December 16, 2008). "Top 10 Viral Comedy Videos of 2008". PC World Magazine. Cyrus Princess' is #8
  4. ↑ Wilcox, Emily (February 25, 2008). "YouTube queen to star in Plymouth Rock Studios TV series". Dailly News Tribune.
  5. ↑ "Press".
  6. ↑ Sweeney, Emily. "Princess of YouTube" (scanned photos). pp. 1, 6. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  7. ↑ "Press Articles & Video".
  8. ↑ "Venetian Princess".
  9. ↑ "Yahoo News Article".
  10. ↑ "Publications Listed on IMDB".
  11. ↑ Wick, Krista, "JODIE RIVERA: A MODERN DAY 'WEIRD AL'?" (WebCite archive), The Insider online video and written text, May 15, 2012.

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