High School Musical: Get in the Picture
Encyclopedia
High School Musical: Get in the Picture was a reality-based TV series
, which debuted July 20, 2008 on the television channel ABC
. Stan Carrizosa was named the winner on September 8, 2008. Tierney Chamberlain was the runner-up.
The series was an spin-off
of the popular Disney
High School Musical
franchise. Nick Lachey
is the series host. The Faculty were Jen Malenke, Regina Williams, Tiana Brown, Rob Adler, Chris Prinzo, and Montre Burton. Guest appearances and finale judging by Kenny Ortega
. The show conducted a nationwide talent hunt followed by a group of contestants undergoing training to hone their skills.
. The contestants who did not advance were forced to go into the Chorus. However, the Chorus stayed on the show and were allowed to be backup singers/dancers in the music video.
in Murray, Utah
. Murray High School was the venue used for the auditorium scene of High School Musical
, as well as other films Read It and Weep
, Take Down, and Minutemen
. It is also the high school of American Idol
runner-up David Archuleta
. Taping also took place at a Kmart
store in Draper, Utah
. The finale was taped at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California
.
were surprisingly low, and the show was considered a major disappointment for the summer 2008 season by the entertainment media. Besides being topped by reruns of sitcoms on CBS
and Deal or No Deal
encores along with the 2008 Summer Olympics
on NBC
, and many weeks by various repeats from Fox
, the series was also constantly outrated in the 18-49 demo by the Spanish language telenovela
Al Diablo con los Guapos
on Univision
; the telenovela beat HSM: Get in the Picture on five consecutive Mondays (August 11 through September 8) in the overall ratings those weeks.
Additionally in August, in markets where a pre-season edition of NFL
Monday Night Football
on ESPN
aired over a broadcast station, the show was either pre-empted or delayed until a later time or date on the local ABC affiliate (which is usually the default station which takes ESPN simulcasts). The finale also suffered the same fate on September 8 within the Twin Cities
of Minnesota, Green Bay
& Milwaukee
markets for the early portion of the Monday Night Football regular season premiere doubleheader.
Eliminated : Ciara, Jessalyn, John, and Tony
Western Finals
Eliminated : Sean, Britney, Madison, and Lauren
Top 12
Send to the chorus : Christie and Briana
Best Performer : Tierney
Top 10
Send to chorus : Anthony and Ether
Best Performer: Isaiah
Top 8
Send to chorus : Shayna and Bailey
Best Performer: Tierney
Top 6
Send to chorus : TJ
Best Performer: Christina
Top 5
Send to chorus : James
Best Performer: Isaiah
Top 4
Send to chorus : Christina
Best Performer: not announced (but Stan's name was read first)
Top 3
Send to chorus : Isaiah
Best Performer: not announced (but Tierney's name was read first)
Top 2
Send to chorus : Tierney
Best Performer: Stan (WINNER!)
Voted Most Growth during competition by contestants: Anthony (Won a Special Finale Performance)
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
, which debuted July 20, 2008 on the television channel ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
. Stan Carrizosa was named the winner on September 8, 2008. Tierney Chamberlain was the runner-up.
The series was an spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of the popular Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
High School Musical
High School Musical
High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
franchise. Nick Lachey
Nick Lachey
Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and television personality. Lachey rose to fame as a member of the boy band 98 Degrees. He later starred in the reality television series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, Jessica Simpson. He has released...
is the series host. The Faculty were Jen Malenke, Regina Williams, Tiana Brown, Rob Adler, Chris Prinzo, and Montre Burton. Guest appearances and finale judging by Kenny Ortega
Kenny Ortega
Kenneth John "Kenny" Ortega is an American producer, director, and choreographer. He is known for directing the High School Musical trilogy and Michael Jackson's This Is It concert tour.-Life and career:...
. The show conducted a nationwide talent hunt followed by a group of contestants undergoing training to hone their skills.
Grand Prize
A record contract with Disney, and a music video to an original song, "Just Gettin' Started" to be shown during the credits of High School Musical 3: Senior YearHigh School Musical 3: Senior Year
High School Musical 3: Senior Year is a 2008 American romantic musical film and the third and final installment in the High School Musical trilogy. Its theatrical release in the United States began on October 24, 2008...
. The contestants who did not advance were forced to go into the Chorus. However, the Chorus stayed on the show and were allowed to be backup singers/dancers in the music video.
