WATCH: THE NEXT STAR (SEASON 5) EPISODE 1

Morning #KCRyders! Of course this is a throwback, but a good one! Here's the first episode of of Season 5 of the hit YTV show, 'The Next Star' on which our girl Keshia Chante was introduced as one of the new judges on the three judge panel along with her co-judges Mark Spicoluk and Tara Oram!

Enjoy the first episode IN FULL here: http://img.youtube.com/vi/DD0eKzK1RJw/hqdefault.jpg

WATCH: KC PERFROMS 'I MISS U' LIVE ON 'NEXT STAR'

Hey #KCRyders! Catching this performance was long overdue, but of course after searching, we found it for you, LQ via #KCRyder AmishuCpfanAgetha on YouTube. You can enjoy Keshia's live rendition of her latest R&B single, "I Miss U" complete with background dancers below. Enjoy and have a great Saturday!

Photo Credit: The Next Star (Official Facebook)

KC Performs #IMissU LIVE on 'The Next Star (Season 5)

WATCH: #TNS5 STAR SCHOOL: SWAGOLOGY 3 BY KESHIA CHANTÈ

Morning #KCRyders! Alas, all good things must come to an end, and unfortunately this means the end of Star School lessons from our girl KC, and two more from Tara and Mark. In this episode, Keshia explains what "swag" means to her: Having a positive attitude and confidence, not cockiness. Agreed Keshia!

Enjoy the latest instalment of The Next Star (Season 5) Websode series, "Swagology" featuring our girl KC as she assists Mark and Tara on how turn their swag on! Funny clip!

PS: Don't miss a VERY special episode of The Next Star (Season 5) this Monday... Our girl Keshia has a special surprise! So tune in!

WATCH: THE NEXT STAR 5 - KESHIA VS THE BIG FOOT MASCOT

Submitted by Albert (@koolkidincash93)

Evening #KCRyders! Are you in need of a laugh after a crazy long work week? Welp, we've got just the remedy... The Next Star (Season 5)'s  top 13 kids have been chosen, along with the top 6 and are now moving on the show the judges what they've got!

This past Monday night, host Adamo recapped his favorite moments on the show thus far, with Keshia vs The Big Foot Mascot being (ding! ding! ding! you guessed it!) number one!

The Next Star (Season 5) Judges Tara Oram and Mark Spicoluk along with host Adamo Ruggiero decided to play a little prank on our girl Keshia Chante, knowing her fear of dolls and mascots. Let's just say Keshia didn't find it very funny... Poor Keesh! (cues the 'Friends' Theme Song)

Watch the clip below courtesy of YTV & @thenextstar_5!

Ps. I think ventriloquist dummies are creepy too! Ever since I saw Chuckie when I was a kid, those are a huge NO in my book! lol

Keshia vs The Big Foot Mascott

WATCH: THE NEXT STAR (SEASON 5) COMMERCIAL

#KCRyders are you ready? The big premiere for YTV's The Next Star (Season 5) featuring Tara Oram, Mark Spicoluk and our girl Keshia Chante as judges airs this July! Tickets for seats in the live audience are already sold out which lets us know that this is going to be a very unforgettable season! Check out the newly uploaded commercial below courtesy of YTV!

WATCH: KC CHATS WITH DAYTIME TORONTO ON ROGERS TV

Of course we were wondering just when Rogers TV was going to upload Friday's episode of KC appearing on Daytime Toronto to chat with the illustrious hosts Glenn Dixon and Val Cole! Finally, today our request was answered! Thanks to Rogers TV tweeting us the link, you can watch KC's appearance on Daytime Toronto (Friday May 18th) as she talks about her career, her new job as judge on YTV's The Next Star (Season 5), what she's looking for as a judge, being a top Canadian Fashionista, and more by clicking here. Enjoy!

WATCH: TNS5: STAR SCHOOL EP 5 - SWAGOLOGY PT 2 - BY KESHIA CHANTÈ

Evening #KCRyders! Check out our girl KC in this brand new episode of The Next Star (Season 5)'s "Star School", "Swagology" Part 2. In it Keshia encourages viewers to simply be themselves. That in itself is amazingly great advice. You can check out Keshia's new segment along with her antics with co-judges Tara Oram and Mark Spicoluk below courtesy of YTV's Youtube Page! Enjoy!

