Making the Band 4

You all probably remember my love for the last Making the Band - aka Danity Kane. So it is natural that I would get dragged into Making the Band 4 - the all boy group!

Diddy is back and the premise this season is for an all boy band (a la Bel Biv Devo, Boyz to Men, N'Sync). The guys picked for this R&B group will have to know how to sing and dance. So far the show has focused on Julius, Willie, Tyrice, DeAngelo, Dan, Michael and Sam (an Asian guy! I think Korean) - among many others. Sadly, Sam was cut even though he might have been one of the best singers in the bunch. I think they cut him because he didn't fit the "look." Right now the group has been cut to 20 and this is when the competition really begins.

Next week, Diddy shows the boys how serious he is when he (almost?) cuts a guy based on what he ate for breakfast. Seriously, this is why I love Making the Band.

Question - why weren't there any guys from the West Coast picked for the band? I only saw guys from DC, Orlando, NY, Atlanta, Detroit (Houston?) - but nobody from California. I have read that there was an open audition in LA around the same time as the rest of the open auditions around the country. Maybe because the girl group (Danity Kane) is oversaturated with California girls? Perhaps - or maybe Diddy just has something else up his sleeve (remember he can always go back and bring in new guys).