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* + TTL's Next Superstar Search\*\* is a 2005 reality web-series about 9 potential TTL superstars all aiming to win the acclaimed title of being the Next TTL Superstar. In 2005 [[[Emilio]]] won the first ever edition of Next Top Superstar Search.

As of 2007 NTSS would undergo a serious renovation In May 2007 TTL's Next Superstar Search announced its first ever winner, [[[Leo Starfire]]] who won a TTL contract along with a new Honda motorcycle, $2,000, and an opportunity to challenge any current title holder to a title match. Even though [[[Spike]]] did not win the competition, he was given a photoshoot, and a 15 page spread in TTL magazine featuring an interview and "Q & A" session.

In August 2008 NTSS Announced its second season featuring 14 contestants this time. The final episode of NTSS Season 2 aired in January 2008 and [[[Jeremy Long]]] was crowned as the season's champion with [[[Scott Tremor]]] as the runner-up.

After a very brief hiatus NTSS S3 was announced in November 2008 and premiered in January 2009 with [[[Jezebella]]] returning as the head judge. The champion of season 3, [[[Rhesus]]] was announced on March 2009 along with runner-up [[[The Nitro]]].

Season 4 of NTSS debuted only a week after season 3 in March 2010 and [[[Lester Parks]]] was announced as the winner on May 2 2010 with [[[Jake Church]]] as the runner-up.

Season 5 was announced during the Reunion episode of Season 4 and it is scheduled to air in January 2011 and concluded on April 4, 2011 crowning newest superstar [[[Salsa Lightning]]] as the fifth champion and [[[Cielo]]] as the runner-up. Season 6 premiered on January 2012 with the sixth champion [[[Zephyr]]] announced and [[[Lyla May]]] as runner-up. Season six was immediately followed by Next Top Superstar Search's first iteration of [[[Allstars]]], crowning [[[Jack Kowalsky]]] the Champion of that season, and the first ever Allstars winner.

Season 7 premiered on January 2013 and ended on May 2013 with [[[Larimar Tanzanite]]] as the new Champion. In January 2014 Season 8 debuted with higher ratings and tune-ins than the previous 7 seasons, it concluded in May crowning [[[Draven]]] as the season's Champion, with [[[Cort Calderon]]] as the runner-up.

Season 9 of TTL Next Superstar Search premiered in January 2015 with slightly lower ratings than the previous season and concluded in May, announcing [[[Winter Wolf]]] as the ninth NTSS Champion, and with [[[Knives Couture]]] as the runner-up.

Season 10 premiered in January 2016, which was lead-into by a series of extra-special sneak peaks at the season's new challengers, and snippets from the premiere episode. The debut of season 10 has to date garnered the highest ratings and pulled in more tune-ins than all of the past seasons. The Season is unique in that its winner [[[Keene]]], won three consecutive challenges in the first three episodes, was never in the bottom and consistently placed High in the judge's critiques. [[[Allstars 2]]] premiered in August 2016, it is the direct sequel to the previous Allstars and crowned [[[Kid Abysmal]]] as its second Allstars winner.

In March 2017, Season 11 debuted and in July [[[Skylar]]] was crowned the Season's champion, with [[[Silver Pavo]]] in second Place.

In late 2017 [[[Redemption]]] premiered and its first two winners [[[Cielo]]] and [[[The Nitro]]] were chosen as the winners, and added to the NTS Champions hall of fame. In early 2018 Allstars 3 premiered and [[[Jade Dragoon]]] was announced as the third Allstar winner with [[[El Meteoro]]] coming in at second place.

In March 2018, the much anticipated Twelfth season of Next Top Superstar Search premiered and ended on June 2018, crowning [[[Calaveras]]] (with [[[Archdemon Zenith]]] as the runner-up) as the Season 12 Champion and the twelfth (technically thirteenth) seasonal winner overall. So far there are developments for Allstars 4 and Season 13 is currently being filmed with an expected debut around February or March of 2019.

