Raymond "Ray" Lee Munns (born March 11, 1980) is a former

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and

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DJ.

MTV

In 2000, Munns beat out 10,000 other hopefuls to win the third annual '' Wanna Be a VJ'' contest. During the live show, Munns participated in a series of challenges a VJ would expect to encounter...from introducing videos to interviewing celebrities such as

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. At the end of the show, a debate was held between Munns and Shannon Wiseman who was in the lead. In the debate, Munns made a comment about MTV not needing any more

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Dolls. He was referring to the cookie cutter image of a VJ. The live studio audience went wild and Munns was awarded fifty one percent to Wiseman's forty nine percent. Munns started his MTV career as Carson Daly's sidekick on ''

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'' during the 2000 summer beach house. He also did a Wrigley's Big Red spot and appeared on ''

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''. Within one week of his victory he was imitated by Chris Kattan on ''

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'' for having an infectious laugh. Munns second live interview came when Carson Daly had

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say hello to him on TRL. After the summer beach house ended, Ray play fought and danced the Britney Spears dance for "Oops I Did It Again" with

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on TRL. He was chosen by

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and MTV to shoot five vignettes for the 2000 MTV VMA, and also started work as executive producer on his first mixed CD "Ray's House" for

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. On January 1, 2001, MTV debuted its new show ''TRL Presents: VJ for a Day''. The live daytime program featured contestants battling for Munns' job. Some of the challenges included introducing videos and interacting with celebrities. After winning four times, a contestant would compete with Munns "Head to Head" for his job. After five "Head to Head" matches and hosting VJ for a Day for four months; Munns retained his job and left the show as the “People’s Champion.”

Post MTV

After leaving MTV as a full-time VJ, Munns was named one of

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’s "50 Most Eligible Bachelors".Source People Magazine July 2, 2001 He was featured alongside

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, and Russell Crowe. While taking a break from promoting and DJing for his album “Rays House;” he hosted the "Swordfish Movie Special" featuring

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and Africa Bambaataa. Munns was also brought back as a guest judge on MTV when he was not busy DJing. In 2001, he was a judge at the

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awards.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munns, Ray 1980 births American DJs Living people People from St. Charles, Missouri