WATCH: STAR SCHOOL EP 4 SING IT/BRING IT 2 - BY TARA ORAM

Hey #KCRyders! Another day, and another new hilarious, yet informative episode of of The Next Star (Season 5) Star School. This time judge Tara Oram is back with part two of of her class, entitled "Sing It/Bring It" Part 2. This time she gives advice on how to prepare yourself before taking on a huge audience by simple meditation. You can watch that, and KC being introduced to the childhood game, Red Hands aka Slapsies through Tara and Mark. See Tara's knowledge and wisdom below, and find out how KC fairs in Slapsies too!


Source: YTV's Official Youtube Page

WATCH: KC VISITS GLOBAL BC TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STAR

On yesterday morning, KC visited Global BC, in Vancouver to discuss her role as a judge on YTV's The Next Star (Season 5) on which she gave her tips as to what she was looking for as a judge and discussed a little bit on how her new job as a judge on the show has been going. You can watch the full interview by click here. Keshia's interview is from the 16:05 - 19:40.

Information on Today's Auditions:
Registration from 7am-9am


The Next Star (Season 5) Talent Stop, Vancouver
Vancouver Convention Centre - East Building 999
 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC.

WATCH: SHAW TV INTERVIEWS TNS5 JUDGES & HOST

Good Morning #KCRyders! In their latest stop, The Next Star team and Judges take Vancouver today!  And here's a great way to start of your morning, with a fresh new interview from Shaw TV! The Next Star (Season 5) Judges, Keshia Chanté, Tara Oram and Mark Spicoluk along with host Adamo Ruggiero sat down with Shaw TV to discuss their roles on Season 5 as well as how they each tie into the Canadian music and entertainment industry and what they're looking for as judges and host. You can view the full interview below.

WATCH: KESHIA CHANTÈ PERFORMS 'I MISS U' LIVE & CHATS WITH BT EDMONTON

Evening once again #KCRyders! Shoutouts go to our boy @CalioWilliamson fellow #KCRyder for spotting the first ever performance of 'I Miss U' live on Breakfast TV Edmonton on this past Monday. (SN: Above photo of KC at BT Edmonton was twitpic'd yesterday from Makeup Stylist, Dee Daly)

BT Edmonton tweeted us that due to unforeseen technical difficulties, it took them a while to upload the video of the performance and interview, but you can now view both below in their entirety.

                                  Click here to watch KC's interview with 

                                  Breakfast TV Edmonton about her career

                                  and being a judge on YTV's The Next Star.

                               Click here to watch KC perform #IMissU 

                               live for the first time ever!

WATCH: TNS5: STAR SCHOOL EP 3 - SWAGOLOGY - BY KESHIA CHANTÈ

Evening #KCRyders! Today, The Next Star KC and the co-judges Mark & Tara made their latest stop in Edmonton, Alberta today! Here's the latest edition The Next Star (Season 5) Websosde: "Star School" entry by none other than our girl Keshia Chantè, the third and final judge on the panel. KC's episode is appropriately entitled, "Swagology". In KC's video she offers advice on how you can enhance your style and stage presence as well as impress the judges with simple adjustments to your posture and above all, eye contact and confidence. You can watch below as Keshia offers up her advice in her Asian-inspired look on which she tweeted she absolutely loved! You'll also discover how the ever hilarious TNS Season 5 judges recreate the classic Boston Cream doughnut with their own little 'remixed' recipe below.

Source: YTV's Official Youtube Page

WATCH: TNS5: STAR SCHOOL EP 2 - "SING IT OR BRING IT" BY TARA ORAM

And as if the fun wouldn't stop Episode 2 of YTV's "The Next Star's "Star School", entitled "Sing It/Bring It", features The Next Star judge, Canadian Country Star and Canadian Idol winner, Tara Oram. Tara gives advice on how you can condition your voice for an audition, as well as helpful tips on how to work out and warm up your body, as well as your vocals, this time in the midst of Mark and KC hamming it up. Enjoy, courtesy of YTV!

WATCH: TNS5: STAR SCHOOL EP 1 - "BIZ ED" BY MARK SPICOLUK

Don't you just love it when your requests get answered? lol A special shout-out and thanks to The Next Star (Season 5) Family as well as YTV for uploading the first two episodes of "Star School" to their Official Youtube Page upon our request on last week. And now, because of their extreme kindness you all can watch KC, Tara & Mark give you some amazing tips if you're thinking about auditioning for The Next Star!

 Episode 1  of Star School is entitled "Biz Ed" and appropriately so because Mark Spicoluk is very knowledgeable of business aspect of the Canadian music industry. You can watch as Mark offers you some amazing advice in the middle of Tara and our girl KC haming it up below!

UPCOMING: KC WILL BE ON N.M.L. MAY 24TH!

