Mike Reynolds reports that MTV has given the go ahead to a third season of Making the Band 4. As Diddy said, the season will focus on the Making the Band tour featuring Danity Kane, Day 26 and Donnie Klang.

The ten episode season is expected to air this summer.

Welcome to the liveblog of the season finale of the second season of Making the Band 4. If you entered our giveaway for a copy of "Welcome to the Dollhouse", the winners will be announced inside of this entry, during the show, at (around) 8:30 PM ET, 9:00 PM ET and 9:30 PM ET - good luck.

The beginning of the show is a quick recap (by Aundrea) of some of the more memorable moments of the season thus far. She ends by saying that they are all back in New York now for the season finale.

After the opening music, Diddy welcomes you to the two hour event. When he goes out, he does it in a big way, he says. It's now time to hit the road and promote the album with a promo tour. He claims that this is going to be one of the biggest years in Bad Boy history.

All 3 acts have a meeting at Atlantic Records to discuss the marketing plans for the albums. A ton of people are there, from producers to label people to marketing people. The VP of Pop Promotion says that the feedback for "Damaged" has been great. The guys will have the same sort of marketing scheme as the guys. Harve Pierre encourages the guys to pick the brains of Danity Kane to learn from their experience.

The promo tour starts in NYC on Hot 97. Danity Kane is first on with Miss Jones, a host on the station. D. Woods mentions that this is the third time that they were on her show. The first two times didn't go well and Miss Jones was pretty nasty, really. But, the girls from DK took it in stride.

They ask Aubrey if she was sleeping with Diddy and if she's Bad Boy for life. She says he's Bad Boy for life, but not in that way. They sing a quick part of "Damaged" and they do well - Miss Jones approves. Aundrea comments on the fact that she was nice to them. The guys are up next with her, for the first time.

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Sorry to do this, but I will not be liveblogging Making the Band 4 tonight as something has come up. However, I will be liveblogging the live season finale on Sunday (not Saturday) from 8:00 PM ET to 10:00 PM ET. Please stop by as we find out what Diddy's big announcement is...

Programming note: we'll have a Making the Band 4 liveblog tonight. The show starts at 10:00 PM ET. Thanks.

MTV has announced plans for the two hour season 2 finale of Making the Band 4, airing on Sunday, March 22 from 8 PM to 10 PM ET.

Danity Kane will perform "Damaged" and more from their upcoming album, "Welcome to the Dollhouse". Day 26 will perform "Got Me Going" and Donnie will be performing some material, as well. They will be doing this in front of a live audience in the MTV studio at Times Square in New York.

Everyone from the show will answer fan questions, such as:

"Are Dawn and Qwanell more than just friends?"
"Can Robert and Brian ever stop fighting?"
"Did Donnie and Aubrey ever hook-up?"
"Did Donnie ever finish his album?"

Watch below for Diddy hyping up the episode. Adding to what we already know, he says that he has a big annoucement that he will be making. What could it be? What the next season of Making the Band will be about? Something to do with Donnie? We'll see.

Diddy is having a meeting with both bands and Donnie. He's here to give them an update. He says the guys are in the lead by an overwhelming margin. He's going to up their workload and he wants to work more with Donnie as they don't really have a vibe, yet, but from what he's heard... Donnie's sounding good.

Everybody heads to the studio. Donnie says that they are passed the half way point and he's only got 2 songs done. Between the two groups, he's had a tough time getting into the studio. He sits and watches as the guys record, looking a bit disappointed.

But, he finally gets into the studio with Jim Beanz. He's working on a song called "Beautiful Escape". "Skid" Mitchell, a Bad Boy A&R guy, comes into the room and says that Jim Beanz is needed with the girls. Donnie laments the fact that he's finally in the studio - and they have to stop after one verse. Beanz says he'll be back to finish the song. Donnie remains in the room, by himself, working on the track.

Shannon, Dawn, Q,, Aundrea, Brian are now eating out somewhere. They get on the subject of New Orleans, as Dawn says she can't go back because it's just not the same. Afterward, the girls walk out to the beach and Aundrea and Shannon talk about how Dawn and Q look at each other. Dawn maintains that he's just a friend. But, Aundrea thinks it'll lead to something more.

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