Nickelodeon UK To Premiere Series Finale Of "Big Time Rush", "Big Time Dreams", On Saturday 21st December 2013

All great things must come to a end, and unfortunately, Nickelodeon's hit original musical comedy series "Big Time Rush" is no exception.

The Nickelodeon UK and Ireland fanblog NickUKHub is reporting the bittersweet Big Time News that the online British and Irish TV guide Digiguide has announced that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will premiere and show the brand new one-hour (two-part) series finale episode/movie of "Big Time Rush", called "Big Time Dreams", on Saturday 21st December 2013 at 5:30pm (replayed at 6:30pm on Nick+1), as part of Nickelodeon UK's Winter 2013 highlights. Nick UK & Eire will continue to premiere all-new episodes of BTR every Saturday at 5:30pm and 6:00pm (repeated at 6:30pm and 7:00pm) until the debut of the brand new special.

In the all-new episode of "Big Time Rush", called "Big Time Dreams", which is rumored to be the shows final episode, the BTR guys are invited to the 24th annual Tween Choice Awards, where the boy banders are nominated for a award and are booked to close the show.

However, before the foursome can take the stage, they uncover an evil plot to brainwash everyone in the audience. So Big Time Rush have to take down the bad guys and make sure the show rolls on as scheduled. The episode will guest star Austin Mahone as himself, Mindless Behavior as themselves, Nick Cannon ("All That", "The Nick Cannon Show", "Rags", the host of the "TeenNick Halo Awards" and the Chairman of 'TeenNick') as himself, Karmin as themselves, and Alexa Vega as herself. Episode notes: The Tween Choice Awards is a parody of the Teen Choice Awards. The goop that fell on Camille and Jo when they went up to present an award was a parody of the green slime used at the Kids Choice Awards. This is an hour-long TV special which could possibly connected with "Big Time Movie", based on similarities in plots (both contain spy elements and dream plot points).

---

Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Big Time Rush News!

JustJaredJr Interviews Nickelodeon And "Big Time Rush" Star Kendall Schmidt

To celebrate "Big Time Rush" recently releasing the bands latest brand new studio album "24/seven", Nick USA currently premiering and showing brand new episodes from season 4 of the Nickelodeon bands' hit comedy series, and the boy bands upcoming "Summer Break Tour" with Nickelodeon Star Victoria Justice, the celebrity news and gossip website JustJaredJr has unveiled a exclusive interview they recently held with Nick Star Kendall Schmidt, which you can read below here on NickALive!

In the interview, Kendall Schmidt talks about Big Time Rush, his other band Heffron Drive, being nominated for a 2013 Teen Choice Award, BTR's "Summer Break Tour", BTR's brand new album, "24/seven", what we can expect from his character, Kendall Knight, on his hit Nickelodeon television show, his own personnel plans for the future, crazy fan encounters, why BTR's new album is called "24/seven", and a new group called the 'Cougar Rushers':

Kendall Schmidt Interview: Big Time Rush & Heffron Drive

Check out our brand new interview with Kendall Schmidt!

The 22-year-old Big Time Rush member just returned from overseas where he played a few gigs with his other band Heffron Drive.

Meanwhile, BTR is gearing up for their big summer tour and their new album 24/seven, which drops June 11th!

JJJ caught up with Kendall to chat about the tour, the new record, and what we can expect this season on the show too!

Click inside to read our interview with Kendall Schmidt...

JustJaredJr.com Interview – Kendall Schmidt

JustJaredJr: First of all congrats on the Teen Choice Award nomination! This is your first one, right?

Kendall Schmidt: I literally just saw it on Twitter and I’m shocked. Yeah, that's why I was shocked, because we were always hoping the last three years since the shows been on, we’ve been hoping to get nominated. Of course we’ve been nominated for Kids Choice Awards a couple of times mainly because it’s a kid’s show. We’ve always imagined we played to a large teen audience and we were always kind of wondering why we never got a shot at a Teen Choice, but our fans are the best and I’m sure they had everything to do with it, so I told them to go vote and we’ll see what happens.

