update it was called high school musical: get in the picture
it was hosted by nick lachey which was a great choice because i (and likely the rest of the audience) had no idea who he was
the commercials said that the winner would get to be in hsm3
the grand prize was a record contract with disney
(the winner doesn’t seem to have made any other music so?)
and also a music video to the song “just gettin’ started” which would air during the credits of hsm3
i do not remember this song
i think it’s fun to think about disney having a giant pile of generic pop songs that they just hand out to whoever on their networks can carry a tune
hey if you didn’t advance, you still got to be a backup singer/dancer so 5 seconds of fame dude
of the top 12 contestants, only one has their own wikipedia page
its james wolpert and he came in fifth
he’s not even known for this
part of this show was filmed in a kmart in utah
this is the only performance i remember from the entire show
i have no idea what’s going on with the judges clothing
was 2008 truly such a bad time for video quality?????
my favorite part is that they decided to build like an entire park for this 3 minute part of the show, including a working fountain
you could’ve just grabbed a standing mirror but this is like. more dramatic or something
‘the Nielsen ratings were surprisingly low … Besides being topped by reruns of sitcoms on CBS and Deal or No Deal encores … [and the] 2008 Summer Olympics … the series was also constantly outrated in the 18-49 demo by the Spanish language telenovela Al Diablo con los Guapos … the telenovela beat HSM: Get in the Picture on five consecutive Mondays … in the overall ratings those weeks.’
this is the final performance and i literally watched these episodes live and i have negative memory of it
THE MUSIC VIDEO IS ONLY A MINUTE LONG AND STARTS ALMOST 3 MINUTES INTO THE CREDITS
did you know there’s also a argentinian version called high school musical: la selección (by the same name in mexico, the brazilian one is a seleção)
did you know there’s a hsm spin off film in latin america called high school musical: desafío because i sure didn’t!!!
the mexican version is pretty similar dialogue wise, but the songs were adapted with a reggaeton and hip hop style to appeal to the public (and this film was also filmed in argentina)
yeah it doesn’t say anything about the differences of the brazilian version
how have we never spoken about this
it’s not related to hsm in plot or character (it’s based on battle of the bands) but STILL
also zefron showed up once :)