Make Some Noise! Nickelodeon Renews Lip Sync Battle Shorties for Season Two
March 06 2018 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Brand-New Season of the Ultimate Music
Showdown Competition Series for Kids to Feature Returning Host Nick
Cannon and Show Sidekick JoJo Siwa
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Nickelodeon today announced it has renewed its hit competition
series Lip Sync Battle Shorties for a second season with 10
half-hour episodes. The ultimate music showdown, which to-date
ranks as the number one show with kids 6-11 in its Friday night
timeslot, features real kids lip-syncing pop songs in celebration
of their favorite artists, while competing for the iced-out
Shorties mic. Multi-faceted entertainer Nick Cannon returns as
host, along with show sidekick JoJo Siwa. Production will begin in
Los Angeles this summer.
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Lip Sync Battle Shorties host Nick
Cannon, with show sidekick JoJo Siwa. (Photo: Business Wire)
In Lip Sync Battle Shorties, three amped up battlers hit the
stage, as they lip-sync songs from some of the most popular names
in music including: Kelly Clarkson, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga,
Imagine Dragons and more. Each performance comes straight from the
participants’ imagination, allowing them to personalize all
creative elements from song and costume selection to epic dance
moves and eccentric themes. Also featured in every episode is the
Shorties Dance Crew, a 10-person, in-house backup crew who has
mastered all styles of dance from breakdancing to ballroom and a
special celebrity guest.
“We’re thrilled to be coming back for a second season of Lip
Sync Battle Shorties on Nickelodeon! It’s an incredibly
positive engaging platform for kids to be their most creative,
imaginative, authentic selves,” said executive producers Casey
Patterson and Jay Peterson.
Based on the pop culture phenomenon of lip-sync battling, the
original Paramount Network Lip Sync Battle series features
celebrities going head to head--lip-syncing the song of their
choice--battling for the coolest bragging rights on the planet. The
series is a ratings and multiplatform superstar for Paramount
Network. Lip Sync Battle Shorties and the award-winning and
Emmy-nominated series, Lip Sync Battle, are executive produced by
Casey Patterson of Casey Patterson Entertainment, Jay Peterson of
Matador Content, James Sunderland, LL Cool J, John Krasinski,
Stephen Merchant, Rick Schwartz and Eight Million Plus
Productions.
Nick Cannon has entertained audiences in film, on television, on
record, onstage and online for nearly 20 years. The talented artist
continues to dominate all facets of entertainment as a comedian,
host, actor, writer, director, executive producer, deejay,
philanthropist and children’s book author. The two-time
Emmy®-nominated Lip Sync Battle on Paramount Network is a global
powerhouse that can be seen in over 120 territories spread out over
six continents. The critically-acclaimed series has delivered over
one billion cross-platform views since launch, over two million
YouTube Channel subscribers, over two million fans on Facebook.
Casey Patterson Entertainment is a full service production
company producing premium content, live events, and talent-driven
series and specials with offices in New York City and Los Angeles.
Casey Patterson is an Emmy®-nominated, critically-acclaimed
executive producer who has created an array of groundbreaking
programming during her 20-year tenure at Viacom. Patterson’s
current projects include the breakout hit-series Lip Sync Battle,
the highest-rated series in Spike history, Spike’s One Night Only:
Alec Baldwin, the newly revamped 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards,
Rock the Troops with Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions,
Nickelodeon’s Lip Sync Battle Shorties, Taraji’s White Hot
Holidays, and Guys Choice. Additional credits include such
high-profile events as the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, The Concert for
New York City, The Concert of the Century at the White House,
Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special, The Comedy Awards,
Between Two Ferns – A Fairy Tale of New York, The Video Game
Awards, SCREAM Awards, GQ Men of the Year Awards, VH1’s Vogue
Fashion Awards, VH1’s Divas Live, FOX’s Billboard Music Awards, and
NBC’s Concert for America.
Nickelodeon, now in its 38th year, is the number-one
entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global
business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company
includes television programming and production in the United States
and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, recreation,
books and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is
seen in more than 90 million households and has been the
number-one-rated kids’ basic cable network for 22 consecutive
years. For more information or artwork, visit
http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles,
characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:
VIA,VIAB).
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NickelodeonBrandi Albahary,
310-752-8799Brandi.Albahary@nick.comorLilah Kojoori,
310-752-8206Lilah.Kojoori@nick.com
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