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++++ Seasonal Champions
[[[Season 0]]]: [[[Emilio]]] 2nd Place: [[[Diablo]]]
[[[Season 1]]]: [[[Leo Starfire]]] 2nd Place: [[[Spike]]]
[[[Season 2]]]: [[[Jeremy Long]]] 2nd Place: [[[Scott Tremor]]]
[[[Season 3]]]: [[[Rhesus]]] 2nd Place: [[[The Nitro]]]
[[[Season 4]]]: [[[Lester Parks]]] 2nd Place: [[[Jake Church]]]
[[[Season 5]]]: [[[Salsa Lightning]]] 2nd Place: [[[Cielo]]]
[[[Season 6]]]: [[[Zephyr]]] 2nd Place: [[[Lyla May]]]
[[[Season 7]]]: [[[Larimar Tanzanite]]] 2nd Place: [[[Zack Strife]]]
[[[Season 8]]]: [[[Draven]]] 3rd Place: [[[Cort Calderon]]]
[[[Season 9]]]: [[[Winter Wolf]]] 2nd Place: [[[Knives Couture]]]
[[[Season 10]]]: [[[Keene]]] 2nd Place: [[[Puma]]]
[[[Season 11]]]: [[[Skylar]]] 2nd Place: [[[Silver Pavo]]]
[[[Season 12]]]: [[[Calaveras]]] 2nd Place: [[[Archdemon Zenith]]]
[[[Season 13]]]: TBA 2nd Place: TBA
[[[Allstars|All-Stars]]]: [[[Jack Kowalsky]]] 2nd Place: [[[Spike]]]
[[[Allstars-2|All-Stars 2]]]: [[[Kid Abysmal]]] 2nd Place: [[[Cielo]]]
[[[Allstars-3|All-Stars 3]]]: [[[Jade Dragoon]]] 2nd Place: [[[El Meteoro]]]
[[[Allstars-4|All-Stars 4]]]: TBA 2nd Place: TBA
[[[Redemption]]]: [[[Cielo]]] & [[[The Nitro]]]
[[[winners-season|Winners Edition]]]: TBA

++++ Accolades

Season 0
Season 1: Despite not winning, [[[Spike]]] is arguably the most popular contestant from Season 1, barely beating out [[[El Cid]]] and [[[Rob Mayhew]]].

++++ Developmental

All potential NTS competitors are picked from a "batch" within TTL's developmental facility, the power-plant.

++++ Batches

A [[[Batches|batch]]] is a group of developmental rookies who are hand-picked to appear on Next Top Superstar Search as contestants, and potentially become a seasonal champion. Each pre-season has one batch, each batch is almost always different from how the actual season turns out. For example; the season 1 (technically season 2) batch from pre-filming in 2007 consisted of a group of [[[Spike]]], [[[Kid Abysmal]]], [[[El Cid]]], [[[Cielo]]], [[[The Alpha Bull]]], [[[Scott Tremor]]], [[[Jade Dragoon]]], and [[[Lyla May]]] who was removed at the very last minute and replaced with [[[Leo Starfire]]]. Batches are formed based upon the fluidity and cohesiveness of its members and often times a batch will be split up and reformed multiple times before moving on to filming for NTS, case in point being the above Season 1 example.

++++ Judges
[[[Jezebella]]]: Jezebella has been the head judge/hostess since it's inception (Season 0), while Xenia has acted as a co-host/judge from Seasons 0 - 2.

[[[Curtis Chasm]]]: Curtis Chasm has acted as NTS's "very own Simon Cowell" from Season 1 to Season 8, he was infamously known for his brutal critiques, calling out contestants for going out of character and his general use of 'britishcisms'. He left the show after Season 8, but has appeared recurring as a guest judge since Season 9. Curtis has stated in interviews that his reasoning for leaving the show was due to main roster demands, and training his [[[Kevin Chasm|son]]] for a future role.

[[[Orchid]]]: The "Michelle Visage" of the show, Orchid made sporadic guest appearances in Season 1 and 2, and came in as a co-judge replacing Xenia in Season 3.

