Vampirina: Teenage Vampire is an American musicalcomedy television series developed by Randi Barnes and inspired by the Disney Jr. series, Vampirina, which in turn is based on the Vampirina Ballerina series of books written by Anne Marie Pace. It premiered on September 12, 2025 on Disney Channel.[1] The series stars Kenzi Richardson, Jiwon Lee, Shaun Dixon, Milo Maharlika, and Faith Hedley.[2][3]
Vee Hauntley, a teen vampire girl, leaves Transylvania to attend a performing arts boarding school. While living amongst humans, she pursues her passion for music and keeps her vampire identity a secret to hide from the Van Helsing vampire hunters, which becomes a challenge when her overprotective father sends an overzealous ghost to accompany her at the school, and one of her classmates tries to hide his identity as a Van Helsing himself.
Cast
Main
Kenzi Richardson as Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley, a 14-year old teenage vampire with a passion for singing[2]
Jiwon Lee as Sophie Choi, Vee's kind and nervous roommate, and best friend who is a DJ[2]
Shaun Dixon as Elijah Van Helsing, Vee's crush who is secretly a Van Helsing[2]
Milo Maharlika as Demi, the 600-year-old overzealous ghost tasked with watching over Vee[2]
Faith Hedley as Britney Hightower, a talented legacy student at Wilson Hall and Vee's frenemy[2]
On November 1, 2024, Disney Branded Television gave a series order to a live-action adaptation of Vampirina. The series is developed by Randi Barnes, who serves as the showrunner and an executive producer of the pilot. Barnes stepped down from showrunner duties for the rest of the season, and Dan Cross & David Hoge were hired to replace her. Tim Federle and Bronwyn North-Reist also serve as executive producers. Kimberly McCullough directed and served as an executive producer on the pilot.[2] On August 12, 2025, it was announced that the series, under the new title of Vampirina: Teenage Vampire, would premiere on September 12, 2025. It was also announced that there would be a special crossover episode with Wizards Beyond Waverly Place with Janice LeAnn Brown reprising her role as Billie, which will premiere on October 24, 2025.[1][6]
Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley is a teenage vampire with a passion for music. She dreams about performing at a concert in Los Angeles and revealing to the world that she is a vampire and the crowd attacks her as she pleads, promising that she is a good vampire. Vee wakes up and her ghost companion, Demi helps her pack for boarding school. Her father, Boris is hesitant about her leaving Transylvania for America due to humans, but he gives in because he wants his daughter to be happy. The next day, Vee flies into her room as a bat and quickly transforms into her human form before meeting her roommate, Sophie. They startle each other, but they quickly bond over their shared love for pop star, Millie Eyelash. Demi is in Vee's suitcase and they talk after Sophie leaves. He reveals that her father sent him there to protect Vee from Van Helsings, a family of vampire hunters. At the assembly, Vee sits with Sophie and they also meet two other students sitting behind them, a stuck-up girl named Britney and a nice guy named Elijah. At lunch, Vee and Sophie promise to always have each other's backs. When Britney and Elijah come over to their table, Vee reveals that she and Sophie are going to perform a song at the first year showcase. Sophie is nervous since Vee didn't ask her before she told them that, but they work on the song together in the music room. Demi is concerned that Britney might be a Van Helsing and he argues about it with Vee, as they both levitate in the air. Sophie walks in on them and screams after finding out that Vee is a vampire. Vee tries to chase her down and apologize for not telling Sophie her secret, which Britney hears and threatens to find out what it is and take her down. Vee hears Beethoven'sSymphony No. 5 playing from behind a trophy case, which opens by itself and discovers that Elijah's dorm is behind it. She catches him dancing and he freaks out. Elijah has to keep his dancing a secret because his parents want him to study traditional vocal performance, but he is into hip-hop. The two bond for a little bit, but Vee had to leave to find Sophie. She eventually finds her in their dorm room and apologizes for keeping her vampire identity a secret, but Sophie still feels betrayed. At the performance, Britney's group finishes performing and Vee is up next. She performs alone and fangs out because she feels nervous without Sophie. Britney makes fun of Vee and tells Sophie she can be a producer for her group, just as long as she remains backstage. Sophie realizes she doesn't want to keep being backstage and goes out to reconcile with Vee. They perform together and Elijah joins in their performance and starts rapping. The three of them ultimately ended up winning the performance. Demi tries to force Vee to go home because he saw Britney's initials on her ring and thought it was "V.H.", but it ended up being "W.H.", standing for "Wilson Hall" since her whole family went to the school. Britney tells Vee she did a good job, but she tells her not to get used to her kindness. Elijah puts on a ring with the initials "V.H.", revealing that he is a Van Helsing.
