P. Diddy opens the seventh season of the ""Making The Band"" series by starting the search for an all girl group. Diddy and his team went to cities nationwide in search of powerful young women for his new group. 19 finalists move into the NYC loft but Diddy's not satisfied.
The candidates do their best to dance for Diddy.
Diddy's dream team makes the first round of cuts sending four women home, leaving 15 at the end.
Johnny Wright & Doc visits dance rehearsals and see the ladies are making moves on the dance floor, but it's not enough for Diddy. He decides to hold more auditions.
Jason, the new den mother arrives and has some problems when the ladies are late.
The young women try to explain their problems to Jason but he's not really listening.
The girls bring in the big guns to deal with Jason, and his days of serving as den mother come to an end.
Michelle makes a difficult choice, choosing school over a career as a pop star.
The band goes to Dawn's hometown New Orleans. They see the destruction Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans and Debbie Richard's (Dawn Richard's mother) Dance Studio. They visit Dawn's old high school and donate $5,000. They also make the Mardi Gras parades, where they ride one of the floats, throwing out Mardi Gras beads.
The band prepares for their first performance, at the Mercury Room during NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston, Texas. They perform a 20 minute set consisting of three songs, but only two are shown: "She Has Everything" and "Ooh La, La." Their first performance was not well received by the crowd or Diddy.
The girls work with vocal coach Betty Wright doing different voice training sessions. Diddy decides that Shannon needs the most work vocally. Towards the end of the show, Diddy tells Shannon that she needs to show that she can sing and not hold back. Shannon starts crying as she sings and ends up showing that she really can sing. On the other hand, Aundrea and Shannon discover a mouse in a pile of clothes. Dawn calls an exterminator to fix the "mouse problem."
The girls do more dance training, meet with Atlantic records staff, do more vocal training, and meet with Ms. Jones. The girls take a minute to give her a live performance, but the interview turns sour when Ms. Jones says that only Dawn, Wanita, and Aundrea can sing. Aubrey takes this to heart, and is hurt by the comment. Diddy wants to send Aubrey home because she has a cold he doesn't want the other girls to catch. Aubrey wants to stay, saying the group needs her. Later, she doesn't get to help the girls write a song Diddy wants them to make.