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Spectacular! is a 2009 Nickelodeon musical TV-movie. It stars Nolan Gerard Funk, Australian singer Tammin Sursok, Zoey 101's Victoria Justice, newcomer Simon Curtis,and Newest Actor Izhaunne Baker. Filmed in Canada, it premiered February 16, 2009.[1] The soundtrack was released on February 3, 2009, with a full webstream on MTV.com released the previous week. Spectacular! attracted 3.7 million viewers during its premiere, according to its Nielsen ratings.[2]
[edit] PlotAs the opening credits roll, a band called Flux, apparently with no singer, starts to play at a nightclub. Among the audience is a girl named Courtney Lane (Tammin Sursok). Interspersed with the scenes of the band playing, singer Nikko Alexander (Nolan Gerard Funk) calmly walks into the club through the back, barely making his cue for "Don't Tell Me". At the end of the song, he kicks over one of the amps, destroying it for effect. After the performance, the other members of Flux, upset by his carelessness, kick him out of the band; Nikko's girlfriend Amy (Britt Irvin), who is also in the band, dumps him. After the band members leave, Courtney frantically attempts to recruit Nikko into a show choir named "Spectacular!," of which she is leader. Though Nikko is skeptical and condescendingly rejects her offer, Courtney begs him to come to a carnival to see the choir perform and then make his decision. The next day at the carnival, Nikko arrives in time to see the Spectacular! show choir perform "Eye of the Tiger". Afterward, the ever-anxious Courtney once again attempts to persuade Nikko, who is less than impressed by the group's performance and style, to join the show choir and help them win a national contest, even offering him half the group's earnings from the contest in exchange for his consent. Nikko declines to join the group, stating that he isn't interested in choir. Soon, another show choir named Ta-da performs "Things We Do for Love". The lead singers are Royce (Simon Curtis), who used to be the lead singer for Spectacular! but quit after breaking up with Courtney, and Tammi (Victoria Justice), Royce's new girlfriend and a snobby, selfish girl. Later on, Nikko meets with and performs for a famous music producer named Mr. Dickens, who informs him that he has a shot at getting a record deal if he can raise enough money for equipment for his demo, which has to be excellent. Nikko recalls Courtney's offer of half the earnings from the contest Spectacular! plans to perform in, and decides to join the choir in order to get the money to pay for his demo. When he approaches the choir Courtney remembers his mockery of their carnival performance and initially refuses to let him join, but acquisces after Nikko demonstrates his talent by performing "Break My Heart" in front of the whole group, who are impressed by his vocals. When they are practicing, however, Nikko finds out that dancing for show choir is not as easy as it looks and cannot easily pick up the dance routines. Nikko, who lives with his older brother Stavros (Christopher Jacot), does not inform his brother that he has joined show choir or that he is attempting to get a record deal because he knows Stavros would not approve. Several days later the group, dressed in strange cowboy costumes, goes to perform at the club Nikko and his old band, Flux, had performed at in the beginning of the movie. There Nikko runs into his old band members, leading to an awkward confrontation and a lot of mockery from Flux. Meanwhile, Ta-da, who are also at the club, performs their song "Lonely Love Song". Upon witnessing Ta-da's good performance and the snobby attitudes of Tammi and Royce, Nikko becomes determined to help Spectacular! win the upcoming competition and begins to think that the group should come up with new dance moves and new music. One day, before Courtney arrives for choir practice, Nikko encourages the other choir members to try things a different way, and performs "Your Own Way", persuading the others to join in. Though they are initially reluctant to go against Courtney's wishes, the rest of the group eventually agree that they need a new routine in order to win the competition. They later meet up at Nikko's house, unbeknown to Courtney, and Nikko begins to teach them new dance moves, stating that if they perform the song in front of Courtney she would be impressed and may agree to change the group's style. The choir assembles at Nikko's house every night to practice while still attending practices with Courtney every afternoon. Nikko learns of Spectacular!'s tradition of gathering for a bowling night the week before a competition. Only four members, including Nikko and Courtney, show up at the bowling alley, where they discover that Tammi and Royce are already bowling in their lane. After a brief confrontation between the two groups, Nikko persuades the others to perform a song using "Rock The World," a spoof of the real-life video game Rock Band. Random selection chooses a song called "For the First Time", which was Courtney and Royce's old duet. She and Nikko perform it, much to the jealousy of Royce, and we see that Nikko and Courtney are becoming attracted to each other. Nikko invites Courtney over to his house for a surprise, and when they get there the whole group has assembled on Nikko's rooftop, where they all perform "Your Own