document_title: List of Bizaardvark episodes

question_text: what episode does alisha marie star in bizaardvark

text: List of Bizaardvark episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

text: SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired120June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)January 27, 2017 (2017-01-27)222June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)3TBAJuly 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)TBA

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text: Season 1 (2016–17)[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitle [1][2]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [1][2]Prod.code [3][1][4]U.S. viewers(millions)11"First!"David KendallKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanJune 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)1012.41[5]
Best friends Paige and Frankie, who have an online channel titled Bizaardvark, hit 10,000 subscribers and get accepted into the Vuuugle studios, a place for other Internet stars. Their friend, Bernie, tags along and tries to convince the girls to let him represent them. The girls meet Dirk, from DareMeBro, a series in which he takes dare requests. Dirk asks the girls if they want some of his cake. Frankie smashes the cake, thinking it is a cake smash dare, but Dirk tells them it was a birthday cake. The girls leave and meet Amelia, from Perfect Perfection with Amelia, a series about fashion. Amelia is stressed because her video will not upload to the Internet. Paige tells her she knows a trick to fix it, and in the process of doing such, she deletes Amelia's video. This leads the whole room to shun the girls. Later, the girls meet Liam, the son of the creator of Vuuugle, who asks them about their channel. Frankie and Paige say the channel was named by thinking of random words and combining them: "bizarre" and "aardvark". They also tell him about their video idea for the upcoming VidView party, and he tells them he does not get it, leading Paige and Frankie to believe they are too weird. They try to change their video, but they get stuck thinking everything they do is too weird. Upset, the girls leave the studio, deciding to quit with Bizaardvark. When Bernie reminds them of their fans, they remember why they make their videos and they resume their original video idea, "The Comeback Song". They show their video at the VidView party and receive praise from Dirk and Amelia who have forgiven them for what happened. The girls decide to let Bernie be their manager.

Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Joshua Carlon as Theo, Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo, Sean Lew as Robbie
22"Draw My Life"David KendallMichael Curtis & Roger S.H. SchulmanJuly 10, 2016 (2016-07-10)1021.19[6]
Frankie and Paige are chosen to do a "Draw My Life", in which they create an animated story of their lives. When the girls realize they have nothing interesting to write about, they take up various new hobbies to create compelling stories. Dirk is dared to leap over a pond of snapping turtles, but declines due to a childhood fear of the animals. Bernie makes various attempts to help Dirk overcome his fear.

Guest star: Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo
33"Frankie Has a Hater"Savage Steve HollandEric FriedmanJuly 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)1051.07[7]
Frankie becomes obsessed with locating the person who wrote a negative online comment about her, claiming that she is not funny. Paige tries unsuccessfully to convince Frankie not to worry about the comment. When Amelia discovers that she has been criticized for not being a good role model, she goes undercover at Paige and Frankie's school to learn about science so she can improve her image. Amelia discovers that the girls in the science club all watch her online series, and becomes convinced that she already is a good role model. After interrogating a classmate named Leon, Paige and Frankie discover that the negative comment came from a little girl who was merely complaining on the Internet using her older brother's laptop without any intention of insulting Frankie.

Guest stars: Deborah Baker Jr. as Marge the Barista, Veronica McFarlane as Celeste, Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo, Joe Matthews as Leon, Zachary Conneen as Jeff Casoli, Tessa Espinola as Eva
44"Superfan"David KendallHeather FlandersJuly 24, 2016 (2016-07-24)1031.41[8]
Bernie arranges for Paige and Frankie to perform songs live at a club on two consecutive nights. Paige and Frankie meet an obsessive fan of theirs named Belissa, who becomes an annoyance and eventually disrupts their performance. Bernie convinces the manager not to cancel the girls' second night at the club. Bernie wants to impress his critical grandmother and receives advice from Dirk. At the club, Bernie pretends that Amelia is his girlfriend to impress his grandmother. Amelia learns of Bernie's plan and agrees to go along with it. On the second night at the club, Bernie ends the fake relationship after being forced by Amelia to dress in tight clothing. Bernie's grandmother informs him that she knew the relationship was fake the entire time, but that she is proud of him.

Guest stars: Maya Jade Frank as Belissa, Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo, Philip AJ Smithey as Booker
55"The Collab"Savage Steve HollandKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanJuly 31, 2016 (2016-07-31)1061.04[9]
According to Liam, those who have a million subscribers like JiffPom can get more studio time at Vuuugle. In order to raise their subscribers for Bizaardvark, Paige and Frankie plan to collaborate with the other Vuuuglers. They end up working with Victor of "Prank Town" because nobody else wanted to collaborate with the "newbies." What Paige and Frankie don't know is that Victor was secretly known for ruining the other Internet stars that used to work for Vuuugle. Meanwhile, Dirk and Amelia do their video collaboration.
Guest stars: Calum Worthy as Victor, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Nick Galarza as Teddy, Sanai Victoria as Girl, Mark Bloom as Guy

Special appearance by: JiffPom
66"Unboxing"David KendallTim BrennerAugust 7, 2016 (2016-08-07)1041.74[10]
Frankie, Paige, Amelia, and Bernie discover that Dirk has been moonlighting as the unseen Princess Unboxer at Vuuugle. When in the truth circle, Paige admits that she takes mixed martial arts as part of her alone time as Frankie tries to join her in it. While learning of Amelia having made a lot of money, Dirk and Bernie try to impress her through various things.

Guest stars: Kevin A. Makely as Sensei, Albert Malafronte as Mayor Rollercoaster
77"The First Law of Dirk"David KendallKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanAugust 14, 2016 (2016-08-14)1081.53[11]
Following Dirk's latest dare, Paige gets worried about his safety and finds that he is good at physics where she brings him to Ms. Tyson's physics class. This leads Dirk to work on perfecting his dares even when his brother Kirk shows up. Meanwhile, Frankie and Bernie try to get Liam to give Bernie an official office much different from the makeshift one that involves also having to keep Vuuugle's servers from overheating so that Bernie can meet with a TV network owner.
Guest stars: Logan Paul as Kirk, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Devika Parikh as Ms. Tyson, Jonathan Runyon as TV Guy/Earl Squirrelson

Absent: DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth
88"Best Friend Tag"Savage Steve HollandTracy Bitterolf & Miranda RussoSeptember 11, 2016 (2016-09-11)1071.21[12]
Paige and Frankie are suspicious about Amelia having an actual best friend named Becky who she claims travels the world. So Paige and Frankie invite Amelia over for a sleepover where Amelia's antics annoy Paige and Frankie. Meanwhile, a dare involving a bowling ball return causes Dirk and Bernie to accidentally destroy the robotic monitor that Liam speaks through as they work to dispose of it before someone finds out that they "killed" Liam.

Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Bryana Salaz as Becky, Jeremy Briggs as Rug Doug
99"Bernie's in Charge"David KendallEric FriedmanSeptember 18, 2016 (2016-09-18)1091.04[13]
Liam suspends Paige and Frankie from Vuuugle's studio for two weeks when he finds out that they plan to have pyrotechnics in their latest video. Bernie convinces Liam to take a vacation and leave him in charge. While Liam is away, Bernie actually listens to the other Vuuugler's issues which Liam never deals with. Meanwhile, Amelia enlists Marge to help her with Gliiink, a one second video app.
Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Deborah Baker Jr. as Marge the Barista, Danny Woodburn as Pyro Steve

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
1010"Pretty Con"David KendallMichael Curtis & Roger S.H. SchulmanSeptember 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)1101.20[14]
The beauty convention Pretty Con has come to Vuuugle and is being hosted by Meredith Foster. Due to Angelo resigning in order to finish med school and work in doctor-less countries, Paige and Frankie work with Amelia in exchange for showing the latest Bizaardvark video if she wins. Amelia ends up in a competition with a nine-year-old beauty guru named Didi. Meanwhile, Bernie goes through the initiations in order to attend Dirk's Dude Con.

Guest stars: Meredith Foster as herself, Mckenna Grace as Didi, Cleo Berry as Sweaty Phil, David Light as Judge, Gregory Ballora as Puppeteer
1111"Puff & Frankie"Jon RosenbaumTim BrennerOctober 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)1121.28[15]
Bernie is still trying to get some other Vuuuglers to let him be his agent with no success. At the suggestion of Paige and Frankie, Bernie starts to meet with different Internet animal stars until he manages to land some cats and does some cat-themed videos mixed with some Bizaardvark songs which lands him on a spot for Britt Pickle's upcoming series at Vuuugle. Meanwhile, Belissa returns where she is interning at Vuuugle as Amelia tries to get Belissa to subscribe to Amelia's page.
Guest stars: Maya Jade Frank as Belissa, Shakira Barrera as Britt Pickles
Special appearance by: Grumpy Cat

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
1212"Halloweenvark"David KendallEric FriedmanOctober 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)1161.92[16]
On Halloween, Liam is asking Paige, Frankie, Dirk, Amelia, and Bernie for a Halloween video idea to post on Bizaardvark's main page. Each one does their Halloween video pitch:

Paige and Frankie's story takes place at Hollander Prep where they are haunted by the ghost of Hollander Prep's founder.
Dirk's story deals with a dystopian future where dares are outlawed.
Amelia's story deals with a new shampoo turning everyone into zombie-like Ameliacs.
After the stories are pitched, Liam ends up going with the Halloween video that Horse Face Guy just posted of him in a skeleton costume. In the final scene, Bernie tells his story after being disappointed with dying in each one. While claiming in the story that is invincible, he is zapped by Liam in the story who then quotes to the viewers "Happy Halloween!"
Guest star: Johnathan McClain as Liam

1313"Spoiler Alert: Belissa Returns"Linda MendozaHeather FlandersOctober 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)1110.86[17]
When Paige and Frankie have a hard time trying to write a song for Bizaardvark, Frankie accidentally wishes for bad things to happen to them. Still interning at Vuuugle, Belissa overhears this and "helps" them out where she steals Paige's phone, drops water on Paige's electric guitar and on Frankie's keyboard, tries to drop a studio light on Frankie, and later frames the girls for breaking inside the mayor's house. Meanwhile, Dirk and Amelia try to find Dirk's lucky bandage after it went missing when Amelia did an ambush reorganizing in Dirk's area.
Guest stars: Maya Jade Frank as Belissa, Devika Parikh as Ms. Tyson, Dan Oster as Reporter/Cop

Absent: Ethan Wacker as Bernard "Bernie" Schotz
1414"Bizaardvark vs. Vicki 'Hot Head' Fuego"Robbie CountrymanTracy Bitterolf & Miranda RussoNovember 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)1141.29[18]
Inspired by Amelia's fake feud with JoJo Siwa and the feud between Horse Face Guy and Bagpipe Ninja, Paige and Frankie start a fake feud with Internet MMA fighter Vicki "Hot Head" Fuego which soon starts to turn into an actual feud within the ring that results in them asking Paige's sensei to help them train for the fight. Meanwhile, Bernie works for Amelia when he is unable to pay back the $500.00 she loaned to him and tries to make money from the upcoming live feuds at Vuuugle.
Guest stars: JoJo Siwa as herself, Kevin Makely as Sensei, Ciara Wilson as Vicki "Hot Head" Fuego

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
1515"Moosetashio: A Cautionary Tale"Sean MulcahyKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanNovember 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)1151.17[19]
Paige and Frankie create the character named Moosetashio, where it becomes popular with the children and the child stars at Vuuugle Jr. Meanwhile, Dirk stays over at Bernie's house, but his antics annoy Bernie's grandmother.
Guest stars: Ellen Ratner as Grandma, O'Neill Monahan as Milo, Katya Lidsky as Mommy Blogger

Absent: DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth
1616"Control (Plus) Alt (Plus) Escape!"Jon RosenbaumEric FriedmanNovember 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)1210.97[20]
A rich fan named Hugh invites Paige and Frankie to his mansion as guests under cover of paying for their next project so that he can trap them and Amelia in order to help him become an Internet star. While trapped, they also meet Eva Gutowski who states that Hugh never lets his Internet star guests go.