JJJ: We heard you just got back from Germany with Heffron Drive. How was that?

KS: It was amazing! I was really surprised by the fact that people bought tickets to come see us play and it’s music that I have never properly released. I mean, it’s on the internet and you can listen to it, but it’s been around for 5 or 6 years now and I’ve never had the chance to play ever. The show we did in Vienna, which was the first show, was the first time we ever played those songs for anybody. So it was definitely interesting and it was weird because it was the first time and they knew all the words already. It was really amazing. There were parts when I would stop singing and they would sing the whole thing, and it was really loud. It’s one thing to hear Big Time Rush lyrics, which has been amazing, but hearing stuff that I wrote a long time ago was pretty trippy.

JJJ: How do you usually describe the difference between the two bands?

KS: I mean, I guess the difference is... there’s definitely some songs Big Time Rush didn’t have any part in the writing process of, but in this later album maybe other than two songs, we personally penned all of them so they mean a lot to us and it means a lot to the fans. Whenever I see “Cover Girl” tattoos and stuff like that, it really is amazing and I’ve seen quite a few of those, which is really cool. It’s the same feeling when somebody sings a Big Time Rush song. It’s the same feeling when they sing one that I wrote for Heffron Drive, but I guess it means a little bit more because it was something I did with no intentions. It was just to make music that I love. I wasn’t doing it for the band or for an album, I was just doing it to do it. I was writing pure heart, just writing. It was pretty amazing.

JJJ: You have such a busy schedule with recording and filming. How do you have the time to do anything else?

KS: Well, you got to make use of your time off. I feel like a crazy person if I don’t do anything for a couple of days. Like I just got back from Germany and I had Monday and Tuesday to get over jet lag, and I was texting people like, “You want to do a writing session? Like can we go write?” And friend and I are going to go try and write some songs for Maroon 5 pretty soon, which would be pretty cool. So I’m trying to figure out when I have time to do all that stuff and there is no time. I sort of just have to make time, but because I’ve been in that routine that’s constantly going that it’s kind of become normal now. A couple days off a never a bad thing, that’s for sure.

JJJ: BTR is headed on tour soon! What are the things you have to have with you on tour?

KS: On the rider, it’s kinda funny. Everybody has things that stand out that just... scream them. There’s protein bars and beef jerky and that’s mainly for James and Carlos because they’ve been bulking up a lot. I’m more on the skinny side, so the only thing on the rider that’s specifically me is, above everybody’s stuff, which is the initial intro to the rider, is it says things like “Mostly organic nature.” I start the list with that. And then the only other thing I have to besides the obvious things like your phone or computer and everything is, I gotta have almond milk. It seems really lame, but I have been trying not to drink milk lately. It’s a long story. So yeah, almond milk, and it’s hard to find in places. Most places they usually drink soy and they’re like, “Is this cool?” I’m like, “It’s not the same thing,” but at that point I’ll just drink regular milk (laughs).

JJJ: Interesting! So in regards to the Big Time Rush album, it seems like it was a long time coming! Why the name 24/seven?

KS: We've been so excited for this thing to come out for the last six months, in the process of finishing it and stuff. We've been like, “Let's put it out” and they're like, “It's not finished yet.” And we’re like, “It doesn’t matter just put it out.” We really started doing the majority of the writing after our South American tour last year. I think it was November/December we started writing a lot and then January/February/March was deciding which songs we wanted to continue to work on. Then it’s just been polishing everything and making sure correct vocals are on the right parts and that process is interesting because it’s a lot of letting the producer we’re doing the song with pick. And then a lot of making sure everyone has pretty much equal amounts of singing because we all love showcasing each other. Why 24/seven? Well pretty much because of that. We’ve been working on it 24/7 since we finished the tour. We’ve been busy 24/7 since the beginning of Big Time Rush and our fans support us 24/7 so it seemed appropriate. And there’s a song called “24/seven” so it made sense to name the album that.

