Boy Band (TV series)

Boy Band is an American television music competition series that premiered on June 22, 2017, on ABC.^[2] The 10-episode first season features young male vocalists competing to become a member of a new five-piece boy band. The final five boys who form the boy band receive a recording contract with Hollywood Records and perform the band's debut single during the finale.^[3] On August 24, 2017, it was announced on the live show that Brady Tutton, Chance Perez, Drew Ramos, Sergio Calderon, and Michael Conor were the new members of the boy band, In Real Life. They performed for the very first time their first single, "Eyes Closed".

Boy Band
Genre	Reality television
Presented by	Rita Ora
Judges	Nick Carter Emma Bunton Timbaland
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Production company	Matador Content[1]
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	June 22 (2017-06-22) – August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24)

Rita Ora hosted the first series, with the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, the Spice Girls' Emma Bunton and Timbaland serving as the "architects" who helped guide the contestants throughout the series.^[3]

Contestants

ABC released the list of the 30 contestants on June 9, 2017.^[4]

Name	Age	Hometown	Status
Sergio Calderon	16	Redwood City, California	Winners
Michael Conor	18	Cleveland, Ohio
Chance Perez	19	Seal Beach, California
Drew Ramos	19	Bronx, New York
Brady Tutton	15	Shorewood, Wisconsin
Jaden Gray	16	Hawthorne, California	Eliminated Ep. 10
Mikey Jimenez	17	East Los Angeles, California
Marcus Pendleton	16	Nashville, Tennessee
Devin Hayes	17/18	Springfield, Illinois	Eliminated Ep. 8
Andrew Bloom	19/20	Yorba Linda, California	Eliminated Ep. 7
Jay "J Hype" Gilbert	14	Las Vegas, Nevada
Andrew Butcher	17	Greenwood, Indiana	Eliminated Ep. 6
Cam Jackson	19	Willingboro, New Jersey
Dorian Tyler	15	Memphis, Tennessee	Eliminated Ep. 5
Miles Wesley	20	Marble Falls, Texas	Eliminated Ep. 4
Gavin Becker	18	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Eliminated Ep. 3
Jon Klaasen	19	Greenwood, Indiana	Eliminated Ep. 2
Cameron Armstrong	22	Columbia, South Carolina	Eliminated Ep. 1
Alan Ayala	19	Monterrey, Mexico
Gianni Cardinale	16/17	Las Vegas, Nevada
Santino Cardinale	18	Las Vegas, Nevada
Matthew Dean	19	Thousand Oaks, California
Jordan Grizzle	22	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Lukas James	15	Sarasota, Florida
Stone Martin	18	Hartsville, South Carolina
Dylan Rey	17	Plano, Texas
Zack Taylor	24	Kansas City, Missouri
Timmy Thames	17	Malibu, California
Paul Toweh	21	Monrovia, Liberia
Nate Wyatt	20	Cincinnati, Ohio

Progress chart

Contestant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Brady Tutton	SAFE	Reverb		TR5BLE	Next up	All In	Relentless	Never Gone	SAFE	In Real Life
Chance Perez	SAFE	Reverb		Top Line	Timeless	All In	Awake	Third Wheel	SAFE	In Real Life
Drew Ramos	Uplift			Top Line	Maxed	Undivided	Awake	Out of Control	SAFE	In Real Life
Michael Conor	SAFE		Six Track	Top Line	Timeless	Leveled	Relentless	Third Wheel	SAFE	In Real Life
Sergio Calderon	Uplift			Top Line	Maxed	All In	New Wave	Never Gone	SAFE	In Real Life
Jaden Gray	SAFE	Reverb		Element	Next Up	Undivided	Relentless	Out of Control	SAFE	ELIM
Marcus Pendleton	Uplift			TR5BLE	Timeless	All In	New Wave	Third Wheel	SAFE	ELIM
Mikey Jimenez	SAFE		Six Track	Top Line	Next Up	All In	New Wave	Out of Control	SAFE	ELIM
Devin Hayes	Uplift			Element	Maxed	Undivided	Awake	Never Gone
Andrew Bloom	SAFE	Reverb		Element	Timeless	Leveled	Relentless
Jay "J Hype" Gilbert	Uplift			Element	Maxed	Leveled	New Wave
Andrew Butcher	SAFE		Six Track	TR5BLE	Timeless	Undivided
Cam Jackson	SAFE	Reverb		TR5BLE	Maxed	Leveled
Dorian Tyler	SAFE		Six Track	TR5BLE	Next Up
Miles Wesley	SAFE		Six Track	Element
Gavin Becker	SAFE		Six Track
Jon Klaasen	SAFE	Reverb
Cameron Armstrong	Uplift
Alan Ayala	ELIM
Dylan Rey	ELIM
Gianni Cardinale	ELIM
Jordan Grizzle	ELIM
Lukas James	ELIM
Matthew Dean	ELIM
Nate Wyatt	ELIM
Paul Toweh	ELIM
Santino Cardinale	ELIM
Stone Martin	ELIM
Timmy Thames	ELIM
Zack Taylor	ELIM

