Laurie Ann was instrumental in nurturing Dawn, Aubrey, Aundrea, D. Woods and Shannon’s talents from the very first season of MTV’s Making The Band 3. When the group was finally formed in the second season of the show, Laurie Ann continued to work with the group throughout their short but successful career, which garnered two No. 1 albums. But she admits she saw a divide early on and knew that eventually it would cause irreconcilable problems.

Speaking with Neon Limelight by phone on Saturday (August 8), Laurie Ann clued us in to how she reacted to the break up and why is wasn’t a very surprising turn of events.

“Absolutely I saw [the split] coming from very early on,” Laurie Ann told us. “It’s a shame because knowing who those girls ultimately are, their hearts and their gifts, they’re amazing girls.”

“They’re enormously talented, but when you choose the hype train, or when you choose what this business creates — the facade of what we do in the editing room or what they do in the studio — you have to maintain your humility and a gratefulness to the opportunity so that you can stay grounded.”

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