In the 2010-11 season of The X Factor on ITV in UK, the judges didn’t select Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson as solo competitors. Instead, they put them together as a group, which would go on to become the worldwide pop sensation, One Direction. Now, ABC has launched an entire show around that concept. Can they bottle lightning and draw big ratings? Will the Boy Band TV show be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
An ABC competitive reality TV series, Boy Band features still undiscovered singers facing off to become part of the next music phenomenon. British singer-songwriter Rita Ora hosts the show, with Tim Mosley (a.k.a. Timbaland), Nick Carter, and Emma Bunton serving as architects, and Alan Blackstone as musical director. Just 30 contestants are selected to compete for one of 18 spots in a total of three bands. Each episode features a new theme, and the architects shuffle the members around to find the best combinations to perform on live TV. Those selected for elimination go head to head in the solo survival song round, and home viewers vote to save their favorite. In the season finale, the five man band is announced, performs their new single for the first time, and receives a Hollywood Records recording contract.
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What do you think? Do you like the Boy Band TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a second season on ABC?
Love this show!!!! The boys are sweet and very talented!!!! Dont cancel
i absolutely love boys band and it should be renewed for a season 2
Started out good & then got lame. Now I cant bear watching the host, the “architects” and their judging. Too bad cause there is some real talent with some of the contestants…like the gospel singer…who I hope doesnt lose his roots despite the fact that they are trying to make him quickly. ( they have also gotten rid of some of the ones that actually have a good enough voice to pull off being in a band.) A lot of the boys are too young & immature for this show, not to mention the real music world. All the crying… Read more »
I feel as though this show could be better if girls were also involved like the latin tv series “la banda” it just seems off to me but idk..
I absolutely love this show and I can’t believe they didn’t think of it sooner! Please please please renew the show for next year.
I think it’s waste of airtime, when ABC could had come up with something better, like the battle of the bands, most of the bands members are white, which is a turn off for African American audiences, maybe it’s the host, like Nick, who thinks he the expert, The World of Dance reflects melting pot that’s why is Summer Hit, some of these guys can’t sing.
They had us “get to know” all 30 boys but then didn’t even show all 30 boys on the 2 hour premiere. How is that fair to the viewers and more importantly how is that fair to do the the 30 boys!!!! production nightmare..cancel this show before your embarrassed ABC
Probably because if they showed all 30 boys backstories it would of been longer than a 2 hour long premiere plus 12 were eliminated the first epsoide because only 18 could make it to the next round.it would of looked somewhat stupid to air all their backstories then eliminate 12 of them because they weren’t what the judges were looking for with the next big boy band for 2017