JJJ: In terms of the show, what can we expect from your character in the upcoming episodes?

KS: My character is always, you know, rounding up the troops and has maintained that for the past four seasons. It’s funny I asked (creator) Scott [Fellows] for stuff more along the lines of what the other guys were doing, like more goofball stuff. My character always stays calm because there’s stuff between me and my girlfriend on the show, we’re always having our problems. I think we break up once or twice this season and get back together, of course. There’s always relationship conflict and I’m always helping the other guys with stuff. There’s some funny episodes in general. I’ve been really excited for everyone to see them because you figure after four seasons we really get into a stride of our comedy and how we want to do the show.

JJJ: What are your plans for the future? You’ve been acting forever, but you’re also really passionate about music. Do you have a preference?

KS: Well like you said, acting is really the only thing I’ve ever done. I’ve never had a proper job other than helping my dad. My dad owns a retirement home so we would clean the bugs out of the lights and stuff like that. That was like my job growing up. Other than that, I’ve been acting and I love doing it and if the right thing comes up, I would love to be a part of it. But I’m really focused on music and I’m getting Heffron Drive going, just changing the music and the ability to release new music it takes time. I have to sort of not be in the middle of Big Time Rush to put out music. All in due time, I was talking earlier today that I’d like to eventually start a record label and sign other artists or manage other people’s careers too. Because there are not many people that have had a crash course in TV, movies, and music like the four of us. The band has done all of those things, all of the above. We even joked about doing a Big Time Rush management group. Carlos could direct the music videos and the content, James could do the image, I could be part of running the music side of it, and Logan would be the sales pitch guy (laughs).

JJJ: Speaking of your band mates, let’s talk about them! Who owns the most clothes?

KS: Me, for sure. Actually Carlos has a closet the size of a living room, but maybe because it’s all organized it looks like a lot. Mine is just spread out around the house. There are four rooms that have piles of clothes of mine in them. Honestly I would say me, but I’m going to be doing some spring cleaning and donating very soon.

JJJ: Who takes the longest to get ready?

KS: Logan. He's just late, he doesn't do much to his hair. It's pretty much the same all the time, I don’t know if you’ve noticed (laughs). It seems like he gets up in the morning and it looks like that, but for some reason we’re in the van waiting to go to the airport or something and Logan is the last one to come down.

JJJ: Who is the luckiest when it comes to girls?

KS: That’s really tough because everybody has different ways to approach that. I’m pretty shy I guess, until I get a conversation going and then I open up a lot. We’ve always said that Logan is a very flirty guy, extremely flirty and always flirting with the girls. James is like so damn pretty, so all he has to do is smile and chat them up a little bit. Carlos is very specific, like the girl really has to like him. It’s kind of opposite. Me, I don’t know, the luckiest I think it really depends on the day or depends on the girl because if they like one of us, they sure as hell don’t like the other three (laughs).

JJJ: Who knows you the best?

KS: I spend most time out of the show with Logan because we have similar families. Our families are really good friends with each other. Like we’ve had Easter holidays and stuff like that together, so he probably knows my habits the best. But all of the guys, I mean we all know each other like the back of our hands. I can see what each one of those guys are thinking without them having to say anything. We’ll be in a group situation together and someone will walk up and talk to that person and it’s absolutely ridiculous, so we’ll look at each other and give each other the eye like, “This person is crazy.” When you have those kinds of conversations you can kind of speak to each other without speaking.

JJJ: Have you ever had any crazy fan encounters? Anything that sticks out?

KS: I wouldn’t say anything crazy, like I don’t have anybody waiting outside my house, which is good. There are a couple of times we’ve been followed after a show or something along those lines. In Germany though, there were a couple of girls that went to every single show. You could imagine how much it cost to get a hotel room every night and fly to Berlin. You could imagine how much that costs. I would just consider that crazy supportive. I love so many bands I was wondering which one I would do that for. It’s kind of like being a modern day version of a Dead Head.

