Big Time Concert
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Big Time Concert is the 2010 second made-for-television movie of the series film franchise/season one finale for the television series, Big Time Rush. It stars Kendall Schmidt
, James Maslow
, Carlos Pena Jr., Logan Henderson
, Ciara Bravo
, and Stephen Kramer Glickman
. It premiered on Nickelodeon on August 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET
. This movie included many recurring and guest star roles. It also featured the second and more major appearance of Phil LaMarr
as Hawk, Gustavo's rival, who appears in Big Time Sparks. In the movie, Hawk is the main villain.
Nickelodeon
promoted this one-hour special as a movie, but is a two-part episode. The movie focuses on the event of the first CD release and tour for BTR, but before that happens, they must rock the concert, where chaos ensues proceeding the movie.
that they wrapped production on their first Big Time Rush movie and it will premiere on August. In the second promo
, it was said to air on Friday August 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET. In the third promo
, part of the movie's plot was revealed. The movie was filmed at Los Angeles
in Hollywood and Minnesota
. Throughout the movie, several scenes from their real-life concert on June 10, 2010 at Times Square
are shown. Prior to this, They were filming the real-life Times Square
concert to use it as a dream sequence in the movie.
. They go through many rehearsal
s until the point where all their Palmwood
s friends cheer them on in through one final dress rehearsal. However, Griffin breaks their dreams by officially cancelling Big Time Rush. They say goodbye to their friends and Kendall and Jo share their first-ever lip-to-lip kiss, while Camille says goodbye to Logan by slapping him (a running gag in the show). They return to their old homeland, Minnesota
. They attempt to head on for other goals, but over the course of length, have come to a point where they focus on their current dream. Gustavo buys Big Time Rush from Griffin for $2 million, selling his mansion and all his equipment along the way.
Gustavo and Kelly go to Minnesota and take Kendall, Carlos, and Logan back to LA. James has already returned to LA with Gustavo's enemy, producer Hawk. Hawk alters the crib to suit James' personal style. Meanwhile, Kendall, Carlos, and Logan hold auditions to replace James. However, with the auditions being unsuccessful, they decide to only have 3 members in the band. James learns that Hawk is going to fake James' singing and looks with digital means and call him "Jamez" (Jah-mez). James returns to Big Time Rush and they begin to plan
their first concert by putting posters around town and advertising on TV.
On the night of the concert, the boys walk into what looks like a dressing room, but is really Hawk's trap. He drives off to his local boy band headquarters
, ties the boys to chairs, and tells them that when they miss their first concert, their music career will be dead. Hawk takes all four of their cellphones and exits the building, leaving them stranded. Carlos jumps in his chair to near the staircase and falls down it, breaking it and freeing him. He unties the other three and they escape, ending up in the suburbs of LA. When they think all is lost, a black limo shows up, and the driver, Sebastian, tells them that he quit working for Hawk, and drives them to the concert.
Meanwhile, backstage, Kelly and Gustavo are worried because they can't find the boys. As Hawk arrives at the concert, he pulls the curtain up, causing the crowd to stop cheering. After long, the fans start booing, and they begin to walk out. But then, the boys show up at the last second to save the day. A dismayed Hawk tries to stop them, but Sebastian throws two hot towels at him and his assistant, burning their faces. As they perform, the fans' excitement level
turns up to eleven. They go insane and chase the boys off the stage, which excites them for their album, and signing as a major boy band, to come. Gustavo demands Griffin give him his mansion back and have his studio restored.
The final scene shows the old lady from Minnesota in the limo with Sebastian, who eventually drops her off, and there is a rack that promotes Big Time Rush and has several copies of their album. The movie ends as the words "And the musical journey continues..." on the screen, a reference to the end of the pilot episode, Big Time Audition with "And the musical journey begins...", ending the first season.
that this is the actual season finale
of the first season and that Live From Times Square is a "Behind the Scenes" episode extra made apart from the series.
It featured all these singles, not including the ones released after the premiere.
, if you pre-order the Big Time Rush album you can get "This Is Our Someday".
