''Making the Band'' is an
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reality television
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series that exists in separate iterations, each focusing on a specific music act. It spawned musical acts
O-Town
O-Town (also known as OTWN or OTOWN) is an American boy band formed from the first season of the reality television series ''Making the Band'' in 2000. As of 2015, the group consists of Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Jacob Underwood, and ...
,
Da Band
Bad Boy's Da Band was an American hip hop group put together by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and signed to P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records. The group's story was documented for three seasons of MTV's ''Making the Band 2'' reality series.
Career
During ...
,
Danity Kane
Danity Kane was an American girl group whose original and most well-known lineup comprised Aubrey O'Day, Aundrea Fimbres, Dawn Richard, Shannon Bex, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett. Its most recent iteration included O'Day and Richard as a duo ...
,
Day26
Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed in August 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's ''Making the Band 4.'' The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Qwanell Mosley and Michael ...
, and
Donnie Klang
Donald Joseph Klang (born January 23, 1985) is an American singer. He won ''Making the Band 4'' and was awarded his own solo contract by Diddy. He released his debut album, '' Just a Rolling Stone'', in late 2008.
Life and career
Klang was b ...
. Except for the first iteration of the series featuring O-Town, all seasons of ''Making the Band'' have been overseen by
Diddy, acting as the man of the house who makes the final decision on who will be in the band.
MTV
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announced on July 15, 2019, that the series was revived and would premiere in 2020, which was then postponed to 2021 due to the global
COVID-19
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pandemic. However, this never materialized.
''Making the Band''
The first iteration of ''Making the Band'' started on March 24, 2000, and aired for three seasons, finishing on March 30, 2002. It centered around the musical group
O-Town
O-Town (also known as OTWN or OTOWN) is an American boy band formed from the first season of the reality television series ''Making the Band'' in 2000. As of 2015, the group consists of Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Jacob Underwood, and ...
.
The first season aired on ABC. ''Making the Band'' was the last new series, and the only series that was not a
sitcom
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, to air during the original run of the
TGIF block. The block ended its run upon the end of the series' first season in 2000. ''Making the Band'' was then relocated to cable television network
MTV
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, where two additional seasons aired. Future iterations of the show also aired on MTV. O-Town's return for additional seasons marked the first time the main cast of a reality show returned for a second season.
Season 1
In 1999,
Lou Pearlman
Louis Jay Pearlman (June 19, 1954 – August 19, 2016) was an American record producer. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After their massive success, he then developed NSYNC. ...
, the man responsible for the formation of the
Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) are an American vocal group consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. Lou Pearlman formed the group in 1993 in Orlando, Florida.
The gr ...
and
NSYNC
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, embarked on a nationwide talent search, cutting auditions in eight cities down to 25 young men, and eventually to eight finalists. These eight young men would compete for five spots in Pearlman's newest boy band creation, to be signed to his record label,
Transcontinental Records
Louis Jay Pearlman (June 19, 1954 – August 19, 2016) was an American record producer. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After their massive success, he then developed NSYNC. ...
.
The season chronicled the competition between the men in typical reality-show fashion. It featured on screen choreography by
Ramon Del Barrio
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Career
He has worked as director and choreographer for boy-band O ...
. Midway through the first season, three of the eight men (Paul Martin, Mike Miller and Bryan Chan) were eliminated, leaving
Ashley Parker Angel
Ashley Parker Angel is an American musician and actor who rose to prominence as a member of the boyband O-Town. After the band dissolved he had a brief solo music career, and was the only former band member who declined to go on a reunion tour ...
, Jacob Underwood, Erik-Michael Estrada (not to be confused with American actor Erik Estrada), Trevor Penick, and
Ikaika Kahoano
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. These five were set to become O-Town and the process of producing their first CD began. Several episodes later, however, Kahoano left for reasons that weren't exactly clear. Kahoano later stated that he "did not respect the other members on a musical or personal level" and described the experience as "wack". He later joined ''Making the Band'' semi-finalist Mike Miller and Bryan Chan to form the boy-band
LMNT
LMNT (pronounced "element") was an American boy band that was active from 2000 to 2003. The group's name was selected by the band's original line-up from contest entries solicited by ''Teen People'' magazine. It at first consisted of three singe ...
. Selecting from the original group of 25 semi-finalists, the remaining four members of the band chose Dan Miller to be Kahoano's replacement. With the final member of O-Town in place, the remainder of the first season tracked the development and struggles with the new band.
Seasons 2–3
The second and third seasons continued to track the development of O-Town as a pop group, following tours, performances, and other seminal events in the band's history. Such events included the development of their second CD, ''O2'', their transition to a new record label,
Clive Davis
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From 1967 to 1 ...
'
J Records
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, and an ongoing struggle to "prove themselves" as legitimate artists.
''Making the Band 2''
The second iteration of ''Making the Band'' started on October 19, 2002, and aired for three seasons, finishing on April 29, 2004. It centered around the musical group
Da Band
Bad Boy's Da Band was an American hip hop group put together by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and signed to P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records. The group's story was documented for three seasons of MTV's ''Making the Band 2'' reality series.
