Boy Band (TV series) explained

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. 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".

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
	16	Redwood City, California	Winners
	18	Cleveland, Ohio
	19	Seal Beach, California
	19	Bronx, New York
	15	Shorewood, Wisconsin
	16	Hawthorne, California	Eliminated Ep. 10
	17	East Los Angeles, California
	16	Nashville, Tennessee
	17/18	Springfield, Illinois	Eliminated Ep. 8
	19/20	Yorba Linda, California	Eliminated Ep. 7
	14	Las Vegas, Nevada
	17	Greenwood, Indiana	Eliminated Ep. 6
	19	Willingboro, New Jersey
	15	Memphis, Tennessee	Eliminated Ep. 5
	20	Marble Falls, Texas	Eliminated Ep. 4
Gavin Becker	18	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Eliminated Ep. 3
Jon Klaasen	19	Greenwood, Indiana	Eliminated Ep. 2
	22	Columbia, South Carolina	Eliminated Ep. 1
	19	Monterrey, Mexico
	16/17	Las Vegas, Nevada
	18	Las Vegas, Nevada
	19
	22
	15
	18
	17
	24
	17
	21	Monrovia, Liberia
	20	Cincinnati, Ohio

Progress chart

Contestant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Brady Tutton	SAFE	Reverb			Next up	All In	Relentless	Never Gone	SAFE
Chance Perez	SAFE	Reverb		Top Line		All In	Awake	Third Wheel	SAFE
Drew Ramos	Uplift			Top Line	Maxed	Undivided	Awake	Out of Control	SAFE
Michael Conor	SAFE		Six Track	Top Line		Leveled	Relentless	Third Wheel	SAFE
Sergio Calderon	Uplift			Top Line	Maxed	All In	New Wave	Never Gone	SAFE
Jaden Gray	SAFE	Reverb		Element	Next Up	Undivided	Relentless	Out of Control	SAFE	ELIM
Marcus Pendleton	Uplift					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		Leveled	Relentless
Jay "J Hype" Gilbert	Uplift			Element	Maxed	Leveled	New Wave
Andrew Butcher	SAFE		Six Track			Undivided
Cam Jackson	SAFE	Reverb			Maxed	Leveled
Dorian Tyler	SAFE		Six Track		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.

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABC Orders 'Boy Band' Singing Competition to Series. The Hollywood Reporter. March 30, 2017. Kate. Stanhope.
2. Web site: ABC Competition Boy Band Recruits Rita Ora, Nick Carter and Baby Spice. TVLine. May 16, 2017. Andy. Swift. May 17, 2017. September 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917014304/http://tvline.com/2017/05/16/boy-band-abc-watch-backstreet-boys-reunite-video/. dead.
3. Web site: Timbaland Joins ABC's 'Boy Band' (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. May 31, 2017. Daniel. Holloway. Elizabeth. Wagmeister.
4. Web site: Boy Band: Meet the Boys (6/22). disneyabcpress.com. June 9, 2017. June 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610214153/http://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/boy-band/press-releases/. June 10, 2017. dead.