Presenter Rina Chae invites 80 talented teens and tweens to a live audition where they get to dance, sing and rap in hope of winning one of the 25 spots in K-Pop Academy.
25 dancers, singers and rappers begin day 1 of Rina's 2 week K-pop camp. These talented teens & tweens are divided into groups and make a start, but a couple now can't make it so replacements need to be found.
It's day 2 of K-Pop Academy and the serious work begins. Rina does some swapsies in the combos of groups, and while some start learning their first moves, the aspiring singers and rappers get down to work learning their lyrics.
While some groups are bouncing the commitment is proving too much for others and cracks are starting to show.
It's week 2 and our final chance to knock these groups into K-pop shape. Our vocalists hit the big time in the recording studio and there's fine tuning all around.
With the vocals down, it's lights, camera and make-up as teams get ready for their very first live performance.
The dance floor becomes a battleground as our K-poppers go one on one, a covers game pits the groups against each other, and there's a birthday surprise!
Season Finale: The Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival is coming up and the K-Pop Academy has been booked to perform live. But there are only 3 spots on stage - who will get the chance to perform and who will miss out?
K-Pop Academy season 2 kicks off with K-Pop queen Rina Chae introducing her new team of coaches. The auditions begin and the competition is fierce!
Rina and Turanga get down to business selecting eight awesome teams from the tidal wave of teenyboppers. The choreo gets kicked off and some tough calls are made!
We head north to meet Team Dargaville, the cream of the crop tops are revealed on Auckland's North Shore, we deep dive and crisscross to Team South and Team Central are tested to the core.
The pressure is skyrocketing with boot camp just one week away! There's a setback for one of our teams - can they pull things together before crunch time?
Boot camp begins and our teams are put to WERK!! Who will crush it? Who will crack? Can our young wannabes handle a taste of K-Pop idol life?
Boot camp is in full swing with every team going full throttle at perfecting their dance routines. Vocal recording is just around the corner which means big decisions for vocal coach Turanga.
All our teams get to stretch their vocal chords, we call in the fashion police for some styling for our young idols, and Mr Zee's in the house for a dance battle with a sneaky twist!
Season Finale: Our K-Pop idols flaunt their poses for the photoshoot, we see all the reactions when vocal recordings are revealed, and it's time for the final competition where an international judge decides who is the winning team!
K-Pop Academy season 3 levels up with K-Pop queen Rina Chae and a talented team of coaches preparing to audition the crazy new talent. The competition to going to be fierce!
Find out who makes the cut and if they can cut it in their customised squads! The mahi begins as the groups start shaping up, coach Turanga workshops the vocalists, and that's just day 1.
Bootcamp begins - let's see who's ready to get lit and who needs more FIRE! Vocal parts are allocated and there's some serious werk in both English and Korean.
To break the ice Rina starts the day with a dreaded name game. Stylist Rose gets the ball rolling with costumes. Have team Enough had enough?
Rina has a surprise - K-Pop Academy's biggest routine ever, where everyone gets to audition for parts! Vocal recordings are coming up fast, who's ready?
Mr Zee is in the house for some specialist coaching. Find out who gets to be the kings and queens of the BIG routine, and who gets the vocal parts.
With the mic hot it's time to lay down the vocals, and there's a dance battle with a twist.
With the crazy K-Pop ride almost done, are all our groups ready to shoot music videos and perform live?