Trivia / Becoming

• Ability over Appearance: Presumably the choice to cast teens that were different races from the artists they were imitating. MTV do need people who will be entertaining on television afterall.
• Acting for Two: Inverted. Several celebrities got imitated twice on the show including Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, *NSYNC, P!nk etc.
• Creator Backlash: Ted, who became Deryck Whibley in the Sum 41 episode left a comment on a YouTube clip.
  "Dumbest idea for a show ever. At least I wasn't on the Limp Bizkit episode.
• Dawson Casting: Inverted. Teenagers were cast as the 20-something artists.
• Enforced Method Acting:
  • In order to pick out someone to the love interest in the Enrique Iglesias "Escape" video the fan in question was required to make out with all the hopefuls to see which girl he had the best chemistry with. Yes, seriously.
  • The dance routines that would have to be learned in a day would serve as a team building exercise for most of the teens that didn't know each other.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The show was never actually released on VHS or DVD so the only way to see any episodes is to find recorded clips on Youtube.
• Making Use of the Twin: Twins Bianca and Jasmine both became Jennifer Lopez for the "Love Don't Cost A Thing" video. Bianca played Jennifer as she walked and sang, while Jasmine did the dance routine on the post card.
• Romance on the Set: Played with. A couple of times real life boyfriends and girlfriends were brought in to play on screen love interests. The girl becoming Shakira and the guy becoming Eminem for example.
• Throw It In!: The boys becoming Sum 41 for the "Fat Lip" video were only supposed to lipsynch the rapping at the start, but their voices were put in anyway.

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