''Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief'' was a
charity telethon held on January 22, 2010 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time (January 23, 2010 from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.
UTC). The telethon was the most widely distributed telethon in history.
The event was broadcast from Studio 36 at
CBS Television City
Television City, alternatively CBS Television City, is an American television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Fairfax Avenue. Designed by architect William Pereira and Ch ...
in
Los Angeles
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,
Kaufman Astoria Studios
The Kaufman Astoria Studios is a film studio located in the Astoria section of the New York City borough of Queens. The studio was constructed for Famous Players-Lasky in 1920, since it was close to Manhattan's Broadway theater district. The p ...
in
Queens, New York and a private club,
The Hospital, in
London
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. There were also live reports from
Haiti.
Initial plans for the telethon were announced by
MTV Networks on January 15, 2010, three days after the
2010 Haiti earthquake
A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's ca ...
struck on January 12 that is assumed to have claimed the lives of about 200,000 people. The event was one of a number of
humanitarian responses to the earthquake. Processing of the telethon's donations was in the hands of the
Entertainment Industry Foundation.
The telethon was patterned after the form begun with the 2001 ''
America: A Tribute to Heroes'' program and continued with the 2005 ''
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast''.
Funds raised by the telethon and from the sale of an accompanying
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records c ...
and video, which was immediately made available for pre-order on
iTunes, were distributed to seven non-profit organizations doing relief work in Haiti.
Recipients
Funds were distributed to the following organizations with humanitarian operations in Haiti:
* The
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
*
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...
World Food Programme
*
Oxfam America
*
Partners In Health
*
Red Cross
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million Volunteering, volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure re ...
*
UNICEF
*
Yéle Haiti Foundation
In 2012 ''
The New York Times
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'' reported that a forensic audit conducted by the
New York Attorney General's office found that much of the money distributed to the Yéle Haiti organization from the telethon was retained by founder
Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, ...
and his associates for their own benefit.
Audience and proceeds raised
The event drew an estimated audience of 83 million viewers in the United States between the initial broadcast and web and mobile streams throughout the weekend.
[Kaufman, Gil et al]
Hope For Haiti Now' Draws 83 Million Viewers In U.S."
'' MTV News'', January 25, 2010
On January 23, it was reported that the telethon had raised over 58 million, not including corporate and large private donors or sales of the album and video. The amount is a record for donations by the general public to a telethon for disaster-relief.
[ Hope For Haiti Now' Sets New Record For Money Raised By Disaster-Relief Telethon"]
'' MTV News'', January 23, 2010 On January 25 the figure was revised to $61 million.
Viewers were encouraged to donate online, calling toll-free (1-877-99-HAITI), by texting or by mail. Donations were accepted up to six months after the broadcast.
Participants
Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, ...
hosted the concert in
New York City
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, with
George Clooney in
Los Angeles
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and
Anderson Cooper in
Haiti.
revealed on January 21 that she would perform a new song titled "
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" is a song recorded by Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge and Rihanna for '' Hope for Haiti Now'', a live album by various artists to benefit the campaign of the same name to alleviate the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The song was writt ...
", together with
Jay-Z and
U2's
The Edge and
Bono for the telethon in London.
In
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...
,
Clint Eastwood and
Matt Damon appealed for donations.
Appearance order
The telethon began and ended with images of victims in Haiti. Presented in a format similar to 2001's ''
America: A Tribute to Heroes'', the intervening two hours consisted of musical performances with speeches, reports from Haiti, and conversations between celebrity operators and donors calling in.
Times in the table are given from the beginning of the show (8 p.m.
U.S. ET/1 a.m.
UTC) and are based on the CBS airing in the US.
Descriptions are mostly from the MTV blog.
Locations of performers announced by ''
USA Today
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'':
* New York City:
Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, ...
,
Madonna,
Bruce Springsteen,
Jennifer Hudson,
Mary J. Blige,
Shakira
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, and
Sting
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* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
Fictional characters and entities
* Sting (Middle-earth ...
* Los Angeles:
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Col ...
,
Christina Aguilera,
Dave Matthews,
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fu ...
,
John Legend,
Justin Timberlake,
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, pop, s ...
,
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bo ...
