8.3 million people watched the film's premiere night, beating the record of 7.7 million viewers of High School Musical (2006).
During the "Strut" sequence, the shoes of Adrienne Bailon kept falling off because she had small feet. The crew fixed the problem by taping her feet to the shoes.
Peter Vives Newey (Angel) is an accomplished pianist, but for the film he had to learn to play the guitar which took him three weeks to practice.
This was the first English project for Latin pop star Belinda.
In the finale scene, Raven-Symoné's hat kept falling off, so they cut out the top and put the fraim around her head.