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My favorite Christmas-themed episode

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Merry Christmas! With Christmas upon us, there are ways to traditionally celebrate this special holiday, and of course more special because of Santa Claus coming to town during Christmas eve. It's so graceful to celebrate Christmas together with friends, family and Santa Claus. And here are some of the following television series with Christmas theme episodes ! NOTE: This article contains spoilers and goofs! 1. Liv & Maddie - First Wisconsin Christmas Liv is supposed to perform in the Christmas Eve concert, however, her performance was ruined by a little girl (portrayed by Ella Henderson) who tried to annoy her (Liv) and Maddie. As the little girl came to the Rooneys' house for apology the next day, Karen gave the little girl a gift to her for her family. Then, the little girl decided to spend Christmas with the Rooneys. - Second Wisconsin Christmas Parker accidentally gives his coupon book gift to Joey instead of Karen. Joey takes advantage of it a...

Comparing Sun-Hi and Sun-Mi from Make It Pop to other twins from other drama series

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In season 2 of Nickelodeon's hit drama Make It Pop , lead character Sun-Hi Song (portrayed by Megan Lee) meets her evil twin sister Sun-Mi (also portrayed by Megan Lee). The twins had two different visions: Sun-Hi wants to be a famous pop singer, while Sun-Mi wants to be a jazz pianist. The boiling points happened during episodes 6 and 7 of season 2, where Sun-Mi pretended to be Sun-Hi for stealing Sun-Hi's spotlights, but later Sun-Hi angried to her twin sister. In the following episodes (8-10), the twins helped each other until Sun-Mi left Sun-Hi at the tenth episode. Megan Lee's dual roles of Sun-Hi and Sun-Mi in Make It Pop is often compared to other drama series, including Disney Channel's most popular drama Liv & Maddie , which co-starred Dove Cameron who portrayed both twins Liv and Maddie Rooney. Dove Cameron provided dual roles of Liv and Maddie Rooney in the 2013-2017 Disney Channel Original Series Liv & ...

Louriza Tronco's career highlights so far: from Make It Pop to Drinkwater

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Turning 29 years old today, Canadian actress Louriza Tronco has enjoyed her excellence of her acting career over the past ten years. Her breakthrough lead roles as Jodi Mapa in Nickelodeon's hit drama series Make It Pop (2015-16) and as Gabrielle Dupres in Netflix's hit drama series The Order (2019-20), making her one of the breakout actresses in North America today. Here are Louriza Tronco's incredible acting career highlights so far. - Before Make It Pop Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the youngest of three siblings in her Filipino family, Louriza began her acting career at age of eight while performing in Rainbow Stage's production of  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat  as part of the children's choir. In school she juggled dance competitions, school plays, and part-time jobs. At age 18, she graduated from high school and went to the Canadian College of Performing Arts in  Victoria ,  British Columbia . While ...

Make It Pop Quiz (the answers), plus Megan Lee's updates!

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Have you finished my Make It Pop big quiz? If so, check out the scores and answers below! Plus, check out updates from Sun-Hi Song herself, Megan Lee below! - Scores: • 0-25: You loved the music but you didn't know the stories and dramas • 26-50: You seen early dramas but didn't know what happens next • 51-75: You loved the music and the entire drama, but didn't love characters too much • 75-100: You're true XO-IQ fan! You loved both the characters, music, and all the dramas from Make It Pop! - Answers • Season 1 1. Sun-Hi lost her singing voices in episode "I Can't Hear Me". Megan Lee explained in her Day In A Life video that she had suffered bronchitis while filming the episode, but quickly recovered at the final part of the episode. 2. Jared kissed Corki in the episode "The Curse Of Reality". Erika Tham said that it was one of her best moments as Corki from season 1. 3. Jodi answered that "Our kiss is great" to Caleb, a...

Make It Pop QUIZ!!!