,
Emeline Michel, and a group performance by
Keith Urban,
Kid Rock, and
Sheryl Crow
* London:
Beyoncé,
Coldplay,
Bono,
The Edge,
Jay-Z, and
Rihanna.
Performances by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna were pre-recorded earlier in the day.
Celebrity phone operators
Celebrity phone bank operators in alphabetical order (by surname):
*
Ben Affleck
*
Tim Allen
*
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...
*
David Archuleta
*
Alec Baldwin
*
Ellen Barkin
*
Drew Barrymore
*
Garcelle Beauvais
*
Jack Black
*
Emily Blunt
*
Russell Brand
*
Benjamin Bratt
*
Pierce Brosnan
*
Gerard Butler
*
Chevy Chase
Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (; born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He became a key cast member in the first season of '' Saturday Night Live'', where his recurring ''Weekend Update'' segment became a staple of the ...
*
Kristin Chenoweth
*
Sacha Baron Cohen
*
Sean Combs
*
Common
*
Bradley Cooper
*
Cat Cora
Catherine Ann Cora is an American professional chef, television personality, business person, and cookbook author. She is best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on ''Iron Chef America''Yancey, Kitty Bean"'Iron Chef' Cat Cora is out of ...
*
Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She was the highest-paid child actor in 2012 and was included on ''Forbes'' magazine's " 30 Under 30" list in 2022. She is known for her career on television, parti ...
*
Daniel Craig
*
Cindy Crawford
*
Penélope Cruz
*
Billy Crystal
*
John Cusack
*
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...
*
Daniel Day-Lewis
*
Eric Dane
*
Robert De Niro
*
Ellen DeGeneres
*
Leonardo DiCaprio
*
Snoop Dogg
*
Robert Downey Jr.
*
Fran Drescher
*
Michael Clarke Duncan
*
Zac Efron
*
Jenna Elfman
*
Anna Faris
Anna Kay Faris (; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her work in comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the ''Scary Movie'' film series (2000–2006). She has appeared in a number ...
*
Colin Farrell
*
Andy García
*
Mel Gibson
*
Tyrese Gibson
*
Selena Gomez
*
Regina Hall
*
Tom Hanks
*
Neil Patrick Harris
*
Taraji P. Henson
Taraji Penda Henson ( ; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in '' Baby Boy'' (2001). Sh ...
*
Djimon Hounsou
*
Terrence Howard
*
Vanessa Hudgens
*
Randy Jackson
*
Jimmy Jean-Louis
*
Elton John
*
Dwayne Johnson
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*
Joe Jonas
*
Kevin Jonas
*
Nick Jonas
*
Quincy Jones
*
Victoria Justice
*
Diane Keaton
*
Michael Keaton
*
Anna Kendrick
Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Satellite Award, five Teen Choice Awards, three MTV Movie Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award a ...
*
Greg Kinnear
Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997).
Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including '' Sabrina'' (19 ...
*
Jane Krakowski
*
John Krasinski
*
Jessica Lange
*
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress, and singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1989 and released her debut album ''All Hail the Que ...
*
Taylor Lautner
Taylor Daniel Lautner (; born February 11, 1992) is an American actor. He is best known for playing shapeshifter Jacob Black in '' The Twilight Saga'' film series.
Lautner began his acting career playing bit parts in comedy series such as '' ...
*
Jared Leto
*
Justin Long
*
Jennifer Lopez
*
Demi Lovato
*
Tobey Maguire
*
Ricky Martin
*
Rose McGowan
*
Ewan McGregor
*
Katharine McPhee
*
Debra Messing
*
Alyssa Milano
*
Shemar Moore
*
Jack Nicholson
*
Keke Palmer
*
Holly Robinson Peete
Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Judy Hoffs on the Fox police drama ''21 Jump Street'', Vanessa Russell on the ABC sitcom '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', and Dr ...
*
Katy Perry
*
Tyler Perry
*
Chris Pine
*
Jeremy Piven
*
Jeremy Renner
*
Tim Robbins
*
Emma Roberts
*
Julia Roberts
*
Ray Romano
*
Jeri Ryan
*
Meg Ryan
*
Zoe Saldana
*
Adam Sandler
*
Nicole Scherzinger
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*
Gabourey Sidibe
*
Kimora Lee Simmons
*
Russell Simmons
*
Jessica Simpson
*
Molly Sims
*
Christian Slater
*
Steven Spielberg
*
Ringo Starr
*
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bo ...
