Backstage (TV Series)
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40 free Backstage (TV Series) trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Backstage is a Canadian teen series that ran for two seasons and sixty episodes from 2016. It follows a class of young performers and artists through the pressure of a competitive arts high school, with the characters regularly turning to the camera to tell viewers what they really think. This quiz covers both seasons: best friends Vanessa and Carly and their rivalry in the dance studio, Miles and Alya's on-off duet, Jax, Bianca, Scarlett and Kit in the music rooms, and student president Julie's many secrets. There are questions on the teachers, the big end-of-year shows and competitions, and the cast and crew behind the series. It is written for fans who watched every episode as well as anyone revisiting the show years later. Expect a gentle start, a handful of questions only devoted fans will get, and an explanation with every answer.
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Q 01Which fictional arts school do Vanessa, Carly, Miles and Alya join as ninth graders in Backstage?
Keaton
Keaton is a prestigious arts school where dancers, singers, musicians and artists train side by side. The series follows one freshman class from its very first day.
Q 02Which organ does Miles need replaced in Backstage, a secret that comes out after he collapses from overwork?
A kidney
A kidney transplant list has had his name on it all along, which explains the special treatment in class that Jax resented. A donor is found later in the first season.
Q 03Which problem must singer Alya overcome in Backstage, beginning on her very first day of class?
Stage fright
Stage fright makes her freeze when teacher Mr. Park picks her to sing, and Bianca's harsh verdict almost sends her home. Miles talks her into staying after hearing her voice.
Q 04Which body part does Vanessa secretly injure in rehearsal and break on opening night in Backstage?
Her ankle
Her ankle is hurt while training with Carly, and she hides the pain to keep the lead. It gives way after a jump during the show, and Carly has to take her place.
Q 05In Backstage, what are the scenes called in which characters break the fourth wall and talk to viewers?
Confessionals
Confessionals give each student private moments straight to camera. Clips of them, such as Alya's from the first episode, were posted on the show's official YouTube account.
Q 06In Backstage, Sasha takes Carly on a first date to see which Canadian pop star in concert?
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes is the act, and Sasha even has backstage passes, but the concert lands on the nine-year anniversary of Carly and Vanessa's friendship.
Q 07Carly ends Backstage with the chance to go on tour as a backup dancer for which real pop star?
Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez is the star, an offer that comes through choreographer JJ Hawks, who takes Carly on as her apprentice. It means a summer apart from best friend Vanessa.
Q 08Which Canadian broadcaster first aired Backstage, a week before the series reached American viewers?
Family Channel
Family Channel premiered it on March 18, 2016, and Disney Channel followed in the United States on March 25. Disney also took the series to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Q 09Which fairy-tale heroine is the lead role Vanessa wins in the first-season dance show in Backstage?
Cinderella
Cinderella is the lead in the freshman dance production, with Sasha as her prince. Carly deliberately throws her own audition so that her best friend gets the part.
Q 10Devyn Nekoda, dancer Vanessa in Backstage, later played student Anika Kayoko in which slasher film?
Scream VI
Scream VI cast her as Anika Kayoko, a Blackmore University student and the girlfriend of Mindy Meeks-Martin. Nekoda began dancing at the age of two.
Q 11Which elite group of fourth-year dancers is freshman Vanessa chosen to train with on day one of Backstage?
The Primas
The Primas are led by dance captain Cassandra, who later throws Vanessa out for refusing to drop her best friend Carly.
Q 12Which stunt by Carly and Vanessa damages the arts school and still haunts them in season two of Backstage?
Setting off the sprinklers
Setting off the sprinklers starts with a fire lit to derail a revenge plot, but the water ruins the music students' recordings. The principal later makes the pair repair the damage.
Q 13How are singer Scarlett and producer Kit related, as a classmate learns early in Backstage?
Adoptive sisters
Q 21Which family tie do Vanessa and Carly overhear between new dancer Beckett and teacher Helsweel in Backstage?
She is his mother
She is his mother, which slips out when he loses his temper with her over being at the school on probation. More students work it out after she comments on his romance with Vanessa.
