Day 26 + Danity Kane = WTH?

Season two of Making the Band 4 premiered to the show's highest amount of viewers in its history on MTV. So to bring you up to date, the new season of Diddy's eternally fruitless quest to create the next big thing in pop music follows newly anointed Bad Boy group Day 26 (huh?) on their journey in making their first studio album. The quintuplet reunite in NYC and are raring to burst into stardom (because those 11 or so fan sightings on the street just didn't quite cut the mustard) and find a surprise waiting for them:

It's Donnie! He didn't make the band, but Diddy thought he was special (read: A creepy Justin Timberlake clone...but so NOT) and a perfect addition to Bad Boy's solo artists (read: a marketable white guy to hand over in a platter to screaming girls who think he's street sexy). So all of the boys are back together again in their deluxe apartment in the sky, ready to take on the world. BUT Diddy still has tricks up his sleeve. And it's not making them run a marathon in freezing weather or pick up food in Brooklyn. No, it's even better than that ladies and gentleman. Prepare yourselves:


It's Danity Kane! Yes, DK5 will be recording their sophomore effort at the same time Day 26 and Donnie will be working on their first albums. Basically it's Diddy's version of a wet dream...a new line of Bad Boy artists that will create a musical family akin to the days of Puff Daddy, Biggie, 112, Faith Evans and Mase.

What Delusional Diddy doesn't seem to realize is that Bad Boy's heyday is long gone. Maybe it's because of his apparent ADD when signing artists (Da Band anyone? Danity Kane when they fell off the face of the earth even though their album went platinum with no promotion?). Who knows. But the Puffster is convinced that he can turn anything into gold and we're his captive audience.

So the premise of the new season is a battle of the sexes. The artists will pit themselves against each other to find out who records the best album. Basically the season is a huge advertisement for themselves and their upcoming releases. Fans will watch and then go out and feverishly buy the album(s) of the Bad Boy artist they like the most. Or something. Theoretically. Yet the season, or at least the premiere, just seemed flat. Day 26's naivety to the entertainment industry is supposed to be juxtaposed with Danity Kane's perceived savvy-ness. For example:

Donnie: These girls are so famous and pretty, how ever will we be like them?
Aundrea: You know, we've like, done this before a lot, and we're complete pros you know?! Like, we're gonna show them how it's done! Yeah!

Mhmm. Yep. Then there is the juxtaposition between what the viewer is supposed to understand as the contrived romance between Donnie and Aubrey and the authentic romance between Q and Dawn. And finally, the rumored relationship between Diddy and Aubrey that he half way addresses in the creepy talk he has with her alone in his office while simultaneously blasting her awful weave:

Clearly I chose a picture that makes her look ridiculous. But she really is.

Anyway, this season will continue to shock and awe us, I'm sure. I know I'll be watching!

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