The premiere also drew 3.342 million viewers and as a result, ranked as the days number-one telecast on broadcast and basic cable with kids 2-11 and posted double and triple-digit gains with total viewers, kids 2-11, kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14. Also, in the week leading up to the premiere of “Big Time Concert,” the “Big Time Rush” show page on Nick.com hit a record high with 757,000 unique visitors and 3.2 million page views.
Ratings:
closed the week of the premiere (8/16/10-8/22/10) as basic cable’s number-one network in total day with kids 2-11(3.6/1.3 million) and total viewers (2.4 million). The net was also up double-digits for the week with kids 6-11 (+13%) and tweens 9-14 (+17%). Nick’s weekly win was driven by a solid performance by Big Time Rush’s (Friday, August 20, 8 p.m. ET/PT) hour-long TV movie “Big Time Concert,” which drew 3.3 million total viewers.
The movie generally received mixed to negative reception from some viewers, most of the negative feedback pointing out the repetitiveness of the plot twists and change of settings.
Kendall Schmidt
Kendall Francis Schmidt is an American actor and singer-songwriter; he is best known for playing Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush and has played small roles on different TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, and Frasier...
, James Maslow
James Maslow
James David Maslow is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for playing the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and is a member of the boy music group with the same name.-Early life:...
, Carlos Pena Jr., Logan Henderson
Logan Henderson
Logan Phillip Henderson is an American actor, dancer, rapper and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his starring role as Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series, Big Time Rush, as well as being a member of the Big Time Rush band itself.-Early life:Henderson was born and raised in North...
, Ciara Bravo
Ciara Bravo
Ciara Quinn Bravo is an American actress, voice artist, singer, and comedienne. She is best known for her role as Katie Knight on Big Time Rush....
, and Stephen Kramer Glickman
Stephen Kramer Glickman
Stephen Kramer Glickman is a Canadian born American actor, fashion designer and stand-up comedian.-Career:Stephen Kramer Glickman is starring as a main role named "Gustavo Rocque" on the Nickelodeon television series, Big Time Rush...
. It premiered on Nickelodeon on August 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET
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. This movie included many recurring and guest star roles. It also featured the second and more major appearance of Phil LaMarr
Phil LaMarr
Phillip "Phil" LaMarr is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. One of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv, he is also known for his small, but memorable role as Marvin in Pulp Fiction...
as Hawk, Gustavo's rival, who appears in Big Time Sparks. In the movie, Hawk is the main villain.
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
promoted this one-hour special as a movie, but is a two-part episode. The movie focuses on the event of the first CD release and tour for BTR, but before that happens, they must rock the concert, where chaos ensues proceeding the movie.
Production
Production began some time before summer in 2010. On July 2010, it was officially confirmed in the first promoPromo
Promo may refer to:*Promotion , one of the four aspects of marketing*Promotional music videos, such as those played on MTV*Promotional recording, a recording distributed free in order to promote a commercial recording...
that they wrapped production on their first Big Time Rush movie and it will premiere on August. In the second promo
Promo
Promo may refer to:*Promotion , one of the four aspects of marketing*Promotional music videos, such as those played on MTV*Promotional recording, a recording distributed free in order to promote a commercial recording...
, it was said to air on Friday August 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET. In the third promo
Promo
Promo may refer to:*Promotion , one of the four aspects of marketing*Promotional music videos, such as those played on MTV*Promotional recording, a recording distributed free in order to promote a commercial recording...
, part of the movie's plot was revealed. The movie was filmed at Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in Hollywood and Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. Throughout the movie, several scenes from their real-life concert on June 10, 2010 at Times Square
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...
are shown. Prior to this, They were filming the real-life Times Square
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...
concert to use it as a dream sequence in the movie.
Plot
In the series' second hour-long movie, it's BTR's first event for the release of their CD, and Gustavo hopes to boost their dreams of becoming a hit boy bandBoy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
. They go through many rehearsal
Rehearsal
For other uses, see Rehearsal or Dress rehearsal A rehearsal is a preparatory event in music and theatre that is performed before the official public performance, as a form of practice, and to ensure that all details of the performance are adequately prepared and coordinated for professional...
s until the point where all their Palmwood
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
s friends cheer them on in through one final dress rehearsal. However, Griffin breaks their dreams by officially cancelling Big Time Rush. They say goodbye to their friends and Kendall and Jo share their first-ever lip-to-lip kiss, while Camille says goodbye to Logan by slapping him (a running gag in the show). They return to their old homeland, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. They attempt to head on for other goals, but over the course of length, have come to a point where they focus on their current dream. Gustavo buys Big Time Rush from Griffin for $2 million, selling his mansion and all his equipment along the way.
