Nickelodeon Northern Europe will premiere JoJo Siwa's brand-new docu-style Nickelodeon special, JoJo Siwa: My World, in which fans will get a fantastic peek into JoJo's exciting world, on Sunday 26th November 2017 at 13:45 Uhr on Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland) and at 14:20 Uhr on Nickelodeon Austria (Österreich) and Nickelodeon Switzerland (Schweiz)! The special, locally titled Jojo Siwa: Meine Welt, follows the 13-year-old’s dance journey leading up to her biggest moment yet — performing at the Mall of America! Click here for a sneak-peek!
You already know her from TV, Instagram, Musical.ly or YouTube — spreading positivity and kindness across the globe! In JoJo Siwa: My World, take an exclusive sneak peek into the inspiring world of JoJo Siwa! Catch her very first television special on Nickelodeon for the chance to see how this superstar gets to live out her dream — dancing, singing, and calling all the shots! With family, friends, and her trusty pup BowBow by her side, there’s nothing JoJo can’t crush!
After quickly realising she had a love for dance at age two, Siwa began taking classes in Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop and Ballet. Since discovering her love for dance as a toddler, Siwa has gone on to hit some major milestones in her budding career, including becoming the youngest contestant to appear on Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition at just 8 years old, and also starring in Dance Moms.
Siwa has garnered an incredible social media following, connecting with her fans in several different ways: through social media, where she currently has over 6.3 million followers on Instagram, 11.4 million followers on Musical.ly, 308,000 Twitter followers and 654 million views on her YouTube channel; through her SIWANATOR club which stands against negativity and bullying; through her varied line of consumer products; and with her single, “Boomerang,” which has been viewed more than 290 million times.
Nickelodeon has a successful relationship with the teen sensation, regularly collaborating on an extensive global consumer product range across categories including apparel, accessories, home, toys, party and publishing.
On air, Siwa will guest star on Nickelodeon's hit musical comedy series School of Rock, as part of a multi-episode story arc, and is set to star in the brand-new Nickelodeon Original Movie Blurt, alongside Jace Norman (Henry Danger, Splitting Adam, Rufus) and Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad, Legendary Dudas)
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Nickelodeon Southeast Asia will premiere JoJo Siwa's brand-new docu-style Nickelodeon special, JoJo Siwa: My World, in which fans will get a fantastic peek into JoJo's exciting world, on Friday 24th November 2017 at 4:30pm on Nickelodeon Indonesia (WIB), 5:00pm on Nickelodeon Singapore (SG), and at 5:30pm on Nickelodeon Malaysia (MY) and Nickelodeon Philippines (PH)! The special follows the 13-year-old’s dance journey leading up to her biggest moment yet — performing at the Mall of America! Click here for a sneak-peek!
Update (18/11): Updated premiere TX time for Singapore.
You already know her from TV, Instagram, Musical.ly or YouTube — spreading positivity and kindness across the globe! In JoJo Siwa: My World, take an exclusive sneak peek into the inspiring world of JoJo Siwa! Catch her very first television special on Nickelodeon for the chance to see how this superstar gets to live out her dream — dancing, singing, and calling all the shots! With family, friends, and her trusty pup BowBow by her side, there’s nothing JoJo can’t crush!
After quickly realising she had a love for dance at age two, Siwa began taking classes in Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop and Ballet. Since discovering her love for dance as a toddler, Siwa has gone on to hit some major milestones in her budding career, including becoming the youngest contestant to appear on Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition at just 8 years old, and also starring in Dance Moms.
Siwa has garnered an incredible social media following, connecting with her fans in several different ways: through social media, where she currently has over 6.3 million followers on Instagram, 11.4 million followers on Musical.ly, 308,000 Twitter followers and 654 million views on her YouTube channel; through her SIWANATOR club which stands against negativity and bullying; through her varied line of consumer products; and with her single, “Boomerang,” which has been viewed more than 290 million times.
Nickelodeon has a successful relationship with the teen sensation, regularly collaborating on an extensive global consumer product range across categories including apparel, accessories, home, toys, party and publishing.
On air, Siwa will guest star on Nickelodeon's hit musical comedy series School of Rock, as part of a multi-episode story arc, and is set to star in the brand-new Nickelodeon Original Movie Blurt, alongside Jace Norman (Henry Danger, Splitting Adam, Rufus) and Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad, Legendary Dudas)
Fans can find out more about JoJo Siwa and her brand-new Nickelodeon special, as well as watch exclusives videos and play fantastic games online at nick-asia.com.
In additional news, Nickelodeon Southeast Asia are currently hosting "Dangerous Games", featuring a whole week of back-to-back episodes of Henry Danger & Game Shakers! The stunt begun on Monday 6th November 2017, and will air everyday at 3pm (WIB) | 4pm (MY) | 4:30pm (PH/SG) until Friday 10th November 2017.