JJJ: Definitely! And lastly, tell us about this group called the Cougar Rushers.

KS: Well there are a lot of moms that like the show because their kids watch it with them. But also there are a lot of moms that are single so they watch the show and we’re four 22/23 year old guys. I’m sure it’s probably a dream for a lady like that. So they have a club called the Cougar Rushers, which is really funny. I tend to like older ladies myself so I’m never opposed to the Cougar Rushers, but when they call themselves cougars they’re like 30, so I wouldn’t really consider that much of a cougar. There are some definitely some older cougars in there, but you know what, we’ll take the support from everyone.

Be sure to tune into Big Time Rush every Thursday & 8PM on Nick! And pick up the band’s new album on June 11th!

Nickelodeon UK To Premiere New "Big Time Rush" Episode "Big Time Camping" On Saturday 20th April 2013

The Nickelodeon UK fanblog NickUKHub is reporting that the online British and Irish television schedule guide Digiguide has announced and confirmed the Nickelodeon UK News that Nick UK and Eire will premiere and show the brand new "Big Time Rush" episode titled "Big Time Camping" on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK on Saturday 20th April 2013 at 5.30pm (repeated at 6.30pm on Nick UK's plus-one (+1) timeshift channel, Nick+1)!

In the all-new episode of BTR, Gustavo Rocque (Stephen Kramer Glickman) doesn't allow the boys to go camping because he thinks it's dangerous and fears for their safety. Instead they use their connections to go camping on a soundstage with Jo, Camille and The Jennifers, but end up with a face off (Boys vs Girls) when the guys try to show-off their outdoorsman skills. Meanwhile, Gustavo is trying to stop the boys camping with the help of Kelly Wainwright (Tanya Chisholm) because he's afraid of them getting hurt. Elsewhere, Katie Knight (Ciaro Bravo) and Mrs. Knight are camping outside to get a new iSlab 3, where Mr. Bitters has also saved Jett a space in line. Episode Notes: As of this episode, Carlos has dated every Jennifer. iSlab 3 is a parody of the iPad 3. Guest Stars: Erin Sanders as Camille, Denyse Tontz, Kelli Goss & Savannah Jayde as The Jennifers, Katelyn Tarver as Jo Taylor, David Cade as Jett Stetson, Wendy Worthington as Beulah, Nathan Anderson as Director, David Anthony Higgins as Mr. Bitters and Challen Cates as Mrs. Knight.

To celebrate Nick UK showing the brand new episode of Big Time Rush, called "Big Time Camping", below is a sneak peek online streaming video clip from the all-new season 3 episode:

BIG TIME RUSH: Big Time Camping from Ruth Torres on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon And Big Time Rush Stars James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. And Kendall Schmidt Talk About Touring With One Direction And Their Third New Album In Exclusive Interview With Celebuzz!

The celebrity news website Celebuzz has unveiled a online streaming video which features a exclusive interview they held Nickelodeon and "Big Time Rush" stars James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Kendall Schmidt, which was recorded when the BTR boys were on the red carpet of the Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards 2013, which were held on Saturday 9th February in Santa Monica, California, USA!

In Celebuzz's exclusive "Big Time Rush" interview, the Nickelodeon boyband members joke about how Simon Cowell may have discovered the UK/Irish boyband "One Direction", they're really responsible for the English group's massive success in the USA.

Carlos Pena Jr. also talks about how One Direction asked "Big Time Rush" to open shows for them as part of 1D's upcoming 2013 World Tour. "They did ask for us to go and open for them," Pena Jr. said of returning the tour favor for letting One Direction open shows for them during Big Time Rush's "Better With U" tour in February 2012. "We really wanted to . . . [season 4 of] our show shoots right now, and it kind of conflicted." "Maybe one day we can play again — it’d be fun," added Maslow.

