Dave Holmes (born March 14, 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a television personality who gained national attention as the runner-up on MTV's first Wanna Be a VJ contest in 1998. From the beginning, he distinguished himself from other candidates with an encyclopedic knowledge of music trivia.
Despite his loss to Jesse Camp, MTV hired Holmes to conduct celebrity interviews. He went on to host several other MTV shows, including 120 Minutes, a Real World reunion special, and the popular Say What? Karaoke until 2001. Ironically, his MTV career lasted about two years longer than Camp's.
Post-MTV, Holmes co-hosts Court TV's Saturday Night Solution programming block, and FX's DVD on TV. In 2005 he hosted the CBS summer series Fire Me...Please. Holmes has also appeared on VH1's Best Week Ever and Super Secret Movie Rules; Comedy Central's Reno 911!; the Hughleys; and appeared as a reporter in the 2005 film Fantastic Four.
He currently resides in Los Angeles.
On July 7, 2007, he co-hosted Bravo's coverage of the Live Earth Concerts with Karen Duffy.
Currently, he is the host of TV Guide Network's Celebrity Says!
Early life
Born and raised in St. Louis, Holmes' family includes parents Charles and Mary Lou; and two older brothers, Dan and Steve. The family runs a financial consulting business in Clayton, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. Holmes attended the Saint Louis Priory School and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he worked at the campus radio station.
External links
Official Dave Holmes Website
Dave Holmes at the Internet Movie Database
profile at TV.com
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Categories: 1971 births | American television personalities | Living people | VJs | People from St. Louis, Missouri | United States television biography stubs
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