June 2012
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YouNow Rising Stars - Tobias Lunghi
Tobias Lunghi is 15 and lives in Swansea, United Kingdom. Tobias discovered YouNow through a typing error believe it or not. However he liked the site so much he decided to stay. Tobias’s dream is to be a writer/producer in the field of media. One of his big inspirations is YouTuber Thomas Ridgewell aka TomSka.
Tobias creates many videos and then uploads them to his YouTube account. He...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Ja Son
Ja Son is 19 and is from England. Ja Son says that his favorite part of YouNow is the positive comments an response he gets just for being himself on camera. Ja Son enjoyes meeting new people and making videos that are entertaining. He also wants to pursue a carear in modeling.
Ja Son also wants to travel the world. Ja Son also wants to keep doing more original broadcasts and hold YouNow...
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YouNow is Going to Vidcon!
VidCon 2012 kicks off this week and guess who’s going to be there? YouNow.com. Let me fill you in about VidCon 2012 and what we have planned for the event this year.
VidCon is the largest conference, convention, and celebration for people who love online video. It is a place where creators, viewers, and enablers come to learn, have fun, and enjoy some of the best online...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Luke Korns
Luke Korns is 15 and is from Central Wisconsin, USA. Luke’s favorite part of YouNow is the amount of undiscovered talent to be discovered. He also likes that the audience can decide on what they like. Luke wants to be a film director and he is well on his way to becoming one. Luke has written over 20 films and been contacted by 2 different film companies for sponsorships.
Luke plans to...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Cody MacCarroll
Cody MacCarroll is 16 and is from Orlando, Florida. Cody discovered YouNow when his friend showed him that he could do live shows on the site. Cody loves interacting with people and he enjoys the positive comments while he is broadcasting. Cody’s passions include filming and editing videos. He releases them frequently on his YouTube channel.
Cody wants the world to know that he is very...
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Karaoke Challenge for June 27th and 29th is “My...
This week’s challenge will focus on your favorite artist. From Whitney to Adele, David Bowie to Bon Jovi, This is the challenge for you. Do you have what it takes to sing some of your favorite songs?
Sing a song by your idol to be in with a chance of winning a younow prize package!
Contestants log into YouNow via Facebook and sing their hearts out, for the fun of it and the opportunity to win...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Chase Dunivant
Chase Dunivant is 17 and from Tennessee, USA. Chase is an avid video editor and wants to just be successful in his life. Chase discovered YouNow through a friend and loves the fact that he can meet new people and interact with them. Some of Chases hobbies include racing motorcross and just being on his computer.
Chase wants to let the YouNow nation know that he is a kind and loving person, and...
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Meme Mondays Ya'll!
It’s Monday which means it’s time to share this weeks top memes created by the YouNow community.
You can also check out the rest of the community created YouNow Memes right here.
Remember, you can send your YouNow memes to clips@younow.com for a chance to be featured on our Facebook Page and/or Tumblr!
4. Taco Holmes
3. Dorian Dargan
2. Angel Gonzalez
1. Angel & Dorian
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YouNow Rising Stars - Julia Julhippo
Julia who lives in Pennsylvania, USA discovered YouNow.com through twitter. Julia’s favorite part of YouNow is that it is different from most broadcasting websites. Julia loves the idea of the broadcast lineup and that links like facebook and twitter are one click away.
Julia’s main goal in life is become a filmmaker and director. Her second goal is just to make people happy and do...
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Lew H of Unbox Therapy on YouNow
Gadgets watch out, because Lewis will unbox you! And after he’s done unboxing, he will then review you. So brace yourself!
Lewis has been blogging about tech since the birth of blogging. When a hot piece of tech is released you can almost guarantee that he will be unboxing and reviewing it shortly after. Since the launch of his YouTube channel UnBox Therapy, Lewis has unbox and/or...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Danny Tee
Danny Tee is 23 and lives in Portsmouth, England. Danny Tee discovered YouNow though one of his friends who got him to check it out. Danny Tee loves the fact that he can use YouNow to interact with so many people from around the world. Danny Tee also said he would like to go into professional film making and writing one day.
Besides wanting to be in the film industry Danny Tee would also...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Eugenia Cooney
Eugenia Cooney is 17 and lives in Connecticut. Eugenia discovered YouNow through Michael Buckley who she follows on twitter. She found the site really interesting and next thing you know Eugenia became a broadcaster. Eugenia loves the different people on YouNow and thinks it is better than Stickcam and BlogTV.
Eugenia wants to get into modeling and acting. She also enjoys shopping and listening...