Taping locations
Get in the Picture was taped at Murray High SchoolMurray High School (Utah)
Murray High School is the only high school in the Murray City School District in Murray, Utah. Murray High School is one of the smallest high schools in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area with 1,585 students enrolled in the 2008-2009 school year, the school enrolls students in grades 10-12...
in Murray, Utah
Murray, Utah
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, it is the state's fourteenth largest city. According to the 2010 census, Murray has approximately 46,746 residents.Murray is close to Salt Lake City,...
. Murray High School was the venue used for the auditorium scene of High School Musical
High School Musical
High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
, as well as other films Read It and Weep
Read It and Weep
Read It and Weep is a 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on July 21, 2006. It is based on the novel by Julia DeVillers. Sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker star as Jamie Bartlett and her alter ego Isabella , respectively...
, Take Down, and Minutemen
Minutemen (film)
Minutemen is a 2008 science-fiction Disney Channel Original Movie.The film was written by John Killoran and David Diamond and David Weissman and directed by Lev L. Spiro, who received a Director's Guild nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programs for it...
. It is also the high school of American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
runner-up David Archuleta
David Archuleta
David Archuleta, is a former United States Air Force Airman of Okinawan stationary troops and is currently an American male kickboxer.-Biography:...
. Taping also took place at a Kmart
Kmart
Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...
store in Draper, Utah
Draper, Utah
Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah Counties in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Between 1990 and 2000 Draper was Utah's fastest-growing city over 5,000 people . Its population in 1990 was 7,143 and had grown to 25,220 by the 2000 census...
. The finale was taped at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
.
Ratings
While the franchise may have had a built-in audience, the Nielsen ratingsNielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
were surprisingly low, and the show was considered a major disappointment for the summer 2008 season by the entertainment media. Besides being topped by reruns of sitcoms on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
and Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...
encores along with the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, and many weeks by various repeats from Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
, the series was also constantly outrated in the 18-49 demo by the Spanish language telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Al Diablo con los Guapos
Al Diablo con los Guapos
Al Diablo con los Guapos is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is the remake of the Argentinian super hit "Muñeca Brava" with Natalia Oreiro and Facundo Arana.-Plot:...
on Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
; the telenovela beat HSM: Get in the Picture on five consecutive Mondays (August 11 through September 8) in the overall ratings those weeks.
Additionally in August, in markets where a pre-season edition of NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...
on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
aired over a broadcast station, the show was either pre-empted or delayed until a later time or date on the local ABC affiliate (which is usually the default station which takes ESPN simulcasts). The finale also suffered the same fate on September 8 within the Twin Cities
Twin cities
Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time...
of Minnesota, Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
& Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
markets for the early portion of the Monday Night Football regular season premiere doubleheader.
Top 12 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stan Carrizosa | Visalia, CA | Winner |
| Tierney Chamberlain | Madison, WI | 2nd Place |
| Isaiah Smith | Pittsburgh, PA | 3rd Place |
| Christina Brown | Nanakuli, HI | 4th Place |
| James Wolpert | Strasburg, PA | Chorus |
| TJ Wilkins | Los Angeles, CA | Chorus |
| Shayna Goldstein | Denver, CO | Chorus |
| Bailey Purvis | Baton Rouge, LA | Chorus |
| Ether Saure | Lincoln, NE | Chorus |
| Anthony Acito | Quincy, MA | Chorus |
| Christie Brooke | Ka'a'awa, HI | Chorus |
| Briana Vega | Winter Springs, FL | Chorus |
| Tony, John, Jessalyn, Ciara, Sean, Britney, Madison, and Lauren* | Unknown | OUT |
- Tony, John, Jessalyn, Ciara, Sean, Britney, Madison and Lauren were eliminated in the semi-finals, so no further information on them was released, including their last names and their hometown. Also, since they were eliminated in the semi-finals, unlike the other eliminated contestants, were not sent to the chorus, instead just sent home.
