Dave Holmes

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia David Robert Dave Holmes born March 14 1971 is a television personality who gained national attention as the runnerup on MTVs 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 His MTV career lasted about two years longer than Camps PostMTV Holmes cohosts Court TVs Saturday Night Solution programming block and FXs DVD on TV In 2005 he hosted the CBS summer series Fire MePlease Holmes has also appeared on numerous programs on VH1 including Best Week Ever Super Secret Movie Rules and 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s He has also appeared on The Andy Dick Show Comedy Centrals Reno 911 The Hughleys and he appeared as a reporter in the 2005 film Fantastic Four On July 7 2007 he cohosted Bravos coverage of the Live Earth Concerts with Karen Duffy He also recently appeared on Most Annoying People of 2008 on BBC Holmes came out as a gay man in Out magazine in 2002 and is in a relationship with singersongwriter Ben Wise On September 23 2010 Holmes contributed a video to the It Gets Better project spearheaded by advice columnist and gay rights activist Dan Savage Currently he works onair at FX and hosts the daily video podcast A Drink With Dave Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Holmes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia