Best Long Island Personality

Best Personality on Long Island! This is a category dedicated to those who love the spotlight! These people are always doing something to keep the attention of others around them. We bring you this year’s winners for Best Long Island Personality.

2024: Long Island Voted Elisa DiStefano Best Long Island Personality!

Elisa DiStefano
6 Corporate Center, Melville
(631) 742-3646 – elisadistefano.com

Elisa DiStefano reigns as the quintessential Long Island Personality, commanding attention with her unparalleled expertise and infectious charisma. With over a decade of experience in live and breaking news, she has carved a remarkable career as an award-winning entertainment reporter, host, content creator, and entrepreneur. From A-List movie premieres to Fashion Week and summer in the Hamptons, Elisa’s bubbly personality lights up the red carpet, captivating audiences far and wide. Her impressive roster of interviews with entertainment’s finest talents, including Justin Bieber, Billy Joel, Rihanna, and more, solidifies her status as a powerhouse in New York media. Catch her daily on News 12 Long Island, where she continues to shine as a leading voice in the industry.

2023: Long Islanders Voted Elisa DiStefano Best Long Island Personality!

Elisa DiStefano
6 Corporate Center, Melville
(631) 742-3646 – elisadistefano.com

Award-winning journalist Elisa DiStefano has an engaging smile and vivacious on-air persona that has drawn many fans to her broadcasts, whether she’s covering live celebrity events and interviewing such well-known individuals such as Sting or children at a Long Island school. Her natural personality is enjoyable to watch. She’s intelligent, charming, articulate, and entertaining in her reporting on air as a live reporter at a Hot Wheels Live event, charcuterie class, or visiting with owners of Long Island spas. Elisa’s talent as a dynamic personality and unique presence, plus her many years of diverse experiences in broadcast news television, have drawn a faithful following of fans on both forks.

2022: Long Islanders Voted Markos Papadatos Best Long Island Personality!

Markos Papadatos
ravermag.com

Prolific writer and reporter Markos Papadatos, who won the 2021 Journalist of the Year Hermes Award from the Hellenic News of America and the Hermes Expo International, is beloved across Long Island and beyond for his infectious personality. His gift of gab has helped him secure interviews with top-level talent in the arts and entertainment industry, including Dolly Parton, members of the heavy metal band Megadeth and Young and the Restless soap opera star, Dana Sparks, to name but a few. He’s also one of the hardest workers in the media biz, having penned thousands of articles over the past 16 years in the game. Who will he interview next?

2021: Long Islanders Voted Markos Papadatos Best Long Island Personality!

Markos Papadatos
ravermag.com

Long Island-based journalist Markos Papadatos has developed a reputation for providing comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage to locals and beyond for over a decade. An Editor-at-Large for Digital Journal, he has primarily focused on music news and has written an impressive 15,000 articles. Papadatos has interviewed big names ranging from Aerosmith to Billy Joel to Academy Award winners Jeff Bridges and Rita Moreno. His passion and flair for the craft makes him an obvious choice for “Best Long Island Personality.”

2020: Long Islanders Voted Markos Papadatos Best Long Island Personality!

Markos Papadatos
digitaljournal.com/user/274377

Long Island-based journalist Markos Papadatos has developed a reputation for providing comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage to locals and beyond for over a decade. An Editor-at-Large for Digital Journal, he has primarily focused on music news and has written an impressive 12,000 articles. Papadatos has interviewed big names ranging from Aerosmith to Billy Joel to Academy Award winners Jeff Bridges and Rita Moreno. His passion and flair for the craft makes him an obvious choice for “Best Long Island Personality.”

2019: Long Islanders Voted Brimstone Best Long Island Personality!

Brimstone
(516) 350-0123 – www.entrancetohell.com

Brimstone has had a successful and rewarding career spanning well over three decades; participating in numerous entertainment fields boasting a list of titles including professional wrestler, radio host, actor, voice actor, author, musician, philanthropist, food critic, horror model, and comic book/animated/children’s book/video game hero. He’s been called a Renaissance man by many, but more accurately described as a well-seasoned entertainer and serial entertainment entrepreneur. On top of his grueling schedule, he selflessly acts as a celebrity spokesperson for the Stan Lee Foundation, Jaime Isaacs Foundation, and RADD (Rockers Actors and Athletes against Driving Drunk). Whether it be poking fun at himself by shucking clams, or visiting the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation to give out stuffed animals and spend time with the kids – Brim has a heart of gold and will do just about anything to support a good cause.

2018: Long Islanders Voted Brimstone Best Long Island Personality!

BRIMSTONE
entrancetohell.com

Get ready for the fire with multi-faceted Brimstone, Long Island’s quintessential “Entertainment Entrepreneur” with an impressive resume that includes professional wrestler, actor, writer, President and CEO of Hound Comics, Radio Personality on Grindhouse Radio, and even a signature line of products available at Eastsport Backpacks, Troll Lord Games, CaJohns Fiery Foods, The Jerky Connection, Sweet Hollywood LA, Demeter Fragrances, ButterWinks Cookies, and East Coast Roast. Brimstone is a master marketer and video game app developer who knows what his fans want. Grindhouse Radio is currently syndicated on 17 networks, including iHeartRadio with a weekly listenership in the millions.

2017: Long Islanders Voted Billy Joel Best Long Island Personality on Long Island

Billy Joel billyjoel.com The one, the only, Billy Joel, has once again been voted the Best Long Island Personality! What would Long Island be without Billy Joel? Seriously, the crooner represents us in the best possible way and is never shy about his roots and upbringing. The Piano Man put his love of LI on full display at The Concert for Sandy Relief and concerts throughout Long Island. Joel is a mainstay at Madison Square Garden and has the distinct honor of opening the New Nassau Coliseum later this year. This top honor is a resounding “We Love You, Billy!”

2016: Long Islanders Voted Billy Joel Best Long Island Personality on Long Island

Billy Joel billyjoel.com Although he’s taken the stage at venues all around the world, Billy Joel still calls Long Island home. The Piano Man has performed at The Concert For Sandy Relief and gave showstopping performances to close out both Shea Stadium and Nassau Coliseum. He’s wowed at The Paramount in Huntington, and his monthly residencies at Madison Square Garden continue to sell out. Billy loves Long Island, and Long Islanders love him, ranking him The Best Long Island personality time and time again!

2015: Long Islanders Voted Billy Joel Best Long Island Personality!

Billy Joel billyjoel.com Billy Joel has taken his collective Long Island experiences from his childhood in Hicksville to his continued adventures in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor and mined them into an endless array of hits that have kept the world singing along for more than 30 years. His monthly residencies at Madison Square Garden was music to the ears of not only fellow Long Islanders who love him, but fans worldwide. Resoundingly this win is Long Island telling The Piano Man: “We love you, Billy!”

2014: Long Islanders Voted Billy Joel Best Long Island Personality!

1. Billy Joel billyjoel.com 2. Theresa Caputo, Long Island Medium theresacaputo.com 3. Fingers, WBAB 555 Sunrise Hwy., West Babylon. 631-587-1023. wbab.com

2013: Long Islanders Voted Billy Joel Best Long Island Personality!

1. Billy Joel www.billyjoel.com 2. Alec Baldwin www.alecbaldwin.com 3. Marc Kantor www.patentpendingmusic.com

2012: Long Islanders Voted Billy Joel Best Long Island Personality!

1 Billy Joel www.billyjoel.com 2 Alec Baldwin www.alecbaldwin.com 3 Howard Stern www.howardstern.com