The band, who was missing Logan Henderson on the red carpet, also talked about their upcoming third album. "We wrote literally 99 percent of it, from our hands," Schmidt revealed. "I think our fans are really going to appreciate the music they’re haring from the third album. It’s coming from us.":

Big Time Rush To One Direction: You Owe Us, Like, EVERYTHING
The boys from BTR joke -- we think -- about the band that once opened for them.

[Click here to watch Celebuzz's exclusive video interview with the stars of Big Time Rush!]

Simon Cowell may have discovered One Direction, but a fellow boy band says they’re responsible for the English group’s massive success — at least, in the U.S. of A.

“One thing we can say is that they never played in the U.S. until they opened for us on our winter tour,” James Maslow of Big Time Rush told Celebuzz.

Maslow, along with fellow BTR members Carlos Pena Jr. and Kendall Schmidt, were in Santa Monica, Calif. for the Hall of Game Awards hosted by the Cartoon Network on Feb. 9.

“All I gotta say is that this is America,” Schmidt added with a smirk. “This is America, and we’re American. They’re still not an American boy band. We’re representing. We’re holding our own.”

Jokes aside, it’s hard to believe that exactly one year has passed since 1D opened for 10 BTR shows during the Better With U Tour. Now, Harry Styles and the boys are just days away from embarking on their 2013 World Tour.

“They did ask for us to go and open for them,” Pena Jr. said of returning the tour favor. “We really wanted to . . . our show shoots right now, and it kind of conflicted.”

“Maybe one day we can play again — it’d be fun,” added Maslow.

The band, who was missing Logan Henderson on the red carpet, also dished on their upcoming third album.

“We wrote literally 99 percent of it, from our hands,” Schmidt revealed. “I think our fans are really going to appreciate the music they’re haring from the third album. It’s coming from us.”

For more of [Celebuzz's] exclusive chat with Big Time Rush, check out the video, [here]. Then tell [Celebuzz]: Who is your favorite boy band?

James Maslow talks about a a potential Summer 2013 tour for Big Time Rush to The Huffington Post [Extra tags:] Big Time Rush, Carlos Pena, Hall of Game Awards 2013, James Maslow, Kendall Schmidt, One Direction

Also, from Examiner:

Big Time Rush say One Direction are 'the coolest guys ever' [...] Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, and Carlos Pena from Big Time Rush; Credits: Getty Images It's hard to believe it was just about a year ago that One Direction played their first show's in America as part of Big Time Rush's Better With U Tour. Three of the guys of Big Time Rush were asked about what they thought of One Direction's success on the red carpet of Cartoon Network's Hall of Game Awards earlier this week. "[One Direction] are rad. One thing we can say is that they never played in the U.S. until they opened for us on our winter tour," BTR's James Maslow told Celebuzz in a new interview released on February 15. "They're the coolest guys ever, props to them, they've killed it, they've continued playing and they're talented kids and nice kids so we wish them the best." Big Time Rush talks about One Direction. "All I gotta say is that this is America," Kendall Schmidt added with a smile "This is America, and we're American. They’re still not an American boy band. We're representing. We're holding our own." It was heavily rumored for awhile that BTR would join 1D for the UK leg of their world tour, a spot now given to 5 Seconds of Summer, but BTR's Nickelodeon TV show filming schedule just wouldn't allow them the opportunity. "They did ask for us to go and open for them," Carlos Pena said. "We really wanted to...our show shoots right now, and it kind of conflicted." "Maybe one day we can play again, it’d be fun," he added. Meanwhile Big Time Rush's third album is expected to be released this year and so far the boys seem pretty proud of what they got in store for fans. "We wrote literally 99 percent of it, from our hands," Kendall said. "I think our fans are really going to appreciate the music they’re haring from the third album. It’s coming from us." Would you like to see BTR & 1D tour together again? Let's not forget, back in October, Louis Tomlinson picked BTR over The Wanted as a fellow boy band to collaborate with.