  Top 5 Winner

  The group won the challenge.

  The contestant was in the bottom two or three.

  The contestant was eliminated.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Meet the Boys"	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	101	2.995[5]
Thirty young male vocalist audition before the three judges, labeled as architects, and 18 are selected to advance to the next round. The judges separate the remaining 18 boys into three groups to perform. After each performance, a member from each group will be eliminated. In this episode, the group Uplift perform and Cameron Armstrong is eliminated.[6] Group Performances: That's What I Like
2	"Who's Got the Right Stuff"	June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29)	102	2.645[7]
The group Reverb perform before the three judges and Jon Klaasen is eliminated.[8] Group Performances: Stay
3	"Sweet Sixteen"	July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	103	2.729[9]
The group Six Track perform before the three judges and Gavin Becker is eliminated.[10] Group Performances: There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
4	"Live Live Live!"	July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)	104	2.441[11]
The remaining 15 contestants are separated into three groups: Top Line, TR5BLE and Element. The groups perform before the three judges and TR5BLE is chosen as the "safe" group such that none of their members are up for elimination in this round. Mikey Jimenez from Top Line and Miles Wesley from Element are up for elimination. The audience votes and Miles is eliminated.[12] Group Performances: Despacito, Rolling in the Deep, Don't Let Me Down
5	"Blast from the Past"	July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20)	105	2.236[13]
Group Performances: Livin' on a Prayer, True Colors, Can't Take My Eyes Off You
6	"Soundtrack Hits"	July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27)	106	2.388[14]
Group Performances: How Far I'll Go, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, See You Again
7	"Break Up Week!"	August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03)	107	2.312[15]
Group Performances: Since U Been Gone, Without You, Jealous
8	"Girl Power!"	August 10, 2017 (2017-08-10)	108	2.302[16]
Group Performances: Titanium, Fighter, The Edge of Glory
9	"America, It's Decision Time!"	August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17)	109	2.134[17]
10	"Top Five Revealed!"	August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24)	110	2.399[18]

Contestants who appeared on other shows

• Chance Perez auditioned for season 11 of America's Got Talent as a member of the band "The WVKE". They were buzzed by Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum, and were heavily criticized by Simon Cowell, ultimately not passing through the audition. Chance later appeared as the character Javier Garcia, the Black Ranger, in Power Rangers Dino Fury and Power Rangers Cosmic Fury.
• Stone Martin, Timmy Thames, and Jon Klaasen all appeared on the third season of The X Factor USA, with Martin and Thames competing as soloists and Klaasen as a member of Forever In Your Mind. They were all eliminated during the Four Chair Challenge. Klaasen also appeared on season 15 of American Idol, making it to the top 50.
• Andrew Bloom previously auditioned for Seasons 14 and 15 of American Idol.
• Zack Taylor previously auditioned for Season 14 of American Idol under the name Zack Kaltenbach, making it to the top 48.
• Cameron Armstrong appeared on the third season of Ex on the Beach.
• Brady Tutton appeared as Brock on the American sitcom show Fresh Off the Boat.

References

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External links

• Official website
• Boy Band at IMDb