LisaNova

Lisa Donovan is an American actress and writer. She produces comedic short films, publishing them on her popular video blog under the username "LisaNova", which came to international attention on YouTube. She is also a featured cast member on the FOX sketch comedy show MADtv.

The LisaNova channel is currently listed as the 15th most popular channel on YouTube with over 40,000 subscribers. Regarding views per video, the average numbers are between 150,000 and 300,000, with some videos garnering much higher numbers.

LisaNova started when an aspiring artist known only as "Lisa" posted her sketch comedy on YouTube and realized a few hundred thousand people viewed her post. After this, she and some of her friends got together to create a series of spoof vlogs which attracted yet more attention and views.

During New Year's Eve of 2006, Lisa Donovan and friends danced on stage with The Flaming Lips, after winning a YouTube contest put on by the band. After the concert, she then posted a series of five videos that are chained together from the audition, to the concert, to the end of the day song.

MADtv
Lisa Donovan was hired as the newest featured cast member of MADtv. It was first reported on a MADtv fan site by someone who attended a recent taping of the show. She debuted in a spoof of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she played the producer of the ABC Comedy Ugly Betty, Salma Hayek. This episode aired on February 172007. As a featured cast member, her status in the show's following season is undetermined.

Below is a list of selected characters and impressions Lisa has done on the show so far.

Impressions

 * Keira Knightley
 * Kellie Pickler
 * Salma Hayek
 * Lindsay Lohan

Characters
Oscar Special: Lady at video store/Ike's Girlfriend/Bobby's Girlfriend Stereotypical Italian: Wife
 * Hillary Clinton Supporter

CONTROVERSY
While Lisa Nova has obviously achieved some not inconsiderable success there is debate over the validity of her true following on Youtube. On examining hundreds of youtube accounts that have subscribed to LisaNova it can be seen that they have only logged on once, not watched any videos. This is compelling evidence that these are ghost accounts set up to make her appear more popular than she actually is and to boost her rankings on the site. Similarly the frequency of messages from LisaNova to other users indicates that unless she is personally posting over 100 messages an hour then she must be using a spambot program.