The Next Star: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Children up to the age of 15 all across Canada audition for the chance to be the next star. This is a singing competition where they start by picking 16 kids across Canada. Afterwards they pick 8 from the 16 then 6 from the 8. These 6 contestants write their own songs and perform them to the judges. In the end one of these 6 young singers will become the next star.

Series details

• Title: The Next Star
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Children, Music
• Premiere date: 2008-07-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-09-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: YTV
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 24177
• IMDb ID: tt1314267
• TVDB ID: 271579

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-07-18; final listed air date 2008-09-28.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-07-17; final listed air date 2009-09-27.
• Season 3: premiered 2010-07-19; final listed air date 2010-09-26.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-07-18; final listed air date 2011-09-25.
• Season 5: premiered 2012-07-16; final listed air date 2012-12-18.
• Season 6: premiered 2013-07-15; final listed air date 2013-09-22.
• Season 7: premiered 2014-07-14; final listed air date 2014-09-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Next Star on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.