Sara Stokes a Port Huron R&B singer was one out of 70,000 participants auditioned for a place in the group called (Da Band) for MTVs Making The Band 2 which landed them a record deal with Sean “P.Diddy” Combs Bad Boy Records. Diddy narrowed it down to six artists. For several weeks Sara and Da Band was subjected to vigorous and sometimes demeaning tasks, including walking from midtown Manhattan to Brooklyn to purchase a Junior's cheesecake for Diddy. The group's story was documented by three seasons of MTV's Making the Band 2 reality series. Their first album, Too Hot for TV, was released in September 2003.