An aspiring presenter from Penistone has made the shortlist of MTV's student of the year competition.

 

Samantha Wynn, 22, is a French and drama student at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is one of only 20 of the 1,000 applicants to have made the shortlist on the back of a video submitted to the music TV channel, followed by an interview.

 

Members of the public now have 16 days to vote for their favourite candidate and the top five will reach the final before a panel of judges.

 

The prize is a three month paid internship with MTV, a trip to the MTV Europe music awards, and iPad Mini and a £500 holiday voucher.

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Sam, of Waterhole Lane, speaks fluent French and is head of programming at Insanity Radio, which was recently awarded an FM licence at103.2FM, as well as a presenter of Wy.TV on Royal Holloway's student Rhubarb TV channel.

 

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Described by MTV as 'vibrant, dynamic and tenacious', Samantha said she considered the competition's top prize as a 'dream'.

 

She said: "I'm a fan of MTV and it sounded like the dream internship. Part of that would be working on MTV Voices, which is a new platform providing people and their stories with a voice, and working in different areas to get a broader sense of the industry."

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To vote for Samantha, visit http://studentoftheyear.mtv.co.uk/student/samantha-wynn