Jesse Camp (Celebrity In Spotlight)

Jesse Camp (born Josiah A. Camp III, November 4, 1979; has also gone by "Josh" and "Jason") was the winner of the first Wanna Be a VJ contest on MTV. He beat out Dave Holmes for a Veejay job on the popular music video show Total Request Live (TRL), and also hosted the short-lived Lunch with Jesse, which was cancelled in 2000He is the son of Henrietta Camp, the principal of Frank M. Kearns school in Granby, Connecticut.

During the course of Wanna Be a VJ, he led many viewers to believe that he was currently homeless, in order to garner sympathy.The Village Voice reported that an Internet source, known only by the handle "UglyPig", claimed to have cast over 3,000 votes in the contest, exploiting a security flaw in the system.

Camp held his position as an occasional TRL host for one year. Upon leaving he attempted to parlay his MTV fame into a music career, announcing the debut album of his band Jesse & the 8th Street Kidz on the Hollywood Records label. The album sold poorly, and Camp's band was soon dropped from the label. In late 2006, he was reportedly working at a Los Angeles-area pet supply store.