The Kandi Factory

Main Cast

Episode Guide

Season 1

• Episode 1: Get Your Game Face On
  Aired: Apr 9, 2013

  The series premiere of a reality show in which songstress and reality star Kandi Burruss ("The Real Housewives of Atlanta") mentors aspiring music artists. First up: Kandi helps a college student hoping to become a country artist.

• Episode 2: Booty's Tight, Timing's Right
  Aired: Apr 16, 2013

  Kandi works for a 26-year-old Afghan-American woman with a conservative-cultural upbringing. Also: A rapper from Chicago comes with skill, but he lacks stage experience.

• Episode 3: The Freak Factory
  Aired: Apr 23, 2013

  Kandi tries to make a star out of a 21-year-old baker with a goth-rocker alter ego, plus an over-the-top Los Angeleno who aspires to be a mainstream gay rapper.

• Episode 4: Hoodwinked, Bamboozled, and Ambushed
  Aired: Apr 28, 2013

  Kandi works with a 22-year-old singer-songwriter who has a painful relationship with her mother. Kandi's other charge is a Disney parade performer. Appearing: Phaedra Parks.

• Episode 5: Jump Ya Bones
  Aired: Apr 30, 2013

  Kandi writes a lusty anthem for a soccer mom. Also: A lawyer aspires to be an R&B artist. Appearing: Ruben Studdard.

• Episode 6: Anything? Anything!
  Aired: May 5, 2013

  Kandi tutors a teen theater performer. Also: A 25-year-old woman whose brother died in an accident sets out to perform a ballad.

• Episode 7: Say Yes or Shut It Down
  Aired: May 12, 2013

  A romantic singer plans an on-stage proposal to his girlfriend, but his unreliable vocals could mar the big moment. Also: A sassy vocalist aspires to be a rapper, but an image problem might derail her plans.

• Episode 8: Hit It and Repeat
  Aired: May 26, 2013

  In the Season 1 finale, Kandi mentors a veteran female rocker who attempts a music comeback to save her home from foreclosure. Also: A country singer rebels against the song Kandi writes for him.