Performances
Eastern Finals| Song | "Torn" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Natalie Imbruglia |
| Performers | James and Tierney |
| Song | "Leave the Pieces" |
|---|---|
| Artist | The Wreckers |
| Performers | Briana and Tony |
| Song | "I Want It That Way" |
|---|---|
| Artist | The Backstreet Boys |
| Performers | Bailey and John |
| Song | " Bubbly" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Colbie Caillat |
| Performers | Anthony and Jessalyn |
| Song | "Change the World" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Eric Clapton |
| Performers | Isaiah and Ciara |
Eliminated : Ciara, Jessalyn, John, and Tony
Western Finals
| Song | "Everything" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Michael Buble |
| Performers | Stan and Christina |
| Song | "You'll Think of Me" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Keith Urban |
| Performers | Shayna and TJ |
| Song | "Hold My Hand" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Hootie and the Blowfish |
| Performers | Ether and Lauren |
| Song | "Vacation" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Go-Go's |
| Performers | Christie and Madison |
| Song | "Inside Out" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Eve 6 |
| Performers | Britney and Sean |
Eliminated : Sean, Britney, Madison, and Lauren
Top 12
| Song | "Unwritten" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Natasha Bedingfield |
| Performers | Tierney, Stan, and Isaiah |
| Song | "There's Always Someone Cooler Than You" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Ben Folds |
| Performers | Bailey, Anthony, and Christie |
| Song | "The Remedy" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jason Mraz |
| Performers | Ether, Shayna, and James |
| Song | "Man in the Mirror" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Michael Jackson |
| Performers | TJ, Christina, and Briana |
Send to the chorus : Christie and Briana
Best Performer : Tierney
Top 10
| Song | "Bleeding Love" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Leona Lewis |
| Performers | James and Bailey |
| Song | "Austin" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Blake Shelton |
| Performers | Shayna and Stan |
| Song | "Boston" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Augustana |
| Performers | Isaiah and Christina |
| Song | "I Don't Wanna Be" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Gavin DeGraw |
| Performers | TJ and Anthony |
| Song | "One Year, Six Months" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Yellowcard |
| Performers | Tierney and Ether |
Send to chorus : Anthony and Ether
Best Performer: Isaiah
Top 8
| Song | "Welcome to My Life" and "It's All Been Done" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Simple Plan and Barenaked Ladies |
| Performers | James, Christina, Tierney, Isaiah, TJ, Stan, Shayna, and Bailey |
Send to chorus : Shayna and Bailey
Best Performer: Tierney
Top 6
| Song | TV Themes Medley: "One Day at a Time" / "Mary Tyler Moore" / "Greatest American Hero" / "Cheers" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Various |
| Performers | James, Christina, Tierney, Isaiah, TJ, and Stan |
Send to chorus : TJ
Best Performer: Christina
Top 5
| Song | Songs from the 1980s Medley: "Holding Out for a Hero" / "We Belong" / "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" / "It Must Be Love" / "Jessie's Girl" / "Never Gonna Give You Up" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Bonnie Tyler / Pat Benatar / The Police / Madness / Rick Springfield / Rick Astley |
| Performers | James, Christina, Tierney, Isaiah, and Stan |
Send to chorus : James
Best Performer: Isaiah
Top 4
| Song | High School Musical Medley: "Breakin' Free" / "Work This Out" / "We're All in This Together" / "You are the Music in Me" |
|---|---|
| Artist | High School Musical 1 & 2 |
| Performers | Christina, Tierney, Stan, and Isaiah |
Send to chorus : Christina
Best Performer: not announced (but Stan's name was read first)
Top 3
| Song | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Aerosmith |
| Performers | Stan |
| Song | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Judy Garland (Wizard of Oz) |
| Performers | Tierney |
| Song | "Live Like You Were Dying" |
|---|---|
| Artist | Tim McGraw |
| Performers | Isaiah |
Send to chorus : Isaiah
Best Performer: not announced (but Tierney's name was read first)
Top 2
| Song | "Just Getting Started" |
|---|---|
| Artist | High School Musical 3 Soundtrack |
| Performers | Stan and Tierney |
Send to chorus : Tierney
Best Performer: Stan (WINNER!)
Voted Most Growth during competition by contestants: Anthony (Won a Special Finale Performance)
See also
- High School MusicalHigh School MusicalHigh School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
- High School Musical 2
- High School Musical 3: Senior YearHigh School Musical 3: Senior YearHigh School Musical 3: Senior Year is a 2008 American romantic musical film and the third and final installment in the High School Musical trilogy. Its theatrical release in the United States began on October 24, 2008...
- High School Musical: El desafio (Argentina)