Olayinka Oladiran from Abeokuta emerged winner of the 2016 MTV Base VJ Search

Olayinka Oladiran from Abeokuta emerged winner of the 2016 MTV Base VJ Search – Nigeria on Friday September 23, 2016.

Ola was one of the four finalists from all over the country who battled for the top slot during the televised grand finale in front of Viacom executives Alex Okosi and Katung Aduwak, Olisa Adibua, Vector Tha Viper, Ikechukwu, Niniola, among many others.
Olayinka Oladiran beat fellow finalists like Tomiwa Olorunfemi (23), Tochukwu Onwubiko (21) and 19-year-old twins, Grace and Glory Danbaki to take home the grand prize.

The other finalists also went home with contracts and will be representing MTV Base as VJs on upcoming new shows coming to the channel.

With a contract worth N20m and  the opportunity to travel around the world with the MTV Base team and cool entertainment events such as the MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016, the MTV EMAs, BET Awards, BET Experience Africa, it was worth struggling for.

K’Ola as she is also known, could not contain her excitement after being named the winner of MTV Base VJ, in her words:, ‘I feel very blessed by this experience and I’ve learnt that any dream that is worth having is worth pursuing’.

Olayinka Oladiran will now join Ehiz Okoeguale, popularly known as ‘Dadaboy Ehiz’, on MTV Base’s in-house talent roster, where she will start off presenting ‘Word on the Street’ and ‘Newsish’ on MTV Base.