Degrassi (Season 14)

The 14th season of Degrassi will premiere on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, on MTV (Canada) and TeenNick (U.S.). Filming for the season commenced on April 11, 2014 at Epitome Studios in Toronto. Filming continued into August, with a break before filming the final four episodes of the season in order to give Epitome the opportunity to start filming episodes for the first season of their new series, Open Heart, starring former Degrassi stars, Dylan Everett, Justin Kelly, and Cristine Prosperi. Filming for this season completed on October 6, 2014.

Retouched-degrassi-gallery-june-24-20147152 — The Main Cast Of Season 14.

Main Cast

Graduates (Class of 2013)

Munro Chambers as Eli Goldsworthy, a talented writer/director in NYU who struggled with bipolar disorder.

Seniors (Class of 2014)

Sarah Fisher as Becky Baker, a bubbly conservative Christian who is slowly opening up her mind.
Melinda Shankar as Alli Bhandari, a beautiful, intelligent and determined student overcoming her mistakes.
Demetrius Joyette as Mike Dallas, the multi-layered alphamale and teen dad repeating Grade 12.
AJ Saudin as Connor DeLaurier, a gifted student with Asperger's Syndrome and technology skills learning to be social.
Aislinn Paul as Clare Edwards, the strong-willed, intellectual, compassionate, and sometimes sneaky Student Body VP who has beat cancer and is currently pregnant.
Jessica Tyler as Jenna Middleton, a talented musician, and bubbly girl who has turned over a new leaf.
Cristine Prosperi as Imogen Moreno, an artistic and eccentric outsider, repeating her senior year.
Luke Bilyk as Drew Torres, the headstrong, popular Student Body President repeating his senior year.

Juniors (Class of 2015)

Niamh Wilson as Jack Jones, a posh girl who loves art and music.
Ehren Kassam as Jonah Haak, a supposedly former troublemaker who is interested in rock music and has seen the light. (New)

Sophomores (Class of 2016)

Nikki Gould as Grace Cardinal, a spunky and helpful tech savvy with great tracking skills.
Andre Kim as Winston Chu, a smart and sarcastic wingman who wants to be the big man on campus.
Eric Osborne as Miles Hollingsworth III, a billionaire bad-boy with charisma who was expelled from boarding school for arson who may be exploring his sexuality.
Richard Walters as Tiny King, Zig's wingman who's also in the rubber room.
Olivia Scriven as Maya Matlin, a young cello virtuoso who is trying to move forward in her life after her late boyfriend's suicide.
Lyle Lettau as Tristan Milligan, a loud-and-proud homosexual teen who is determined to meet his goals.
Ricardo Hoyos as Zig Novak, a good boy gone bad who was recently homeless and is struggling to turn his life around.
Ana Golja as Zoë Rivas, a former West Drive star with a passion for fashion who uses her looks, charm, and deviousness to get her way while also trying to cope with her recent sexual assault.

Freshmen (Class of 2017)

Sara Waisglass as Frankie Hollingsworth, a sweet and sassy freshman who is Miles' younger sister.
Spencer MacPherson as Hunter Hollingsworth, Frankie's twin brother who spends his time gaming.
Amanda Arcuri as Lola Pacini, a boy-crazy cheerleader with colorful hair and a vibrant personality that is hard to miss in the halls of Degrassi. (New)
Reiya Downs as Shay Powers, a girl who has high standards and is determined to be one of the school's top athletes. (New)
Devyn Nekoda as Arlene Takahashi, the quintessential nerd who can be found reading comics while wearing elf ears, but is picked on by the cheerleaders. (New)

Degrassi Staff

Stefan Brogren as Archie Simpson, the school's fair and understanding principal and alumni of Degrassi.
Cory Lee as Winnie Oh, the strict-yet-attractive media immersions and band teacher.

Other

Craig Arnold as Luke Baker a former hockey player and basketball player in jail for sexual assault.

Recurring Cast

Students

Liam Green as Damon, a wise and outspoken student with a sense of humour. (Grade 10)
Latoya Webb as Keisha, Frankie and Zoe's piece of the trio. (Grade 9)
Nicole Samantha Huff as Gloria Chin (Grade Unknown)