Career
During ...
and was filmed in various spaces around Manhattan all designed by noted visual artist and designer
Ron Norsworthy
Ron Norsworthy is an American visual artist and designer. His work employs notions of spaces and decoration of space as narratives about his lived experience as a queer person of color as well as that of his community/communities. His interdiscip ...
.
Season 1
In 2002, a new talent search had begun, this time by
P. Diddy
Sean Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and record executive. Born in New York City, he worked as a talent directo ...
. Diddy sought to find the best rappers and singers from which to assemble a new hip-hop group. After weeks of selection and training P. Diddy chose the members of the band (Sara Rivers, Dylan Dilinjah, Frederick (Freddy P) Watson, Rodney (Chopper) Hill, Lloyd (Ness) Mathis and Lynese (Babs) Wiley) on the first season of ''Making the Band 2''.
Orlando (OG) Goodman, Walter (Hammin) Anderson, Kimberly (Mysterious) Bert now known as Misty Blanco, Belinda (Pocahantas) Carter, Damone Coleman, Jamie Huy, Yazmin Mendez, Jonessa Monique, Mina Monroe, Allah Ricks and Jamirah Turner did not make the cut.
Season 2
For several weeks, the contestants lived together and were subjected to difficult tasks, including walking from Midtown Manhattan to Brooklyn to purchase cheesecake for Diddy and reciting
the Notorious B.I.G.
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's
Juicy and the
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's
Rapper's Delight
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out loud in the Bad Boy Records office. Many altercations between members also took place throughout the season. The finalists were then named Da Band.
Their debut album, ''
Too Hot for TV
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'', was released in September 2003. Their first single was "Bad Boy This, Bad Boy That", and their second was "Tonight". The album was certified gold, selling 600,000 copies.
Season 3
Da Band effectively ended its career at the end of the third season of the show, when P. Diddy dissolved the group during the season finale. However, he still wanted to work with Babs and Ness, calling them hip hop's next "
Bonnie and Clyde
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". Babs went on the promote the underground rap battle "Queen of the Ring" featured on YouTube and Ness was able to release a song called "My Hood" under the name E. Ness, though it did not chart. Diddy also kept Chopper, now known as Young City, with the label, who signed with
Bad Boy South
Bad Boy South was a southern hip hop spin-off label of Bad Boy Records. The label was founded by Sean Combs in 2003.
History
Bad Boy South was founded in 2003 after this signing of 8 Ball & MJG. The label was created to capitalize on the success ...
. Sara Stokes, Frederick and Dylan John were the remaining three members of Da Band to be dropped completely from Bad Boy.
''Making the Band 3''
The third iteration of ''Making the Band'' started on March 3, 2005, and aired for three seasons, finishing on August 10, 2006. It centered on the musical group
Danity Kane
Danity Kane was an American girl group whose original and most well-known lineup comprised Aubrey O'Day, Aundrea Fimbres, Dawn Richard, Shannon Bex, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett. Its most recent iteration included O'Day and Richard as a duo ...
. Home base interiors were again designed by
Ron Norsworthy
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.
Season 1
After the failure of
Bad Boy's Da Band, P. Diddy returned with ''Making the Band 3'' in 2004. This time, he was on the look for the next
girl group
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. With the help of
Laurieann Gibson
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, Doc and Johnny, he set out on a multi city search to find girls who had everything: a great voice, dancing ability and most importantly the looks. The theme song "Oh La La" was recorded by Bad Boy singer
Cheri Dennis
Cheri Dennis (born August 7, 1979), is an American R&B singer from Cleveland, Ohio.
Early life
Cheri Dennis was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and was initially a member of a girl group named Spoyled. When the group broke up, Dennis left ...
.
Results
Roxanne was cut by Laurie Ann.
Season 2
The band performed at the
Backstreet Boys
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The gr ...
concert at the Nissan Pavilion on August 6, 2005. There were two groups. Group one, named "SHE (She Has Everything)", included Aubrey, Melissa, Denosh, Jasmine, and Kelli. Group two, named "Chain 6", included Aundrea, Dawn, Shannon, Wanita, Dominique, and Taquita. During dress rehearsal, group one was the favorite according to Dave, Laurie Anne and Doc. However, the first group was booed as they gave their performance because Denosh started off key on the
a cappella
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which led Aubrey to go off key in the beginning of the song. The second group won, as many screaming girls yelled for them.
The song that each contestant sang in the studio "
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" was actually used by Diddy on his album ''
Press Play''. Instead of one of the members of the group who originally sang the song on the show appearing on the track, the vocals are done by
Christina Aguilera
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.
Results
The finale took place on Tuesday, November 15, 2005, where the 11 contestants left competed for five spots in the band. The 11 finalists; Aundrea, Aubrey, Dawn, Jasmine,
TaQuita Thorns, Denosh, Wanita, Shannon, Melissa, Kelli, and Dominique, were sent home for three months, told to polish up, and return for the final stretch. When the girls returned after their three-month hiatus, they had to perform numerous acts such as radio interviews, a photo shoot, and dance all of their old dance routines. As Diddy's crew chooses the group, all of the girls went on a last dinner.