Nickelodeon Turkey (Türkiye) will premiere Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, a new original TV movie based on author Chris Grabenstein’s acclaimed children’s book of the same name, on Sunday 12th November 2017 at 09:10. Nickelodeon stars Casey Simpson (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky ve Dawn) and Breanna Yde (Nickelodeon’s School of Rock/Müzik Okulu) join Russell Roberts (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) and newcomers AJ Rivera and Klarke Pipkin in the fantastical adventure about a group of friends whose overnight stay in their town’s new high-tech library turns into a daring, dangerous adventure of escape. The book, originally published in 2013 by Random House Children’s Books, boasts a 109-week run on the New York Times Best-Seller list. In Turkey, the movie is locally titled Bay Lemoncello'nun Kütüphanesi'nden Kaçış, and the book the film is based on is locally titled Bay Lemoncello’nun Kütüphanesinden Kaçış.
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World-renowned gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello (Russell Roberts) has built his latest creation--a new state-of-the-art library filled with whimsical and eccentric rooms, where hardcover books fly kids to shelves in the sky, and massive doors open into fantastical worlds. Kyle Keeley, Lemoncello’s biggest fan, is chosen to be one of the first to experience the fun, along with his best friend Akimi, a bookworm named Sierra (Klarke Pipkin), a goofball named Andrew Peckleman (A.J. Luis Rivera Jr.), his rival Charles Chiltington (Ty Nicolas Consiglio), and others. The kids must use their wits to complete riddles and collect clues that lead them out of this unique playground of imagination. When excitement turns to jeopardy, this world of wonder begins to spiral out of control as literary characters run amok and chaos ensues. It’s up to the kids to make everything right again or else they won’t be the only ones escaping.
Nickelodeon’s original TV movies are a key part of the network’s content mix, creating vehicles for Nickelodeon’s stars to be seen in new and different roles and stories. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library joins Nickelodeon’s original TV movie slate, which includes three upcoming original TV movies--Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie and Tiny Christmas, both set to premiere this fall and Blurt starring Henry Danger’s Jace Norman and internet sensation JoJo Siwa, scheduled to air early 2018.
Join in on the adventure by visiting Nickelodeon Türkiye's official website, nickelodeon.com.tr, and following Nickelodeon Türkiye on Facebook and Twitter for movie updates and sneak peeks.
Chris Grabenstein’s novels with Random House Children’s Books have more than one million copies in print and hundreds of weeks combined on the New York Times bestseller list. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library has spent over 100 weeks on the bestseller list, received nominations for 42 state award lists, and is published in 19 countries and in 19 languages throughout the world. Grabenstein's additional middle-grade novels include Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics, The Island of Dr. Libris, Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel, and Welcome to Wonderland: Beach Party Surf Monkey. Grabenstein's third Lemoncello Book, Lemoncello’s Great Library Race, was published on Oct. 10.
Jim Head, Scott McAboy and Michael Sammaciccia serve as executive producers. Amy Sydorick serves as producer. The TV movie is written by Brian Jarvis & Jim Freeman and Alex Reid, and was directed by Scott McAboy (Splitting Adam/Расщепление Адама).
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New York City based audio facility Dubway Studios has announced the exciting news that prominent actors Nancy Giles (The Jim Gaffigan Show, The Electric Company, Superheroes, Law & Order) and Alysia Reiner (Orange Is the New Black, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 30 Rock, The Sopranos) will be voicing characters in Nickelodeon's upcoming brand-new animated preschool series Butterbean's Cafe!
Butterbean's Cafe is about a fairy who runs a neighborhood cafe with her friends. The series will feature creative cooking, a farm-to-table philosophy and a social-emotional curriculum that focuses on leadership skills. Created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull, the creators of Bubble Guppies, the series is produced by Brown Bag Films (Peter Rabbit) in Ireland. On the series, Cathi Turow (Sesame Street) serves as Headwriter, Mark Salisbury (The Naked Brothers Band) series as Supervising director, Laura Kleinbaum (Staff Writer at Nick Jr.) serves as Staff Writer, Rosie duPont serves as Script Assistant. All of the voice over is being recorded in New York City at Dubway Studios (Wallykazam!), who commenced production on the series in April 2016. Butterbean's Cafe is slated to debut in 2018 as part of Nickelodeon's 2017-2018 programming season.