Adults

Marvin L. Ishmael as Mr. Bhandari, Alli's strict Muslim father who sets high expectations for his daughter.
Mishu Vellani as Mrs. Bhandari, Alli's strict Muslim mother who sets high expectations for her daughter.
Graham Abbey as Glen Martin, Jake's father and Clare's step-father. He owns a construction business.
Ruth Marshall as Helen Martin, Clare's religious mother who married Jake's father.
Ramona Milano as Audra Torres, Drew's overprotective mother.
Edward Jaunz as Omar Torres, Drew's soothed father.
Shauna MacDonald as Mrs. Novak, Zig's hardworking but poor mother.
Duane Murray as Reverend Baker, Becky and Luke's father and a conservative Christian pastor.
Tara Spencer-Nairn as Mrs. Baker, Becky and Luke's conservative Christian mother.
Daniel Giverin as Louis Moreno, Imogen's equally quirky father who has early-onset dementia.
Janie Theriault as Natalie Granger, Imogen's estranged mother who discovered her ex-husband's dementia.
John Ralston as Miles Hollingsworth II, Miles III's lenient, yet abusive father who is running for Mayor.
Stephanie Moore as Mrs. Hollingsworth, Miles III, Frankie, and Hunter's mother
Cindy Sampson as Andrea, Miles II's campaign manager and affair
America Olivo as Mrs. Rivas, Zoe's mother.

Staff

Tom Melissis as Dom Perino, the strict history teacher.
Michael Kinney as Darryl Armstrong, the reasonable math and gym teacher.
Randal Edwards as Mr. Townsend, the English teacher who also runs Bright Sparks.
Aisha Alfa as Ms. Grell, the Remedial Room teacher.

Trivia

Season 14 was pushed back from October 7th to October 28th.
Season 14 featured a music video promo which made its debut on September 30th, 2014.
Stephen Stohn confirmed on November 13th, 2013 that Season 14's brainstorming was underway.
Connor, Drew, Dallas, Clare, Alli, Jenna, Becky, and Imogen will be graduating this season.
Auditions were held from Dec 19, 2013 - Jan 17, 2014
The first readthrough of the season took place March 27, 2014.
Degrassi Blog
Luke Bilyk tweeted that the first day of filming was on April 11, 2014.
This will be the first season to be produced by DHX, who recently bought Epitome; it's also possible that this season will consist of 28 episodes (Source)
Degrassi Season 14 Update May 7, 2014
Season 14 will be the last season to feature students that debuted prior to the The Next Generation tagline being dropped.
Season 14 will be the first season that does not feature a summer block, since season 9.
Season 14 will mark the 20 year graduation anniversary of the original DJH characters. (Season 1 featured 10 year high school reunion, and the current school year is the 10th school year since then.
Filming ended on October 6, 2014 (Source)

Episodes List

Main article: Episode Guide

Episode #	Title	Canadian Airdate	U.S. Airdate	Production#	Series#
1–12	14A: Life Can Change Forever	October 28, 2014	October 28, 2014	1401– 1412	358– 369
1	Smells Like Teen Spirit	October 28, 2014	October 28, 2014	1401	358
2	Wise Up	November 4, 2014	November 4, 2014	1402	359
3	If You Could Only See	November 11, 2014	November 11, 2014	1403	360
4	Can't Stop This Thing We Started	November 18, 2014	November 18, 2014	1404	361
5	There's Your Trouble	November 25, 2014	November 25, 2014	1405	362
6	(You Drive Me) Crazy	December 2, 2014	December 2, 2014	1406	363
7	I'll Be Missing You	December 9, 2014	December 9, 2014	1407	364
8	Hush	December 16, 2014	December 16, 2014	1408	365
9	Something's Got to Give	January 6, 2015	January 6, 2015	1409	366
10	Hero vs. Villain	January 13, 2015	January 13, 2015	1410	367
11	Firestarter (1)	January 20, 2015	January 20, 2015	1411	368
12	Firestarter (2)	January 27, 2015	January 27, 2015	1412	369
13–TBA	14B	TBA	TBA	1413– TBA	370– TBA
13	Watch Out Now	TBA	TBA	1413	370
14	Ready or Not	TBA	TBA	1414	371
15	Wishlist	TBA	TBA	1415	372
16	Walking in My Shoes	TBA	TBA	1416	373
17	Get It Together	TBA	TBA	1417	374
18	Give Me One Reason	TBA	TBA	1418	375
19	I Wanna Be Adored	TBA	TBA	1419	376
20	Buy Her Candy	TBA	TBA	1420	377
21	The Kids Aren't Alright (1)	TBA	TBA	1421	378
22	The Kids Aren't Alright (2)	TBA	TBA	1422	379
23	Finally (1)	2015	2015	1423	380
24	Finally (2)	2015	2015	1424	381
25	TBA	2015	2015	1425	382
26	TBA	2015	2015	1426	383
27	TBA	2015	2015	1427	384
28	TBA	2015	2015	1428	385