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Sing It! is an American situation comedy web series created by Benny Fine and Rafi Fine. It is executive produced by Benny Fine, Rafi Fine, Max Benator, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, Laurie Zaks, Barry Safchik, and Michael Platt, and produced by Mandeville Films, Potvin Sucks Productions, and Fine Brothers Entertainment. The pilot had a premiere on April 21, 2016, during the Tribeca Film Festival. The show debuted on May 25, 2016 at YouTube Red, a paid service of streaming original series and movies, similar to Netflix. It stars Mircea Monroe, Mark Sullivan, Debby Ryan, Preston Jones, Alex Désert, Todrick Hall, Missi Pyle and Ace Young. It received a 6.1 by 68 user reviews on IMDb.

Premise

Stacey Needles (Mircea Monroe) is the underrated production assistant from Sing It!, a television music competition series. When the original executive producer was fired, she sees an opportunity to fill the position and be valued for their work. But her plan to take charge is thwarted with the arrival of newcomer indie production assistant, Drew (Mark Jude Sullivan). He is inexperienced, but creative and excited, stealing the attention of executives, becoming the potential future executive producer, which makes Needles try to overcome every day.

The program includes the sexy and charismatic presenter Troy Blue (Preston Jones) and the judges Holli Holiday (Debby Ryan), a famous and egocentric singer, who uses the program to self-promote, and Barry (Alex Désert), an artist manager and television producer, who rarely impressed by an contestant. During the program, ten contestants was selected at the auditions to compete, where each week one of them was eliminated.

Main

Mircea Monroe as Stacey Needles, a production assistant, who wants to be executive producer.

Mark Jude Sullivan as Drew, the new production assistant, who becomes a potential future executive producer.

Debby Ryan as Holli Holiday, one of the judges. A famous and egocentric singer, who uses the program to self-promote.

Preston Jones as Troy Blue, the seductive and charismatic presenter of Sing It!.

Alex Désert as Barry, one of the judges. An artist manager and television producer, who rarely impressed by an contestant.

Missi Pyle as Marcy

Laura Harrison as Kali, Stacey's assistant

Zack Weinstein as Luke, Drew's assistant

Recurring

Ace Young as Darrell Docket, a contestant and Darcy's husband.

Diana DeGarmo as Darcy Docket, a country contestant and Darrell's wife.

Leah Lewis as Sophie Chu, a contestant

Diamond White as Maisy Kelly, a contestant.

J.D. Phillips as Freddy Traymont, a contestant

Lily Mae Harrington as Adeline Murphy, a contestant

Drew James as Zack Tribbet, a contestant

Maxwell Glick as Shimon Rabinowitz, a contestant

Shoniqua Shandai as Crystal Carl, a contestant

Sam Tsui as Magnus Erikson, a contestant

Scott Rodgers as a Technical Director

Karl T. Wright as Jon Kelly, Maisy's father

Janna Cardia as Catherine Kelly, Maisy's mother

Guest

Sasha Pieterse as Destiny, Holli's old friend (1 episode)

Todrick Hall as Milo, a record producer (1 episode)

Yanic Truesdale as Beau Hemsworth, the president of the network (1 episode)

Production

In October, 2015, Fine Brothers announced a partnership with YouTube Red, a new paid service of streaming original series and movies, similar to Netflix. They started to work on a new comedy series, satirizing the talent shows. The show was inspired by television music competitions The X Factor, The Voice and American Idol. In November, Debby Ryan, Preston Jones, Alex Désert was Todrick Hall confirmed in the cast. In a partnership with the production company Mandeville Films, the series began to be recorded in December. The character Holli Holiday, played by Debby Ryan, was inspired by Paula Abdul and Randy, played by Alex Désert, inspired by Simon Cowell. A teaser was released on April 13, 2016.

References

Sing It! Wikipedia

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