[[[Nova]]] Season 1 - 4
[[[Xenia]]] Seasons 1 & 2
[[[Crystal Marie]]] Season 8 - Onward
[[[Eric Avalon]]] Season 8 - Onward
[[[Traci Welling]]] Season 1 - 5
[[[Paige]]] Season 5 - 7
[[[Talos]]] Season 5 - Onward

++++ Season 1
Main Article: [[[Season 1]]]

++++ Season 2
Main Article: [[[Season 2]]]

++++ Season 3
Main Article: [[[Season 3]]]

++++ Season 4
Main Article: [[[Season 4]]]

++++ Season 5
Main Article: [[[Season 5]]]

++++ Season 6
Main Article: [[[Season 6]]]

++++ Season 7
Main Article: [[[Season 7]]]

++++ Season 8
Main Article: [[[Season 8]]]

++++ Season 9
Main Article: [[[Season 9]]]

++++ Season 10
Main Article: [[[Season 10]]]

++++ Season 11
Main Article: [[[Season 11]]]

++++ Season 12
Main Article: [[[Season 12]]]

++++ Season 13
Main Article: [[[Season 13]]]

++++ All Stars

* [[[All-Stars]]]
* [[[All-Stars 2]]]
* [[[Allstars-3|All-Stars 3]]]
* [[[Allstars-4|All-Stars 4]]]

++++ Redemption

Main Article: [[[Redemption]]]
During the Season 10 reunion, Jezebella announced that during the summer of 2016 Next Top Superstar would be having its own Redemption season featuring the best of the previous 10 seasons competing for the crown.

++++ Finale Songs

[[[Finale Songs]]]

++++ Music

* + Season One:\*\*

Don't make it complicated by Jason Zaffary, John Hunter Jr, Jonathan Slott & Nicholas Seeley (Contestant intro vignettes)
Paparazzi by Ian David & Steve Skinner (Runway Walk)

* + Season Two:\*\*

Lounge Lizard by Emanuel Kallins (Runway Walk)

* + Season Three:\*\*

Streetwise (Character Introduction Vignettes)
60 Second Man by Dennis Winslow & Robert J Walsh (Runway Walk)
Funbags by Alison Cole & Dave Smith (Jezebella Entrance)
Tick-Tock by Eric Peter Goldman & Zedrick Eugene Kelley (Private Lounge theme)
Smooth Sale by John Hunter Jr, Jonathan Slott & Nicholas Seeley (Pre-Elimination rebuttals)
Release the Sharks (Elimination theme)
Strobe by Daniel Holter & Sam Ecoff (Going home theme)
Long Goodbye by Pete Voyager (Post-elimination talk)

* + Season Four:\*\*

Move your body by Marc Ferrari & Michael McGregor (Runway Walk)
Funbags by Alison Cole & Dave Smith (Jezebella Entrance)
Smooth Sale by John Hunter Jr, Jonathan Slott & Nicholas Seeley (Pre-Elimination rebuttals)
Tick-Tock by Eric Peter Goldman & Zedrick Eugene Kelley (Private Lounge theme)
Release the Sharks (Elimination theme)
Strobe by Daniel Holter & Sam Ecoff (Going home theme)
Long Goodbye by Pete Voyager (Post-elimination talk)

* + Season Five:\*\*

NYC by Chris Penny & Skinny Williams (Character introduction vignettes)
Stylish Boy Stylish Girl by Davide Loi & Thierry Los (Runway Walk)
Funbags by Alison Cole & Dave Smith (Jezebella Entrance)
Tick-Tock by Eric Peter Goldman & Zedrick Eugene Kelley (Private Lounge theme)
Smooth Sale by John Hunter Jr, Jonathan Slott & Nicholas Seeley (Pre-Elimination rebuttals)
Release the Sharks (Elimination theme)
Strobe by Daniel Holter & Sam Ecoff (Going home theme)
Long Goodbye by Pete Voyager (Post-elimination talk)

++++ Lipsync Songs

++++ Controversy

* + Season One\*\*

The winning results of the initial season were met with some controversy regarding winner [[[Leo Starfire]]], whom many presumed had an "in" with the company because of older brother [[[Draco Starfire]]], however the claims were ungrounded for many reasons. Draco was not with the company at the time of Season 1 (2008 - 2009), and his last active match in TTL was in the late spring/early summer of 1999. Many believed that [[[Chainz]]] should have won the competion because of his edge coupled with his almost twenty years of experience (Chainz wrestled since the age of 10 in 1994). The judges also felt that it was an almost too close to call - situation, citing both wrestler's excellence in the ring as factors of their frustrating decision.

