Master of the Mix is a reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series and disc jockey

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 competition. The 2010 season of the show has eight episodes and seven disc jockeys. The show is hosted by Just Blaze

Just Blaze

Justin Smith, better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer from Paterson, New Jersey. Blaze is also the CEO of Fort Knocks Entertainment. He is most well known for producing Jay-Z songs on the albums The Blueprint, The Blueprint 2, and The Black Album. He is also known for...

 and judged by Kid Capri

Kid Capri

David Anthony Love, Jr , also known by his stage name Kid Capri, is an American musician.He was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA....

. Biz Markie

Biz Markie

Marcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989...

 is a regular guest. The contestants are DJ Jazzy Joyce

DJ Jazzy Joyce

DJ Jazzy Joyce is an American hip hop DJ and producer on New York City's radio station Hot 97. She is best known for her collaboration with rapper Sweet Tee on the 1986 single "It's My Beat". In 1994, she was featured on "9th Wonder ", the first single from "Blowout Comb", the second album from...

, Rich Medina, Vikter Duplaix

Vikter Duplaix

Vikter Duplaix, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ. Duplaix has traditional soul singer’s beginnings – being raised in both Philadelphia and Augusta, Georgia singing in church choirs, and later took work programming drum tracks while working at a Philadelphia...

, DJ Scratch

DJ Scratch

DJ Scratch is an American hip hop DJ and producer.-Career:DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ Champion, Grammy nominated, Multi Platinum Producer & The 2010 Master Of The Mix World Champion....

, DJ Rap

DJ Rap

Charissa Saverio is a British drum and bass, house music and progressive electronic music disc jockey.-Biography:...

, DJ Revolution and DJ Mars. The show airs half-hour episodes on Wednesday nights on the Centric television network

Television network

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 with encore Saturday airings on Black Entertainment Television

Black Entertainment Television

Black Entertainment Television is an American, Viacom-owned cable network based in Washington, D.C.. Currently viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide, it is the most prominent television network targeting young Black-American audiences. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, by its...

. The show, which debuted on November 3, 2010, is presented by Smirnoff

Smirnoff

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.

Ben Silverman

Ben Silverman

Benjamin Noah "Ben" Silverman is the founder and CEO of Electus, a next generation entertainment studio staked by IAC's Barry Diller....

 announced in September 2010 that his production company, Electus

Electus

Electus is a next generation production studio founded by Ben Silverman and financed by Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2009...

, would produce the show with financing from Diageo

Diageo

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, parent of Smirnoff. The private screening premier on was held in New York City on November 2 and was attended by various luminaries in the Hip Hop music

Hip hop music

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 industry such as Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash

Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....

.

The seven competitors have various wide-ranging experiences. Some have Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 nomination; others have sold millions of albums; some have worked with some of the most popular current recording artists in the world. Among the DJs are the DJs of the Rock Steady Crew

Rock Steady Crew

Rock Steady Crew is a b-boying crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx, New York City in 1977. The group was initially formed by b-boys named Jimmy D and Jojo. In subsequent years, Rock Steady Crew became a franchise name for groups in other locations. The Manhattan branch was...

 and EPMD

EPMD

EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith...

. During the series the DJs compete in various challenges at venues across the world and most episodes will have eliminations. The surviving DJ who is chosen as "Master of the Mix" will win the sponsorship of Smirnoff as their official DJ at international Smirnoff-sponsored events for an entire year. The total value of the prize package, which includes custom-made Smirnoff bottle is $250,000.

Season 1 (2010)

The season begins in at a posh residence. Although there was a competition, no DJs were eliminated in the first episode. In the second week, DJ Revolution was eliminated in a challenge at a Las Vegas club where the DJs competed without being able to see or being seen by the audience.

Contestants

DJ	Status

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate	Code

Season 2 (2011)

The season begins with auditions in , , , , and .

Contestants

DJ	Status

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate	Code

External links

• Official website at Black Entertainment Television
  Black Entertainment Television
  Black Entertainment Television is an American, Viacom-owned cable network based in Washington, D.C.. Currently viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide, it is the most prominent television network targeting young Black-American audiences. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, by its...
  
  
• Official website at Centric
• Master of the Mix Episodes on TVGuide.com