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Are you a true Make It Pop fan? And are you an real XO-IQ and L3 fan? If so, take this quiz! It's easy and simple!! Are you ready? Let's GO!!! - Season 1 1. In what episode did Sun-Hi lose her singing voice? A. Stolen Moves B. I Am Genius C. I Can't Hear Me D. Failed Dreams 2. In what episode did Jared kiss Corki? A. Duet B. The Curse of Reality C. Talent Show Redux D. Love And Detention 3. In the episode "Talent Show Redux", Caleb asked Jodi about their kiss. What was Jodi's answer? A. Our kiss is far from our expectation B. Our kiss reminds me about my ex-boyfriend C. Our kiss touches my heart, but I didn't mean it D. Our kiss is great 4. Who did become Jodi's tutor in the episode "The Tutor"? A. Dylan B. Heather C. Valerie D. Jared 5. In the episode "I Can't Hear Me", Caleb wants radio DJ Maxwell to interview the band. In what episode did DJ Maxwell interview the band? A. Talent Show Redux B. Heart, C...

Make It Pop - romantic couples

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In many television dramas (telenovelas in Spain and Latin Americas), there have been romantic moments, such like kissing, flirting and engaging. Those moments they shared when they belong together, at least until they've got married and build a great family in the end. In Make It Pop, there's also many romantic moments. And here are the romantic couples from the popular teen drama Make It Pop! 1. Sun-Hi Song and Linc Harrison Sun-Hi (Megan Lee) and Linc (Vinson Tran) first meet at the Christmas episode "The Gift". At the early episodes of season 2, they performed duet ("I Promised You That" and "No Way"), however the arrival of Sun-Hi's evil twin Sun-Mi (also portrayed by Megan Lee) ruined their relationship. The couple got into the boiling point during the Band Blast competition. XO-IQ and L3 are rehearsing in a audition, however both Sun-Hi and Linc ruined the rehearsal. Moments later, they made their first...

Make It Pop - The Complete Season 2 + Summer Splash DVD

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The season 2 of Make It Pop aired from January 4 to 29, 2016 (and a Summer Splash special episode aired on August 20, 2016) on Nickelodeon in United States, and have been frequently re-run on other Nickelodeon international channels worldwide since. It stars Megan Lee as Sun-Hi Song (and her twin sister Sun-Mi Song), Louriza Tronco as Jodi Mapa, Erika Tham as Kaoerqi 'Corki' Chang, and Dale Whibley as Caleb Davis. It also co-starred Taveeta Szymanowicz as Valerie Graves, Natalie Ganzhorn as Heather Duncan, John Alan Slachta as Jared Anderson, Vinson Tran as Linc Harrison, Mickeey Nguyen as Alex Phan, Alexander Eling as Darmala, Matt Baram as Mr. Melwood Stark, Karen Holness as Ms. Belinda Dione (aka Ms. Diona), Russell Yuen as Mr. Chang (Corki's dad), and Tina Jung as Ko-Hye Jung. Episode tracklist: (4-DVD set plus bonus USB containing all 20 full episodes of season two of Make It Pop [plus Summer Splash] and photo galleries, plus XO-IQ's "Tomorrow Is O...

Make It Pop - The Complete Season 1 DVD

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Season 1 of Make It Pop aired from April 6 to May 1, 2015 (pilot episode "Rumors and Roommates" first aired on March 26, 2015) on Nickelodeon in United States, and have been frequently re-run on other Nickelodeon international channels worldwide since. It stars Megan Lee as Sun-Hi Song, Louriza Tronco as Jodi Mapa, Erika Tham as Kaoerqi 'Corki' Chang, and Dale Whibley as Caleb Davis. It also co-starred Taveeta Szymanowicz as Valerie Graves, Natalie Ganzhorn as Heather Duncan, John Alan Slachta as Jared Anderson, Carray Hammond as Dylan, Matt Baram as Mr. Melwood Stark, Karen Holness as Ms. Belinda Dione (aka Ms. Diona), Russell Yuen as Mr. Chang (Corki's dad), and Tina Jung as Ko-Hye Jung. Nick Cannon and Simu Liu made guest appearances in season finale. Episode tracklist: (4-DVD set plus bonus USB containing all 20 full episodes of season one of Make It Pop and photo galleries) A. DVD 1 1. Rumors and Roommates (UK title: The Freshmen's Arrival) 2...