They decided on the name
Danity Kane
Danity Kane was an American girl group whose original and most well-known lineup comprised Aubrey O'Day, Aundrea Fimbres, Dawn Richard, Shannon Bex, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett. Its most recent iteration included O'Day and Richard as a duo ...
. The band's self-titled debut album was released in stores on August 22, 2006 and peaked at #1 on the Billboard charts within its first three weeks of release.
Season 3
Episodes
''Making the Band 4''
The fourth iteration of ''Making the Band'' started on June 18, 2007, and aired for three seasons, finishing on April 23, 2009. It focused on the musical acts
Day26
Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed in August 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's ''Making the Band 4.'' The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Qwanell Mosley and Michael ...
and
Donnie Klang
Donald Joseph Klang (born January 23, 1985) is an American singer. He won ''Making the Band 4'' and was awarded his own solo contract by Diddy. He released his debut album, '' Just a Rolling Stone'', in late 2008.
Life and career
Klang was b ...
. Season 1 was filmed in a midtown Manhattan with interiors designed by noted visual artist and designer
Ron Norsworthy
Ron Norsworthy is an American visual artist and designer. His work employs notions of spaces and decoration of space as narratives about his lived experience as a queer person of color as well as that of his community/communities. His interdiscip ...
.
Season 1
Diddy begins his search for an all-male super group. This all-male band is widely believed to be the new version of
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or
New Edition
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as reported earlier in the season. The season began on June 18, 2007 at 9:00 p.m.
[MTV]
''Making the Band 4'' The band was finally made on August 26, 2007, consisting of five males from their late teens to their early-to-mid-20s.
Episodes
Diddy's Call-Out
: Given Solo Contract with Bad Boy
: Made the Band
: Eliminated
: Entered the House
: Safe
: Finalists
: Quit
Season 2
Season 2 showed the ''Making the Band 4'' winners and Donnie's debut albums along with
Danity Kane
Danity Kane was an American girl group whose original and most well-known lineup comprised Aubrey O'Day, Aundrea Fimbres, Dawn Richard, Shannon Bex, and Wanita "D. Woods" Woodgett. Its most recent iteration included O'Day and Richard as a duo ...
's
second album coming together. There was a "Making the Band" tour with Danity Kane, the ''Making the Band 4'' winners, and Donnie. They all moved into the same house and record their new albums and got to know each other a lot more. This was the debut of Danity Kane's second album and ''Making the Band 4'' winners.
The ''Making the Band 4'' boys have a song out called "
Got Me Going
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" (lead single off their
debut album). Danity Kane has a confirmed lead single called "
Damaged". Fans voted between it and another song, "Pretty Boy".
Donnie Klang
Donald Joseph Klang (born January 23, 1985) is an American singer. He won ''Making the Band 4'' and was awarded his own solo contract by Diddy. He released his debut album, '' Just a Rolling Stone'', in late 2008.
Life and career
Klang was b ...
also has out a song called "
Take You There". Both "Damaged" and "Got Me Going" were released to all digital music stores on January 29, 2008.
The group's official name was revealed as
Day26
Day26 is an American male R&B music group formed in August 2007 by Sean "Diddy" Combs in a handpicked selection at the end of MTV's ''Making the Band 4.'' The group consists of Robert Curry, Brian Angel, Willie Taylor, Qwanell Mosley and Michael ...
On the February 4, 2008 episode of
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the boys explained that Day 26 is the band name because August 26, 2007 was the day that they became a band.
Episodes
Season 3
The third season premiered on August 19, 2008, and the series finale aired on April 23, 2009. Season 3 would feature the shows stars on a U.S. Tour, the
Making the Band Tour. On August 12, 2008 there was a 1-hour special that aired on
MTV
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called "Making the Band's Greatest Hits". The special was hosted by Aubrey from Danity Kane, Donnie Klang and Robert from Day26, looking back on past events throughout the seasons of Making the Band 3 and 4.
Instead of "making a band" the show's focus turned into a
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* ''The Real World'' (TV series), 1992–2017
* "The Real World" (''Stargate Atla ...
-type show, focusing on friendships, relationships, and drama in and out of the studio and the industry.
Episodes
''Making His Band''
Diddy announced that he was searching for musicians for a ''Making the Band'' spin-off titled ''Making His Band'', where he would be searching for guitarists, drummers, backup singers, etc. to form his own personal live band. This new season premiered on July 27, 2009.
On September 2, 2009, this series was placed on hiatus. On September 12, 2009, the show returned and aired the last five episodes on a new Saturday time slot. Reasoning for this included a delay in Diddy's album release date as well as generally low ratings overall for the program.
Awards
In 2010, ''Making His Band'' was nominated for a
GLAAD Media Award
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for "Outstanding Reality Program" during the
21st GLAAD Media Awards
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.
See also
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