Andrea Marie Feczko (born October 17, 1985) is an American television presenter, producer, and writer. She has hosted shows for media outlets including

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, CBS,

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, FX, HLN,

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, and

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. Feczko is best known for her appearances on web television, including starring in a series of YouTube

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music videos for Barely Productions (among them "Glitter Puke", a parody of

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's "

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" that garnered over 150 million views and became YouTube's second most watched video of 2010), and co-hosting "Ultra Live", the live stream of the Ultra Music Festival, with over 20 million viewers worldwide, leading her to be named "one of the most recognized reporters on the EDM scene".

Early life

Feczko was born in

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. As a child, she was a competitive

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. After graduating high school, she moved to New York City, where she studied journalism and communications at

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, graduating

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in 2007. While attending New York University, Feczko studied overseas in

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in Italy and London in the United Kingdom, as well as interning with

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in Vancouver, Canada.

Television hosting career

After graduating from university, Feczko worked as a waitress while trying to break into the entertainment industry. She began her career with Next News Networks in New York, hosting the web television

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''. Feczko subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, where she took hosting classes and voice lessons. She went on to host shows including

's ''Daytime in No Time'',

's ''Blastr TV'', and

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's ''SOS Island''. In 2010, Feczko came to global prominence after starring in "Glitter Puke", a

of the

music video "

" on the Barely Productions YouTube channel "Key of Awesome". "Glitter Puke" was YouTube's second most watched video of 2010 and ultimately received over 150 million views, making it the most viewed YouTube parody video of all time. In the same year, she joined the

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promotion

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as a backstage reporter for its live broadcast on

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. In 2012, Feczko became an

VJ, hosting ''MTV Essentials''. In 2015, Feckzo produced the documentary ''Japan's War on Dance: Clubbing in the State of Fueiho'' for

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. That same year, she co-hosted ''Vacation Chasers'', a four episode show airing on HLN. In 2016, she hosted the

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''100 Best Places'' for

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, the web series ''Get Me in There'' for Heineken and

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, and the reality television show ''Vacation Creation'' for the

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Personal life

Feczko is of

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descent.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Bibliography

*''Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School: 101 Stories of Life, Love, and Learning for Younger Teens'' (2007)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Feczko, Andres 1985 births American female figure skaters American women journalists American people of Ukrainian descent American television hosts American women television producers American YouTubers American web producers Living people New York University alumni People from Troy, Michigan VJs (media personalities) Web series producers American women television presenters Television producers from Michigan 21st-century American women