Gustavo and Kelly go to Minnesota and take Kendall, Carlos, and Logan back to LA. James has already returned to LA with Gustavo's enemy, producer Hawk. Hawk alters the crib to suit James' personal style. Meanwhile, Kendall, Carlos, and Logan hold auditions to replace James. However, with the auditions being unsuccessful, they decide to only have 3 members in the band. James learns that Hawk is going to fake James' singing and looks with digital means and call him "Jamez" (Jah-mez). James returns to Big Time Rush and they begin to plan
Plan
A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with timing and resources, used to achieve an objective. See also strategy. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal...
their first concert by putting posters around town and advertising on TV.
On the night of the concert, the boys walk into what looks like a dressing room, but is really Hawk's trap. He drives off to his local boy band headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
, ties the boys to chairs, and tells them that when they miss their first concert, their music career will be dead. Hawk takes all four of their cellphones and exits the building, leaving them stranded. Carlos jumps in his chair to near the staircase and falls down it, breaking it and freeing him. He unties the other three and they escape, ending up in the suburbs of LA. When they think all is lost, a black limo shows up, and the driver, Sebastian, tells them that he quit working for Hawk, and drives them to the concert.
Meanwhile, backstage, Kelly and Gustavo are worried because they can't find the boys. As Hawk arrives at the concert, he pulls the curtain up, causing the crowd to stop cheering. After long, the fans start booing, and they begin to walk out. But then, the boys show up at the last second to save the day. A dismayed Hawk tries to stop them, but Sebastian throws two hot towels at him and his assistant, burning their faces. As they perform, the fans' excitement level
Level
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turns up to eleven. They go insane and chase the boys off the stage, which excites them for their album, and signing as a major boy band, to come. Gustavo demands Griffin give him his mansion back and have his studio restored.
The final scene shows the old lady from Minnesota in the limo with Sebastian, who eventually drops her off, and there is a rack that promotes Big Time Rush and has several copies of their album. The movie ends as the words "And the musical journey continues..." on the screen, a reference to the end of the pilot episode, Big Time Audition with "And the musical journey begins...", ending the first season.
Season Finale
It was confirmed by the guys at the 2010 Teen Choice AwardsTeen Choice Awards
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that this is the actual season finale
Season finale
A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...
of the first season and that Live From Times Square is a "Behind the Scenes" episode extra made apart from the series.
Music
This movie featured music from its regular series. All songs were played in the movie.It featured all these singles, not including the ones released after the premiere.
| Year | Song | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 2009 | "Big Time Rush" | 116 | B.T.R. |
| 2010 | "Any Kind of Guy" | 124 | Non-album single |
| "Halfway There" | 93 | B.T.R. | |
| "Famous" | 119 | Non-album single | |
| "City Is Ours" | 65 | B.T.R. |
NEW Track
A new song called "This is Our Someday" was featured in the movie. In iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, if you pre-order the Big Time Rush album you can get "This Is Our Someday".