Guest stars: Eva Gutowski as herself, Annalisa Cochrane as Dare-Me-Girl, Elijah Nelson as Hugh
1717"Agh, Humbug"Jon RosenbaumVincent BrownDecember 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)1200.91[21]
Vuuugle is having a Christmas party; unfortunately, Liam won't allow Bernie to attend since he is not a Vuuugler. After a plan for Paige and Frankie to have Rosanna Pansino sneak Bernie in a cake fails, Liam suggests that Bernie gets 10,000 subscribers of his own in order to join. Meanwhile, Dirk is having a hard time trying to figure out what to get Horse Face Guy for Christmas.

Guest stars: Rosanna Pansino as herself, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Jackie Flynn as Chief Pulaski, Nicholas Oteri as Kid, JR Reed as Middle-Aged Man Role
1818"Mom! Stop!"Robbie CountrymanMatthew RomanJanuary 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)1130.95[22]
Paige's mother Gina invites Paige and Frankie to work for them at her restaurant where they can balance between singing their songs and waiting tables. This proves to be difficult for Paige when her mother tells embarrassing facts about her. Meanwhile, Dirk gets trapped in an avalanche of props as he struggles to get out.
Guest stars: Tessie Santiago as Gina Olvera, Rebecca Bloom as Katie, Casey Campbell as Punching Bag Man

Absent: DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth, Ethan Wacker as Bernard "Bernie" Schotz
1919"Paige's Birthday Is Gonna Be Great"Jody Margolin HahnMichael Curtis & Roger S.H. SchulmanJanuary 20, 2017 (2017-01-20)1171.16[23]
Paige is displeased that she didn't win a day off from school for her upcoming birthday party. In order to remedy this, Frankie enlists the Vuuuglers to help put together the best birthday party for Paige. As Amelia struggles to make a sideways cake, Frankie enlists her to help convince Lilly Singh to attend Paige's birthday party. Meanwhile, Dirk and Bernie are assigned to obtain ice for the party.

Guest stars: Lilly Singh as herself, Devika Parikh as Ms. Tyson, Joshua Carlon as Theo
2020"In Your Space!"Leslie Kolins SmallTim BrennerJanuary 27, 2017 (2017-01-27)1190.99[24]
The latest season of the web-based reality show "In Your Space!" hosted by Ian Finkelman is going to be filmed at Vuuugle. Paige and Frankie end up in a competition against Dirk, Bagpipe Ninja, Sore Loser Guy, Horse Face Guy, Victor, and Teddy. The competition is fierce until Paige and Frankie are left. They are unaware that Victor and Teddy have come up with a way to break them up. Meanwhile, Amelia watches "In Your Space!" from the house of Bernie's grandmother since she won't have access to the showers if she competed and due to the fact that the Wi-Fi at her house is down. Bernie takes this opportunity to impress Amelia in front of his grandmother.

Guest stars: Calum Worthy as Victor, Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Nick Galarza as Teddy, Thomas Sanders as Ian, Steve Zaragoza as Sore Loser Guy, Ryan Rich as Man

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitle [1][2]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [1][2]Prod.code [3][1][25]U.S. viewers(millions)211"First Day of School"Bob KoherrKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanJune 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)2011.49[26]
Paige, Frankie, Bernie, and Amelia begin their first day at Sierra High School. Paige and Frankie are disappointed when they learn that they will not have any classes together, but they decide to make the best of the situation and try to work through it. While Paige enjoys the new school and immediately makes several new friends, Frankie believes that she does not fit in after having a bad first day, as she has difficulty making new friends and keeps getting her hair caught in her locker. Paige cheers Frankie up and convinces her that it will take time before she fits in and makes new friends. Frankie becomes happy when several students recognize her and Paige from Bizaardvark. Meanwhile, Amelia realizes that her teacher and none of her classmates like her except for Bernie, who cheers her up. Dirk returns to the high school to perform a dare in which he uses rocket-powered leaf blowers to propel him through a wall. In the post-credits, Paige cuts Frankie's hair as they do their latest video about their first day of school.

Guest stars: Rachna Khatau as Principal Karen, David Theune as Mr. Hattleberg, Isabella Revel as Claire, Tyler Cornell as Daniel, David Hadinger as Janitor, Zack Michael as Kid at Table, Sofie Dossi as herself
222"Chocolate Bananas"Jody Margolin HahnTim BrennerJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)2030.83[27]
Paige and Frankie film a video for Bizaardvark in which they are dressed as chocolate bananas while singing a song. When they begin editing the video, they realize that their costumes actually resemble feces and decide not to publish the video. The next day, graffiti is discovered on some of Sierra High School's lockers. Paige and Frankie realize that they caught the suspect in the background on their video, but they are hesitant to show the embarrassing tape to Principal Karen. More graffiti appears the next day, and Amelia becomes the suspect after a security guard spotted her leaving school the night before. After Amelia receives detention, Paige and Frankie plan to secretly create new graffiti during a school event that she will be attending, in order to demonstrate that she is not the vandal. However, Paige and Frankie are caught with spray paint and are brought into Principal Karen's office. The real culprit Simon Vandalman is caught by Security Guard Clark before Paige and Frankie hand over their video to Karen, but the footage is taken anyways as possible evidence, leading to the video being aired on a news program. Meanwhile, Bernie considers Dirk to be his best friend and says so to him, but he is upset when Dirk does not repeat it back.

Guest stars: Rachna Khatau as Principal Karen, Isabella Revel as Claire, Ross Ryman as Security Guard Clark, Garrett Westton as Bondo, Cady Walls as herself
233"The Doctor Will See You Now"Bob KoherrJessica KaminskyJuly 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)2021.39[28]
Dr. Wong, Frankie's father who works as a medical doctor, takes two weeks off from work so he can spend more time with her. Frankie neglects an upcoming test and term paper so she can spend time with her father, who began working more often after divorcing her mother so he could afford to provide Frankie with whatever she wanted. When Frankie becomes stressed out about not getting her homework finished on time, she tells her father, who decides to work less often from now on so they can spend more time together. Meanwhile, when Dirk becomes tired of Vuuugle's hot chocolate bar, a group of Vuuuglers unite with him to have it torn out for something better. The group rejects Amelia's idea to replace the hot chocolate bar with a beverage bar that would offer a variety of drinks. Dirk is unable to think of a concept worthy of replacing the hot chocolate bar, which he then unsuccessfully tries to put back together. Liam then has the space converted into a first-floor office for himself so that Viking Guy no longer has to carry his mobile monitor up the stairs, while Dirk and the other Vuuuglers set up a dart board outside the new office for their enjoyment.

Guest stars: Tom Choi as Dr. Wong, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Adam Haas Hunter as Viking Guy, Zabeth Russell as Nurse Colleen, Kate Sullivan as Lemonade Stand Girl #1, Jayden Long as Lemonade Stand Girl #2
244"Paige Bugs Out"David KendallEric FriedmanJuly 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)2051.16[29]
Paige goes on a date with a boy she likes named Reese, who requests that she not make him the subject of any Bizaardvark videos; Paige assures him that she does not plan to do so, but Frankie encourages her to keep the possibility open. During a date, Reese reveals to Paige that he has a caterpillar named Roger, which inspires her and Frankie with numerous video ideas. Frankie convinces Paige to proceed with the videos and end the relationship with Reese. When Frankie realizes how much Reese likes Paige, she tells her to get back together with him. When Paige reveals to Reese her idea for a Bizaardvark video about his caterpillar, he approves of it and later appears in the video. Meanwhile, Bernie joins the school wrestling team and obtains a wrestling jacket, which gains him attention from girls, including an invitation from Amelia to a party she is having. Bernie is initially the only child in his weight class, but when Coach Carlson discovers that Bernie has gained weight, he is put in a wrestling match against a boy known as The Brick. After Bernie loses the match, his jacket is revoked and he is disinvited to the party. In the post-credits, Paige and Reese do their video with Frankie portraying Reese's caterpillar.

Guest stars: Austin Kane as Reese Maynard, Kevin Will as Coach Carlson, Americus Abesamis as Sumo Wrestler
255"Friend Fight!"David KendallRon RappaportJuly 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)2041.47[30]
Paige and Frankie are given a Vuuugle studio after Bizaardvark reaches 100,000 subscribers. However, they disagree on how to decorate the new studio. Frankie wants Paige and herself to decorate the studio, while Paige wants to let their fans decide how to decorate it. Their disagreement escalates when Frankie accuses Paige of being insecure and worrying about what other people think of her. Frankie, who is not insecure, later tells Paige that she has tried not to care about what other people think after her mother left the family. Paige and Frankie rekindle their friendship and decorate the studio themselves. Meanwhile, Amelia agrees to dance in a school fundraising event so she can become friends with the event's organizer, Rachel. However, Amelia does not know how to dance, so Bernie offers to teach her. Bernie also does not know how to dance, but learns from his grandmother by dancing with her. During practice, Bernie realizes that his grandmother only taught him how to perform dance moves meant for the role of a female dance partner, such as the dip. Instead, Amelia and Bernie decide to perform their own dance moves, but their performance is poorly received. In the post-credits, Paige and Frankie give the viewers a tour of their studio.
Guest stars: Tom Choi as Dr. Wong, Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Alexa Sutherland as Rachel Massey

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
266"Hawkward"Adam WeissmanKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanAugust 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)1181.01[31]
Paige is upset to see that Sierra High School's mascot, an owl named Hawk, is confined to a cage. Paige secretly brings the owl to Frankie's house so she can eventually set it free, but then the girls learn that the animal will not be able to survive in the wild because it has no survival skills. Principal Karen locates the owl, and Paige confesses to taking it. Principal Karen tells them that Hawk is only put in a cage during school events, and that it otherwise lives at a 100-acre nature sanctuary. As punishment for their actions, the girls are required to take Principal Karen's six-hour owl safety seminar, pay a fine, and perform community service. Meanwhile, Dirk has agreed to watch his friend's eight-year-old brother Patrick who enjoys destroying things. Amelia and her friend, Alisha Marie, have created a shower chandelier which is meant to hang above a shower and dispense soap and shampoo. Patrick convinces Dirk and Bernie that he is actually an undercover CIA agent who has been tasked with destroying the shower chandelier because it poses a national security risk. Patrick eventually succeeds in destroying the shower chandelier much to the dismay of Amelia and Alisha.

Guest stars: Alisha Marie as herself, Rachna Khatau as Principal Karen, Caleb Brown as Patrick
277"Frankie and Amelia's Fun Friend Weekend"Sean MulcahyAlex Fox & Rachel LewisAugust 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)2061.11[32]
Bernie's grandmother decides to take Paige and Dirk camping so Bernie can demonstrate the skills he learned from a camp school. However, Bernie secretly tells Dirk that he did not attend camp school, choosing instead to play a dancing arcade game at Vuuugle during each day that the camp was held. Bernie pretends to have camping skills, but eventually tells his grandmother the truth. Meanwhile, Frankie and Amelia decline to go on the trip as they do not like camping. Frankie and Amelia decide to become closer friends, and learn that they both share an interest in winning a hot-wing-eating contest at a restaurant. However, after winning the contest, they struggle to think of any other interests that they share. When a raccoon enters Frankie's house, the two girls wind up camping outside to stay away from the animal.