Way" for Courtney. Courtney, instead of being impressed, becomes upset, stating that Nikko and the group have betrayed her by practicing another routine behind her back. She accuses Nikko of taking control of the group and of stealing her dream and Spectacular! away from her and then leaves in tears. Later that night, Nikko goes to Courtney's house to apologize and almost has a fistfight with Royce, who has come to ask Courtney to get back together with him. Courtney rejects Royce, who tauntingly tells Nikko that Ta-da will beat Spectacular! at the competition in the "weirdest trash talk that [Nikko's] ever heard." After Royce leaves, Nikko apologizes to Courtney for taking control of the group behind her back and offers to do things her way, but Courtney admits that the group needs a change. Courtney's mother tells Nikko that he can bring some good and change to the "Spectacular!" group and that Courtney will know how far they are actually able to push the envelope to win. The two of them decide to combine their talents and perform a song that everyone can agree upon, and Mr. Romono (Greg Germann), their music teacher, suggests a song called "Something to Believe In". Spectacular! begins intense rehearsals and all seems well, until Mr. Richmond pays Nikko and Stavros a visit and informs them that another famous music producer is offering Nikko and Flux a record deal and will only be available on Saturday night. Knowing that Spectacular! is scheduled to perform at the concert on Saturday night, Nikko is torn between his commitment to the choir and his one shot at getting a record deal. He tries to inform Courtney of his decision to audition for the record deal, but cannot bring himself to do it. Meanwhile, Amy informs Stavros that Nikko has joined choir and Stavros confronts Nikko in front of the members of Spectacular!, insisting that Nikko drop out of choir and audition for the record deal instead. The other members of Spectacular! are upset at Nikko for ditching them at the last minute, and Courtney feels that Nikko has betrayed her again. Mr. Romono visits Nikko, who is having a tough time deciding what to do, at his house and reveals that he was once in a famous band that could have been more successful if he hadn't flopped and broke his contract due to his fear of taking risks. Before leaving to go audition for the record deal, Courtney shows up. Nikko fears that she has come to yell at him for turning his back on "Spectacular!" but instead, she gives him a kiss on the cheek and wishes him luck. On concert night, Ta-da performs "On The Wings Of A Dream" and earns much applause and acclaim from the audience. Meanwhile, Nikko and Flux perform at their audition for the record deal, but Nikko's heart is not in it and the producers notice and tell him they are not interested; Stavros says that Nikko is just warming up, and that he is better than what he is giving out. Nikko begs them to let him prove where "[his] heart really is." When it is Spectacular!s turn to sing "Something to Believe In" at the national competition, Nikko, much to Courtney's relief and delight, arrives onstage right before the chorus, belting out a long note. Flux joins him, playing background music, and Mr. Romono reprises his dream as a rock star by playing a guitar during the song. The group earns a standing ovation, and Courtney and Nikko reconcile. Ta-da is announced as the winner of the contest and Spectacular! is disqualified because Nikko and Flux were performing as unregistered members of the act. Tammi reveals to Royce that she had only used him to win the contest and breaks up with him, and Nikko and Courtney share a kiss on the lips. Even though Spectacular! lost the contest, Nikko's amazing performance got him the record deal. It ends with Spectacular!, Flux, and Mr. Romono in a studio together recording a song, suitably named "Everything Can Change", with Nikko and Courtney as the lead singers in the song. [edit] Cast
[edit] Musical numbersThe order of the songs on the soundtrack, and the order of musical performances in the movie are minor changes. Rather than "Eye of the Tiger" and "Things We Do For Love" being the two final performances, like on the soundtrack, they are the second and third, respectively.[3]
[edit] SoundtrackMain article: Spectacular! (soundtrack) On February 3, 2009, Nickelodeon released the Spectacular! soundtrack, featuring songs from the entire cast, including Nolan Gerard Funk and Tammin Sursok. The album, released by Nick Records, includes songs such as "Don't Tell Me" and "Everything Can Change". The album, which entered at #195 on the Billboard 200, peaked at #44 on the chart, and has sold over 52,000 copies to date. The album also hit the top spot on the iTunes soundtrack list, as well as #14 on its top albums chart.[4] [edit] TV screeningsSpectacular! was shown on Australian TV Channel Ten on September 18, 2009; on Nickelodeon Sweden on September 19, 2009; and on Nickelodeon Southeast Asia on September 4, 2009.[citation needed] [edit] DVD releaseThe DVD was released on March 31, 2009, in the US, and on October 7, 2009, in Australia. It contains 4 behind-the-scenes featurettes, and two new music videos of "Everything Can Change" and "For the First Time". [edit] References[edit] External links | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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