Raising Asia

- Season 1

(2014)

The Ray family revolves around eight-year old daughter Asia's rising star, and this week there's a huge performance at World of Dance on the line. Questions about the suitability of the choreography put the entire performance in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Asia's parents struggle with their own balancing act.

This week Asia is slated to perform at the Reality TV Awards, but tensions are already running high in the Ray household, and when Kristie isn't happy with the stage, she tries to pull the plug. Meanwhile, Shawn goes toe-to-toe with Asia's manager.

Asia's training goes into high gear, and with Shawn out of town, Kristie is overwhelmed--until a special visitor arrives to lend a hand. But while Kristie may be happy for the help, she's less than thrilled by some unsolicited advice--and an attempted intervention.

Asia ramps up her training as an actress, singer and dancer but choreographer Anthony questions whether manager Billy is the right person to take Asia to the top. Anthony's doubts grow stronger when he hears the new song Billy wrote for Asia and decides to spring a surprise meeting with another manager on Kristie--and she is not happy about it! Meanwhile, Kristie tries to figure out how to fit in more time with Bella, who is feeling left out.

It's Bella's birthday and Kristie is determined to focus on her, while Asia struggles with the sacrifices she's forced to make for her career. Shawn removes Kristie from Asia's rehearsal with Anthony. Later, Kristie stuns everyone by announcing she and Asia will be leaving Bella's birthday party for a photo shoot, but will Shawn let her walk out on Bella?

Billy lands Asia a gig opening for a pop star that no one has heard of and things quickly go south once they arrive at venue, only to discover it is a 21 and over nightclub. While Asia is forced to prepare in a tent in the middle of a parking lot, Anthony capitalizes on Billy's absence by blaming him for all of the issues which then causes a major rift between Shawn and Kristie.

Asia is heading to Vegas for her singing and dancing debut at Planet Hollywood. Anthony and Billy nearly come to blows as they continue to jockey for control over Asia's career. After his missteps with last week's performance, Billy has to redeem himself in Shawn's eyes if he wants to stay on the team...and Anthony is skating on thin ice, as well. Who will get the upper hand? And will Shawn finally be ready to fire one of them?

It's Billy's big chance to prove that he has the chops to take Asia to the next level, but a major meltdown from Asia before her first singing performance at Planet Hollywood threatens to derail everything they've been working towards. Meanwhile, it's decision time - will Billy stay, or will he go?

Anthony is determined to have full creative control over Asia's performance at the Long Beach Pride Festival. But after missing rehearsals, arguing with Shawn, and disobeying orders, Anthony is on thin ice. In a fraught rehearsal, Anthony drops the ball...and Asia! Facing possible injury as well as chaos on her team, will Asia even take the stage?

Choreographer Ricky Palomino has given Asia the lead role in his theatrical performance titled "Daylight Come." Shawn decides that this week he and Kristie are going to have a "kid swap" and Shawn will handle Asia's career while Kristie takes on Bella's responsibilities. Will Shawn be able to prepare Asia on his own?

Billy books a performance for Asia at R&B legend El De Barge's birthday. Shawn puts Anthony in charge of vetoing this performance if he feels that Asia is not ready. Anthony feels empowered, but Shawn ultimately pulls rank. When Anthony explodes in frustration, both the performance as well as his place on Team Asia are put in jeopardy.

With her Universal City Walk performance only one week away, Asia is set to sing her new ballad on the web series, BiteSizeTV. As the pressure mounts, she loses focus and spins out of control just before show time, when Gina confides in Shawn that she feels unappreciated, leading Kristie to explode at the crew and threaten to pull the plug on "Raising Asia."

It's time for Asia to take the stage at Universal City Walk for the biggest and most important performance of her life. Asia tries to remain calm while chaos reigns during the final performance run-through. Will a technical glitch in the middle of her first song be the end of her chance to prove she has what it takes to become a triple threat superstar?

It's Billy's big chance to prove that he has the chops to take Asia to the next level, but a major meltdown from Asia before her first singing performance at Planet Hollywood threatens to derail everything they've been working towards. Meanwhile, it's decision time - will Billy stay, or will he go?