Guest stars: Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Galen Howard as Wolftooth, E.J. Callahan as Wing Time Willy, Charles Dougherty as Seamus, Alexander Dominguez as Shoe Salesman
288"Frankie's Cheating Teacher"David KendallKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanAugust 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)2071.10[33]
When Frankie's father, Douglas, decides to start dating, she and Paige take him to a school meeting, hoping that he will meet a single woman there. The girls are surprised when Douglas takes an interest in their teacher, Ms. Dana Bates. The two begin dating, which discomforts Frankie, as she begins having delusions that the cool children at school are mocking her because of her father's new relationship. Frankie and Paige look through Dana's office, hoping to find something that will make Douglas want to end the relationship. The girls then overhear Dana during a phone conversation and believe that she is cheating on Douglas with a man named Max. Paige and Frankie confront Dana at a restaurant, where they learn that Max is actually her son. Frankie later approves of the relationship when she sees how happy Douglas and Dana are. Meanwhile, Dirk's back is hurting after two months of sleeping on the floor at Bernie's house, so the two decide to buy a bunk bed designed to look like a yacht. However, they lack the money needed to purchase the bed, and their request for a bank loan is rejected. Out of anger, Dirk punches a hole in the wall at the DareMeBro studio, and Bernie notices money inside the wall. Dirk explains that he uses the money as insulation. When Bernie attempts to punch a hole into the wall to retrieve more money, he breaks all the bones in his arm and the money is spent on medical treatment for him.
Guest stars: Tom Choi as Dr. Wong, Jessica Makinson as Ms. Bates, Taylor Gregory as Max, David Fickas as Banker

Absent: DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth
299"Softball: The Musical"Robbie CountrymanEric FriedmanAugust 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)2081.09[34]
Paige and Frankie have Dirk join the Vuuugle softball team, but they are disappointed to discover that he does not play well. To avoid hurting Dirk's feelings, Paige and Frankie tell him that the upcoming softball game was cancelled. However, Dirk sees the team return to Vuuugle from the game while they are still wearing their softball uniforms. The team devises a cover story by telling Dirk that they were rehearsing for a Vuuugle musical titled Softball: The Musical. Dirk intends to see the show, forcing the softball team to put a real musical together, but he later announces that he now has plans to attend a wedding on the day of the show. Viking Guy, an unintelligent member of the softball team, tells Dirk that the musical can be rescheduled so Dirk can attend, thus forcing the team to continue with the show. Amelia invites her subscribers to see the musical. After the musical concludes, Viking Guy tells Dirk that it was only put on to avoid telling him the truth about his lack of softball skills. Paige and Frankie apologize to Dirk, and promise to be truthful from there on.

Guest star: Adam Haas Hunter as Viking Guy
3010"Yes and No"Robbie CountrymanRon RappaportSeptember 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)2091.21[35]
Paige and Frankie have a disagreement about what their next video should be, with Frankie saying no to each suggestion that Paige makes. Paige points this out to Frankie, who notes that Paige usually says yes to things. They make a bet in which Paige can only say no when asked questions, while Frankie can only say yes. The winner gets to choose how to spend their collection of arcade tickets. Paige realizes how relaxing her life can be when she says no to people, as she has more time for herself. Bernie introduces Gaby, a young girl, to Paige. Bernie says Gaby has traveled from Fiji to hear Paige sing, but Paige rejects her request as part of the bet. Paige then learns that Gaby was hired by Frankie in an attempt to make Paige lose the bet. Paige meets an unsanitary student named Marlene, who is in search of a school mentor. Paige tells Marlene to ask Frankie to be her mentor, and Frankie reluctantly accepts the request to avoid losing the bet. When Frankie tells Paige how tired she is of Marlene, Paige offers to spend some time with Marlene to give Frankie a break from her. Paige loses the bet when says yes during their conversation. Frankie had intended to get a fighting robot with the tickets, but she does not have enough tickets and instead settles for thousands of spider rings. Meanwhile, Amelia learns that her Vuuugle channel could gain new subscribers by posting outtakes of herself. However, she has never made a mistake during her videos, so Dirk and Bernie help her.

Guest stars: Alexa Sutherland as Rachel Massey, Lori Mae Hernandez as Marlene, Alessandra Marino as Gaby, Molly Erdman as Teacher
3111"Science (Un)Fair"Sean MulcahyJessica KaminskySeptember 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)2101.03[36]
Frankie babysits her neighbor, a girl named Savannah, who is working on a science fair project about crickets. After learning that one of Savannah's classmates is getting help from his parents on his science fair project, Paige and Frankie are reminded of an earlier science project that they worked on, which lost to a boy whose project also received help from his parents. Paige and Frankie decide to help Savannah with her project, to avoid a repeat of what happened to them. Paige and Frankie have a Vuuugle science channel build a functioning satellite as Savannah's project, which they believe will easily win the contest. At the science fair, Savannah tells Paige and Frankie that she does not care about winning. Instead, Savannah presents her cricket project with help from Paige and Frankie, who portray the roles of cricket puppets. Meanwhile, Bernie is told by Liam that he must do a presentation for Bizaardvark so it can remain a Vuuugle channel. However, Bernie is occupied with thoughts of his presentation, and inadvertently ignores Liam's instructions on how it should be done. Bernie later gives his presentation and hopes for it to be adequate. Liam, busy fantasizing about quitting his job, inadvertently ignores the presentation but allows Bizaardvark to remain at Vuuugle.
Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Adam Haas Hunter as Viking Guy, Jordyn Curet as Savannah, Sarah Yarkin as Science Girl, Shemika Charles as herself

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann, DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth
3212"Promposal Problems"A. Laura JamesTim BrennerSeptember 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)2111.08[37]
Paige and Frankie help their fellow students to ask people out for prom by putting together elaborate prom proposals known as promposals. Paige and Frankie have successfully helped nine children get dates for the prom, but they are worried about disrupting their winning streak when Bernie asks them if they can get him a date with Kate, a tall tennis player who is an honor roll student and the president of her class. Paige and Frankie do not believe Kate would want to go to prom with Bernie, so they have Amelia ask him instead to spare him of public rejection. After Bernie learns the truth, Paige and Frankie decide to proceed with a promposal for Kate. Bernie eventually gets a date with Kate on his own, but because of his clumsiness, he inadvertently disrupts the prom and hurts Kate. Meanwhile, Dirk tries to avoid hearing spoilers about the season finale of a television series until he can watch it with his brother. However, Amelia and Viking Guy repeatedly discuss the finale while Dirk is around. After Dirk watches the finale, he learns that Amelia and Viking Guy are no longer interested in discussing it as they have begun watching a new television series.

Guest stars: Adam Haas Hunter as Viking Guy, Elizabeth Sawatzky as Kate
3313"Halloweenvark: Part Boo!"Jon RosenbaumKyle Stegina & Josh LehrmanOctober 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)2131.07[38]
Paige, Frankie, and their friends decide to tell Halloween stories after the power goes out at Vuuugle. In Paige and Frankie's story, Bernie visits a store that is operated by a witch who resembles Amelia. As a present for Paige and Frankie, Bernie purchases cursed dolls that resemble the girls. The dolls come to life and create their own Vuuugle web show, with plans to become more popular than Bizaardvark. Paige and Frankie destroy the dolls and eat them, not realizing that consuming them will turn the girls into dolls. In Dirk's story, he is dared to spend Halloween night at his Vuuugle studio. Dirk and Bernie visit the witch's store to buy him a coffin to sleep in. The morning after the dare, Dirk awakens as a vampire and later convinces Amelia, Bernie and Viking Guy to let him turn them into vampires. In Bernie's story, he purchases a cursed cologne from the witch and is transformed into a werewolf at school, where he becomes popular among the students. Paige, Frankie, Amelia and Dirk express disappointment with Bernie's story, leading him to expand it with further details that he adds in as the story progresses.

Guest stars: Adam Haas Hunter as Viking Guy, Maya Jade Frank as Belissa
3414"A Killer Robot Christmas"Robbie CountrymanAmy-Jo PerryDecember 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)2201.23[39]
Paige and Frankie invite several children to a Christmas party at Vuuugle, but Liam declares that the holiday has been cancelled after he started reading A Christmas Carol. Amelia, who has taken some computer coding lessons, reprograms Liam's robot so he cannot see that the children are continuing with their Christmas party. Amelia also gives the robot arms and a Santa Claus personality. Bernie accidentally disrupts Amelia's computer code, giving the robot an evil Santa personality who attacks the children and locks them inside the building. Frankie, Paige, and the children flee to the Bizaardvark studio. Frankie later returns to the main lobby to retrieve a key that opens an exit in their studio. Frankie, who does not enjoy Christmas, encounters the robot again and discovers that he only hurts people who like Christmas. Frankie lures the robot away from the studio and the children by pretending to like Christmas. Meanwhile, Bernie and Amelia have taken refuge in his office, where they send out a message for help. Liam arrives at Vuuugle in person and destroys the robot. Later, Paige, Frankie, Amelia, and Bernie celebrate Christmas by opening gifts from Horse Face Guy.
Guest stars: Ariel Martin as Tiffany, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Reece Joy Caddell as Ramona

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
3515"Clash of the Superfans"Jody Margolin HahnAlex Fox & Rachel LewisFebruary 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)2121.10[40]
Principal Karen has developed an obsession with Bizaardvark and becomes a nuisance to Paige and Frankie, who visit Belissa for advice on what to do. The girls learn that Belissa was sent to a military school after she kidnapped them. Belissa advises the girls to tell Karen that her obsession with Bizaardvark is not helping them. After following Belissa's advice, Paige and Frankie then learn that she has escaped her military school and is searching for Karen. Believing that Belissa is jealous of Karen and wants to harm her, the girls hide Karen in the Bizaardvark studio. However, Belissa finds them and reveals that she only wanted to meet Karen because they are both super fans of Bizaardvark. Karen and Belissa then become friends. Meanwhile, Dirk and Bernie play a board game with Amelia and are upset that she keeps beating them.

Guest stars: Rachna Khatau as Principal Karen, Maya Jade Frank as Belissa, Aaron Hendry as Sergeant Brenner
3616"Don't Think, Just Dare"Erika KaestleVincent BrownMarch 2, 2018 (2018-03-02)2141.00[41]
Paige has become tired of Reese's boring behavior lately and decides to end their relationship, but she is not brave enough to do so. At Paige's request, Dirk helps her overcome her fear through various methods. As Paige is about to end the relationship, Reese tells her that they should break up and just be friends. Reese also reveals that he intentionally acted boring in the hope that she would be the one to end the relationship rather than him. Meanwhile, Frankie, Amelia and Bernie enroll in a dinosaur history class at school in hopes of easily earning A's to make up for their poor grades in Coach Carlson's gym class. However, their teacher, Mr. Trifone, has a calm voice that makes them fall asleep whenever they hear it, a problem that he has encountered at previous schools. Trifone eventually quits his teaching job to work for a sleep therapy company, where he will record his voice to help people fall asleep.