* + Season Two\*\*

Arguablly the most controversial season of the series; the second series debuted with some mixed reactions upon the announcement that males would be competing for the men's championship and females would be competiting for the women's championship rather than "mixing things up" by having both sexes simply compete for a "Next top superstar Champion". Season 2's first (and so far last)women's winner; [[[Jenna Flores]]] garnered much controversy upon declaration of her winning the women's side. Many believed that she should have been sent home much earlier than she was allowed and that her talents were mediocre at best, while many fans were outraged that fellow competitor [[[Sayori]]] didn't win, much less make it to the final three despite obviously being the best competitor in that season. It should be noted however that Sayori was hired on along with several other eliminated competitors.

* + Season Three\*\*

Season three while not as controversial as its predecessors, did receive it's own share of criticism from viewers. Many were suspicious of the obvious friendship between Season 3 winner [[[Suzaku]]] and Season 1 veteran Chainz, claiming that the latter's influence and favoritism with Jezebella is what allowed Suzaku to win. Chainz rectified the allegations by stating that he has in fact been in a "clique" with Lane (Suzaku) along with [[[Scott Tremor]]], and [[[Leon Dreiser]]], but it has zero influence on the outcome of the show or the judge's opinons of the contestants. Jezebella himself as stated that he been on a friendly basis with Chainz and Tremor since the debut of Season 3, however he has never nor will he ever be swayed by cronyism of any kind;it's a competion meant for the best man to win.

Bigger controversy abounded when Jezebella's comments regarding the format and judging style of the previous seasons became public. According to Jezebella who felt like TTL Next Top Superstar Search, which had been his pet project since its announcement in 2006 had been "twisted" into a different show. He stated outright that he hated the format, but loved the wrestlers. He said that the show was focusing too much on body and muscles despite supposedly encouraging contestants to focus on all aspects of their character. He made the comment that //"(just) because you're big, scary and can hurt someone doesn't mean that you're an interesting character,"// a comment that many perceive was directed at former judge [[[Nova]]] whom Jezebella has in the past described as being "big and scary but not the least bit interesting."
More controversy stirred when Jezebella made yet another personal comment about the show in its second season stating that it was no longer about young male wrestlers making it to the top, but had become the Xenia show; a bland and uninspired rip off of the real housewives. Xenia countered these attacks by claiming that she did only what was requested of her, Jezebella quickly homed in on and questioned her defense when he bluntly asked //"who the hell asked to turn a men's wrestling competition into a Co-ed dorm room?"// Xenia fired back via twitter accusing Jezebella of sexism and favoritism, who quickly debunked the allegations by stating that all she had to do was follow the manuscript and do the show as he wrote it and if the divas wanted their own talent show then they should have one, but don't take focus from the guys trying to make something of themselves.

* + Season Four\*\*

Season Four was considerably more controversial than the last with many people in arms over Jake Church, who dismissed and openly flamed the wrestling industry was allowed to come back and compete in the fourth season. Despite his controversial outburst and subsequent storm off last season, however his improved attitude, impressive in-ring abilities and charismatic personality quickly elevated him to a 'fan favorite', and he is one of few Next Top Superstar Search veterans to be very successful on the main roster having feuded with the likes of Alex Trent and Danny Knight.

