JoJo Siwa is reuniting with “Dance Moms” creator Jeff Collins to create a new docuseries looking at the star’s personal and professional life. The untitled unscripted series will come from Collins’ Resilient Content, which he recently launched as part of an overall deal at Sony Pictures Television – Nonfiction.
News of the new series comes as Siwa is set to release a new EP, “Guilty Pleasure,” on July 12. The release, featuring Siwa’s hit “Karma,” includes four other songs — including the title track “Guilty Pleasure,” which will be released with an official music video on Friday.
According to Resilient Content, the “coming-of-age premium docuseries will follow the personal and professional life and career of JoJo Siwa. Cameras will get an in-depth look into her creative process as she charts her course as an adult pop star – evolving from the beloved child star audiences adored on screen. JoJo will reveal what it’s like to be one of the world’s most famous 20-year-olds running various businesses, fulfilling a recording deal, and living by herself for the first time. The storylines will emanate from JoJo, told in first person by her and those within her inner circle. For the first time, audiences will get a glimpse of the persona as she reveals who she is in the quiet moments away from the blaring lights of the stage.”
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Siwa first appeared on the “Dance Moms” spinoff “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” (which Collins also executive produced) when she was 8, launching her stardom.
The dancer, singer and actor boasts more than 70 million followers across social media and was named one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People” in 2020. The performer was most recently a judge this spring on Season 18 of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” (She was previously a judge on the show’s Season 17 in 2022, and for Season 18 replaced Nigel Lythgoe after he stepped down in the wake of two lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault.)
Siwa’s reality TV resume also includes serving as a contestant on Season 2 of Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.” And she made history on another dance competition series, ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” as part of that show’s first same-sex couple, in Season 30.
Earlier, Siwa starred in the Facebook Watch original hybrid docuseries-format series “JoJo Goes,” in which she was joined by celebrity friends to partake in a range of activities she’d always wanted to experience. She starred in the Paramount+ live-action musical “The J Team” and serveed as creative director and executive producer of the Peacock reality competition series “Siwa’s Dance Pop Revolution.” Last month, Variety caught her memorable L.A. Pride appearance.