Guest stars: Austin Kane as Reese Maynard, Kevin Will as Coach Carlson, Alex Alcheh as Mr. Trifone
3717"Bernie Moves Out"A. Laura JamesEric FriedmanMarch 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)2151.02[42]
Bernie is tired of his grandmother's strict rules and her treating him like a baby, and Frankie is disappointed that he would rather talk to Paige about his issues. Frankie, wanting to show that she can be a good friend, convinces Bernie to talk to her, and she convinces him to stand up to his grandmother and her rules. Bernie eventually decides to move into Frankie's house, becoming a nuisance to her. To get rid of Bernie without hurting his feelings, Frankie pretends to have romantic feelings for him, hoping to make him feel uncomfortable enough to leave. However, Bernie realizes Frankie's plan and tells her she is a bad friend before moving into Dirk's Vuuugle studio. Frankie and Dirk learn that Bernie and his grandmother miss each other and help them get back together. Meanwhile, Paige is excited to audition for a co-starring role in singer Jessie Grant's new music video, but she is passed up instead for Amelia, who does not want to be in the video. Paige convinces Amelia to appear in the video and insists to Jessie that they appear as a duo. However, during the video shoot, Paige ends her involvement with the project after learning that the song and video are about Jessie's dislike for sea otters.

Guest stars: Tom Choi as Dr. Wong, Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Belle Adams as Jessie Grant
3818"The BFF (Before Frankie Friend)"David KendallRon RappaportMarch 16, 2018 (2018-03-16)2160.95[43]
Paige is excited when her childhood friend Izzy comes to visit for a week. Although Paige had wanted Frankie and Izzy to become friends, she becomes jealous when they wind up spending time together without her, especially when they go to a horror film festival rather than join her for a three-person sundae dessert. Paige becomes further upset when Frankie and Izzy make a video together without her. Paige reveals her feelings to Frankie and they have an argument before they ultimately reconcile. Meanwhile, Bernie's grandmother pranks him into thinking he has inherited $1 million from his great uncle. Believing that he is now rich and better than everyone else, Bernie criticizes students at school and people at Vuuugle, including Amelia, Horse Face Guy, and Viking Guy. After Bernie's grandmother reveals the prank, he convinces people from Vuuugle to pull a revenge prank on her by scaring her one night when she returns home. However, because it is dark, she beats up everyone without realizing who they are.
Guest stars: Jenna Ortega as Izzy, Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Adam Haas Hunter as Viking Guy

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
3919"Amelia's Perfectly Imperfect Volleyball Adventure"Jon RosenbaumJessica KaminskyMarch 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)2171.00[44]
Amelia is initially excited to try out for the Sierra High School volleyball team until she learns she may have to work hard to be accepted by Coach Carlson. Paige trains Amelia and motivates her to try her best rather than give up. Later, Paige learns that Carlson has rejected Amelia, and that he is also at risk of being fired. Paige arranges a deal with him to save his job in exchange for him letting Amelia onto the team. Amelia, still inspired by Paige, challenges the state volleyball champion team to a match. Sierra High School's volleyball team loses to the champion team, and Paige reveals to Amelia that she was not actually accepted by Carlson. Amelia says she is glad that Paige pushed her to try hard. Meanwhile, Frankie discovers that Bernie had written a graphic novel, and she is surprised to find how good it is. However, she is disappointed to learn that Bernie never wrote the ending, so she makes him write it.
Guest stars: Kevin Will as Coach Carlson, Clement von Franckenstein as Martin R.R. George

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
4020"Paige Is Wrong"Jon RosenbaumTim BrennerMarch 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)2180.99[45]
Frankie is certain of her suspicions that a new girl at school named Jade is a bad person, so Paige sets out to prove her wrong. Paige and Frankie introduce themselves to Jade, who turns out to be nice and invites them to her house. However, Paige and Frankie are unaware that Jade is actually a burglar planning to rob the house where she claims to live. Jade tells Paige and Frankie that she forgot her key, so they enter the house through a window while the real residents are away. Jade then tells the girls that they must pack up expensive items in the house to be donated. Jade eventually reveals that she is a burglar and then flees the house with the stolen items as the real residents return. Frankie and Paige are arrested for the burglary but are soon released after Jade is captured. Meanwhile, Paige's visiting cousin, Tessa, is a big fan of Bernie. Tessa is hired by Bernie as his assistant, and she convinces him to expand his current business, Bernie Schotz Entertainment, which represents Vuuugle stars. Together, they form Bernie Schotz Enterprises, focusing on sports, concerts, and fashion.
Guest stars: Hello Kylie as Tessa, Savannah May as Jade, Larry Bates as Homeowner, Cate Cohen as Investor

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann, DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth
4121"Spring Break Video Spectacular"Robbie CountrymanMatt RomanApril 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)2211.14[46]
To celebrate spring break, Paige and Frankie create various videos and sketches with their friends, including television advertisements for their fictional law firm. In addition, they also create a game show hosted by Bernie's grandmother, who questions contestants on what Bernie is and is not allowed to do. Paige and Frankie also create a video with their friend, Annie LeBlanc, in which they make ice cream sandwiches using random foods as cookies to hold the ice cream. Paige, Frankie, Amelia and Bernie then appear in a music video about Coach Carlson taking them on a field trip, which is actually a series of errands he has to complete with their help. In another sketch, Frankie portrays an evil clock who continually delays the beginning of spring break for a classroom because she is upset that the students always leave at the end of each school day, so the classroom's teacher takes the clock with her on her Hawaiian spring break vacation to cheer her up. Next, Paige and Frankie create and practice several dance moves with their friend, Jordyn Jones. Later, Paige, Frankie, Amelia and Bernie play telephone with their friends, Johnny and Lauren Orlando. In another sketch, Amelia is the judge of her own courtroom, followed by a music video by Paige and Frankie about winning participation awards.
Guest stars: Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Adam Haas Hunter as Viking Guy, Kevin Will as Coach Carlson, Annie LeBlanc as herself, Jordyn Jones as herself, Johnny Orlando as himself, Lauren Orlando as herself

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann
4222"Her, Me, and Hermie"Bob KoherrAlex Fox & Rachel LewisApril 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)2190.97[47]
Paige agrees to take care of Horse Face Guy's hermit crab, Hermie, while he goes out of town. Convinced that something is wrong with Hermie, Paige takes him to a veterinarian named Yvette who has a Vuuugle animal channel. Yvette discovers and removes a splinter from Hermie. Paige, who has an interest in animals, decides she may want to become a veterinarian some day, and she eventually volunteers for Yvette's channel. Frankie becomes concerned about the future of Bizaardvark and her friendship with Paige, as Paige has become too busy with Yvette's channel to spend time with Frankie. To discourage Paige from becoming a veterinarian, Frankie hides Hermie and tells Paige that he has escaped, which convinces Paige that she could not be a good veterinarian. When Paige becomes too sad about Hermie's disappearance to make Bizaardvark videos, Frankie reveals the truth and Paige forgives her. Meanwhile, Amelia is excited to do morning school announcements on television because it will increase the attention she receives at school, but she is disappointed when she is paired up with Bernie as a co-anchor.
Guest stars: Peter Oldring as Mr. Cunningham, Sara Guarnieri as Yvette

Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann

text: Season 3 (2018)[edit]

text:
No.overallNo. inseasonTitle [1][2]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [1][2]Prod.codeU.S. viewers(millions)431"The Summer of Us"Jon RosenbaumEric FriedmanJuly 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)TBA0.76[48]
Frankie, Paige and Amelia are accepted into the Vuuugle House, a mansion located on Malibu Beach where Vuuuglers live and create Vuuugle videos during the summer. Frankie and Paige meet Zane and Rodney, noisy 10-year-old boys who have their own Vuuugle shows. Frankie and Paige become annoyed by the boys and plot to frame them so they will be removed from the house, but their scheme is overheard by Liam through a television monitor. Liam is disappointed that Frankie and Paige were not role models for Zane and Rodney, so he evicts the girls from the house. Later, Paige and Frankie learn that Zane and Rodney are big Bizaardvark fans, and they forgive the girls for their plot. Liam is then convinced to let Frankie and Paige back into the house. Bernie also now lives at the Vuuugle House, but only because his grandmother was hired as one of the adult chaperones. Bernie wants to fit in at the house with the other Vuuuglers, who were chosen because of their talents, so he decides to create a vlog in which he films the Vuuuglers during the summer.

Guest stars: Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Johnathan McClain as Liam
442"Two Me's in a Pod"Jon RosenbaumRon RappaportJuly 26, 2018 (2018-07-26)TBA0.74[49]
Amelia's younger sister Sarah visits the Vuuugle House to appear on Perfect Perfection, but Amelia is surprised at how different Sarah has become since they last saw each other, as her interests have changed and she now goes by the name Willow. On Perfect Perfection, Willow becomes upset when Amelia tries to give her a makeover. Willow later reveals that she is tired of always being compared to Amelia, as it makes her feel imperfect. Amelia accepts Willow for who she is now, and changes her channel to Imperfect Imperfection to focus on people's unique characteristics. Meanwhile, the Vuuuglers are divided on whether to purchase an air hockey table or a pinball machine in light of Grandma Schotz and Horse Face Guy accidentally breaking the ping pong table, and Bernie is left as the deciding vote. Paige and Zane want an air hockey table, while Frankie and Rodney want a pinball machine; both groups try to influence Bernie's decision. Later, Rodney overhears Zane saying that he has wanted an air hockey table since he was five years old. When Bernie is ready to announce his decision, Rodney and Frankie change their votes to an air hockey table for Zane.

Guest stars: Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Caitlin Reagan as Willow
453"House Moms"Jon RosenbaumJessica KaminskyJuly 31, 2018 (2018-07-31)TBA0.53[50]
Paige and Frankie are upset when they learn that Zane and Rodney view them as the mother figures of the Vuuugle House. To prove they are cool, Paige and Frankie throw a party at the house. They allow Rodney to ride an electric scooter through the house and allow Zane to eat as much ice cream cake as he wants. Zane vomits after eating too much, and Rodney injures his knee when he crashes the scooter. After comforting the boys, Paige and Frankie realize that there is nothing wrong with being viewed as motherly. Meanwhile, Willow convinces Amelia that Bernie would be the perfect guest to have on Imperfect Imperfection. However, Bernie is upset when he later learns that the only reason he was chosen to be on the channel was because of his imperfections. On Imperfect Imperfection, Amelia has set up an elegant dinner to demonstrate Bernie's messy and clumsy behavior, but she is surprised when he arrives in a suit and behaves perfectly. Amelia winds up making a mess of the dinner, but is happy when she later learns that her fans enjoyed seeing her imperfect behavior.

Guest stars: Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Caitlin Reagan as Willow
464"No Way, Whoa!"David KendallJustin VaravaAugust 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)TBA0.75[51]
Rory Finch, the star of a popular online entertainment show titled No Way, Woah!, visits the Vuuugle House to do a piece on it. Paige and Frankie are nervous during their interview with Rory, and they are later disappointed to learn that she was more interested in Zane and Rodney. Rory becomes upset and leaves after she realizes that Paige and Frankie have been competing against Zane and Rodney for her attention. Liam is worried about the Vuuugle House receiving a bad reputation as a result of the recent rivalry, but Rory is convinced to return to the house to see a dance performance by Paige, Frankie, Zane, and Rodney. Meanwhile, Bernie and Amelia become trapped in his basement bedroom when their only exit is blocked by a delivery of heavy boxes, containing Bernie's weight-lifting equipment. They become delirious but eventually escape through an air conditioning duct. As the others begin their performance, Bernie and Amelia fall from the air duct and become Rory's new interest.

Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Cyrina Fiallo as Rory Finch
475"Tree's Company"Sean MulcahyTim BrennerAugust 7, 2018 (2018-08-07)TBA0.56[52]
Amelia wants to spend time with Willow, but she realizes that they no longer have common interests. Later, Amelia climbs a tree to retrieve her hat, which had been blown away. Willow, who enjoys saving trees, sees Amelia in the tree and believes that she is there to protest against it being cut down; Amelia fakes an interest in the tree to spend time with Willow. The two sit in the tree until the arrival of a windstorm, when Amelia admits that she does not care about the tree, although Willow is still appreciative of Amelia's effort. Meanwhile, Bernie has decided to portray himself as the villain of the Vuuugle House to make his web show more interesting. Frankie believes she would be a more entertaining villain, and Bernie decides to hold auditions for the role. Bernie eventually hires Frankie, but only to upset her later when he tells her that he actually chose Zane and Rodney. Bernie then reveals to Frankie that this was his plan to convince her that he could be a suitable villain.

