This New Show is a Combination of All Your Favorite Nickelodeon ClassicsCatch Nickelodeon's brand-new original musical comedy series "Make It Pop" week nights at 7:00pm (ET/PT) during April 2015, only on Nickelodeon USA!
Zoey 101...Victorious...Big Time Rush...what do they all have in common? Nickelodeon, of course! And, as of tomorrow at 7pm ET, Nick's newest show will connect them all together more than ever. Let us explain.
Make It Pop is the latest addition to the Nickelodeon family, and it seems that the network combined all the great elements of our past Nick faves — Zoey 101′s awesome residential HS, Victorious' performances and BTR's camaraderie as a band — and made one AMAZE show! Here's the summary:
What do an aspiring pop diva, a fashionista and a book worm have in common? Music! After being randomly selected to room together at Mackendrick Prep, Sun Hi, Jodi and Corki must learn to live together in harmony... literally. Can they achieve pop stardom in a school where academics come first and the arts come last? How will these rising stars balance music, grades, relationships and crushes? There's only one way to find out! Get ready for fun, drama, and musical comedy with a K-pop twist and an EDM beat!
Sounds pretty cool, huh? Well, it's about to get even cooler, 'cause we actually WENT TO THE SET of MIP and got to witness everything first hand! Not only did we get a behind-the-scenes look at the performances and amazing sets, but we also chatted with the show's stars Megan Lee, Erika Tam, Louriza Tronco and Dale Whibley! Write their names down, guys, because they're gonna be huge!
Louriza on finding out she booked the role: "Things don't hit me until I'm actually doing them. First of all, I didn't think I booked it. There were so many girls and it was such a long audition process — they did a worldwide search for this. So, it was such a long process. So I was like, it was fun, [but] maybe, maybe not. When I got the call I was literally screaming and jumping up and down. I had just finished another audition and I found out I booked it. I was like, okay, guess there's really no point in doing the other audition because I had to move down here. But, yeah it's been amazing."
Erika on embarrassing on-set moments: "I think the worst for me was when we were doing a scene where the camera were in out dorm room. So I was behind the door preparing to walk into the room. And I was trying to hype myself up for the scene. So, I ran for the door handle and missed and my face just went right into the door. No one saw. It would have been the best blooper ever but no one saw. It wasn't painful. I was laughing so hard and everyone was on the opposite side of the wall wondering what was going on."
And Megan's? "We were rehearsing for a scene and our producer was like, 'Megan, give us more!' And I was unaware that there was a huge desk in front of me and I bent down and banged my tooth on the desk. I was really lucky, though. There were two pens sticking out and I missed those and got the edge of [the desk]. You could see two tiny teeth marks! But I didn't chip my teeth at all. I was in shock on the floor laughing off the pain, and I felt something in my mouth. At first I thought it was my tooth, but then I realized it was a piece of wood! And I was like, 'oh my god!' Everyone was silent. I'm completely okay, though, so no worries."
Louriza on the Nick star's career she wants to emulate: "Ariana Grande is doing great with the music aspect, but I think I like being more on the acting side. I do love being on stage and all that stuff, but I do want to gear more towards the acting and features. I think right after Amanda Bynes' All That series, she did really well with She's the Man and What a Girl Wants, and I think those types of features I would really like to get into."
Erika on which past Nickelodeon show she used as reference: "Megan and I watched Zoey 101 together to see the whole filming style...because it's drama and a continuous story line. So we watched a few episodes together [to get a sense of the vibes]."
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Dale on who he thinks should open for the cast if they go on tour: "I think Justin Timberlake would be a cool one. Nick Jonas would be cool. There are some cool up and coming bands — 5 Seconds of Summer is a really happening band right now. I think it would be cool if we went on tour with them."
The cast on their fave past Nick shows: "Drake and Josh! Spongebob! — They're classic!"
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