“All I saw was Babs saying ‘If I walk to Brooklyn I might as well go home.’ She was pissed. “Every single person had to walk.”This is literally a group of juvenile delinquents not knowing anything about the industry and you just told them to do a journey where you knew the bigger goal, you knew the reason, but we had no idea. From O-Town to Danity Kane, where are the bands of Remember a little group called O-Town? Long before One Direction came along to revive the boyband model, savant of the form Lou Pearlman tried to put one together on a reality TV show. TheAtlantic.com Copyright (c) 2020 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. 35.3k Followers, 4 Following, 89 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Making the Band (@makingtheband) Pearlman had previously given us the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC – By the very nature of starting this piece with “Remember O-Town?”, it’s clear he wasn’t quite as successful. “Dilinjah, however, didn’t have to face an empty studio when he returned to Manhattan. They've never reunited, but former member Sara Stokes made headlines last month when she ran into Danity Kane gave us "Show Stopper," and for that, we'll always appreciate them. They were sweating and looked super mad,” Stokes adds. Stokes and Dilinjah have since moved on from picking up cheesecake for hip hop moguls. Like stuff that fraternities would do in order to break you down to build you up.”We had fans and family members that were walking with us, as well as the camera crew, the directors, the producers,” Dilinjah says. She managed to hop and bop in the background of Amy Poehler's rousing rhyme. Diddy is searching for multi-talented performers who can sing, dance and rap. The vocalist Joa Korhonen joined in after winning a talent contest and soon the band was signed to Kråklund Records. Faced with a range of options, consumers looked elsewhere – and O-Town was lost in the shuffle They came back together in 2011 for a reunion, but Unlike the others on this list, Da Band – put together by Combs – was dissolved at the end of the show's third season. Da Band (Making the Band 2)Unlike the others on this list, Da Band – put together by Combs – was dissolved at the end of the show's third season. ““I felt bad for the camera crew because they filmed us the whole way there and back with 30-pound cameras on their shoulders. We definitely cracked up and made jokes the whole walk.”Da Bands arrived at Junior’s just before it closed, but had to run back for a second slice of cheesecake after dropping the first,”T However, when the group returned to the studio, triumphant and tired, Diddy was nowhere to be found. Making the Band was an MTV cultural phenomenon that changed the face of reality television by bringing together diverse talent on a global scale, while being mentored by legendary artist and mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs. We went from being angry the first two minutes, to us just having a lot of fun. I went to the hotel and I relaxed. Drummer Eetu Uusitalo was added in 1997. That’s the best thank you.”He knew what he was doing, but he was free-styling and coming up with different fraternal stuff to do. While on camera it may have seemed like the group was upset about the miles-long journey for cheesecake, “it was jokes” according to Dilinjah.“Let’s not get it twisted. All Rights Reserved. So yes, we was wilin’. Fifteen years ago this month, Making the Band 2 made its glorious debut on MTV.The series followed hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs as he put together the ultimate hip hop group, Da Band. Yes, we were angry in the beginning and I felt a little disrespected because I didn’t understand the bigger goal and the purpose, but of course I didn’t,” he says. Stokes and Dilinjah spoke to ESSENCE about the television moment.Reflecting on the task, Dilinjah remembers it as Diddy’s way of testing the group to see how far they were willing to go to sign with the hip hop mogul.“Puffy was free-styling,” Dilinjah tells ESSENCE. This man said to walk to, he didn’t say to walk back.” We will Combs' final band – which fell apart in 2012 – came back together recently We want to hear what you think about this article. Making The Band is back and ready to usher in a new era of young, successful stars. I didn’t walk back, I took a cab. I’m not from New York so I had no idea why Babs and Dylan were like, ‘WHAT!’ After I found out what he meant, I just looked at it like a big ass workout.” And, while the group members walked across the Manhattan Bridge, Chopper ran because of a fear of heights.Both Stokes and Dilinjah add that cabs, subways, and even “catching a ride from a friend” were prohibited, but the group wasn’t alone as they walked to Brooklyn. Dilinjah’s newly released Stokes adds, “He never said thank you, but I guess my thank you was a record deal. ““My initial reaction was like, ‘Huh?’ I didn’t know what Juniors was,” Stokes adds. Making the Band: Does Sarah Palin have what it takes? And then, of course, The five guys of MTB’s original boy band split apart in 2003 after failing to catch fire. And, the group’s now infamous trek to Junior’s to fetch Diddy a slice of cheesecake has gone down as one of the most iconic moments on television. Originally from Detroit, Stokes was unaware of just how long the trek would be. Sara is a Finnish alternative rock/metal band from Kaskinen established in the mid-1990s by Jorma Korhonen, Antti Tuomivirta, Tommi Koivikko and Kristian Udd. 11/20/2008 05:12 am ET Updated Dec 06, 2017 Now even though she declined to rap on Saturday Night Live, is Sarah Palin holding out on us when it comes to busting a move? Making the Band is an ABC/MTV reality television series that exists in separate iterations, each focusing on a specific music act. Dylan Dilinjah And Sara Stokes On The Infamous 'Making The Band 2' Cheesecake JourneyFor viewers, Da Band holds a special place in our hearts.