Guest stars: Caitlin Reagan as Willow, David Lengel as Lou Scoopmaker
486"Summer Schooled"Erika KaestleAlex Fox & Rachel LewisAugust 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)TBA0.56[53]
Frankie learns she did not pass her chemistry class and will need to attend summer school. Paige, who has a vivid imagination, becomes suspicious when she learns that Principal Karen is filling in as the chemistry teacher. Paige concludes that the class is fake and part of a plan by Principal Karen to convince Frankie that she should be a starring member of Bizaardvark. Frankie starts to believe Paige's suspicions, so the two devise a plan to choose Principal Karen as the third member of Bizaardvark, hoping to expose her fake class. However, the girls learn that the class is real, and Paige is then enrolled in summer school as well when Principal Karen realizes that she failed to turn in her final project. Meanwhile, Amelia and Bernie appear on Zane's unboxing channel, but they are upset when Zane decides not to post their footage, as he believes they lack the skills needed to make interesting unboxing videos. Amelia and Bernie fail Zane's training to become better unboxers, but he later injures his wrist and enlists them to star in his latest video, in which they wind up impressing him.
Guest star: Rachna Khatau as Principal Karen

Absent: Elie Samouhi as Rodney

text: Bizaardvark Shorts (2017)[edit]

text: Bizaardvark Shorts consists of 2–4-minute shorts.

text:
No.Title [1]Original air date [1]1"BizaArmBox"May 8, 2017 (2017-05-08)
2"BizaArm Wrestling"May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)
3"BizHard Time"May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)
4"BizaArtists"May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11)
5"BizaArxercise"May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)
6"BizaAnticipation"June 19, 2017 (2017-06-19)
7"BizaRock Paper Scissors"June 20, 2017 (2017-06-20)
8"BizaArtifacts"June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)
9"BizaArmed & Dangerous"June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
10"BizHaircut"June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)
11"BizaArgentina"June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)
12"BizaArmageddon"July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
13"BizaAroma"July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)
14"BizFeet"July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Paige and Frankie used their feet to do the tasks that would mostly require their hands to do.


document_title: Chief Election Commissioner of India

question_text: who is the present chief election commission of india

root

text: Chief Election Commissioner of India

text: Suggested reforms[edit]

text: In June 2012, Lal Krishna Advani, a veteran Indian politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of India (as well as former Leader of the Opposition in Indian Parliament),[3] suggested that appointment of CEC (as well as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)) should be made by a bipartisan collegium consisting of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice, the Law Minister and the Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.[4][5] Subsequently, M Karunanidhi, the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party and five times Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[6] supported the suggestion. Advani made this demand to remove any impression of bias or lack of transparency and fairness because, according to him, the current system was open to "manipulation and partisanship".[4][5] Similar demand was made by many former CEC's such as B B Tandon, N Gopalaswamy and S Y Quraishi.[7][8]

tag: p

text: Compensation[edit]

text: By the "Election Commission (Condition Of Service Of Election Commissions And Transaction Of Business) Act, 1991", the salary of the chief election commissioner is the same as salary of a Judge of Supreme Court of India.[1]

text:
Salary of the Chief Election Commissioner

Salary

₹250,000 (US$3,800) monthly [1][2]

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text: Chief Election Commissioners[edit]

text: The following have held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India.[9]

text:
List of Chief Election Commissioners

No.
Name
Took office
Left office

1
Sukumar Sen
21 March 1950
19 December 1958

2
Kalyan Sundaram
20 December 1958
30 September 1967

3
SP Sen Verma
1 October 1967
30 September 1972

4
Nagendra Singh
1 October 1972
6 February 1973

5
T. Swaminathan
7 February 1973
17 June 1977

6
S. L. Shakdhar
18 June 1977
17 June 1982

7
R. K. Trivedi
18 June 1982
31 December 1985

8
R. V. S. Peri Sastri
1 January 1986
25 November 1990

9
V. S. Ramadevi
26 November 1990
11 December 1990

10
T. N. Seshan
12 December 1990
11 December 1996

11
M. S. Gill
12 December 1996
13 June 2001

12
J. M. Lyngdoh
14 June 2001
7 February 2004

13
T. S. Krishnamurthy
8 February 2004
15 May 2005

14
B. B. Tandon
16 May 2005
29 June 2006

15
N. Gopalaswami
30 June 2006
20 April 2009

16
Navin Chawla
21 April 2009
29 July 2010

17
S. Y. Quraishi
30 July 2010
10 June 2012

18
V. S. Sampath
11 June 2012
15 January 2015

19
H. S. Brahma
16 January 2015
18 April 2015

20
Nasim Zaidi
19 April 2015[10]
5 July 2017

21
Achal Kumar Jyoti
6 July 2017[11]
22 January 2018

22
Om Prakash Rawat
23 January 2018[12]
Incumbent


document_title: Ballon d'Or

question_text: who has won the most fifa ballon d or

question_tokens: who has won the most fifa ballon d or

text: Ballon d'Or

text: History

text: Stanley Matthews of Blackpool was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or.[4] Prior to 1995, the award was often known in English language media as the European Footballer of the Year award. Milan's George Weah, the only African recipient, became the first non-European to win the award in the year that rules of eligibility were changed.[2] Ronaldo of Internazionale became the first South American winner two years later.[2] Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won the award a record five times each. Three players have won the award three times each: Johan Cruyff of Ajax and Barcelona, Michel Platini of Juventus and Marco van Basten of Milan. With seven awards each, Dutch and German players won the most Ballons d'Or. Spanish club Barcelona has the most winners, with 11 wins.[5]

text: Between 2010 and 2015 inclusive, the award was merged with a similar one, the FIFA World Player of the Year award, to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or, which was awarded to the world's best male player before FIFA and France Football broke the merging agreement.[6] After 2011, UEFA created the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award to maintain the format of the original Ballon d'Or.[7]

text: Eight players (Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paolo Rossi, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Kaká)  have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Cup/UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or during their careers.[8]

text: Winners

text:
Key

Indicates player also won the FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009) or The Best FIFA Men's Player (2016–) in the same year

text:
Year

Rank

Player

Team

Points

Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)

1956

1st

 Stanley Matthews

 Blackpool

47

2nd

 Alfredo Di Stéfano

 Real Madrid

44

3rd

 Raymond Kopa

 Real Madrid

33

1957

1st

 Alfredo Di Stéfano[note 1]

 Real Madrid

72

2nd

 Billy Wright

 Wolverhampton Wanderers

19

3rd

 Duncan Edwards

 Manchester United

16

 Raymond Kopa

 Real Madrid

1958

1st

 Raymond Kopa

 Real Madrid

71

2nd

 Helmut Rahn

 Rot-Weiss Essen

40

3rd

 Just Fontaine

 Stade de Reims

23

1959

1st

 Alfredo Di Stéfano

 Real Madrid

80

2nd

 Raymond Kopa

 Real Madrid

42

3rd

 John Charles

 Juventus

24

1960

1st

 Luis Suárez

 Barcelona

54

2nd

 Ferenc Puskás

 Real Madrid

37

3rd

 Uwe Seeler

 Hamburg

33

1961

1st

 Omar Sívori[note 2]

 Juventus

46

2nd

 Luis Suárez

 Internazionale

40

3rd

 Johnny Haynes

 Fulham

22

1962

1st

 Josef Masopust

 Dukla Prague

65

2nd

 Eusébio

 Benfica

53

3rd

 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

 Köln

33

1963

1st

 Lev Yashin

 Dynamo Moscow

73

2nd

 Gianni Rivera

 Milan

53

3rd

 Jimmy Greaves

 Tottenham Hotspur

33

1964

1st

 Denis Law

 Manchester United

61

2nd

 Luis Suárez

 Internazionale

43

3rd

 Amancio

 Real Madrid

38

1965

1st

 Eusébio

 Benfica

67

2nd

 Giacinto Facchetti

 Internazionale

59

3rd

 Luis Suárez

 Internazionale

45

1966

1st

 Bobby Charlton

 Manchester United

81

2nd

 Eusébio

 Benfica

80

3rd

 Franz Beckenbauer

 Bayern Munich

59

1967

1st

 Flórián Albert

 Ferencváros

68

2nd

 Bobby Charlton

 Manchester United

40

3rd

 Jimmy Johnstone

 Celtic

39

1968

1st

 George Best

 Manchester United

61

2nd

 Bobby Charlton

 Manchester United

53

3rd

 Dragan Džajić

 Red Star Belgrade

46

1969

1st

 Gianni Rivera

 Milan

83

2nd

 Luigi Riva

 Cagliari

79

3rd

 Gerd Müller

 Bayern Munich

38

1970

1st

 Gerd Müller

 Bayern Munich

77

2nd

 Bobby Moore

 West Ham United

70

3rd

 Luigi Riva

 Cagliari

65

1971

1st

 Johan Cruyff

 Ajax

116

2nd

 Sandro Mazzola

 Internazionale

57

3rd

 George Best

 Manchester United

56

1972

1st

 Franz Beckenbauer

 Bayern Munich

81

2nd

 Gerd Müller

 Bayern Munich

79

 Günter Netzer

 Borussia Mönchengladbach

1973

1st

 Johan Cruyff[note 3]

 Barcelona

96

2nd

 Dino Zoff

 Juventus

47

3rd

 Gerd Müller

 Bayern Munich

44

1974

1st

 Johan Cruyff

 Barcelona

116

2nd

 Franz Beckenbauer

 Bayern Munich

105

3rd

 Kazimierz Deyna

 Legia Warsaw

35

1975

1st

 Oleg Blokhin

 Dynamo Kyiv

122

2nd

 Franz Beckenbauer

 Bayern Munich

42

3rd

 Johan Cruyff

 Barcelona

27

1976

1st

 Franz Beckenbauer

 Bayern Munich

91

2nd

 Rob Rensenbrink

 Anderlecht

75

3rd

 Ivo Viktor

 Dukla Prague

52

1977

1st

 Allan Simonsen

 Borussia Mönchengladbach

74

2nd

 Kevin Keegan[note 4]

 Hamburg

71

3rd

 Michel Platini

 Nancy

70

1978

1st

 Kevin Keegan

 Hamburg

87

2nd

 Hans Krankl

 Barcelona

81

3rd

 Rob Rensenbrink

 Anderlecht

50

1979

1st

 Kevin Keegan

 Hamburg

118

2nd

 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

 Bayern Munich

52

3rd

 Ruud Krol

 Ajax

41

1980

1st

 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

 Bayern Munich

122

2nd

 Bernd Schuster

 Barcelona

34

3rd

 Michel Platini

 Saint-Étienne

33

1981

1st

 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

 Bayern Munich

106

2nd

 Paul Breitner

 Bayern Munich

64

3rd

 Bernd Schuster

 Barcelona

39

1982

1st

 Paolo Rossi

 Juventus

115

2nd

 Alain Giresse

 Bordeaux

64

3rd

 Zbigniew Boniek

 Juventus

39

1983

1st

 Michel Platini

 Juventus

110

2nd

 Kenny Dalglish

 Liverpool

26

3rd

 Allan Simonsen

 Vejle

25

1984

1st

 Michel Platini

 Juventus

110

2nd

 Jean Tigana

 Bordeaux

57

3rd

 Preben Elkjær

 Hellas Verona

48

1985

1st

 Michel Platini

 Juventus

127

2nd

 Preben Elkjær

 Hellas Verona

71

3rd

 Bernd Schuster

 Barcelona

46

1986

1st

 Igor Belanov

 Dynamo Kyiv

84

2nd

 Gary Lineker[note 5]