*
Raven-Symone
*
Charlize Theron
*
Justin Timberlake
*
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. During her childhood, she was featured in over 100 advertisements and had minor roles in television and theatre. She achieved mainstream success as Maddie Fitzpatr ...
* Marisa Tomei
* Amber Valletta
* Sofia Vergara
* Mark Wahlberg
* Joe Walsh
* Sigourney Weaver
* Forest Whitaker
* Olivia Wilde
* Robin Williams
* Rainn Wilson
* Reese Witherspoon
*
Stevie Wonder
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* Noah Wyle
Coverage
* Online Internationally: live on YouTube, MSN.com, Comedycentral.com, CNN.com Live, Bebo and the CNN iPhone app. The program was also streamed on delay on Sacramento, California, Sacramento Fox affiliate KTXL's website, FOX40.com, during the Pacific Time Zone airing of the telethon.
* Online Domestic (USA): live on Hulu
* Latin America: The show aired live on CNN en Español, CNN International, MTV Latin America, VH1 Latin America, National Geographic Channel, MuchMusic, Warner Channel, People and Arts, Discovery Home and Health, E!, Animax, Cartoon Network and Boomerang (Latin American TV channel), Boomerang. CNN en Español. C5N aired the program with voiceovers translating reports, phone conversations and introductions to the musical presentations in Spanish.
* Australia (times Australian Eastern Daylight Time, AEDT): live at noon on MTV Australia, VH1 Australia, CNN, and Network Ten; and repeated at 8:30 p.m. on National Geographic Channel (Australia), National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m. on E! and 10 p.m. on Style Network.
* Austria: The show aired live on ORF 1, MTV Austria and Viva (TV station), VIVA Austria.
* Belgium: The show was broadcast live at 2:00 Central European Time, CET on CNN International, National Geographic Channel, MTV, The Music Factory, TMF.
* Brazil: The show aired live on MTV Brasil, National Geographic Channel, People+Arts, E!, Discovery Home&Health, CNN International and Warner Channel. Also, Cartoon Network and sister channels borrowed the signal from MTV Brasil.
* Bulgaria: The show was broadcast at 8:40 Central European Time, CET on BNT 1.
* Canada: The show aired on CTV Television Network, CTV, CBC Television, Global Television Network, Global, Citytv, MuchMusic, CablePulse 24, CP24 and MTV Canada, simulcasting with the American airing. Depending on time zone, this was preceded or followed by ''Canada for Haiti''. The show was also streamed live via CTV.ca, GlobalTv.com, Citytv.com and CP24.com.
* Czech Republic: The show was broadcast at 2:00 p.m. Central European Time, CET on ČT24, January 23.
* Croatia: The show aired on Croatian Radiotelevision and MTV Adria
* Denmark: The show aired on TV2 Denmark, National Geographic Channel CNN and MTV between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. and on TV3 the 23rd between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. local time
* Finland: The show aired on YLE Teema.
* France: The show aired on BFM TV and MTV France.
* Germany: The show aired live on MTV Germany, Viva (TV station), VIVA Germany, TNT Serie and National Geographic Channel.
* Greece: The show aired live on MTV Greece.
* Hong Kong: The show aired live (9:00 a.m.) and repeated at 9:00 p.m. on MTV Southeast Asia, MTV Asia and at 8:00 p.m. on TVB Pearl with Chinese subtitles. (All in local time on January 23, 2010)
* Hungary: The show aired on MTV Hungary, Viva (TV station), Viva Hungary and National Geographic Channel.
* India: The show aired on VH1 India.
* Indonesia: The show aired on Global TV (Indonesia).
* Ireland: The show aired live (1:00 to 3:00 Western European Time, WET) on TV3 Ireland, TV3 and on MTV UK & Ireland and VH1 UK, Viva (UK & Ireland), Viva, CNN International, Black Entertainment Television, BET, National Geographic Channel (UK), National Geographic, Style Network and E!
* Israel: The show aired at 3 a.m. on Channel 10 (Israel), Channel 10, as well as MTV, National Geographic Channel, VH1 and CNN International.