Cast
| Character | Actor/Actress |
|---|---|
| Kendall Knight | Kendall Schmidt Kendall Schmidt Kendall Francis Schmidt is an American actor and singer-songwriter; he is best known for playing Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush and has played small roles on different TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, and Frasier... |
| Carlos Garcia | Carlos Pena Jr. |
| James Diamond | James Maslow James Maslow James David Maslow is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for playing the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and is a member of the boy music group with the same name.-Early life:... |
| Logan Mitchell | Logan Henderson Logan Henderson Logan Phillip Henderson is an American actor, dancer, rapper and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his starring role as Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series, Big Time Rush, as well as being a member of the Big Time Rush band itself.-Early life:Henderson was born and raised in North... |
| Katie Knight | Ciara Bravo Ciara Bravo Ciara Quinn Bravo is an American actress, voice artist, singer, and comedienne. She is best known for her role as Katie Knight on Big Time Rush.... |
| Gustavo Rocque | Stephen Kramer Glickman Stephen Kramer Glickman Stephen Kramer Glickman is a Canadian born American actor, fashion designer and stand-up comedian.-Career:Stephen Kramer Glickman is starring as a main role named "Gustavo Rocque" on the Nickelodeon television series, Big Time Rush... |
| Kelly Wainwright | Tanya Chisholm Tanya Chisholm Tanya Chisholm is an American actress and dancer. She is mostly known for her role as Kelly Wainwright on the Nickelodeon sitcom, Big Time Rush. She is also known for her role as Marcie on the Legally Blonde spin off, Legally Blondes, , acting along side Camilla Rosso and Rebecca Rosso... |
| Mrs. Knight | Challen Cates Challen Cates Challen Cates is an American independent film producer and actress best known for portraying Mrs. Knight on the TV series, Big Time Rush.... |
| Camille Roberts | Erin Sanders Erin Sanders Erin Zariah Sanders is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Quinn Pensky on Zoey 101 and Camille on Big Time Rush. She may also be known for portraying Eden Baldwin on The Young and the Restless in 2008.... |
| Hawk | Phil LaMarr Phil LaMarr Phillip "Phil" LaMarr is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. One of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv, he is also known for his small, but memorable role as Marvin in Pulp Fiction... |
| Jo Taylor | Katelyn Tarver Katelyn Tarver Katelyn Marie Tarver is an American singer/songwriter/actress. She is known for her current role as Jo Taylor on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush and as Natalie on the ABC series No Ordinary Family.-Singing career:... |
| Dak Zevon | Curt Hansen (actor) Curt Hansen (actor) Curt Hansen www.curthansen.com is an American-born actor/singer. A Wisconsin native, Curt has performed on Broadway in the final cast of Hairspray, as well as other Broadway readings and workshops. Recently Curt was the Gabe understudy/cover in the Tony award winning Broadway musical Next to Normal... |
| Arthur Griffin | Matt Riedy |
Before-After the Premiere
Leading up to the premiere was a marathon in which back-to-back episodes aired daily from 7:00 p.m. ET to 7:30 p.m. ET. After the premiere, an 11-minute "Behind The Scenes" special titled Live from Times Square premiered right after the premiere of the movie at 9:00 p.m. ET.Rankings
Big Time Concert rocked out on August 20, 2010, says numerous blog posts. The movie ranked as Nickelodeon's #1 Friday telecast on broadcast and basic cable with kids 2-11 and posted double- and triple-digit gains with a number of ratings.The premiere also drew 3.342 million viewers and as a result, ranked as the days number-one telecast on broadcast and basic cable with kids 2-11 and posted double and triple-digit gains with total viewers, kids 2-11, kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14. Also, in the week leading up to the premiere of “Big Time Concert,” the “Big Time Rush” show page on Nick.com hit a record high with 757,000 unique visitors and 3.2 million page views.
Ratings:
| Year | Ratings |
|---|---|
| 2010 2010 in television 2010 in television may refer to:*2010 in American television*2010 in Australian television*2010 in British television*2010 in Canadian television*2010 in Japanese television... |
5.4/1.9 million K2-11
|
Viewership
The movie did excellent among viewers. NickelodeonNickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
closed the week of the premiere (8/16/10-8/22/10) as basic cable’s number-one network in total day with kids 2-11(3.6/1.3 million) and total viewers (2.4 million). The net was also up double-digits for the week with kids 6-11 (+13%) and tweens 9-14 (+17%). Nick’s weekly win was driven by a solid performance by Big Time Rush’s (Friday, August 20, 8 p.m. ET/PT) hour-long TV movie “Big Time Concert,” which drew 3.3 million total viewers.
| Year | Viewers |
|---|---|
| 2010 2010 in television 2010 in television may refer to:*2010 in American television*2010 in Australian television*2010 in British television*2010 in Canadian television*2010 in Japanese television... |
Total viewers (+47%) Kids 2-11 (+64%) Kids 6-11 (+119%) Tweens 9-14 (140%) |
The movie generally received mixed to negative reception from some viewers, most of the negative feedback pointing out the repetitiveness of the plot twists and change of settings.