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YouNow Dance Off Hosted by Johnni Riddlin: Rules...
So you think you can dance eh? Well then… PROVE IT on YouNow’s Dance Off hosted by Johnni Riddlin for a chance to win a level up and a YouNow prize package. The Dance Off will be this Saturday June 23th at 3pm EDT, 12pm PDT, 8pm BST on YouNow.com/Dance.
This week we want to see the creative dance genius come out of you! Try using use props and outfits to...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Tapiwa Bururu
Tapiwa Bururu is 17 and lives in Brisbane, Australia. Tapiwa is better known as Tappy Bee a Vblogger and YouNower who loves to broadcast. Tapiwa discovered YouNow through the YouTuber and YouNower KickthePJ. After a few weeks on the site she decided to broadcast for herself. Tapiwa’s passions include working in film and television.
Tapiwa would one day like to meet John Green of the...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Patrick Quirky
His name is Patrick Quirky and is the next YouNow Rising Star! Hailing from Canada the 18 year old entertainer has discovered a new venue for reaching out to his fans in the form of YouNow.com. Patrick loves the fact that there are different prizes each month which keeps people guessing on what they will give out next.
One of Patricks main passions is making Youtube videos for all...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Jack Lights
Jack Lights is 16 years old and he is lives in England. Jack discovered YouNow through Youtubers Michael Bucky and BrittaniLouiseTaylor. Jack has a passion for making Youtube videos. He strives to make the best videos he can so that people can be entertained on a daily basis.
Jack also enjoys taking photos and making people laugh with his unique style of humor. He also wants to let the...
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YouNow's Rising Stars - Caspar Lee
Hailing from Knysna, a holiday town in South Africa, is the next YouNow Rising Star. With a fun and lovable personality Caspar Lee has brought his brand of humor to his successful YouTube videos. Now Caspar is a going live on YouNow where he shows off how passionate he is for entertaining.
Besides making Youtube videos Caspar also loves to watch...
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Karaoke Challenge for June 20 2012 - "90's Music...
IT’S 90s WEEK!!! So everybody, rock your body and Spice up your life!
Contestants log into YouNow via Facebook and sing their hearts out, for the fun of it and the opportunity to win actual gifts and prizes!! Sing a song made famous by a 90s artist/band for a chance to win a YOUNOW prize package. The song HAS TO BE a 90s song. We will be checking. Check out this list of the top 200 songs...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Jenn Penn
Jenn Penn, age 15, is a YouNow rising star! Jenn currently lives in the United States and says that her favorite part of YouNow is the simplicity of the entire site. She likes that it’s easy to talk to her fans and interact with them. Jenn’s passion is making videos and entertaining people from all over the world. She also enjoys taking photos and she would love to one day meet...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Emmet Doyle
Emmet Doyle is 18 and is from Dublin Ireland. Emmet discovered YouNow when MattG124 posted about it on Tumblr. Emmet then joined YouNow and became hooked. Emmet loves the sense of community and watching others broadcast. He also enjoys broadcasting as often as possible.
Emmet loves to dance to hip hop and watch a variety of different videos online. The famous person Emmet would love to meet is...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Jack Harries
Jack Harries is 19 and lives in London, England. When Jack noticed other YouTubers using YouNow he became interested and looked into it himself. He liked what he saw and decided to give it a go. Jack is passionate about film making which shows in his very entertaining YouTube videos. Once Jack is done with college he plans to open up his own film production company.
Jack who also has a twin...
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YouNow Rising Stars - Connor Franta
Connor Franta, 19 from Minnesota joined YouNow last month and he already has over 1,000 fans! With a following on Youtube It all started when some of Connor’s friends recommended YouNow as a venue for his oozing personality. His passion for entertaining and socializing shines with every live broadcast!
Connor is a multitalented swimmer and cross country team member. Connor is also a...
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YouNow Cinnamon Challenge!
YouNow is home to a handful of courageous, tenacious, sexy men that will not back down to any challenge! When challenges get in their way, they easily plow through them and continue to go on with their day.
The cinnamon challenge has stepped before the men of YouNow, and they have no choice but to plow through it like all the other challenges.
Come watch as...
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24 Hour Broadcast for Cancer Research
Adam Shallcross, well known for his broadcasts on YouNow, is trying to raise money for cancer research. Sounds cool right? Well Adam explained it to us.
Adam was inspired by other broadcasters to do a 24 hour broadcast of his own. This 24 hour broadcast will take place Thursday June 14th starting at 7pm GMT and 2pm EST in the Politics Channel.
