Making the Band is an ABC/MTV reality television series that exists in separate iterations, each focusing on a specific music act.
It spawned musical acts O-Town, Da Band, Danity Kane, Day26, and Donnie Klang.
In 1999, Lou Pearlman, the man responsible for the formation of the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, embarked on a nationwide talent search, cutting auditions in eight cities down to 25 young men, and eventually to eight finalists.
Midway through the first season, three of the eight men (Paul Martin, Mike Miller and Bryan Chan) were eliminated, leaving Ashley Parker Angel, Jacob Underwood, Erik-Michael Estrada (not to be confused with American actor Erik Estrada), Trevor Penick, and Ikaika Kahoano.
He later joined Making the Band semi-finalist Mike Miller and Bryan Chan to form the boy-band LMNT.
[2] 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.
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.
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.
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.
Sara Stokes, Frederick and Dylan John were the remaining three members of Da Band to be dropped completely from Bad Boy.
With the help of Laurieann Gibson, 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.
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.
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.
The fourth iteration of Making the Band started on June 18, 2007, and aired for three seasons, finishing on April 23, 2009.
The season began on June 18, 2007, at 9:00 p.m.[3] The band was finally made on August 26, 2007, consisting of five males from their late teens to their early-to-mid-20s.
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.
Reasoning for this included a delay in Diddy's album release date as well as generally low ratings overall for the program.