Q 22In Backstage, the CAMDAs are competitions in art, music, dance and which fourth discipline?
Acting
Acting completes the acronym, and the students' own school hosts the contest in season two, going on to win both the music and the dance titles.
Q 23What is TMK, which dance student Sasha runs and later shuts down to win a place in a crew, in Backstage?
A gossip blog
Adoptive sisters, they share the same adoptive parents, and the truth slips out after a studio session on one of Scarlett's songs. Both later face questions about their birth parents.
Q 14Expelled for copying a popular deejay's samples in Backstage, Kit reveals she is secretly which artist?
DJ Diamondmind
DJ Diamondmind is her own alter ego, so the samples she was accused of stealing were hers all along. Kit, Jax and Scarlett then scheme to keep her enrolled without unmasking her.
Q 15According to its producers, what do the young actors who play the students in Backstage all have in common?
Real dancers and musicians
Real dancers and musicians make up the cast: Aviva Mongillo, who plays Alya, was spotted through original songs she had posted online.
Q 16Which streaming service, not a cable network, took the second season of Backstage to American viewers?
Netflix
Netflix took over after the first season had aired on Disney Channel, and the cast broke the news themselves on social media in September 2017.
Q 17What takes Alya away from the arts school at the end of the first semester in Backstage?
A part in a musical
A part in a musical called Da Bohème, won at a school audition, grows into the offer of a tour. Unhappy on the road, she comes back and is readmitted.
Q 18Which Toronto studio, also behind My Babysitter's a Vampire and the cartoon 6teen, produced Backstage?
Fresh TV
Fresh TV made its name with animation aimed at preteens and teenagers before branching into live action. Backstage co-creator Jennifer Pertsch is one of its founding partners.
Q 19Which famous arts school accepts Julie late in Backstage, only for her to give her place to a schoolmate?
Juilliard
Juilliard first notices Julie when a scout sees her dance, though she is not even in the dance program. She later gives up her spot so that waitlisted Cassandra can go.
Q 20What does a doctor find that threatens star singer Scarlett's career at the end of Backstage's first season?
Vocal cord nodes
Vocal cord nodes, callus-like growths, leave her too hoarse to speak by the night of the open house. She has surgery, and season two finds her afraid to sing again.
A gossip blog about the school, TMK costs Sasha his spot in the top dance group when he posts about Carly's secret romance. Jenna later hijacks his deleted account.
Q 24Which exam does Julie pay someone to sit for her in Backstage, a cheat that unravels after a record score?
The PSAT
The PSAT clashes with her only chance to dance for a college scout, so she hires a stand-in. The plan backfires when the principal congratulates her on the highest score in school history.
Q 25Which crew of untrained outdoor dancers does an injured Vanessa start choreographing for in Backstage?
The Streets
The Streets are drama students led by Sloane, with no formal dance training, and Vanessa helps them audition to become an official school club with studio time.
Q 26Asked to bring the school's disciplines together, which sport does Miles organize a team for in Backstage?
Baseball
Baseball is his choice, and Jax signs up to help him, picking up pointers on how to play from Miles along the way.
Q 27When a record executive signs only Scarlett in Backstage, which new role does a crushed Bianca take on?
Her manager
Her manager is the job Bianca gives herself after Clive Richie passes her over at open mic day. She soon sets strict rules on Scarlett's social media and even her boyfriend.
Q 28What disrupts the finals in Backstage's second season, prompting Alya to suggest an acoustic performance?
A power outage
A power outage hits with a college scout in the audience to see senior Frances. Alya's stripped-back idea earns her the duet spot, and their school takes the music title.
Q 29Which visual arts student, a devoted admirer of Julie, leaves Backstage after its first season?
Denzel
Denzel is also a music producer, and Kit hands him the cover art for a popular DJ's next single as a boost before his 14th birthday.
Q 30Which threat pushes the students to stage an expanded Seasons show at the end of Backstage?
The school is closing
The school is closing at the end of the year, Beckett learns from an email, so the students perform for the head of the school board. The series ends with its fate still uncertain.