MAKING THE BAND

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Here's a small list of the best 25 of the casting for O-Town:

Name (alphabetical):
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Age*:
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Hometown:
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David Brooks 21 Jonesboro (Arizona/ USA)
Bryan Chan 26 Santa Barbara (California/ USA)
Antonio Dennard 27 Orlando (Florida/ USA)
Erik-Michael Estrada 21 Palm Bay (Florida/ USA)
Christopher Gonzales 22 Phoenix (Arizona/ USA)
Roy Harcourt 21 New York (New York/ USA)
Ikaika Kahoano 22 Honolulu (Hawaii/ USA)
Sam Lacy 20 Lewisville (Texas/ USA)
Jesse Littlwton 19 Sabina (Ohio/ USA)
Rik Mapes 24 Orlando (Florida/ USA)
Paul Martin 22 Clinton (Mississippi/ USA)
Junior Mika 21 Honolulu (Hawaii/ USA)
Dan Miller 20 Twinsburg (Ohio/ USA)
Mike Miller 20 Coral Springs (Florida/ USA)
Steve Mooney 22 Orlando (Florida/ USA)
Clifton Oliver 24 Bronx (New York/ USA)
Ashley Parker Angel 19 Redding (California/ USA)
Trevor Penick 20 Rancho Cucamonga (California/ USA)
Earl Robinson 19 Irving (Texas/ USA)
Justin Roman 23 Bloomingdale (Illinois/ USA)
Jackie Salvucci 20 Medford (Minnesota/ USA)
Jacob Underwood 20 El Cajon (California/ USA)
Jason Waldrep 23 Honolulu (Hawaii/ USA)
Jason Yeager 21 Grand Prairie (Texas/ USA)
Matt Yoakum 20 Salem (Oregon/ USA)

*The ages above are how old the were when the casting was, not how old they're now.

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Narrowed To Eight

Bryan Chan

Erik-Michael Estrada

Ikaika Kahoano
Paul Martin
Mike Miller
Ashley Parker Angel
Trevor Penick
Jacob Underwood

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The Five Members Of O-Town

Erik-Michael Estrada

Ikaika Kahoano*
Ashley Parker Angel
Trevor Penick
Jacob Underwood

*Quit and was replaced by DAN Miller!

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1st Season - 1st Episode
Like here in Good-Old-Germany the No Angels or Bro'Sis were casted, in the USA were the boys for O-Town casted. There were 1800 applicants from all over the USA. At last eight boys will remain  who passed the eight tests (singing, dancing, ...). They'll move together in a house in Orlando (Florida/ USA) and will be observed by cameras all the time.

1st Season - 2nd Episode
Today is the first training in dancing with TyJuan and the first training in singing with Mark for the eight finalists (Jake, Ash, Erik, Trev, Mike, Ikaika Bryan and Paul). Already now Ikaika has homesickness.

1st Season - 3rd Episode
Jake and Erik begin to write their first own songs. From time to time the guys go to partys and meet their girlfriends. Trev starts to doubt if he'll be with the last five and so with the band. In a discussion  they speak about Erik's manner to the band which doesn't please all.

1st Season - 4th Episode
The girlfriends of Paul and Ikaika come to Orlando. Paul and Heather start to quarrel. After the visit of his girlfriend Ikaika gets more homesickness and thinks about to leave the band. For this time the band just plays the second role in his life.

1st Season - 5th Episode
In the meantime the boyz don't just to have to train their singing and their dancing they also have to train their muscels. Ashley thinks before his girlfriend Shelli Lynn White comes about loyalty and disloyalty.

1st Season - 6th Episode
For Christmas the guys are allowed to go home. But at home Ash and his father get some disagreements 'cause he doesn't want to support his son. Jake thinks about Ikaika's manner to the band and if he'll oblige to the band.

1st Season - 7th Episode
Jake, Ash & Co. prepare themselves to tell the history of the band 'cause it's far away.

1st Season - 8th Episode
Paul announce that he'll quit the band. All members make the farewell as easy as possible for him. A discusion is about Ikaika's manner to the band. The guys don't understand the questions of the contract really.

