| Becoming a Popstar | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Directed by | Iren Brown |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
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| Network | MTV |
| Release | March 24 (2022-03-24) – April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21) |
Becoming a Popstar is an American musiccompetition television series produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment and Velocity. It premiered onMTV on March 24, 2022.Joe Jonas,Becky G, andSean Bankhead served as judges for the series.[1]
The first season concluded its run on April 21, 2022, with Samy Hawk winning.[2]
The 5-episode series features aspiringTikTok singer-songwriter contestants that create original songs and one-minute music videos. In the end, two contestants are chosen to compete in the finale and win the "popstar" title, a monetary prize of $100,000 and a feature in aPepsi commercial, expected to air during the2022 MTV Video Music Awards.[3]
| No. | Title [4][5] | Original release date [4][5] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Rep Your City" | March 24, 2022 (2022-03-24) | N/A |
| 2 | "Duets" | March 31, 2022 (2022-03-31) | 0.06[6] |
| 3 | "Dance" | April 7, 2022 (2022-04-07) | 0.09[7] |
| 4 | "Save the Music" | April 14, 2022 (2022-04-14) | 0.07[8] |
| 5 | "Finale" | April 21, 2022 (2022-04-21) | 0.08[9] |