# Select Live > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Select_Live > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Select_Live.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_Live > Source revision: 1323868452 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Select Live" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2025) 2003 New Zealand TV series or programme Select Live Select Live Logo Presented by Drew Neemia[1] Country of origin New Zealand Original language English Production Running time 120 - 180 minutes Original release Network C4 Release 2003 (2003) – 2010 (2010) **Select Live** and **Select** are [music video](/source/Music_video) request shows that screened every day on the [C4](/source/C4_(New_Zealand_TV_channel)) music channel in New Zealand. The shows operated for fifty weeks a year from 2003 to 2010, with videos added to the playlist each week. The original format show, Select, originally played every day from 4:00pm to 7:00pm but later only aired on weekend days during this timeslot. This show did not have a presenter; special "text codes" scrolled along the bottom of the screen and corresponded to a particular song. The Select Live format screened weekdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Songs to be played were requested by sending an SMS message of a particular format to a designated number. The show was hosted by [Joel Defries](/source/Joel_Defries) from 2005 until August 3, 2007, then by Jermaine Leef until 2008, then by [Drew Neemia](/source/Drew_Neemia) until 2011. It was initially sponsored by [Vodafone](/source/Vodafone) and broadcast as [Vodafone Select Live](/source/Vodafone_Select_Live). Regular segments featured on the live screenings of the show include *Under Drew's Hat*, which features celebrity gossip and news, *Top 5*, which screens on Fridays, featuring the songs most voted for on the show and the "Mattle" with Drew Neemia versus C4's Matt in a battle of music videos for viewers to vote for. The show was cancelled on 4 February 2010 when C4 was moved to Freeview to make way for FOUR; retro video shuffle C42 replaced it on the programming schedule. A similar format show was introduced on FOUR, initially called Drew and Shannon Live and later called FOUR Live. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Presenter grows up"](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/presenter-grows-up/2JZ7J4JD73IBYU4HUHLLVWRZHY/). *[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)*. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2025. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Select Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_Live) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Select_Live?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.