 BIG NEWS! Mark your calenders #KCRyders because KC will be on New.Music.Live. on May 24th! This is definately something to get excited about because she'll be there not only to judge the weekly dance battle, but she'll be premiering the music video for her single "I Miss U", and talking about her role as a judge on YTV's The Next Star with Next Star auditions in Toronto, Ontario on May 19th & 20th. If you're apart of #KCRydersCanada and wanna meet the Canadian R&B Princess at N.M.L. in person, get your tickets by clicking here!

Photo Courtesy: Winepeg Free Press

You can view the article in the Winepeg Free Press about KC as a judge on YTV's The Next Star by clicking here. Shoutout to Team Keshia for posting this on twitter.

NEWS: KC & THE NEXT STAR TAKE MONTREAL!

Good Morning #KCRyders! Enjoy a new promotional photo of KC for YTV's The Next Star! Today is Day 2 of the six-city wide tour KC & co-judges embarked on in search of Canada's next Tween/Teen sensation for "The Next Star" Season 5! Today's stop takes them to the beautiful city of Montreal! (SN: Our girl Cat from #TeamLKC resides in that neck of the woods! ^_^ )

For those of you in #KCRydersMontreal who desire to audition today, registration takes place from 7am-9am. Also, be sure to pick up your copy of Metro Montreal today so that you can view the article interview with Ms. KC & Natalia here.

Also, tune into Virgin Radio 96 this morning because KC will be on live! (Shoutout to Cat (@catlilangel) for the info!

Source: Twitter

NEW PROMO PIC: KC SHOWS HER LOVE FOR THE NEXT STAR

Check out this new promo pic of KC promoting YTV’s “The Next Star”. The six-city tour kicks off today Saturday April 28th, in Halifax, Novia Scotia where KC, Tara Oram and Mark Spicoluk will search for Canada’s next big teen sensation and host Adama Ruggiero will be there to capture it all, TNS Crew in tow! To find out more information about how you can audition click here.

NEW INTERVIEW: B101 INTERVIEWS KESHIA CHANTE FOR YTV'S THE NEXT STAR & MORE!

Good Morning #KCRyders! Hope you all are having a great Saturday! Today is the kick off for "The Next Star" city-wide search for YTV's "The Next Star", beginning in Halifax, Novia Scotia! (SN: Happy Belated Birthday to KC's co-judge, Tara Oram!)

To promote the show, KC called into Barrie's B101, this past thursday (April 26th) to chat it up with DJ Chris, about starting her career in her early teens much like the hopefuls on the show "The Next Star" Season 5 will be. She also chatted about her duties as a "Next Star" judge, gave her personal advice on how to do your best at auditions as well as chatted on the infamous question about her friendship with Rap sensation, Drake, otherwise known to her and loyal Degrassi viewers by his given name, Aubrey Graham.

She also said that she expects the music video for her current single, "I Miss U" to drop next week, (A week earlier than originally scheduled...) and says that it has a personal an imitate story-line attached to it, and that it's the most open she's ever been in a music video. You can hear all of this and more by listening to the interview below:

NEW PROMO PHOTO: KC POSES WITH TNS SEASON 5 CO-JUDGES & HOST ADAMO RUGGIERO

Good Morning #KCRyders! Check out this new promo pic of our girl Keshia Chante along with fellow Co-Judges, Mark Spicoluk, Tara Oram & The Next Star Season 5, Host Adamo Ruggiero!

Follow The Next Star on Twitter @TheNextStar_5 & our girl KC @KeshiaChante!

Tomorrow, Saturday April 28th, 2012 is the first day of TNS’s city-wide tour search for The Next Canadian Star in Halifax, Novia Scotia! Do you have what it takes to be Canada's next teen star? Check out all the amazing deets and find out when KC is coming to your city #KCRydersCanada by clicking here.

WATCH: BTS ON THE NEXT STAR SEASON 5 JUDGES PHOTOSHOOT

Hey #KCRyders! Hopefully you've been enjoying your week and past weekend. Two and a half weeks until the new highly anticipated music video for "I Miss U" our girl Keshia Chante's new single! And while we wait, you can enjoy this Behind The Scenes exclusive video from The Next Star (Season 5) Official Facebook of TNS Season 5 Host Adam Ruggiero along with judges KC, Tara Oram & Mark Spicoluk as they ham it up on set of the first ever photoshoot for The Next Star season five. They also share reasons why they love their fellow judges and what they believe they each bring to the table. Can't wait to see the commercial for this!

Thanks to Ms. Tess for sending this our way on Facebook!