''R U All That?: Nickelodeon's Search For The Funniest Kid In America'' (February 2003 – July 2003) was an ''

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'' contest shown on

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on July 26, 2003.

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Whoever won the contest would join the other cast members of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy ''

''. When the contest began in 2003, Christina Kirkman, a regular girl from

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, entered the contest and became a R U All That finalist, along with 4 other finalists, including Kendre Berry, Ryan Coleman, Colton Gosselin, and Stephanie Matto. An hour-long special aired on July 26, 2003 and was hosted by

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and featured the five finalists, the main cast of ''All That'' at the time, as well as appearances by

Josh Peck Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and had an early role on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''The Amanda Show'' from 2000 to 2002. Peck ...

Amanda Bynes Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress, known for her work in television and film throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Bynes began her career as a child actress, working on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series ''All That'' ( ...

, and

Nick Cannon Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American television host, actor, rapper, and comedian. In television, Cannon began as a teenager on ''All That'' before going on to host '' The Nick Cannon Show'', ''Wild 'n Out'', ''America's ...

, with Bynes and Cannon appearing via satellite. The finalists got to perform with the cast in five popular sketches from the seventh and eighth seasons of the show. The sketches that appeared in this special along with which finalist appeared in them include Randy Quench: Volunteer Fireman (Coleman), Trashin' Fashion (Kirkman), 2-Gether 4-Ever (Gosselin) which would debut in this special and later in the ninth season, Bridgett's Slumber Party (Berry), and Sugar and Coffee (Matto). At the end of the contest and the special, Christina Kirkman was declared the winner (''a.k.a.'' the Funniest Kid in America) and won the spot as an all new cast member for Season 9 of ''All That''.

Ryan Coleman Ryan Coleman (born January 14, 1991 in Lodi, California) is an American actor, producer, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian from the Nickelodeon series All That. He was originally the runner up in R U All That?: Nickelodeon's Search for t ...

was declared the runner up. He eventually joined the cast mid-season 9. Although Kendré Berry and Stephanie Matto didn't win, they eventually made featured appearances during the ninth season of ''All That''.

External links

RU All That? site
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