The winner Lester Parks came to as a shock not only to viewers but to judges Curtis Chasm and Traci Welling as well. "We were sure that Jake had it in the bag." Traci said in an interview. "It came down to two men; Parks and Church and I thought that the outcome was obvious, but obviously it wasn't." said Chasm. The reactions of viewers was mixed between negative and positive, but with more viewers responding positively to the declaration of Lester's winning. The main reason for such an outrage over season four's winner among the fandom was because many believed from the get-go that Dreiser was the one who was going to walk away with the title, and thought themselves to have accurately predicted the outcome for the season. However, Jezebella jumped to the defense of Lester by saying in an interview, "It really is a shame just how divided the fandom is over this entire issue. It isn't really because their favorite contestant didn't win, it was because of who didn't win or more accuarely who actually won." Jezebella went on to say that many people are just being contrarians to the fact that because everyone expected Leon to win and that he didn't must have been a fluke or a mishap.

There was also some controversy over the return of season 3 veteran Jake Church, who himself had walked out of the competition during the very early stages only to return as a contestant on the fourth season and make it all the way to the final three.

* + Season Five\*\*

Season Five met with overwhelming success due to ratings and positive feedback, however the fandom was open in their dislike of competitor Techno, who sported a chip on his shoulder, impudent disregard for others, and an all-round "bad attitude". Techno further generated controversy by accusing Firenze of being a "drag queen", blowing up at Carmine for being a "stripper" and using insensitive terms like 'retarded' and 'gay' to describe things in which he did not like. When the announcement was made that two previously eliminated contestants would return to the competition in the 13th episode, fans were enraged as they already predicted that Techno would be among the returning two, however fans' fears were quelled when the returnees ended up being El Meteoro and Carmine Moreira.

Smaller controversy erupted when obvious fan-favorite Phantasos was not chosen as the winner, many fans believed that Demitri Canuto (Firenze) was not really into the contest and had not been putting his best effort into challenges despite netting two consecutive wins. Some fans believe that Firenze's catty behavior and "too perfect" attitude had brought down the cheerful atmosphere of the final season 5 episodes, while others held him in contempt for seemingly getting a "by" in order to make Salsa the sensible win for the Finale. Firenze addressed many of the rumors and "fan gripes" by saying they were very untrue and that they hurt his feelings more than anything.

* + Season 6\*\*

So far Season Six has been met with the least amount of controversy to date. The biggest issue has been the early removal of competitor Lance Proffit from the show, for apparently breaking an undisclosed rule. Lance was asked to pack up and leave the competition immediately, leaving the other contestants and fans wondering what had actually happened. Months later at the reunion, it was revealed by Lance Proffit himself that he had broken the competition's rules by signing a contract with an undisclosed TTL roster. It was also announced that Lance would be returning to compete in TTL Next Top Superstar Search [[[All stars]]] Edition.

* + Season 7\*\*

TBA.

* + Season 8\*\*

* + Season 9\*\*

* + Season 10\*\*

* + Season 11\*\*

* + Season 12\*\*

* + Season 13\*\*

++++ Rumors & Misnomers

Rumors & Misnomers

It was widely believed for many years since the reunion of episode for Season 5 that Jezebella had been planning a special "Best of the Best" season, wherein the returning contestants would have all been winners from previous seasons. The judge's panel has repeatedly denied any knowledge of a Best of the Best season, though Jezebella herself had not commented on it until she was finally asked about it during a 2015 podcast wherein she said the following:

"Yes a winner's only season would be interesting, it would definitely draw in viewers and would be a very competitive season." she added, "Though the problem with a season like that is we are limited to the winners only, and since we have only had nine winners so far we wouldn't be seeing another one like it for quite a while. I also would not want to endorse anything that took away from, or diminished the value of any previous season's winner; I mean everyone works hard and shows promise but the winners have had to continually work hard in and outside of their own season, it's never off-season for them because they're winners there are expectations and fans of course." Though Jezebella later changed her tune saying; "I suppose if it were a once off, one of a kind type of season just to declare a sort of 'king of the winners' I would be alright with that so long as my guys were okay with it."

* + Season 11\*\*

Season 11 rumors abound that based upon some leaked screenshots that the first three challenges are; "Creature Couture", "Holidays and Confused", and "Famous Pro-Wrestling Scenes".