Make It Pop cast transformation - Erika Tham: from a sassy 15 year-old teenage girl into a fierce 22 year-old young lady

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Singaporean-born singer-songwriter and actress Erika Tham had currently launched her career as an entertainer (both being an actress and a singer-songwriter) since turning 15 years old on December 15, 2014. At the time, Erika started to rose her early fame while starring as one of lead characters in Nickelodeon/YTV's hit teen drama show Make It Pop , which premiered for two seasons from April 6, 2015 until August 20, 2016. She also kicked-off her music career by joining in a girl group called XO-IQ alongside fellow singer Megan Lee, who had debuted in 2011 with her debut singles "Love, Laugh And Live" and "Destiny". Like Megan, Erika has also started her solo endavor, started with her debut solo singles "Admit It" in October 2021, and her follow-up single "Shhh" in January 2022. Erika is currently preparing for her debut solo album which will be set to be released sometime in 2022. - Erika Tham's image comparison (2015 vs. 202...

Top 10 episodes from season 1 of Make It Pop

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The season one of Nickelodeon/YTV's hit teen drama Make It Pop had brought not only more joyous and happiness moments, but also delivered more twists, turns, thrills and spills as tensions rose in every episode from season one. And here we countdown the top ten episodes from season 1 of Make It Pop ! 10. Rumors and Roommates The season-opening episode saw the arrival of three freshwomen at Mackendrick Prep High School that brought them into promotion into the auditon for musical, which sadly, however, any freshman/freshwoman were not allowed into the lead, as resident advisor Mr. Stark announced. 9. Love & Detention Six students got probation and had their smartphones being confiscated by principal Ms. Diona for just 24 hours, after they involved in the egg war. 8. The Troll Sun-Hi is sick after her name didn't enlist for the musical. Later, Sun-Hi suspected that Valerie had removed Sun-Hi from the list. 7. The Campaign The Mackendrick Prep High School students...

Get to know Tommy Lynch: the man behind Make It Pop's big success

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If you have already known Nickelodeon/YTV's popular teen dramas like The Secret World Of Alex Mack , Caitlin's Way , Make It Pop , and The Other Kingdom , then you must know Tommy Lynch. In this article, I will give you a brief profile of Tommy Lynch from Wikipedia . - Tom Lynch biography Thomas W. Lynch (born February 25, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television series creator and executive producer who is the head of his own production company, Tom Lynch Company (previously Lynch Entertainment which is owned by Lynch Pictures, as well as Lynch/Biller Productions with Gary Biller) based in Los Angeles, CA. - Career highlights The New York Times referred to him as "the David E. Kelley of Tween TV," a reference to his prolific array of successful television shows aimed at the 8- to 14-year-old age group. He has created several hit teenage/children's programs such as mid 90s' hit teen dramas  The Secret World Of Alex Mack , The Jour...

Make It Pop S1 eps 3 & 4 (Failed Dreams/Stolen Moves) episode analysis

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The third and fourth episodes of Make It Pop titled "Failed Dreams" and "Stolen Moves" aired on April 8 & 9, 2015 respectively. The fourth episode, "Stolen Moves" was the highest rated episode in the series franchise, watched by over 1.6 million viewers across the states, thanks to the "Skillz" music video. 3. Failed Dreams The girls are prepared for the audition of the upcoming high school's musical. However, they didn't realize that there will be a mathematics exam, which if any participant passed at 80 to 100 during the test, will be qualified for the musical audition.  The girls spent too much time having fun during test, caused them failed to pass the test and will forced to miss the audition and got their first academic probation.  The girls later visited the roller rink which already finished to redecorate into a night club by Caleb. Caleb then asked the girls about what will be the band's name.  4. Stolen Moves The girls p...

Make It Pop S1 eps. 1 & 2 analysis (Rumors & Roommates/Duet)

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The season 1 of Make It Pop officially began on Monday, April 6, 2015, with its first episode, "Rumors and Roommates", which followed by the next episode "Duet". In this article, I will analyze the stories from the first two episodes of Make It Pop , Nickelodeon's hit teen drama co-created by Thomas W. Lynch and Nick Cannon. 1. Rumors and Roommates A new academic year at Mackendrick Prep High School has just commenced. So many freshmen entered the school, some of them including Sun-Hi Song from Korea, Corki Chang from China, Jodi Mappa from Brooklyn, NY, and Caleb Davis.  During the assembly at the auditorium, resident advisor Melwood Stark announced that the high school will held an audition for upcoming musical, which he added that freshmen are not allowed to be in the lead. Mr. Stark's decision broke Sun-Hi and Jodi's heart too early as they discovered their new dorm, and their mystery roommate has just arrived being highly gu...