Adam, who lost his aunt to cancer...
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How to Broadcast Like a Weatherman
Have you ever wondered on how you can broadcast like a weather man? Well all it takes is a green screen and using Chroma Key to edit in a background image.
Now how can you do this while on a webcam and playing a video game? Well Younow user Panser Smash uses a combination of different things. You can see it in her broadcast below.
Panser Smash enjoys playing World of Warcraft using this...
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Are You Super? Highlights and Challenges for the...
The second ever Are You Super? Show took place in the Shows 2 channel on YouNow.com. Hosted by Donovan “The Prince” Santiago, the main challenge of Are You Super? was simple: be a superhero or villain. Contestants could create their own hero or villain or impersonate one that is already created.
-Seems Legit
Contestants lined up in the queue where they showed off their powers, and explained...
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YouNow's "1 Minute Talent Challenge" with King of...
Do you have a knack for creating entertaining videos? Do you like money & cool stuff? If the answer is YES then LISTEN UP!
From June 16-30th we will be holding our first-ever video contest: YouNow’s “1 Minute Talent Challenge!” The contest will award the best video makers amongst you. The top 6 videos will earn their makers cash and promotion, including a $750 first prize!...
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YouNow Rising Stars-Thomas Wetherall
Thomas Wetherall, 23 from Surray, just outside London, is a great conversationalist, entertainer and gamer. He is also one of the coolest chaps that are simply hard to resist. After all, he says that his passion in life is to make someone’s day just a little bit better. And he does this by broadcasting video games and shining his big personality on everyone on YouNow.
Thomas is an...
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This Week's Community YouNow Memes
For students, Monday is the day the school weeks starts. For full time workers, it is the beginning of the work week. For us YouNowers, Monday is the day that we share this past week’s community created memes!
You can also check out the rest of the community created YouNow memes right here.
Oh yea, one more thing! If you want your memes to be feature on our blog and Facebook page, be sure...
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YouNow Dance Off Hosted by Johnni Riddlin: Rules...
So you think you can dance eh? Well then… PROVE IT on YouNow’s Dance Off hosted by Johnni Riddlin for a chance to win a level up and a YouNow prize package. The Dance Off will be this Saturday 3pm EDT, 12pm PDT, 8pm BST on YouNow.com/Dance.
Let the Superhero come out of you in this week’s Dance Off! We want to see you add some punching, kicking, and soaring elements into your...
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The YouNow NYC Meetup is approaching! Saturday...
Do you live in New York City? Do you want to meet up with fellow YouNowers? Well whether you are a broadcaster or a fan you now have the chance to!
-A real high view of the meet up location (Location Link)
On Saturday June 16th starting 1pm the YouNow NYC Meetup will take place. The location for this meetup will start outside of Central Park near Columbus Circle. I say start there because the...
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New Feature on YouNow: Status Tab
Have you ever wondered what getting to the next level on YouNow will do for you, or how close you are to the next level? And don’t you wish you could keep better track of all the new fans, followers, and subscribers you are gaining? Of course you do. Well, monitoring your progress just got a whole lot easier. Introducing The Status Tab: 1. Levels Transparency
Understand the benefits of...
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The Karaoke Theme this Week is "Karaoke Shufflin"
The Karaoke Challenge this Wednesday June 6th and Friday June 8th will be RANDOM!!
Put your I-Pod/I-Tunes on shuffle and sing along the first song that appears for a chance to Win a YouNow Prize package! For extra credit, Sing a song with the word “Goodbye” in the title OR lyrics.
Make your performance stand out, get costumes, make up, different lighting etc. Be Creative!!!
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This Week's Top 5 YouNow Memes
It’s Monday, which means it’s time to share the top 5 memes created by the YouNow community!
You can also check out the rest of the community created YouNow memes right here.
Remember, you can send your YouNow memes to Clips@younow.com.
5. Created by Alex Collins
4. Created by Donovan Santiago
3. Created by Taco Holmes
2. Created by Donovan Santiago
1. Created by Herlindo Espinoza
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YouNow Dance Off Hosted by Johnni Riddlin: Rules...
So you think you can dance eh? Well then… PROVE IT on YouNow’s Dance Off hosted by Johnni Riddlin for a chance to win a level up and a YouNow prize package. The Dance Off will be this Saturday June 2nd at 3pm EDT, 12pm PDT, 8pm BST on YouNow.com/Dance.
Dance Off Rules:
Those competing in the Dance Off will have one hour to strut their stuff!
Whether you’re belly dancing or...
