Karaoke & Kalamity

"Karaoke & Kalamity" is the 8th episode in Season 4 of Austin & Ally.^[1] It was the 12th episode filmed in Season 4. The episode premiered at June 14, 2015.^[2] It was watched by 1.75 million viewers on the night of its premiere.

Overview

Desperate to perform again, Austin begins singing at a karaoke club in disguise. Back at the A&A Music Factory, Ally mentors a student with stage fright.^[2]

Episode Summary

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Memorable Quotes

Songs Featured

• Can't Do It Without You (theme song)
• Me and You (part of it)
• Illusion
• Chasin' the Beat of My Heart (little part of it)
• I Think About You (little part of it)
• Can You Feel It
• Parachute
• Unknown Trish's songs
• Steal Your Heart (part of it)

Cast

Main Cast

• Ross Lynch as Austin Moon
• Laura Marano as Ally Dawson
• Raini Rodriguez as Trish De la Rosa
• Calum Worthy as Dez Wade

Recurring Cast

• Richard Whiten as Jimmy Starr

Guest Star

• Paul LeClair as Dez's Cowboy Uncle
• Skylar Stecker as Ridley Rogers

Trivia

• The cast had the table read of this episode on February 9, 2015.
• This episode began filming on February 12, 2015.
• We see the green screen (chroma-key) at the Music Factory for the first time, be needed for the stage simulation (mentioned in Grand Openings & Great Expectations).
• We find out that Dez set the record of 420 chicken wins in an hour at Club-a-Dub-Dub.
• In this episode we know one more student at the Music Factory, Ridley (singing).

• • This is the first time we see the singing activity practiced in the Music Factory.
  • Also, this is the second time that Ally mentors a girl with stage fright (first one being Moon Week & Mentors).
• Austin and Ally share their sixth kiss in this episode (which was their first nonchalant kiss) while Austin was disguised as Flermy.
• This one of the episodes with more songs.
• Ridley biggest fear was yams.
• Ally already knew Flurmy McGergin was Austin.
• This is the first time that Austin performs on stage after Jimmy Starr fired him from his label (even though he was in disguise).
• Jimmy Starr appears for the first time since Relationships & Red Carpets, after he fired Austin from his label.
  • We find out that Jimmy was thinking about getting Austin back to his label.
• Austin imagined Jimmy Starr stopping him performing at many places
• Trish gets a job at Club-a-Dub-Dub (without getting fired).
• Jimmy was the celebrity judge of the karaoke contest.
• Joey Mandarino, one of the contestants, is also the name of one of the writers.
• A new scene transition was introduced in this episode.
• In this episode we know two other Dez's relatives, his cowboy uncle, and his cousin Jessica (possibly doesn't exist since she was on Austin's imagination).
• Still at the end, Jimmy appeared out of the window with a jet pack as Austin had imagined.
• This is the third time Dez has appeared in his boxers.
• This is the lowest viewed episode of Austin & Ally history.
• Ridley is a youtube singer in real life and her name is Skylar Stecker. Coincidentally she sang a song from a movie "Bad Hair Day" that Laura Marano starred in.

Transcript

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Gallery

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References