1st Season - 9th Episode
TyJuan tells the boys, that they don't make any advances in dancing. Erik & Co. are invited for a silvesterparty by Lou Pearlman (producer, started the casting for the band). But they've to go after a not so long time 'cause they made an exhibition of themselves. Paul had already quit the band and disappears some time later on Hawaii. The group thinks about Ikaika's manner again and so the guys think that he wants to lead the band and wants to stand in the centre of attention.
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1st Season - 10th Episode
The group records its first song "All For Love" - without Ikaika! As he comes back, they all want to know the reason why he disappeared. Jake and Ikaika start to quarrel.
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1st Season - 11th Episode
The frictions between Jake and Ikaika waer off. By the time each of the seven boys gets afraid that he won't reach the last five. Finally Lou announces the decision: Ashley, Erik, Ikaika, Jacob and Trevor belong to the band!
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1st Season - 12th Episode
Now it's official that the five belong to O-Town! They say good bye to their friends Mike and Bryan and go on preparing themselves for their first entrance in the public.
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1st Season - 13th Episode
They boys have just seven days dor preparing their first entrance in the public. So they aren't allowed to go home how it was planed. Ikaika isn't sure if he still wants to be a member of the band.
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1st Season - 14th Episode
The first entrance in the public is in the Southwest Middle School. There the Backstreet Boys also gave their debut.
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1st Season - 15th Episode
The members around the band made clear to the boys that between a good show and screeching girls are worlds apart. So they noticed that they aren't ready to sing in frint of 500 people yet. The pressure gets higher and higher and so there's a fight with Jake again.
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1st Season - 16th Episode
It's time: O-Town has its first stage appearance in front of a screeching audience, Lou and their girlfriends. In this time Ikaika can't be found on Hawaii.
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1st Season - 17th Episode
The guys meet Bryan, Paul and Mike to take some photos. Ikaika decided in that time to leave the band and so he didn't take part at the photosession.
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1st Season - 18th Episode
Of course the boys are disappointed of Ikaika's manner but they accept his decision. Now it's the time of DAN: First the boys tried to convince Lou that they go on just with four members. But he could convince them that they should go on with five members. So they all decided for DAN! So they called him to come.
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1st Season - 19th Episode
When Dan arrived in Orlando the guys welcome him tempestuous. Then Dan had to prove himself and had to learn the dances and songs ... and then he belonged to the band!
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1st Season - 20th Episode
After Dan was a new bandmember, the boys traveled to Duesseldorf 'cause there they recorded some songs, for example "Take Me Under". By the way there's a fight with Erik 'cause he's ill and he couldn't do so much how had to.
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1st Season - 21st Episode
The boys need some time for themselves now and went to Cancun (MEX) to meet their girlfriends and to relax. At the meeting Ashley and Shelli decided to seperate for the time being. Shelli is mad.
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1st Season - 22nd Episode
The guys have their biggest entrance - in front of aprox 2000 people. Clive Davis signed the "Record Label" for the band 'cause he's impressed of band's the performance.
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2nd Season - 23rd Episode
While O-Town was having a performance at Miss America Pageant there were technical problems and the dream of a big show changed to a nightmare of a big show. In the meantime it went up and down in Erik's private life 'cause suddenly his natural father called him. He had never seen him before.
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2nd Season - 24th Episode
While the boys recorded their songs for the first record Jake began to doubt about his place in the band 'cause he noticed that his voice is too penetrating and too loud and it doesn't fit to the other voices. So there are disagreements between Jake and the producers again.
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2nd Season - 25th Episode
The disagreements got much more between Jake and the producers when the financial credits stood before.
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2nd Season - 26th Episode
While Erik's occupy himself with his natural father, his grandma died. In the same time the wellknown of O-Town gets higher and higher 'cause their first single "Liquid Dreams" is played at the radiosstations some times the day.
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2nd Season - 27th Episode
Shelli visited Ash surprising. But he didn't know how to feel about her. The guys prepared their first concert in the Major Arenas where they've to prove themselves.
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2nd Season - 28th Episode
The band got a new manager after he noticed the success of the band. They decided to seperate from Lou.
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2nd Season - 29th Episode
After the seperation with Lou O-Town has problems if they should sign the contracts of "Actual Management". They still have to prove their music and appear at "Network Television".
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2nd Season - 30th Episode
Ash and Trev have got nearly the same problems with their girlfriends Shelli Kelly. So they hold together.
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2nd Season - 31st Episode
Like Ash and Trevor Dan had also problems with his girlfriend Cindy. But not only with his girlfriend Dan got Problems. Also with the other four guys of O-Town. He began to feel like an outsider. But Erik & Co. felt that he's further distancing himself. For example they compared him with four knifes and one salt shaker. The salt shaker should show how different Dan is to the other guys. In the meantime the pressure got higher and higher if their first single is in the charts.
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2nd Season - 32nd Episode
Eventuelly Erik decided finally to meet his natural father and his halfbrother and -sister Fabian and Florinda Pilar.
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2nd Season - 33rd Episode
The first national Tour was just held with a lot of problems 'cause there wasn't enough financial support. The tour was nearly at the end.
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2nd Season - 34th Episode
Ash comes back to his hometown Redding (California/ USA). He and his father got some disagreements again 'cause he don't want to see his son so much on television. In San Diego (his hometown) Jacob is allowed to play a song together with an old friend - Pat Bagby - which they had written togther before O-Town.
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2nd Season - 35th Episode
Although the first tour should bring much fun it didn't really. Jake got problems with "J-Records" again. But after they had resolved the problems Clive surprised the guys with a PLATINUM record!
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3rd Season - 36th Episode
The Season begins with a review over the last two seasons. After that Mike tells the guys that there's a offer to tour with Britney Spears. Trevor's very happy about it, but not Jacob 'cause he's afraid that they aren't allowed to stay so long on stage. Mike promises that they can sing 50 minutes on stage. They decide to tour with Britney.
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3rd Season - 37th Episode
J.D. wins a meeting with O-Town. He's allowed to stay with them for one week. At the end he also meets Britney Spears.

3rd Season - 38th Episode
The guys have von day off and go to a hut in Park City (Utah). They also invited some girls and spend their time with their girlfriends.

3rd Season - 39th Episode
Five fans won a Meet & Greet with O-Town. For the Meet & Greet the girls had to fight against each other and so on. The guys are very surprised when thy see what the fans have devised for the guys...

3rd Season - 40th Episode
O-Town are at TRL 'cause they show a special about O-Town. There they get surprised by their mothers who are also there.
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3rd Season - 41st Episode
MTV.com allows Thais and Brandi (two O-Town-Fans) to spend 24 hours with O-Town. They get videocameras and shall record the greatest moments with O-Town.
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3rd Season - 42nd Episode
A Hollywood-Agent asks Ashley if he wants act in a movie. But he decided for O-Town and doesn't want to act.
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3rd Season - 43rd Episode
While the boys are touring in Germany (December 2001) they record a small film for Making The Band. Ashley also visits a girl at home who has won this great moment.
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3rd Season - 44th Episode
The boys start to record their second album. Together they write their own songs and discuss their ideas. But also Clive Davis has some ideas...

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