 Barcelona

62

3rd

 Emilio Butragueño

 Real Madrid

59

1987

1st

 Ruud Gullit[note 6]

 Milan

106

2nd

 Paulo Futre[note 7]

 Atlético Madrid

91

3rd

 Emilio Butragueño

 Real Madrid

61

1988

1st

 Marco van Basten

 Milan

129

2nd

 Ruud Gullit

 Milan

88

3rd

 Frank Rijkaard[note 8]

 Milan

45

1989

1st

 Marco van Basten

 Milan

129

2nd

 Franco Baresi

 Milan

80

3rd

 Frank Rijkaard

 Milan

43

1990

1st

 Lothar Matthäus

 Internazionale

137

2nd

 Salvatore Schillaci

 Juventus

84

3rd

 Andreas Brehme

 Internazionale

68

1991

1st

 Jean-Pierre Papin

 Marseille

141

2nd

 Dejan Savićević

 Red Star Belgrade

42

 Darko Pančev

 Red Star Belgrade

 Lothar Matthäus

 Internazionale

1992

1st

 Marco van Basten

 Milan

98

2nd

 Hristo Stoichkov

 Barcelona

80

3rd

 Dennis Bergkamp

 Ajax

53

1993

1st

 Roberto Baggio

 Juventus

142

2nd

 Dennis Bergkamp

 Internazionale

83

3rd

 Eric Cantona

 Manchester United

34

1994

1st

 Hristo Stoichkov

 Barcelona

210

2nd

 Roberto Baggio

 Juventus

136

3rd

 Paolo Maldini

 Milan

109

1995

1st

 George Weah[note 9]

 Milan

144

2nd

 Jürgen Klinsmann

 Bayern Munich

108

3rd

 Jari Litmanen

 Ajax

67

1996

1st

 Matthias Sammer

 Borussia Dortmund

144

2nd

 Ronaldo[note 10]

 Barcelona

143

3rd

 Alan Shearer

 Newcastle United

107

1997

1st

 Ronaldo[note 11]

 Internazionale

222

2nd

 Predrag Mijatović

 Real Madrid

68

3rd

 Zinedine Zidane

 Juventus

63

1998

1st

 Zinedine Zidane

 Juventus

244

2nd

 Davor Šuker

 Real Madrid

68

3rd

 Ronaldo

 Internazionale

66

1999

1st

 Rivaldo

 Barcelona

219

2nd

 David Beckham

 Manchester United

154

3rd

 Andriy Shevchenko

 Milan

64

2000

1st

 Luís Figo[note 12]

 Real Madrid

197

2nd

 Zinedine Zidane

 Juventus

181

3rd

 Andriy Shevchenko

 Milan

85

2001

1st

 Michael Owen

 Liverpool

176

2nd

 Raúl

 Real Madrid

140

3rd

 Oliver Kahn

 Bayern Munich

114

2002

1st

 Ronaldo[note 13]

 Real Madrid

169

2nd

 Roberto Carlos

 Real Madrid

145

3rd

 Oliver Kahn

 Bayern Munich

110

2003

1st

 Pavel Nedvěd

 Juventus

190

2nd

 Thierry Henry

 Arsenal

128

3rd

 Paolo Maldini

 Milan

123

2004

1st

 Andriy Shevchenko

 Milan

175

2nd

 Deco[note 14]

 Barcelona

139

3rd

 Ronaldinho

 Barcelona

133

2005

1st

 Ronaldinho

 Barcelona

225

2nd

 Frank Lampard

 Chelsea

148

3rd

 Steven Gerrard

 Liverpool

142

2006

1st

 Fabio Cannavaro[note 15]

 Real Madrid

173

2nd

 Gianluigi Buffon

 Juventus

124

3rd

 Thierry Henry

 Arsenal

121

2007

1st

 Kaká

 Milan

444

2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Manchester United

277

3rd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

255

2008

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Manchester United

446

2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

281

3rd

 Fernando Torres

 Liverpool

179

2009

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

473

2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo[note 16]

 Real Madrid

233

3rd

 Xavi

 Barcelona

170

FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)

2010

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

22.65%

2nd

 Andrés Iniesta

 Barcelona

17.36%

3rd

 Xavi

 Barcelona

16.48%

2011

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

47.88%

2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

21.60%

3rd

 Xavi

 Barcelona

9.23%

2012

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

41.60%

2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

23.68%

3rd

 Andrés Iniesta

 Barcelona

10.91%

2013

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

27.99%

2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

24.72%

3rd

 Franck Ribéry

 Bayern Munich

23.36%

2014

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

37.66%

2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

15.76%

3rd

 Manuel Neuer

 Bayern Munich

15.72%

2015

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

41.33%

2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

27.76%

3rd

 Neymar

 Barcelona

7.86%

Ballon d'Or (2016–present)

2016

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

745

2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

316

3rd

 Antoine Griezmann

 Atlético Madrid

198

2017

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

946

2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

670

3rd

 Neymar[note 17]

 Paris Saint-Germain

361

text: Wins by player

text: One-time winners are only included if they have also finished 2nd or 3rd in another year.

text:
Player

1st

2nd

3rd

 Lionel Messi[note 18]

5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)

5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)

1 (2007)

 Cristiano Ronaldo[note 19]

5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)

5 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015)

—

 Michel Platini

3 (1983, 1984, 1985)

—

2 (1977, 1980)

 Johan Cruyff

3 (1971, 1973, 1974)

—

1 (1975)

 Marco van Basten

3 (1988, 1989, 1992)

—

—

 Franz Beckenbauer

2 (1972, 1976)

2 (1974, 1975)

1 (1966)

 Ronaldo

2 (1997, 2002)

1 (1996)

1 (1998)

 Alfredo Di Stéfano

2 (1957, 1959)

1 (1956)

—

 Kevin Keegan

2 (1978, 1979)

1 (1977)

—

 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

2 (1980, 1981)

1 (1979)

—

 Luis Suárez

1 (1960)

2 (1961, 1964)

1 (1965)

 Eusébio

1 (1965)

2 (1962, 1966)

—

 Bobby Charlton

1 (1966)

2 (1967, 1968)

—

 Raymond Kopa

1 (1958)

1 (1959)

2 (1956, 1957)

 Gerd Müller

1 (1970)

1 (1972)

2 (1969, 1973)

 Zinedine Zidane

1 (1998)

1 (2000)

1 (1997)

 Gianni Rivera

1 (1969)

1 (1963)

—

 Ruud Gullit

1 (1987)

1 (1988)

—

 Lothar Matthäus

1 (1990)

1 (1991)

—

 Roberto Baggio

1 (1993)

1 (1994)

—

 Hristo Stoichkov

1 (1994)

1 (1992)

—

 Andriy Shevchenko

1 (2004)

—

2 (1999, 2000)

 George Best

1 (1968)

—

1 (1971)

 Allan Simonsen

1 (1977)

—

1 (1983)

 Ronaldinho

1 (2005)

—

1 (2004)

text: Wins by country

text:
Country

Players

Total

 Germany

5

7

 Netherlands

3

7

 Portugal

3

7

 France

4

6

 Italy

5

5

 Brazil

4

5

 England

4

5

 Argentina

1

5

 Soviet Union

3

3

 Spain

2

3

 Czech Republic

1

1

 Czechoslovakia

1

1

 Bulgaria

1

1

 Denmark

1

1

 Hungary

1

1

 Liberia

1

1

 Northern Ireland

1

1

 Scotland

1

1

 Ukraine

1

1

text: Wins by club

text:
Club

Players

Total

 Barcelona

6

11

 Real Madrid

6

10

 Juventus

6

8

 Milan

6

8

 Bayern Munich

3

5

 Manchester United

4

4

 Dynamo Kyiv

2

2

 Internazionale

2

2

 Hamburg

1

2

 Ajax

1

1

 Benfica

1

1

 Blackpool

1

1

 Borussia Dortmund

1

1

 Borussia Mönchengladbach

1

1

 Dukla Prague

1

1

 Dynamo Moscow

1

1

 Ferencváros

1

1

 Liverpool

1

1

 Marseille

1

1

text: Additional awards

text: A special Ballon d'Or, under the name Super Ballon d'Or, was awarded to Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1989, after he surpassed Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini in France Football's voting.[11] A decade later, France Football elected Pelé the Football Player of the Century after consulting their former Ballon d'Or recipients. Among the 34 previous winners, 30 cast their votes; Stanley Matthews, Omar Sívori and George Best abstained, and Lev Yashin had died. Each voter was allotted five votes worth up to five points; however, Di Stéfano only chose a first place, Platini a first and second place, and George Weah two players for fifth place. Pelé was named the greatest by 17 voters, receiving almost double the number of points earned by the runner-up, Diego Maradona.[12]

text:
Football Player of the Century

Player

Pts

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

 Pelé (BRA)

122
17
5
4
2
1

 Diego Maradona (ARG)

65
3
6
5
5
1

 Johan Cruyff (NED)

62
1
4
7
9
2

 Alfredo Di Stéfano (ESP)

44
4
3
3
1
1

 Michel Platini (FRA)

40
1
5
1
3
6

text: To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or in 2016, France Football published a reevaluation of the awards presented before 1995, when only European players were eligible to win the award. 12 out of the 39 Ballons d'Or presented during this time period would have been awarded to South American players; in addition to Pelé and Diego Maradona, Garrincha, Mario Kempes, and Romário were retrospectively recognized as worthy winners. The original recipients, however, remain unchanged.[13] Maradona and Pelé received honorary Ballons d'Or for their services to football in 1996 and 2013, respectively.[14][15]

text:
Le nouveau palmarès (the new winners)

Year

Original

Alternative

1958

 Raymond Kopa (FRA)

 Pelé (BRA)

1959

 Alfredo Di Stéfano (ESP)

 Pelé (BRA)

1960

 Luis Suárez (ESP)

 Pelé (BRA)

1961

 Omar Sívori (ITA)

 Pelé (BRA)

1962

 Josef Masopust (TCH)

 Garrincha (BRA)

1963

 Lev Yashin (URS)

 Pelé (BRA)

1964

 Denis Law (SCO)

 Pelé (BRA)

1970

 Gerd Müller (FRG)

 Pelé (BRA)

1978

 Kevin Keegan (ENG)

 Mario Kempes (ARG)

1986

 Igor Belanov (URS)

 Diego Maradona (ARG)

1990

 Lothar Matthäus (GER)

 Diego Maradona (ARG)

1994

 Hristo Stoichkov (BUL)

 Romário (BRA)


document_title: Mamma Mia!

question_text: when did the film mama mia come out

question_tokens: when did the film mama mia come out

text: Mamma Mia!