The Welcome to Wilson Hall Welcome Dance is in full swing and Vee and Elijah want to ask each other out. Vee cannot control when she fangs out and Elijah now has super strength that destroys anything he touches. Meanwhile, Sophie is struggling to find her DJ identity, until Elijah calls her "DJ PJ" since she wore her pajamas to the dance. Britney tricks Vee into thinking the theme is "Enchanted by the Bard," in which Vee shows up to the dance dressed in that theme and is humiliated when everyone laughs at her. She starts to fang out again, but she realizes that she still has a chance to be crowned princess at the dance. Vee and Britney initiate a dance battle, which Britney ultimately wins and gets crowned princess. Vee storms off and Britney apologizes to her and tells her that Elijah would love to dance with her. Vee and Elijah dance together and notice how freakishly strong they are. She sees Elijah's ring and notices the "V.H." initials and realizes he is a Van Helsing. Elijah realizes that Vee is a vampire when she fangs out right in front of him. They both run off in fear.
Vee and Elijah are still shaken up about the events that transpired at the dance. In the morning, they challenge each other to a fight, but end up backing out because it's their parents that are enemies, not them. They end up staying friends and promising to never hurt each other, but Demi threatens to hurt Elijah if he breaks that promise. As Vee, Elijah and Sophie are walking, Elijah finds his mother sitting in his dorm room. Vee finds her parents on her window in their bat form. They find out it's parents day at school and Vee and Elijah are nervous that their parents will cross paths. They do everything they can to keep their parents away from each other. At the assembly, Dean Merriweather calls for a stage fight with volunteers from the audience. Vee's mother, Oxana and Elijah's mother, Mrs. Summers both volunteer and do the sword fight. Vee tries to stop it, by asking Mrs. Summers to stand down, but she already did. Oxana and Mrs. Summers shake hands and the audience applauds them. Mrs. Summers realizes that she lost her family ring and Vee's parents offer to help. As Mrs. Summers almost reveals what the initials on the ring are, Elijah reveals that he loves hip-hop, rap and pop music. His mother angrily storms off and Elijah finds the ring and runs after her. The two talk about it and ultimately, Mrs. Summers is okay with Elijah switching his classes because she wants him to be happy. The next day, Mrs. Summers sees Elijah and Vee in the cafeteria and calls someone, telling them that she needs them at Wilson Hall immediately because she thinks Elijah is getting distracted from what's important.
Guest stars: Jeff Meacham as Boris Hauntley, Kate Reinders as Oxana Hauntley, Kim Coles as Dean Merriweather, Tammy Townsend as Mrs. Summers
The debut single from the series, the theme song "S-L-A-Y", performed by star Kenzi Richardson and written by Kari Kimmel and Jackson Hoffman, was released on September 12, 2025. The full soundtrack to the series was released on October 10, 2025.[12] Other songwriters and producers for the show include Jason Mater, Matthew Tishler, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Lucky West, Paris Carney, Brandon C. Rogers, William Behlendorf, Antonina Armato, Tim James, Adam Schmalholz, Thomas Armato Sturges, Doug Rockwell, Tova Litvin, Jeannie Lurie, Josh Cumbee, Jordan Powers, John Kavanaugh, and David Goldsmith.
Release
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire premiered on Disney Channel on September 12, 2025. All the episodes will be released on Disney+ on October 15, 2025, with episodes 11–16 being released prior to their televised premieres.[1]
Ratings
Viewership and ratings per season of Vampirina: Teenage Vampire
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