Lost & Found Music Studios is a Canadian musical-drama children's series created by Frank van Keeken and aired by Family Channel. The series is produced by Temple Street Productions and Beachwood Canyon Productions. It is a music-centered spinoff of the dance-focused The Next Step, using a similar mockumentary format and sharing characters and locations; the main characters of Lost & Found initially appeared in the third season of The Next Step. The series premiered on December 11, 2015, on Family Channel, running for two seasons of 27 episodes, and airing its final episode on March 31, 2017.
Premise
"A live music venue, recording studio and jam space, Lost & Found is an amazing place where young musicians go to become great. Members immerse themselves in music, write songs record tracks and form bands in hopes of turning their passion into a profession. But, if making it in the music industry wasn’t hard enough, these aspiring artists also have to deal with the many issues teens face including first crushes, peer pressure, difficult home lives and trying to fit in."
Cast and characters
Main Shane Harte as Luke, the lead singer and guitarist for the band Lost & Found, and a songwriter Alex Zaichkowski as John, the lead guitarist of Lost & Found, and a songwriter Keara Graves as Leia, an extroverted singer-songwriter who has been with the program for two years, she views herself as the best songwriter in the program Sarah Carmosino as Rachel, a singer and songwriter with self-confidence issues, and Leia's best friend Levi Randall as Theo, the quirky bassist of the Lost & Found band, and a songwriter Trevor Tordjman as James, a former dancer with The Next Step and the drummer for the Lost & Found band, though he is not in the music program Deshaun Clarke as Jude, a confident rapper Ella Jonas Farlinger as Eva, a shy singer and songwriter with strict parents Ali Milner as Parker, the studio manager at Lost & Found Music Studios Michael Torontow as Mr. T, a music producer and the owner of the Lost & Found Music Studios Rakim Kelly as Isaac, a young singer from a tough neighborhood Olivia Solo as Annabelle, a bespectacled singer-songwriter and vlogger who blows her first audition when she learns the wrong song Maranda Thomas as Mary, a singer-songwriter and keyboardist Alyssa Baker as Maggie, a musician and singer-songwriter from a small town Jeni Ross as Clara, a young singer who doubts her belonging in the music program Katrina Hachey as Hannah, a singer and guitarist Matthew Bacik as Nate, a young singer and keyboardist with an oppressive stage mother
Recurring Victoria Baldesarra as Michelle, a dancer at The Next Step Brittany Raymond as Riley, a dancer at The Next Step Jordan Clark as Giselle, a dancer at The Next Step and Clara's sister Kathryn Greco as Patricia, the manager of Java Junction Ian Matthews as Thomas, John's imposing widower father
Lovell Adams-Gray as Tully, Isaac's problematic older brother and a popular DJ known as Paradox
Bailey Pelkman as Britney, a singer who is auditioning for the second year in a row to get into the Lost & Found music program
Lauren Thomas as Jackie, Mary's younger sister
Guest stars Tyler Shaw as himself (in "Dancing in the Rain") Brenda Bazinet as Ruth, John's grandmother (in "Callin' Callin' Part 2", "The Sound of Change") Kerri Smith as Connie, Eva's strict mother (in "Rhythm Is My Heartbeat", "Wondering", "You Could Have It All")
Episodes
Season 1 (2015–16)
Season 2 (2016–17)
Broadcast and release The series was aired by Family Channel in Canada, premiering on December 11, 2015, and on CBBC in the United Kingdom. In the United States and globally, the series was released by Netflix, with the first season launched on April 1, 2016, and the second season released on December 3, 2016. The series departed Netflix internationally in December 2021.
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