| Dreaming Dakota | |
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| Genre | Musical Comedy |
| Created by | Bill Applegage |
| Starring | Lily Gonder Logan Bradshad Rachel Omler Anthony Garret Danielle Benford Jenny Smith |
| Opening theme | "Everyone Shines" by Lily Gonder |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 113 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Burt & Barbra Stuner Bill Applegage |
| Location(s) | London England |
| Camera setup | Videotape (filmized) Multi-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Bill Applegage Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Furty Channel TX |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| First shown in | United Kingdom |
| Original run | April 8, 2012 – July 10, 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Victorious |
Dreaming Dakota (stylized as D.D) is an London England U.K sitcom That Premiered on Furty Channel TX on April 8, 2012. The series Stars Lily Gonder and the show created by Bill Applegage who is Known for creating Other Furty Channel TX Original Series Like High School Media and That's Gabby.The series Premiered with 8.1 Million Viewers.On July 1, 2012 Furty Channel TX Announced In There Up-Fronts That they Renewed The series for a 2nd Season Which Premiered On November 11, 2013.On March 2, 2013 Furty Channel TX Announced at There Up-Fronts That There Officially renewed The series for a 3rd Season That Premiered on August 4, 2013.On March 1, 2014 Furty Channel TX Announced at There Up-Fronts That The series was Renewed For for a 4th Season.On May 13, 2015 Furty Channel TX Officially Renewed The series For a 5th Season Set to air in 2016.
It Was Announced That The 5th Season will be The Finale Season of The Series Set for 13 episodes.
Premise[]
The series Follows 15 year old Dakota Marshall (Lily Gonder) who was Just an Average Girl with a lot of Talent which was never discovered until She was Mistakenly Chosen to sing in The Performing Art School Music contest and Landed herself a Spot in there School Dakota will have to try and survive all the crazy and talented things that come her way.
Development & Production[]
The Series was ordered by Furty Channel TX From Bill Applegage the Network gave the series the ok so The Series Skipped The Pilot Phase and The production for the series started on February 15, 2012. The series creator Bill Applegage really didn't Know how good the Plot to the series would be because its Like the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious but the Network thought it would be good so they toled him to go ahead with the Project and he did, the series Skipped the Pilot Phase the Original episodes Order for the series was 13 but was Pushed up into 22 episodes for the show's freshman Season. The lead Role Lily Gonder said she didn't want the role at first but she was talked into it by Bill Applegage because he didn't want anyone else to star in it There were Many names that the Show was Under Before juts Going with One the First was Famous Dakota but was Changed into Star Dakota but Finally Dreaming Dakota was Chosen for The show Head Title..On July 1, 2012 Furty Channel TX Announced In There Up-Fronts That they Renewed The series for a 2nd Season to start Production in Fall of 2012.On July 7, 2012 Bill Applegage Announced That He Will Writing a Cross-Over Episode Between Dreaming Dakota and That's Gabby for the second Season of the series.Production for season 2 started on September 17, 2012.On November 10, 2012 Bill Applegage Announced That the shoe second season will Only have 24 Episodes Due to Him Filming Other Shows Back to Back.On March 2, 2013 Furty Channel TX Announced at There Up-Fronts That There Officially renewed The series for a 3rd Season.On March 1, 2014 Furty Channel TX Announced at There Up-Fronts That The series was Renewed For for a 4th Season.On May 13, 2015 Furty Channel TX Officially Renewed The series For a 5th Season Set to air in 2016.
Cast[]
Dakota Marshall (Lily Gonder) She is a 15 year girl with a lot of Talent. who gets to go to a very Talented school She is very passionate of her talent. And she doesn’t intentionally steal the spotlight it just Comes to her She is bubbly and nice. She has been told that she has the voice of an Angel she takes rejection well although she never gets it and she is very Confident in herself and in her Talent.
Boyd Diamond (Logan Bradshad) He is an excellent drummer, singer and actor he loves to write Music and he is very Funny his imagination is really out there he is the new Friend of Dakota. he is a little laid back and his father was a part of 1 of the worlds Most Famous Music Groups when he was Younger and he hopes one day to be apart of it..
Noelle Cronin (Rachel Omler) She is Dakota new Best Friend she really loves to sing. She has won gold medals and trophies in singing contests. She had small roles in films when she was 10. She had ballet and jazz dancing lessons when she was 8. She is the Brightest bit she is smart at times she isn’t selfish and overacting.
Liam Saget (Anthony Garret) He is the Cool kid in school he loves to make music and Act he has many talents like Dakota girls faint over his Blond hair and Blue eyes. He is a Genius when it comes to cars he loves to fix them and he is in a relationship with Megan but could Change when he becomes the new love interest of Dakota.
Megan Patrick (Danielle Benford) She is a 15 year old Actress and Musician she is a pain in the but to everyone in Performing Arts High she is really mean and Selfish she hates when People cross her or she thinks that someone is Prettier then she is because she will take them down she is the new Frenemy of Dakota.
Dana Marshall (Jenny Smith) She is the 16 year old Untalented older sister of Dakota she was Accepted into Performing Arts High because of a Video that she posted online of herself trying to act but it was funny it had more than 50,000,000 viewers. She Is very Popular and she loves for everyone to have all eye's on her.
Recurring Cast[]
James He has a crush on Dana and he loves o work with Lights and handy Things he is a little Nerdish.
Debby Marshall She is Dakota and Dana's mother who only wants the best for her Girls and she wants them to become Famous.
