JoJo Siwa reunites with ‘Dance Moms’ creator for new docuseries

JoJo Siwa reunites with ‘Dance Moms’ creator Jeff Collins to create a new docuseries about 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, which features Siwa’s hit ‘Karma’, includes four other songs – including the title track ‘Guilty Pleasure’, which will be released on Friday with an official music video.

According to Resilient Content, the “coming-of-age premium docuseries will follow the personal and professional life and career of JoJo Siwa. Cameras get an in-depth look at her creative process as she charts her course as an adult pop star – evolving from the beloved child star audience adored on screen. JoJo will reveal what it’s like to be one of the world’s most famous twenty-year-olds who runs several companies, has a record deal and is living on her own for the first time. The storylines will come from JoJo, told in the first person by her and those within her inner circle. For the first time, the audience gets a glimpse of the personality as she reveals who she is in the quiet moments, away from the blaring lights of the stage.

Siwa first appeared on the “Dance Moms” spin-off “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition” (which Collins also executive produced) when she was 8, launching her stardom.

The dancer, singer and actor has more than 70 million followers on social media and was named one of Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ in 2020. The artist last served as a judge this spring on Season 18 of Fox’s “So You Think You Can.” Dance.” (She previously served as a judge on season 17 of the show in 2022, and for season 18, she replaced Nigel Lythgoe after he resigned following two lawsuits in which he was accused of sexual assault.)

Siwa’s reality TV resume also includes appearing 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 gay couple, in season 30.

Previously, Siwa starred in Facebook Watch’s original hybrid docuseries series “JoJo Goes,” where she was joined by celebrity friends to take part in a series of activities she had always wanted to experience. She starred in the Paramount+ live-action musical “The J Team” and was creative director and executive producer of the Peacock reality competition series “Siwa’s Dance Pop Revolution.” Last month, Variety caught her memorable LA Pride performance.