Additionally, Athan Sporek (Les Misérables and A Bronx Tale on Broadway), Kirrilee Berger (stage productions of Billy Elliot and Mary Poppins, Dora The Explorer, Hall Stars, Nickelodeon Pilot Storyforia), Melissa Van Der Schyff (Sunny Day, Wallykazam!, The Thing About Babies, Jillian Holtzman in Ghostbusters (2016) LEGO Dimensions), and Aiden Reid Medina (Team Umizoomi, Dora the Explorer, Myth of Robo Wonder Kid, Bubble Guppies, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Blaze and the Monster Machines) will also be lending their voices to Butterbean's Cafe!
Kirrilee will voice Poppy, Melissa will voice Miss Honeybook, and Aiden will voice Reuben (recurring character), Kid 2 and Brookie Kid 1.
Melissa Van Der Schyff will also be voicing series regulars KC and Cindy in Nickelodeon's upcoming animated preschool series Sunny Day.
Four Butterbean's Cafe episode titles have also been revealed: "Reuben's Pizza Party", "Cricket Boss", "Jasper Petsitting", and
"A Bean for Halloween"!
Update (11/7): Since the post was originally published, a few more details about Nickelodeon's upcoming animated preschool series has been revealed:
- Broadway star Gabriella Pizzolo, and clients of Stephanie Artuso, who runs the commercial department at Shirley Grant Management, will also be lending their voices to Butterbean's Cafe;
- White Lake Music / Voice Coaches is currently producing Voice Over for Nickelodeon Network's Butterbean’s Cafe;
- Jake Bolles serves as a Editing Engineer on the new series, and provides Dialogue Recording services for the show;
- The Butterbean’s Cafe theme song has been written by multi-platinum songwriter Jeannie Lurie (School of Rock);
- The SquarePeg Group are also involved in the production of Butterbean's Café.
Additional sources: IMDb (I, II, III, IV).Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon Preschool, Nick Jr. and Butterbean's Cafe News and Highlights!
JoJo Siwa showed up to the Nickelodeon HALO Awards 2017 Orange Carpet on Saturday, November 4th in New York City in a fully bedazzled outfit and ready to chat with International Business Times about her upcoming Nickelodeon projects, and her time on Dance Moms.
JoJo Siwa attended the Nickelodeon Halo Awards at Pier 36 on Nov. 4, 2017 in New York City. Photo: Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Nickelodeon
While the Dance Moms alum is grateful for her time on the show, she’s very excited about the new projects she’s been working on at Nickelodeon.
She’s currently part of the networks competition series, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, where everyday kids participate in a lip-synching competition. Siwa provides commentary, while Nick Cannon hosts.
To date, the Lip Sync Battle spin-off series has only had one episode, a Halloween special, but there’s a holiday special coming up in December and then the real show premieres in 2018.
“The show is so amazing,” Siwa said of the competition series. “I heard it did really, really well and blew everyone’s expectations away, so thank you to the fans for that. But, seriously, it’s just such an amazing show and I love it so much.”
While she didn’t want to “spoil too much” about the upcoming special, she said that “if you’ve seen the Halloween special, just expect it like that, but a lot better.”
Besides her commentating-duties, the 14-year-old will also be acting in a new Nickelodeon TV movie called Blurt, which is set to premiere in February 2018.
“I’m so excited for Blurt. It’s going to be amazing,” she said. “I starred in it with Jace Norman and Daniella Perkins and basically, I am Jace Norman’s little sister and it was just so fun to film up in Canada. It was amazing and it was just a good time hanging out with everyone.”
Look out for Lip Sync Battle Shorties holiday special airing on Sunday, December 3 at 7 p.m. EST/PST on Nickelodeon USA!
In speaking about how Dancing With the Stars pro Cheryl Burke succeeded Abby Lee Miller as the coach on Lifetime’s Dance Moms towards the end of the Season 7, which ended on Oct. 24, Siwa said she thinks Burke “was really good” and “amazing” on the Lifetime series.
Siwa left Dance Moms after two years when a “big opportunity” that she couldn’t turn down presented itself, though she said she still watched the show after she left because she loves it “so much.”
“It is basically what got me started,”JoJo told IBT. “It is my platform. So, this show, honestly, gave me so much that I am so thankful for.”
She’s so thankful that she still has all the best wishes for the show and still likes to keep tabs on how it’s doing and what its future looks like. She even made a cameo on the Season 7 finale.
“I heard the show did really good this season, so hopefully they’ll be back for next season,” JoJo said.
In addition to her overall talent agreement with Nickelodeon, JoJo also has a global consumer products program with the number-one entertainment brand for kids.
Nickelodeon HALO Awards 2017, a one-of-a-kind concert special honoring four young leaders who are changing their communities and the world by “Helping and Leading Others” (HALO), airs across Nickelodeon USA, TeenNick and Nicktoons on Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. ES/PT.
