LA’s the Place chief Jane Emery had a chance to chat with Nicole Polizzi, better known as Snooki from Jersey Shore.
Snooki has recently been on the talk show circuit as a guest on Jay Leno, Ellen, Conan O’Brien and Wendy Williams, discussing her second book, Confessions of a Guidette and to promote her new app, Snookify Me!.
Snooki shared with LA’s The Place her thoughts on the shows success, her book, new app and some tidbits about what’s in store for the upcoming season.
The Season 5 premiere of Jersey Shore airs Thursday, January 5 on MTV.
LA’s The Place: Hi Nicole, thank you for speaking with us here at LA’s the Place today. Congratulations on the ongoing success of Jersey Shore. Your 5th season, premiering this Thursday, January 5th, is coming off a hugely successful 4th season. I understand the premiere was MTV’s most watched premiere ever, with 10.5 million viewers and 118 million viewers overall, smashing all TV records as the most watched show in TV history!
Snooki: We’re definitely very, very excited about the success of the show. The first season of the show, we didn’t really know where we were going to go. The fact that we’re doing season after season, and it’s great ratings for MTV and for us. We’re very, very happy and our fans are great, so we’re excited for the new season.
LATP: I also understand it’s ranked as TV’s number one series among viewers 12-34.
Snooki: Oh wow, that’s awesome! I didn’t even know that.
LATP: Yeah, that’s monumental. I want to ask you, Nicole, what has been the best part of all of this for you?
Snooki: I would probably say the opportunities. Because I’ve always wanted to have, you know, my own products and my own line, for the fact that I have books out already, my tanning lotion, my Snookify Me! app, my slippers and just everything coming out. I mean, that’s probably the most rewarding, and obviously when you have so many fans that support you, that’s just awesome. It’s a great feeling.
LATP: That’s wonderful, and it’s obviously due to your fun and vivacious personality. I understand that you’re excited about this app, Snookify Me! It looks so fun… can you tell us a little about it?
Snooki: Well, the Snookify Me! app is kind of a way for everybody to look like me and it’s fun. So you take a picture on your phone and then you can put my poof on you, make yourself more tanner like me, put my outfits on you, my accessories and then you can upload it to Twitter or Facebook. A lot of my fans tweet it to me and put it on my fan page, so I get to see everybody’s that’s been Snookified. It’s guys, girls, dogs, cats, it’s babies and grandpas and grandmas. So anybody can pretty much Snookify themselves. It’s just a really fun app. To Snookify people you wouldn’t normally see looking like me, it’s so funny.
LATP: I saw you on Conan O’Brien and Wendy Williams talking about it… it was hilarious seeing them get Snookify’d!. I understand that if people download your app they’re going to be entered into a contest to attend one of your VIP parties?
Snooki: Exactly. Yes, I definitely like to do contests where I can meet my fans because I like to have that experience hanging out. If I were a fan and I got to meet one of my big people, I would go crazy, so the fact that I get to do that for my fans, it’s really great and I love meeting them. You know, just to do that and also have them get to know my products and love them. You know, not to be more like me, but I guess using the stuff that I use and the fact that it’s my own product is pretty cool.
LATP: Ok, great. So, Nicole, we look forward to seeing the continuing adventures of Jersey Shore. Are there any tidbits you’d like to share about what what’s in store this coming season?
Snooki: Well, pretty much just leaving Italy, going back to where it all started, at the Jersey Shore. So you’re going to see us very excited to be back home and obviously there’s going to be a lot of drama, like always, but also a lot of laughs and a lot of fun. We’re just very excited to have another season going on.
LATP: Absolutely. Can you tell us a little bit about what your second book is about?
Snooki: My second book is out right now, called Confessions of a Guidette. It’s kind of like a guideline, how to be like me, but also my favorite things that I like to do in my spare time. There’s 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me, there’s a lot of pictures of me meeting celebrities, a lot of pictures of my personal friends, my family and my pets. It’s kind of a book about the life that some people don’t normally get to see.
LATP: It sounds like a lot of fun. Well, Nicole, I personally want to thank you for entertaining us for all these years. I wish you a very Happy New Year!
Snooki: Thank you so much, you too.
App can be found at www.snookiapps.com and is available in both Apple ITunes Store and Google Android Marketplace.
Snookify’d people and pets (and statue!):
More:
What inspired you to create “Snookify Me!”?
“I love being able to provide my fans with products that both they and I love. About a year ago, I realized that I needed a “Snooki” App. After lots of hard with Apps Genius, we created the best app ever, “Snookify Me!” It’s so much fun to see all my fans posting Snookifications of themselves everywhere. I love the fact that I can share my “poof” with everyone and they can call look like me.”
How involved were you in the designing of “Snookify Me!”
“My one concern when having an app that bears my name was that I actually got to have a large part in the design of it. I don’t slap my name on products that I don’t think are the best. I worked really hard with the geeks (I mean developers) at Apps Genius’ office and I am so happy with the app, “Snookify Me!” I even came up with the name.
My app has the best animal print clothing items ever…
“Snookify Me!” has become part of my daily life. I just Snookified Gianni the other day, but I can’t show anyone that one because the dress did not cover everything, but he did look great in my boobs.
Snookify Me!” is a great way for hardcore Jersey Shore fans to interact with each other and express their love for the show…I Snookify Deena all the time…I think she needs to poof and boob it up more often.
We just launched a weekly contest. To enter the contest, download the app at Snookiapps.com for either your iPhone or Android…if you don’t have one of those phones, its time to upgrade, this is 2012 – c’mon people!! And Snookify anything you want. I even Snookified our Xmas tree this year. Once you create it, click on the “Upload to Gallery” button. I look at these every day, and it really makes me so happy that my fans are loving my app. Every week I will choose a winner and send the winner a little “thank you” gift.”
Future Apps:
“I had so much fun creating “Snookify Me!” that I already started designing my next app with Apps Genius. I can’t give you major details now, but I cantell you that I have listened to my fans over the years and they are going to love this so much.”
