Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce | |
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Also known as | Big Freedia Bounces Back |
Starring | Big Freedia |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 47 |
Production | |
Production location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Running time | 30 minutes with commercials |
Production company | World of Wonder |
Original release | |
Network | Fuse |
Release | October 2, 2013 – November 7, 2017 |
Big Freedia Bounces Back (formerly Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce) [1] is an American reality television series that airs on the Fuse and premiered on October 2, 2013. [2]
This show follows Big Freedia on her journey toward superstardom in the mainstream media. As the undisputed ambassador of the energetic, New Orleans-based Bounce movement, Big Freedia is never afraid to twerk, wiggle, and shake her way to self-confidence, and is encouraging her fans to do the same. [3] [4]
During publicity for the show, Freedia led a crowd of hundreds in New York City to set the Guinness World Record for twerking. The second season of the show aired in 2014 and followed her mother Vera Ross's battle with cancer, which she lost on April 1, 2014, while Freedia was away doing a show. Freedia immediately flew back to New Orleans and planned a jazz funeral through the streets of the city, which the show aired.
Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
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1 | 8 | October 2, 2013 | November 20, 2013 |
2 | 8 | June 11, 2014 | July 30, 2014 |
3 | 6 | February 25, 2015 | April 1, 2015 |
4 | 7 | September 30, 2015 | November 11, 2015 |
5 | 10 | June 8, 2016 | August 10, 2016 |
6 | 8 | September 12, 2017 | November 7, 2017 |
Episode | Title | Date Aired |
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1 | "The King and Queen of Bounce" | October 2, 2013 |
2 | "The Big Break-Up" | October 9, 2013 |
3 | "Old School Bounce" | October 16, 2013 |
4 | "Dream Team of Bounce" | October 23, 2013 |
5 | "School House Bounce" | October 30, 2013 |
6 | "Power Games" | November 6, 2013 |
7 | "Heads Will Roll" | November 13, 2013 |
8 | "World Meets Bounce" | November 20, 2013 |
Episode | Title | Date Aired |
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9 | "Bounce Texas Style" | June 11, 2014 |
10 | "Manager Shake Up" | June 18, 2014 |
11 | "Bounce University" | June 25, 2014 |
12 | "No Place Like Home" | July 2, 2014 |
13 | "New Boss of Bounce" | July 9, 2014 |
14 | "Goodbye Vera" | July 16, 2014 |
15 | "Shake Out" | July 23, 2014 |
16 | "Bounce Goes Hollywood" | July 30, 2014 |
Episode | Title | Date Aired |
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17 | "Just Be Free" | February 25, 2015 |
18 | "Flash's Dance" | March 4, 2015 |
19 | "Freedia's Twerk on Washington" | March 11, 2015 |
20 | "The Dirtiest Song Ever Recorded" | March 18, 2015 |
21 | "Trouble in Paradise" | March 25, 2015 |
22 | "Big Bad Voodoo Finale" | April 1, 2015 |
Episode | Title | Date Aired |
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23 | "Freedia Takes Manhattan" | September 30, 2015 |
24 | "Art of the Azz" | October 7, 2015 |
25 | "She Wanna Have a Good Time" | October 14, 2015 |
26 | "Big Freedia's Twerk of Art" | October 21, 2015 |
27 | "Buku or Bust" | October 28, 2015 |
28 | "Shake, Wiggle, Work" | November 4, 2015 |
29 | "Ich Liebe Dich" | November 11, 2015 |
Episode | Title | Date Aired |
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30 | "One Busy Queen" | June 8, 2016 |
31 | "Pop Goes the Question" | June 15, 2016 |
32 | "OMG It's Beyonce" | June 22, 2016 |
33 | "Get in Formation" | June 29, 2016 |
34 | "Twerkloose" | July 6, 2016 |
35 | "It's Soul Food" | July 13, 2016 |
36 | "Divas Day in Court" | July 20, 2016 |
37 | "Right to Twerk" | July 27, 2016 |
38 | "Twerkout" | August 3, 2016 |
39 | "Soul Food Pop-up" | August 10, 2016 |
Episode | Title | Date Aired |
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40 | "The Queen Diva is Back!" | September 12, 2017 |
41 | "Booty Poppin' Potatoes" | September 19, 2017 |
42 | "The Power of Weed" | September 26, 2017 |
43 | "Team Freedia: Veterans vs. Rookies" | October 3, 2017 |
44 | "Girl Down!" | October 10, 2017 |
45 | "It Just Got Real!" | October 17, 2017 |
46 | "What Do I Do" | October 24, 2017 |
47 | "Sin City Shakedown" | November 7, 2017 |
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