'Diddy' Searches
for New Generation of 'Bad Boys,' Scouting
Nationwide for the Next Superstar Group to Be
Featured on MTV's 'Making the Band 4'
On January 13th Candidates
Can Post Their Videos On-line
Viewers Can Also Visit Makingtheband.mtv.com To
Vote For their Favorites & Help Select The
Finalists
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV: Music
Television and Sean "Diddy" Combs today announced
open call auditions for MTV's hit returning series
"Making the Band 4" to kick off on January 17th in
Los Angeles. And for the first time ever
candidates who are unable to make the open calls
can post their audition videos on-line via
makingtheband.MTV.com allowing viewers the
opportunity to vote for their favorite "Making The
Band 4" candidates. The series is scheduled to
premiere in Q2 '07 and will chronicle Diddy as he
sets out to form an all new boy band.
In the last season of "Making the Band 3," Diddy
created the successful all girl band "Danity Kane"
whose album debuted at number one. The show
documented the journey of Aubrey, D. Woods,
Aundrea, Dawn and Shannon as they recorded their
first album together under the guidance and
expertise of Diddy. "Danity Kane" is scheduled to
go on tour with Christina Aguilera. Now Diddy is
about to do it all again with "Making The Band 4!"
Starting January 13th aspiring superstars can log
onto http://makingtheband.mtv.com and upload their
singing audition for the world to see. Viewers
will have until January 27th to vote for their
favorites. 25 candidates will be selected to move
on to Round Two, where they'll upload a dance
audition. Round Two voting concludes on February
6th. Producers will reward 3 finalists with the
opportunity to audition in person for Diddy.
Open call audition dates and locations include:
LOS ANGELES:
DATE: Wednesday 1/17 - Open Call
TIME: Line forms at 6 am, Open call begins
promptly at 8 am
LOCATION: KNITTING FACTORY
7021 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028
HOUSTON
DATE: Saturday 1/20
TIME: Line forms at 7 am, Open call begins
promptly at 10 am
LOCATION: MERIDIAN
1503 Chartres St.
Houston, TX 77003
ORLANDO
DATE: Tuesday 1/23
TIME: Line forms at 7 am, Open call begins
promptly at 10 am
LOCATION: CLUB PARIS
122 W. Church St.
Orlando, FL 32801
ATLANTA
DATE: Saturday 1/27
TIME: Line forms at 7 am, Open call begins
promptly at 10 am
LOCATION: VERVE LOUNGE
511 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
CHICAGO
DATE: Tuesday 1/30
TIME: Line forms at 7 am, Open call begins
promptly at 10 am
LOCATION: CLUB 720
720 North Wells St.
Chicago, IL 60622
DETROIT
DATE: Saturday 2/3
TIME: Line forms at 7 am, Open call begins
promptly at 10 am
LOCATION: PLAN B
205 W. Congress
Detroit, MI 48226
NEW YORK
DATE: Tuesday 2/6
TIME: Line forms at 7 am, Open call begins
promptly at 10 am
LOCATION: BLVD
199 Bowery (at Spring St)
New York, NY 10002
The first installment of "Making the Band," a
real-life drama and breakthrough concept in music
and television, chronicled the private and public
moments of O-Town's five band members (Ashley
Parker Angel, Erik- Michael Estrada, Dan Miller,
Trevor Penick and Jacob Underwood) as they
ascended into pop stardom. In the second
installment of the series "Making the Band 2"
Diddy was successful when he developed the hip-hop
group 'Da Band' whose album "Too Hot For TV" went
gold.
The last season of "Making The Band 3" ranked #1
in its time period among P12-34 versus cable
competition and reached over 63 million total
viewers in premieres and repeats.
Sean "Diddy" Combs, Ted Iredell and Perry Dance
will serve as executive producers. Jacquelyn
French is the executive in charge of production
for MTV and Francesca Spero is Producer for Bad
Boy Entertainment.
Diddy Artist Page
Credit:
PRN Newswire via MTV
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