* Italy: The show aired at 2 a.m. on MTV Italia.
* Republic of Macedonia, Macedonia: The show aired on several broadcasters, including MRTV, A1, Kanal 5, Alfa TV.
* Netherlands: The show was broadcast live at 2:00 Central European Time, CET on Nederland 3, CNN International, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel Nederland, MTV NL, TMF Nederland, VH1 Europe and VH1 Europe, VH1 Classic Europe.
* Norway: The show aired live on TVNorge and National Geographic Channel. It will also be repeated on NRK3 at 9:30 p.m. CET on January 23.
* Poland: The show aired live on MTV Poland, VH1 Poland, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Polska and Viva (TV station), VIVA Polska.
* Portugal: The show aired live on MTV Portugal at 1:00 a.m. local time on January 23.
* Romania: The show aired live on Antena 3 (Romania), Antena 3, at local time 3 a.m.
* Russia: The show aired live on MTV Russia.
* Serbia:The show aired live on B92 Info.
* Slovakia: The show repeated on TV Doma at 10:30 a.m. on January 23.
* Slovenia: The show aired live on Radiotelevizija Slovenija, TV Slo 1 and TV3.
* Sweden: The show aired live on MTV Sweden, TV4 (Sweden), TV4 and Kanal 5 (Sweden), Kanal 5. It was repeated on SVT1, TV3 Sweden, TV3, and MTV the following day.
* Turkey: The show aired live on MTV Turkey, TNT (U.S. TV network), TNT, National Geographic Channel, CNN Türk.
* Ukraine: The show aired live on MTV Ukraine.
* United Kingdom: The show was broadcast live at 1 a.m. GMT on all MTV UK & Ireland and VH1 UK, Viva (UK & Ireland), Viva, CNN International, Black Entertainment Television, BET, National Geographic Channel (UK), Style Network and E!. News channels were allowed to opt in to show coverage. The show was repeated on January 24 at 9 a.m. UTC on MTV and Viva.
* United States: The program aired live at 8 p.m. Eastern time zone, ET and tape-delayed in the Pacific time zone, PT at 8 p.m. on the MTV Networks, MTV group of channels (including MTV, VH1, and Country Music Television, CMT), as well as on American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CBS, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox, NBC, Public Broadcasting Service, PBS, The CW, Black Entertainment Television, BET, CNN, CNN International, MSNBC, TNT (U.S. TV network), TNT, Comedy Central, Bravo (US TV channel), Bravo (US), Oxygen (TV channel), Oxygen, E!, Style Network, G4 (U.S. TV channel), G4, Fuse TV, ReelzChannel, MLB Network, Current TV, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Health, HBO and Showtime (TV network), Showtime (main channels only), National Geographic Channel, Soapnet, BET Her, Centric, Smithsonian Channel, Planet Green, and The Weather Channel. On channels that had only one national feed, such as CNN, the program was televised live coast-co-coast on these channels, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The program was also streamed on delay by KTXL, FOX40.com.
* Uruguay: The program aired live on Monte Carlo TV
* South East Asia: The program was aired live on MTV Southeast Asia, MTV Asia and CNN International at 8 a.m. (UTC+8).
Discography
The digital album ''Hope for Haiti Now (album), Hope for Haiti Now'' set a record as the largest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history, and became the top-selling iTunes album in 18 countries. The digital album has since become available at Amazon.com and Rhapsody (online music service), Rhapsody. The album features 19 live performances from the broadcast as well as a pre-recorded version of "
Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)
"Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" is a song recorded by Jay-Z, Bono, The Edge and Rihanna for '' Hope for Haiti Now'', a live album by various artists to benefit the campaign of the same name to alleviate the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The song was writt ...
" and is priced at $7.99. The full two-hour video of the event is priced at $2.99.
, Amazon.com
Album
Singles
See also
*Chile helps Chile
*Canada for Haiti
*Ensemble pour Haïti
*Everybody Hurts#Helping Haiti charity single
*We Are the World: 25 for Haiti
*Humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake
References
External links
Youtube video
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief
Benefit concerts
Music television specials
American telethons
2010 Haiti earthquake relief
2010 in British music
2010 television specials
2010 in the United States
Simulcasts