Becoming a Popstar

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Becoming a Popstar
Becoming A Popstar official logo.jpg
Genre Reality competition
Directed byIren Brown
Judges
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
  • Jesse Collins
  • Dionne Harmon
  • Neal Konstantini
  • Madison Merritt
  • Joe Jonas
  • Becky G
Production companies
Original release
Network MTV
ReleaseMarch 24 (2022-03-24) –
April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21)

Becoming a Popstar is an American music competition television series produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment and Velocity, it premiered on MTV on March 24, 2022. Joe Jonas, Becky G, and Sean Bankhead serves as judges for the series. [1]

Contents

The first season concluded its run on April 21, 2022, with Samy Hawk winning. [2]

Format

The 5-episode series features aspiring TikTok singer-songwriter contestants that create original songs and one-minute music videos. In the end, two contestants are chosen to compete in the finale and win the "popstar" title, a monetary prize of $100,000 and a feature in a Pepsi commercial, expected to air during the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. [3]

Contestants

Episodes

No.Title  [4] [5] Original air date  [4] [5] U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Rep Your City"March 24, 2022 (2022-03-24)N/A
2"Duets"March 31, 2022 (2022-03-31)0.06 [6]
3"Dance"April 7, 2022 (2022-04-07)0.09 [7]
4"Save the Music"April 14, 2022 (2022-04-14)0.07 [8]
5"Finale"April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21)0.08 [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Petski, Denise (March 4, 2022). "MTV, TikTok & Pepsi Team On 'Becoming A Popstar' Music Competition Series With Joe Jonas, Becky G & Sean Bankhead". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "El venezolano Samy Hawk ganó la primera edición de Becoming A Popstar de MTV". El Nacional. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ "New Series Will Turn a TikTok Artist into a Popstar". MTV News. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Becoming A Popstar Episode Listings". The Futon Critic.
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