Season's Ratings[]
| Season | Title | Air Date | Viewer's |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Performing Mistake | April 8, 2012 | 8.1 million |
| 2 | Sleepover at Dakota's | November 11, 2012 | 9.6 million |
| 3 | Seeing Triple | August 4, 2013 | 9.9 million |
| 4 | Dakota Performs in Cinema | November 16, 2014 | 12.3 million |
Notable Guest Appearances[]
| Actor/Actress | Appearing as | Season | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conner David Leroy | Himself | 1 | "Accept The Accepted" |
| William Downtrodden | Carter | 1 | "Carter To Dakota" |
| Bryan Stole | Collin | 1 | "Birthday's and Kisses" |
| Jenifer Jockerman | Gabby | 2 | "Dakota With A Chance Gabby" |
| Marissa Wills | Stevie | 2 | "Dakota With A Chance Gabby" |
| J.D | Jared | 2 | "Dakota With A Chance Gabby" |
| Nicole Dylan | Rocky | 2 | "Dakota With A Chance Gabby" |
| Chase Martin | Ash | 2 | "Dakota With A Chance Gabby" |
| Allan Guine | Randolph | 2 3 |
"Old Crush" Hey There Dakota |
| Livia Lorenzo | Tammy | 2 | "Your A Cheater Girl" |
| Heather Murphy | Phoebe | 3 | "Dakota's Unstoppable" |
| Isaac Brady | Twister | 4 | "Troubling Twister" |
Season 1 Music[]
| Episode | Title | Performed by | Single | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "A Performing Mistake" | "Everyone Shines" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 1 |
| "Carter To Dakota" | "Trust Wants In Side" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 1 |
| "How To Not Be Together" | "Were's My Best Friend" | Dakota Marshall and Noelle Cronin | No | 1 |
| "Mystery Warehouse" | "I'm Screaming Ahh" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 1 |
| "Birthday's and Kisses" | "Lie & Cheat" | Noelle Cronin | Yes | 1 |
| "The Spacial Sing-off" | "Number 1 Chance" | Dakota Marshall | No | 1 |
| "The Spacial Sing-off" | "Not Gonna Lose" | Megan Patrick | Yes | 1 |
| "Whatever You Say Noelle" | "Hello" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 1 |
Season 2 Music[]
| Episode | Title | Performed by | Single | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Sleepover at Dakota's" | "Run, Run, Run" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 2 |
| "No Hot Wonder" | "About Christmas" | Dana Marshall | Yes | 2 |
| "The Hunt For Megan August Patrick" | "Just Not What You See" | Megan Patrick | No | 2 |
| "Dakota With A Chance Gabby" | "Let It All Shine's" | Dakota and Gabby | Yes | 2 |
| "Scream, It's Woodystein" | "My Old Friend" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 2 |
| "Class President" | "Hand Over" | Dana Marshall | No | 2 |
| "Class President" | "Cant You See" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 2 |
| "Keep The Job" | "I Wanna Get Out Out" | Dakota, Noelle, Megan | No | 2 |
| "The New Fresh Start" | "Got Me Got Me Back" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 2 |
Season 3 Music[]
| Episode | Title | Performed by | Single | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Seeing Triple" | "Seeing Triple" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 3 |
| "Who Kissed Noelle?" | "Were Gonna Find Him" | Dakota Marshall and Noelle Cronin | No | 3 |
| "Happy Sing-O-Ween" | "Your Not Scaring Me" | Dakota Marshall | No | 3 |
| "The Mind-Blowing Chance" | "Girls Room" | Dakota, Noelle, Megan | No | 3 |
| "The Mind-Blowing Chance" | "Top of The Game" | Dakota, Noelle, Megan | Yes | 3 |
| "The Mind-Blowing Chance" | "Loose For Music" | Dakota, Noelle, Megan | Yes | 3 |
| "Christmas Doodles" | "Best Time of My Life" | Dakota Marshall | No | 3 |
| "Dakota's Unstoppable" | "Unstoppable For Me" | Dakota Marshall | No | 3 |
| "Dakota And The Seven Dwarfs" | "You Wouldn't Go" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 3 |
| "Never Ever Sing That Again" | "Risk & Tisk" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 3 |
| "To Sing or Not To Sing" | "Sights Fair Game" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 3 |
| "Dakota Dreams Vampire" | "Its A Vampire Breakout" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 3 |
| "Beaming Down Dakota" | "Up To Me" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 3 |
Season 4 Music[]
| Episode | Title | Performed by | Single | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Dakota Performs in Cinema" | "Just Go Go" | Dakota Marshall | Yes | 4 |
| "Deck The Halls With Dakota" | "Deck The Halls" | Dakota Marshall | No | 4 |
| "Virtual Singers" | "Wouldn't You Know" | Dakota Ad Megan | No | 4 |
Awards and Nomination's[]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | U.K Teen Choice 2012 | Younger Show | Dreaming Dakota | Nominated |
| U.K Teen Choice 2012 | Actress: Younger Show | Lily Gonder | Nominated | |
| U.K Teen Choice 2012 | Actor: Younger Show | Logan Bradshad | Nominated | |
| U.K Teen Choice 2012 | Sidekick: Younger Show | Rachel Omler | Nominated | |
| 2013 | 2013 Kids' Choice Awards U.K | Favorite Younger Comedy | Dreaming Dakota | Nominated |
| U.K Teen Choice 2013 | "Musical Show" | Dreaming Dakota | Nominated | |
| U.K Teen Choice 2013 | "Musical Actress" | Lily Gonder | Won | |
| U.K Teen Choice 2013 | "Musical Actor" | Anthony Garret | Nominated | |
| 2014 | 2014 Kid's Choice Awards U.K | "Favorite Younger Comedy" | Dreaming Dakota | Nominated |