Matt Borrelli

Toronto, Ontario

Birth Date: Nov 21

Please describe your unique qualifications that make you an ideal candidate for the CMT Summer Job:
I'm the ideal candidate for the CMT VJ job because I am huge fan of this genre of music and I am probably one of the few candidates if not the only one that has traveled to Nashville every year for the last seven years. I am confident in front of the camera and live for a career in television. I came very close to winning another similar competition several years ago for Global Television. I placed 30 out of 3000 and have grown so much since then. I’m dedicated, passionate, and most of all excited for this opportunity.

If you got to meet your biggest country idol, who would it be and what would you ask them/tell them:
I would most likely choose Carrie Underwood because she is truly an overnight success which is always a great story. I would ask her about life before an entourage and how it feels to now always be surrounded by people whose job it is to make her look, sound, and feel great.

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