VenetianPrincess

Jodie-Amy Rivera (born February 22, 1984), also known as VenetianPrincess, is a YouTube Internet personality who created her account in 2006. 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. As of October 2015, her two channels have a combined subscriber count just under 1 millon, and a collective total of more than 340 million video views.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] She was the most subscribed female in the world from February 2009 to August 2012.

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.

On her YouTube channel she announced she was married and she has a baby girl.

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

On February 10, 2008, an article about VenetianPrincess was featured in the Boston Globe.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9] 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 in Disney's 1993 Halloween-themed fantasy horror comedy film Hocus Pocus very briefly as a background extra. 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

• Samsung announced Rivera as the winner of their national "Juke Box Hero" Contest. Her music video for her original song "Somewhere Else" is now the pre-installed video on all T-Mobile cell phones.^[10]
• In March 2008, G4TV named her one of the hottest women of the web on two separate television segments.^[1]
• PC World Magazine named her "7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do" music video one of the top 10 viral videos of 2008.^[4]
• In April 2009, she won the title of Miss YouTube.
• In December 2009, YouTube named her "Outerspace" music video, one of the Most Memorable Videos of 2009.
• In December 2010, YouTube named her "Snooki Song" music video, one of the Most Memorable Videos of 2010.

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

• 2009: Video Girl
• 2011: Video Girl - Rebooted

Music Videos/Parody Singles

• Brangelina, Adopt Me Too (2007) - 3:31
• Hillary, Be My Best Friend (2008) - 3:22
• Bad Mom Song (2008) - 1:43
• I Got A Crush On... Giuliani (2008) - 1:39
• 7 Things Guys Don't Have To Do (Parody of 7 Things by Miley Cyrus) (2008) - 2:39
• I Kissed a Girl (Elderly Mix) (Parody of I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry) (2008) - 3:18
• Tinseltown Nanny (2008) - 2:50
• Jonas Brothers Addict Anthem (2008) - 2:12
• Womanizer (Geek Version) (Parody of Womanizer by Britney Spears) (2008) - 2:47
• Octo-Mom Song (Parody of Low by Flo Rida) (2009) - 1:30
• Outer Space (Parody of Poker Face by Lady Gaga) (2009) - 4:38
• Just a Zombie (Parody of You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift) (2009) - 1:55
• You'll Look Like Poo (Parody of When I Look At You by Miley Cyrus) (2009) - 3:41
• Speidi Free (Parody of 3 by Britney Spears) (2009) - 2:32
• The Snooki Song (Parody of Tik Tok by Ke$ha) (2010) - 1:27
• Accident Prone (Parody of Telephone by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé) (2010) - 2:09
• I'm a Gleek (Parody of Firework by Katy Perry) (2010) - 2:23
• Silent Night (Cover) (2010) - 2:10
• Crush On A Yeti (Parody of Hold It Against Me by Britney Spears) (2011) - 2:30
• Charlie Sheen (Quotes) (Parody of E.T. by Katy Perry) (2011) - 1:46
• The Edge of Glory (Lady Gaga cover) (2011) - 3:25
• I Gotta Go (Parody Of I Wanna Go By Britney Spears) (2011) - 1:56
• Reality Star Summer (original song) (2011) - 1:28
• It's Halloween (original song) (2011) - 1:39
• Someone Like You (Adele cover) (2011) - 4:40
• Kardashian Boycott (Parody of We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris) (2011) - 2:01
• Chocolate Is a Girl's Best Friend (original song) (2012) - 1:59
• The End Is Nigh (Parody of You and I by Lady Gaga) (2012) - 3:45
• Puppy Love (Parody of What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction) (2012) - 1:42
• My Body (Parody of Your Body by Christina Aguilera) (2012) - 1:40

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.^[12]

References

External links

• VenetianPrincess channel on YouTube
• VenetianPrincess at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve Goldstein's Music Blog
• Contributing Artist: Tony Tuthill (A.K.A. Kinneas). Speidi Free. The End is Nigh
• Contributing Artist: Mikey Ace (Mikey Ace Studios)