text: Background[edit]

text: Mamma Mia! is based on the songs of ABBA, a Swedish pop/dance group active from 1972–1982 and one of the most popular international pop groups of all time, topping the charts again and again in Europe, North and South America and Australia. Following the premiere of the musical in London in 1999, ABBA Gold topped the charts in the United Kingdom again. This musical was the brainchild of producer Judy Craymer. She met songwriters Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in 1983 when they were working with Tim Rice on Chess.[1] It was the song "The Winner Takes It All" that suggested to her the theatrical potential of their pop songs.[1] The songwriters were not enthusiastic, but they were not completely opposed to the idea.[1]

text: In 1997, Craymer commissioned Catherine Johnson to write the book for the musical. In 1998, Phyllida Lloyd became the director for the show.[1]

text: Productions[edit]

text: Original West End production[edit]

text: The musical opened in the West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on April 6, 1999, and transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre on June 9, 2004, where it played until September 2012, when it moved to the Novello Theatre.[2] Directed by Phyllida Lloyd with choreography by Anthony Van Laast, the original cast featured Siobhan McCarthy, Lisa Stokke, and Hilton McRae.[3][4]

text: Original Broadway production performed in various major cities[edit]

text: Prior to the musical's Broadway engagement, it opened in Toronto at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in May 2000, where it played for five years. Its US debut was in San Francisco, California, at the Orpheum Theatre from November 17, 2000 to February 17, 2001,[5][6] moving next to Los Angeles, California, at the Shubert Theatre from February 26, 2001 to May 12, 2001,[7] and finally to Chicago, Illinois, at the Cadillac Palace Theatre from May 13, 2001 to August 12, 2001.[8]

text: New York City run[edit]

text: The musical opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 18, 2001, after beginning previews on October 5. The director is Phyllida Lloyd with choreography by Anthony Van Laast. As of February 2017, it is the eighth longest-running Broadway show and the longest-running jukebox musical in Broadway history. On April 18, 2013, it was announced that Mamma Mia! would transfer from its home at the Winter Garden Theatre to the Broadhurst Theatre later that year to make way for the musical adaptation of Rocky.[9] The show played its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 19, 2013 and began performances at the Broadhurst Theatre on November 2, 2013.[10]

text: It was announced on April 9, 2015 that the show would close on September 5, 2015.[11] On April 21, 2015, it was then announced that show would play an additional week and would instead close on September 12, 2015. Mamma Mia! played 5,773 performances on Broadway before closing.[12]

text: International and touring productions[edit]

text: Mamma Mia! has been played in more than 50 countries in all 6 continents, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lituania, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States, and has been translated into 22 languages: German, Japanese, Dutch, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Norwegian, Italian, Danish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Icelandic, Estonian, and Greek. Over 60 million people have seen the show worldwide and it has set the record for premiering in more cities faster than any other musical in history.

text: The first city to produce the show after London was Toronto, where it ran from May 22, 2000 to May 22, 2005, being the North America premiere of Mamma Mia!.[13] The original cast included Louise Pitre as Donna and Tina Maddigan as Sophie, who both of them later reprised their roles in first US Tour and Broadway premiere.

text: Mamma Mia! played in Las Vegas, opening at the Mandalay Bay in February 2003 and closing on January 4, 2009.[14][15] In June 2005, Mamma Mia! played its 1000th performance in Las Vegas, becoming the longest-running West End/Broadway musical in Las Vegas. The clothes and scenarios from this production are now used in Brazil.[16] The show returned to Las Vegas on May 16, 2014 at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, but announced its closing soon after on July 22.[17]

text: The North American tour started in Providence, Rhode Island in February 28, 2002 and closed in St. Louis, Missouri in July 30, 2017, after more than 4.000 performances.[18]

text: The first non-English version of the show debuted in Hamburg at the Operettenhaus, where it ran from November 3, 2002 to September 8, 2007. With the productions of Stuttgart (2004) and Essen (2007), Mamma Mia! became the first major musical to play concurrently in three German cities.

text: The show has had (and in some cases, still has) permanent productions in London, Toronto, Melbourne, New York, Hamburg, Tokyo (later transferred to Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya), Las Vegas, Utrecht, Seoul (later transferred to Seongnam and Daegu), Stuttgart, Madrid (later transferred to Barcelona), Stockholm (later transferred to Gothenburg), Antwerp, Moscow, Essen, Berlin, Oslo, Mexico City, Milan (later transferred to Rome), Copenhagen (later transferred to Aarhus), Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Vienna and Helsinki.

text: Since its premiere in Dublin on September 9, 2004 (with Helen Hobson as Donna) the international tour has visited more than 74 cities in 35 countries and has been seen by 5 million people. In addition there have been several touring productions worldwide, including Australia/Asia (2002–2005), Australia (2009–2010), China, France (2012–2013), Germany, Japan, Netherlands (2009–2010), North America (2002–2017), Spain (2009–2011 and 2016–2017), South Africa (2010–2011), South Korea, United Kingdom (2016–2017), and United States (2000–2001).

text: The Dutch actress Lone van Roosendaal has played Donna in three different countries: Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

text: The South African tour, conducted at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town on August 11, 2010 and 3 months later at The Teatro, Montecasino in Johannesburg, featured an all local cast.

text: The Chinese production opened on July 11, 2011 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre and closed on January 18, 2012 at Shanghai Cultural Square after a small tour, marking the first time that a blockbuster contemporary Western musical were presented in Chinese in Shanghai (there was a previous Chinese production of Beauty and the Beast in Beijing in 1999). It was seen by 250,000 people across six venues, with a total of 190 performances. Shadow Zen played the role of Donna.

text: On January 24, 2012, Mamma Mia! opened in Manila at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines as part of the international Tour. The show was originally set to stay only for a week but with the positive response, the organisers decided that it would play until February 19, 2012.[19] The show features Sara Poyzer as Donna Sheridan and Charlotte Wakefield as Sophie. The cast also included Kate Graham (Tanya), Jenny Dale (Rosie) and David Roberts (Sky).[20]

text: A New Zealand tour production of Mamma Mia! opened at the Auckland Civic Theatre on March 4, 2014, featuring an all new set design by John Harding. International theatre star Deliah Hannah played Donna, and popular New Zealand entertainment icon Jackie Clark plays Rosie. The NZ tour visited 11 cites in 2014–2016

text: The musical is performed on sailings of Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas and Allure of the Seas.Unlike other cruise ship performances of musicals, the show is performed in its entirety.

text: In Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, the musical had its premiere on December 12, 2014. Czech is the seventeenth language in which the musical was performed. At the date of the premiere a record 70,000 tickets were sold.[21]

text: On February 21, 2015, the musical premiered in Warsaw, Poland at Roma Musical Theatre.[22]

text: The Belgrade, Serbia – Terazije Theatre (Pozorište na Terazijama) premiere was on March 27, 2015.[23] [24]

text: On June 15, 2015 in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, premiere of Slovene production took place in Križanke Outdoor Theatre as a part of Ljubljana Summer Festival (Poletni festival Ljubljana). [25]

text: On March 18, 2016, Mamma Mia! opened for the first time in Panama City, Panama, at the Anayansi Theatre in the Atlapa Convention Centre, directed by Aaron Zebede. [26]

text: On May 27, 2016 the first regional production opened at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia.

text: On 31 August 2016, it was announced that the show would once again tour Australia with the premier being held in Canberra in November 2017 before transferring to Brisbane the following month. The tour has been confirmed to include all 6 major Australian cities. Casting is yet to be announced.[27]

text: From July 28, 2017 to July 30, 2017, Mamma Mia! was performed with the celebrity cast at the world famous Hollywood Bowl. Directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, the show starred Jennifer Nettles as Donna, Dove Cameron as Sophie, Corbin Bleu as Sky, Jaime Camil as Sam, Tisha Campbell-Martin as Tanya, and Lea Delaria as Rosie. [28]

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: Act I[edit]

text: Before the curtain rises, the orchestra starts playing the overture, which is a montage of instrumental versions of some of ABBA's hit songs.

text: On the Greek island of Kalokairi, 20-year-old Sophie is preparing to marry her fiancé, Sky. She wants her father to walk her down the aisle ("Prologue") but doesn't know who he is. Sophie discovers her mother's old diary and finds entries which describe intimate dates with three men (Sam Carmichael, Bill Austin (Anderson in the film version), and Harry Bright) ("Honey, Honey"). Sophie believes one of these men is her father and, three months before her nuptials, sends each an invitation to her wedding, writing in her mother's name, Donna, without letting her unsuspecting mother know.

text: The day before the wedding, Donna begins receiving guests at her taverna. The first to arrive are her long-term best friends, Tanya, a rich woman who has been married and divorced three times, and Rosie, an unmarried, carefree woman. The trio used to comprise a girl group called "Donna and the Dynamos". The three women catch up and talk about their lives ("Money, Money, Money").

text: Later that day, Sophie's three possible fathers arrive: Sam (an American architect), Harry (a British banker), and Bill (originally an Australian writer and adventurer, Swedish in the film, and currently American in New York and on tour). Sophie convinces them not to tell Donna that she invited them ("Thank You for the Music"). Donna is surprised to see her ex-lovers ("Mamma Mia") and leaves in tears. Donna, crying, explains to Tanya and Rosie the situation, and they cheer her up ("Chiquitita"). Tanya and Rosie try to convince Donna that she can still be the girl she once was ("Dancing Queen").

text: Sophie had hoped she would know her father the moment she saw him but is now only confused. She tries to tell her fiancé, Sky, how she feels without confessing what she has done. Sky tells her he will be the only man she ever needs ("Lay All Your Love on Me").

text: At Sophie's hen party, Donna and the Dynamos don their old costumes and perform a song, "Super Trouper". Sam, Bill, and Harry accidentally walk in on the party, and the guests persuade them to stay ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)").

text: Sophie first pulls Sam out of the room to talk to him. After he asks why he is there, she is overcome with guilt and goes to talk to Harry, instead. But Harry asks if Sophie's father is at the party, and she tells him the whole truth.

text: Lastly, she draws Bill aside to talk with him. She learns that Bill has an aunt Sophia who left all her money to Donna's family. Bill learns that Donna built the taverna with money she inherited from a friend she lived with when Sophie was a baby; that friend was Bill's aunt. They both think this means he is her father.

text: Sophie asks Bill to walk her down the aisle, but Bill wants to discuss it first with Donna. This has been her secret, after all. But no one knows yet that even Donna does not know who the father is, because she slept with the three men in such swift succession. Sophie insists they must not tell Donna anything ("The Name of the Game") and finally, Bill agrees.

text: Afterward, everybody crashes the hen party (including the guys from the stag party). Eddie, a stripper, has an erotic yet tasteful nude scene. During the striptease, Sam pulls Sophie aside and tells her he has figured out why she invited him. He knows he is her father and promises to walk her down the aisle the next day. Then, Harry approaches Sophie, apologizing for being so slow on the uptake; he is also convinced that she is his daughter and promises to walk her down the aisle. Sophie leaves the party, hopelessly confused; she does not want to turn any of them down ("Voulez-Vous").

text: Act II[edit]

text: (Entr'acte) Sophie's having a nightmare, involving her three possible fathers all fighting for the right to walk her down the aisle and wakes up despairing ("Under Attack").

text: Sophie's upset, and Donna assumes that Sophie wants to cancel the wedding and offers to handle all the details. Sophie is offended and vows that her children won't grow up not knowing who their father is. As Sophie storms out of the room, Sam enters and tries to tell Donna that Sophie may not be all she seems, but Donna won't listen ("One of Us"). She hates Sam; at the end of their affair, she said she never wanted to see him again. But it seems that Sam was the man Donna cared about the most, and both of them wish they could go back to the start ("SOS"').

text: At the beach, Harry asks Tanya what the father of the bride ought to be doing for Sophie's wedding. Tanya explains that for her part, her father gave her his advice and then paid. Pepper, one of the guys who works at Donna's taverna, makes advances to Tanya, but she rebuffs him ("Does Your Mother Know").

