March
1 , 2006
Press
Release
Pamela
Anderson to Host The 2006 JUNO Awards on CTV
- International superstar returns home for Canada’s Music
Awards –
Toronto,
ON (February 28, 2006) – Internationally renowned
Canadian superstar Pamela Anderson has been named host of The
2006 JUNO Awards, Canada’s Music Awards, it
was announced today by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences (CARAS) and broadcaster CTV. CTV and CARAS also confirmed
today that The 2006 JUNO Awards will
be broadcast on Sunday, April 2 from 7
- 9 p.m. ET on CTV, preceded by the half-hour Red Carpet
pre-show eTalk at the Junos at 6:30 p.m.
ET (check local listings).
Named
as “The Most Powerful Canadian in Hollywood” in 2005
by Canadian Business
magazine, Anderson is one of the world’s most recognized
stars, thanks to her multi-platform career as an actor, model,
author, producer and designer. Anderson joins an esteemed list
of homegrown, international stars who have hosted The
JUNO Awards the since CTV began airing the awards
telecast in 2002, including Barenaked Ladies, Shania Twain and
Alanis Morissette.
“Canadian
music rocks,” said Anderson. “No matter where I am
in the world I can listen to Canadian music and feel like I’m
at home. This is going to be one kick-ass awards show.”
Anderson
will host a two-hour awards broadcast that features performances
by Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene, 2006 Canadian Music
Hall of Fame inductee Bryan Adams, Coldplay, Michael Bublé
and Nickelback. Additional performers will be announced soon.
“We
are thrilled to have Pamela Anderson host The 2006
JUNO Awards, ” said Melanie Berry, President
of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)
and executive producer of the broadcast. “With her unabashed
wit and spontaneity, she is sure to make April 2nd a night to
remember.”
“She’s
famous around the world, but Pamela will feel right at home in
Halifax,” said Susanne Boyce CTV’s President of Programming
and Chair of the CTV Media Group. “She can expect a hearty
east coast welcome for what promises to be a spectacular awards
broadcast.”
Pamela
Anderson was born on Canada’s centennial birthday on July
1, 1967. Raised in
Ladysmith, British Columbia, Anderson is now an internationally
acclaimed multi-media star. Anderson’s road to stardom began
when she was spotted at a B.C. Lions football game. This lead
to a contract with Labatt Breweries and several other commercial
deals followed. Her beautiful pin-up physique and signature bleach
blonde hair has landed her dozens of magazine covers including
Playboy, on which she has appeared more times than any woman in
the magazine’s history.
Anderson’s
television career took off in 1991 with her role as Lisa the “Tool
Time Girl” on the family sitcom Home Improvement . Anderson’s
most notable television role came in 1992 when she joined the
cast of Baywatch. She produced and starred in her own series V.I.P.
in 1998 and signed on as the voice for Erotica Jones in the cartoon
Striperella in 2003. Currently Anderson stars in the ensemble
comedy Stacked. Known as a good sport, she participated in The
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson , which aired on The Comedy
Network in February 2006.
Anderson
is the author of two books, Star (2004) and Star Struck (2005)
and is an activist for the People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA). Anderson also hopes to launch a cruelty-free line
of clothing, beauty and pet care products as well as a vegetarian
line of frozen food for kids.
Broadcast
in High-Definition and 5.1 Surround Sound, The 2006
JUNO Awards, Canada's Music Awards, will be broadcast
for the fifth year in a row on CTV on Sunday, April 2 from the
Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, NS. In April 2005, 1.34 million
viewers watched The 2005 JUNO Awards from Winnipeg on CTV. In
all, more than 5.7 million Canadians tuned in to watch some part
of the star-studded show– an increase of almost half a million
viewers compared to the 2004 broadcast - making it once again
the most-watched Canadian awards telecast. CTV began broadcasting
The JUNO Awards in 2002 when it telecast the Awards from St. John’s,
Newfoundland and Labrador, before taking it to Ottawa (2003),
Edmonton (2004) and Winnipeg
(2005). The 2007 JUNO Awards will be broadcast from Saskatoon
on CTV.
Sponsors
for The 2006 JUNO Awards include FACTOR, Canada’s Private
Radio
Broadcasters and the Government of Canada through the Department
of Canadian
Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund”, Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency, the Province of Nova Scotia, the Halifax
Regional Municipality, Events Halifax and Radio Starmaker Fund.
Broadcast sponsors for the event are General Motors, Pantene Pro-V,
Doritos and Nice ’n Easy.
About
CARAS:
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/L'academie
canadienne des arts et des sciences de l'enregistrement (CARAS)
is a not-for-profit organization created to preserve and enhance
the Canadian music and recording industries and to contribute
toward higher artistic and industry standards. The main focus
of CARAS is the exploration and development of opportunities to
showcase and promote Canadian artists and music through television
vehicles such as the JUNO Awards. For more information on the
35th anniversary JUNO Awards, visit the Canadian Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences’ (CARAS) website at www.junoawards.ca.
The 2006 JUNO Awards will air on CTV, on Sunday, April 2nd, 2006.
About
CTV:
CTV, Canada’s largest private broadcaster, offers a wide
range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment
programming. It has the number-one national newscast, CTV National
News With Lloyd Robertson, and is the number-one choice for prime-time
viewing. CTV owns 21 conventional television stations across Canada
and has interests in 14 specialty channels, including the number-one
Canadian specialty channel, TSN. CTV is owned by Bell Globemedia,
Canada’s premier multi-media company. More information about
CTV may be
found on the company website at www.ctv.ca.
Web
Links:
JUNO Awards: www.junoawards.ca
CTV’s JUNO Awards website: www.junos.ctv.ca
Official Pamela Anderson website: www.pamelaanderson.com
