New MTV Made Marathon Turns a Nerd into a Hip Hop Dancer

New York, NY – February 6, 2008 – Your Saturday just got better with MTV’s (http://www.mtv.com) Emmy Award winning series, “MADE” (http://made.mtv.com) premiering with four new episodes on Saturday, February 16th from 10am – 2pm ET/PT. These episodes include: “MADE: Ice Hockey”, “MADE: Snowboarder”, “MADE: Pageant Queen”, and “MADE: Hip Hop Dancer”. “MADE” (http://made.mtv.com) chronicles the challenges and accomplishments that young people face as they attempt a life-changing transformation. To assist on their journey in accomplishing their “makeover”, MTV (http://www.mtv.com) provides a coach who doubles as a mentor.

Below are detailed descriptions of the shows that are scheduled to air form 10am-2pm ET/PT:

– Made: Ice Hockey (10 AM) – Pink and perfume obsessed Samantha Bradley has been pampered and protected all her life. She now wants to face her fear of sports by being MADE into an ice hockey player. Watch as she learns what it takes to become an athlete and play with a rough & tough girls hockey team.

– Made: Snowboarder (11 AM) – Bubbly blonde Tara Weldon wants to show her skeptical family and school that she’s more than a ditzy girly girl by being MADE into a hardcore snowboarder. With help from pro Jesse Csinsack, she’ll have 6 weeks to go from clumsy to kick-ass. Watch as Tara tries to ride the box, drop in on a Superpipe, and learns to shred – or be shredded – on her way to competing in a real snowboarding competition.

– Made: Pageant Queen (12 Noon) – Insecure tomboy Kelly Ortiz wants to quit being just one of the guys and get girly, by being MADE into a pageant queen. Kelly will work with renowned bombshell coach Jacqueline Bradley, and over 6 weeks, she’ll try to go from a fashion mess to pageant success.

– Made: Hip Hop Dancer (1 PM) – Hallie Willm is a self conscious, klutzy, nerdy girl who’s tired of being overlooked for the more athletic, confident girls at her school. She wants to break her goody-goody mold and be made into a fierce and sexy hip hop dancer. Watch as Hallie challenges her self to get hot and get noticed by competing in her school’s talent show.

Check out what happens to the young people featured on episodes of MADE in LIFE AFTER MADE, as well as view full episodes on made.mtv.com. “MADE” (http://made.mtv.com) was created and is executive produced by Bob Kusbit and Francis Lyons for One Louder Productions. Dave Sirlnick, Tony DiBari, and Summer Strauch are executive producers for MTV.