text: Sky finds out what Sophie has done in inviting Sam, Harry and Bill to the wedding. He accuses her of wanting a big white wedding only so that she can find out who her father is. He's very hurt that she kept this plan a secret from him. He storms off just as Sam walks in. Sam tries to give Sophie some fatherly advice by describing his failed marriage ("Knowing Me, Knowing You"), but Sophie isn't consoled.

text: Harry offers to Donna to pay for the wedding, and they reminisce about their fling ("Our Last Summer"). Sophie arrives and Donna helps her get dressed. She cannot believe her daughter is going to be a bride ("Slipping Through My Fingers"). Donna admits that her own mother disowned her when she learned that she was pregnant. They reconcile and Sophie asks her mother if she will walk her down the aisle. Sam arrives and tries to speak to Donna again, but she does not want to see him, and asks him to leave. He refuses, and a bitter confrontation ensues. Donna tells Sam that he broke her heart, presumably when she found out he was engaged ("The Winner Takes It All"). It emerges that the two still love each other dearly, albeit against Donna's better judgment.

text: Rosie is making final preparations in the taverna when Bill arrives. He's upset because he has received a note that Donna will be walking Sophie down the aisle. Bill reaffirms his commitment to the single life, but Rosie has become attracted to him, and urges him to reconsider ("Take a Chance on Me"). They are about to have sex in the taverna, but the guests arrive, leaving Rosie quite stunned.

text: The wedding begins, with Donna walking Sophie down the aisle. Before the priest has a chance to begin the ceremonies, Donna acknowledges to everyone that Sophie's father is present. Sophie tells her mother that she knows about her father. Donna realizes that Sophie invited them to the wedding for that very reason. The issue of Sophie's parentage is left unsettled, as none of them have any idea whether they are actually her father. Everyone involved agrees that it does not matter which one of them her biological parent is, as Sophie loves all three and they are all happy to be "one-third of a father" and a part of her life at last. Finally, Harry, who has made frequent references to his "other half" throughout the show, is revealed to be in a committed gay relationship.

text: Suddenly, Sophie calls a halt to the proceedings. She is not ready to get married and Sky agrees with Sophie about not getting married. Sam seizes his chance and proposes to Donna in order to prevent the wedding preparations from going to waste. He explains that he loved her, even when he left to get married. It is revealed that he called off the wedding with his fiancée and came back to the island, only to be told that Donna was going out with another man (Bill). He went back, married his fiancée and had children but he got divorced. Surprisingly, Donna accepts ("I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"). In the end, Sam and Donna are married, and at the end of the night, Sophie and Sky depart on a round-the-world tour ("I Have a Dream") .

text: Finale and Encore[edit]

text: After their final bows to the audience, which are set to an instrumental version of "Does Your Mother Know", the ensemble performs a reprise of "Mamma Mia". A reprise of "Dancing Queen" follows, during which Donna, Tanya, Rosie are revealed wearing brightly colored ABBA inspired costumes. The cast ends the finale with "Waterloo", during which Sam, Bill, and Harry join the rest of the cast onstage in brightly colored costumes that match the leading ladies. The Dynamos and the Dads often invite the audience to clap, dance, and sing along during the finale.

text: Musical numbers[edit]

text:
Act I

"Overture/Prologue" - Sophie
"Honey, Honey" - Sophie, Ali, & Lisa
"Money, Money, Money" - Donna, Tanya, Rosie, Pepper, & Company
"Thank You for the Music" - Sophie, Sam, Harry, & Bill
"Mamma Mia" - Donna & Company
"Chiquitita" - Donna, Tanya & Rosie
"Dancing Queen" - Donna, Tanya & Rosie
"Lay All Your Love on Me" - Sky, Sophie, & Male Ensemble
"Super Trouper" - Donna, Tanya, Rosie & Female Ensemble
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - Female Ensemble
"The Name of the Game" - Sophie & Bill
"Voulez-Vous" - Company

Act II

"Entr'acte" - Orchestra
"Under Attack" - Sophie & Company
"One of Us" - Donna
"SOS" - Donna & Sam
"Does Your Mother Know" - Tanya, Pepper & Company
"Knowing Me, Knowing You" - Sam
"Our Last Summer" - Harry & Donna
"Slipping Through My Fingers" - Donna & Sophie
"The Winner Takes It All" - Donna
"Take a Chance on Me" - Rosie & Bill
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - Sam, Donna & Company
"I Have a Dream" - Sophie

text: Encore

text:
"Mamma Mia" - Company
"Dancing Queen" - Donna, Tanya, Rosie & Company
"Waterloo" - Company

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text: Notes on the music[edit]

text: During the preview period in London, the musical had the song "Summer Night City" just after the prologue. The "Summer Night City" scene was a wedding rehearsal and during the song, Ali, Lisa, Tanya, and Rosie arrived on the island. Now, part of the song is used as underscoring to connect the end of "The Winner Takes It All" and "Take a Chance on Me". You can also hear a couple of lines of "Summer Night City" in the 'Entr'acte' (the most noticeable line is: 'Time to breathe and time to live').

text: Donna hums a few lines of "Fernando", when she repairs the doors of the taverna just before she sees her three former lovers. In the Mexican production Donna sings a few lines of ABBA's original Spanish version of the song.

text: In the German production, Sky (Bernhard Forcher) sang a few lines of "King Kong Song" before starting "Lay All Your Love on Me". Niklas Riesbeck uses the same song in the Swedish production. Andrey Kozhan sang a few lines of Summer Night City in the Russian production. In the international tour version, Sky (David Roberts) sings a few lines of "She's My Kind of Girl", a Björn & Benny song. In the 2015 International tour version, Sky (Justin Thomas) sings a few lines of "Dum Dum Diddle".

text: The wedding march that is played as Sophie walks down the aisle is a slower arrangement of "Dancing Queen".

text: The creators also intended to include "Just Like That", an unreleased ABBA song recorded in 1982. The song was apparently dropped just before the first public previews in March 1999, though it was listed in the program available during the preview period.

text: Originally the outro after the encore was a 5-minute instrumental medley (in the style of the Ouverture and Entr'Acte) featuring Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), SOS, Voulez-Vous, Does Your Mother Know, Money, Money, Money and Dancing Queen. It was later replaced with the short Dancing Queen instrumental, still being used today.

text: The last three songs, performed as an encore/finale by the whole cast are: "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen" and "Waterloo". The version of "Mamma Mia" used in the encore/finale is sung by the Company. The finale song Mamma Mia has been extended in theatres where Donna and the Dynamos had to go downstairs for taking the stage lift in Dancing Queen. Then, during the intro of "Dancing Queen", Donna, Tanya and Rosie join the Company (as the girl-power band "Donna and the Dynamos", wearing ABBA's 1970s-style colorful and flashy costumes). Sam, Bill and Harry join them during Waterloo, wearing male versions of the girls' ABBA's costumes. The Encore is included on the 5th Anniversary Cast Recording (commemorating said anniversary for the Broadway production).

text: In the Brazilian production, all three songs from the encore/finale were kept in English. Though "Waterloo" was adapted into Brazilian Portuguese, this version was never used and the lyrics are unknown.

text: In the Russian production the song "Happy New Year" is sung at the encore on New Year holidays shows.

text: Principal roles and cast[edit]

text:
Character
Original London Cast
Original Broadway Cast
Hollywood Bowl 2017 Cast

Donna Sheridan
Siobhán McCarthy
Louise Pitre
Jennifer Nettles

Rosie
Jenny Galloway
Judy Kaye
Lea Delaria

Tanya
Louise Plowright
Karen Mason
Tisha Campbell-Martin

Sam Carmichael
Hilton McRae
David W. Keeley
Jaime Camil

Bill Austin (Anderson in the film)
Nicolas Colicos
Ken Marks
Steven Weber

Harry Bright
Paul Clarkson
Dean Nolen
Hamish Linklater

Sophie Sheridan
Lisa Stokke
Tina Maddigan
Dove Cameron

Sky
Andrew Langtree
Joe Machota
Corbin Bleu

Pepper
Neal Wright
Mark Price
Payson Lewis

Eddie
Nigel Harman
Michael Benjamin Washington
Rodd Farhadi

Ali
Eliza Lumley
Sara Inbar
Charlotte Mary Wen

Lisa
Melissa Gibson
Tonya Doran
Tiana Okoye

text: Film adaptation[edit]

text:
Film Cast

Donna
Meryl Streep

Rosie
Julie Walters

Tanya
Christine Baranski

Sam
Pierce Brosnan

Bill
Stellan Skarsgård

Harry
Colin Firth

Sophie
Amanda Seyfried

Sky
Dominic Cooper

text: Mamma Mia! was adapted as a film, produced by Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, written by Catherine Johnson directed by Phyllida Lloyd and with Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Benny Andersson as executive producers. Meryl Streep stars as Donna Sheridan and Amanda Seyfried as Sophie and Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael. The movie also features Christine Baranski, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård and Julie Walters. It premiered July 18, 2008, in the US. Most of the songs remained intact with the exceptions of "Under Attack", "One of Us", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", and "Thank You for the Music". "Knowing Me, Knowing You" was used as the wedding music and "Thank You for the Music" is sung during the second half of the end credits. The first half is occupied with a "Dancing Queen" reprise and "Waterloo", with a "Mamma Mia" reprise and "I Have a Dream" sung before the credits (though the latter is sung as Sophie mails the invitations at the start of the film). "When All Is Said and Done", a song not used in the musical, was added for the film sung by Sam, Donna, and the company. "Our Last Summer" was used earlier in the movie, with Sophie, Bill, Sam, and Harry singing it. "The Name of the Game", while filmed, was subsequently edited out of the film for the final cut. The song is included in full on the motion picture soundtrack – an abbreviated version of the song and scene appear on the DVD/Blu-ray as a supplement. In addition, "Thank You for the Music" is used as a hidden track, and is performed by Amanda Seyfried.

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: Original West End production[edit]

text:
Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result

1999
Evening Standard Award
Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical
Nominated

2000
Laurence Olivier Award
Best New Musical
Nominated

Best Actress in a Musical
Siobhan McCarthy
Nominated

Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Jenny Galloway
Won

Louise Plowright
Nominated

2002
Grammy Award
Best Musical Theater Album
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus; Original Cast
Nominated

text: Original Broadway production[edit]

text:
Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result

2002
Tony Award
Best Musical
Nominated

Best Book of a Musical
Catherine Johnson
Nominated

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Louise Pitre
Nominated

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Judy Kaye
Nominated

Best Orchestrations
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Martin Koch
Nominated

Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Louise Pitre
Nominated

Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Judy Kaye
Nominated

Karen Mason
Nominated

Drama League Award
Distinguished Production of a Musical
Nominated

Outer Critics Circle Award
Outstanding Broadway Musical
Nominated

Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Louise Pitre
Nominated

Theatre World Award
Outstanding Debut Stage Performance
Louise Pitre
Won

text: Original North American Tour[edit]

text:
Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result

2003
Helen Hayes Award
Outstanding Non-Resident Production
Nominated

Touring Broadway Award
Best Musical Score
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
Won

text: Response[edit]

text: Box office and business[edit]

text: On any given day, there are at least seven performances of Mamma Mia! being performed around the globe. On May 15, 2005, Mamma Mia! surpassed the original Broadway runs of The Sound of Music, The King and I, and Damn Yankees with 1,500 performances.[16] On March 6, 2014, it surpassed Rent to become the 9th longest-running Broadway musical of all time with 5,124 performances. [29][30] Later that year, it surpassed Beauty and the Beast to become Broadway's eighth longest-running show on Broadway.[31] When Mamma Mia! opened in Russia, it received a very positive response.[32] As of January 2008, Mamma Mia! became the longest daily running show in the history of Russian theatre.