LisaNova

LisaNova is a video blog that came to international attention via YouTube, a popular video sharing website. It stars Lisa Donovan.

The LisaNova channel is currently listed as the 12th most popular channel on YouTube with over 22,000 subscribers, and usually averages between 150,000 or 300,000 views per blog, often receiving much higher ranges in selected acts.

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 Years' Eve of 2006, LisaNova and friends danced on stage with The Flaming Lips, after winning a YouTube contest put on by the Lips. 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.

Lisa Donovan on MADtv
Lisa Donovan was hired as the newest featured cast member of MADtv. It was first reported on a MADtv fan site, where someone who attended the recent taping revealed it. She will debut in a spoof on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she will play the producer of the ABC Comedy Ugly Betty, Salma Hayek. She will be alongside veteran cast members Crista Flanagan and Nicole Parker in the sketch. The sketch is set to air on February 17th. It is unknown if she will be promoted from featured cast member status to full-time cast member, and it is also unknown if she will be back next year for the show's 13th season. However, she will be on the show for at least the remainder of Season 12.

External links and references

 * LisaNova signs content deal with The Daily Reel
 * Business section; Part C, page 1.
 * Dixon, Guy. "Will YouTube's culture survive going commercial?", The Globe and Mail (Canada).  October 14, 2006.  Weekend Review; page R8.
 * Dixon, Guy. "Will YouTube's culture survive going commercial?", The Globe and Mail (Canada).  October 14, 2006.  Weekend Review; page R8.
 * Dixon, Guy. "Will YouTube's culture survive going commercial?", The Globe and Mail (Canada).  October 14, 2006.  Weekend Review; page R8.


 * LisaNova's official home page
 * "LisaNova" userpage at YouTube
 * PlanetMadTV: MadTV Fan Site