Totally Boyband

Totally Boyband is a television programme directed by Ross Norman that aired in the United Kingdom on MTV. The programme debuted on 18 September 2006 and aired on Sunday nights at 21:30 (GMT). The premise centred on the former members of boy bands and pop music bands attempting to regain their former fame by regrouping into a new band called Upper Street. A single called "The One (That Got Away)" was released on 23 October 2006, but spent only one week at number 35 after entering the UK Singles Chart on 29 October.

Totally Boyband
Narrated byAbbie Eastwood
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerMurphia Productions
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkMTV
Original releaseSeptember 17 (2006-09-17) –
November 5, 2006 (2006-11-05)
Related
Mission Man Band

The participants were:

The single was later recorded without the help of Latchford-Evans, who was sacked by the rest of the band before their debut release due to a disagreement. He described the band's manager in the program, Jonathan Shalit as "two-faced".[1]

It was announced in October 2006, that US music network VH1 would be producing its own version of the show, titled Mission: Man Band with Bryan Abrams (Color Me Badd), Rich Cronin (LFO), Chris Kirkpatrick (*NSYNC) and Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees).[2]

References
  1. "Lee: "Bring on the Steps Comeback!" | MTV UK". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.. MTV.co.uk, 2006
  2. Welsh, James. 'Totally Boyband' heads for America. Digital Spy, October 31, 2006.


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