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Megan wants to see all of Austin's astonishing skills to prove he is worthy to be on the cover. Austin fears that if he backs down, Megan will expose him as a total liar. Now the group must find a way to keep the journalist impressed while not getting Austin into trouble.
After a flood at Nelson's school ruins all of their instruments, he is sad because the music program will not be able to perform their concert. Ally accidentally gives away all of the instruments at Sonic Boom to the music program. The group decides to host a fundraiser to raise the money and Austin is set to give a phenomenal performance in order to receive more donations.
However, when Austin gets grounded due to his bad grades, the group is left needing a backup plan. Trent asks Ally to write him a song so he can be famous like Austin. After Ally refuses to help him, Trent steals her newest song that she worked on with Austin. Later, the group discovers that Trent became an overnight sensation by copying Austin's "Double Take" music video and going by the stage name T-Fame.
Trent quickly rises to fame and starts stealing Austin's life. Now the group must find a way to take him down. Although Trish really booked him at Tim's Square Pizza, so she now has to fix the whole situation. Trish takes Jimmy Starr's computer while he is being distracted by Dez and talks to a musical agent of the company to see if he can fix the whole mess. Later, the mess is fixed, except trouble ensues when the plane suffers mechanical problems and is diverted to Philadelphia.
The group quickly comes up with a solution and decides to take a cab to New York, but they're kicked off when they can't afford the fare for going a far distance. When security won't let the group through the crowded streets, they bump into Jessie, a nanny, and Emma, a crazed fan. Luckily, Jessie comes up with an effective plan to get Austin to perform on time. Jessie takes a helicopter to Times Square so Austin will be there on time.
Meanwhile, Jessie lets the group stay at their apartment in hopes that Austin will record one of her songs and turn it into a big hit. There the group meets the rest of the Ross family: Luke, Ravi, Zuri, and Bertram. Later, they all travel to Miami , where Austin and Jessie sing a duet at his next concert. It's revealed Jessie's "song" is actually Zuri's school assignment. Zuri finds out and ends up giving Jessie credit because she knows how much it means to her.
In the end, Austin and Jessie give an unforgettable performance and Dez makes an awesome music video. Dez is filming Austin's new music video with Starr Records and he hires a girl named Kira as Austin's love interest. Kira has the looks, but unfortunately she has halitosis , making her really hard to work with. When Dez is determined to fire her, they discover that she is Jimmy Starr's daughter.
They try numerous times to freshen up her breath, but fail, so they attempt to make her quit when Dez attaches a drool tube to Austin. It works, but Jimmy has Kira rehired for the video and has Austin speak to the Miami children's club. Jimmy ends up finding out about Kira's bad breath and offers to do something about it. Now that Kira has cured her bad breath, Austin decides to ask her out. She accepts, but changes her mind when she believes Austin has a crush on Ally. In order to prove her wrong, Ally helps Austin plan the perfect date for him and Kira, but in the process realizes that she likes Austin.
On top of that, Ally realizes that the necklace she is wearing reads "Kira". Austin was supposed to give it to Kira, but instead took Ally's identical necklace that said "Ally".
Ally, Trish, and Dez decide to sneak to the park and switch Austin's picnic basket so that Kira will not think that Ally is trying to sabotage their night. They are caught and Kira blames Ally for ruining the date. In the end, Austin and Kira decide to stay together and finish their date playing video games in Dez's basement, leaving Ally upset. When Ally's old summer camp friend, Elliot, comes to Miami to visit, he and Ally spend a lot of time catching up and reminiscing about the past. Although Austin is now dating Kira, he suddenly finds himself jealous seeing Ally with Elliot.
Later, Austin reveals to Dez that he also has feelings for Ally, making him confused about whom he really loves. When Austin hears that Ally is planning to tell Elliot she wants to be his girlfriend, he runs to the restaurant to stop her. However, it turns out to be a misunderstanding—Ally had actually been planning to tell Elliot that she couldn't be with him because they had nothing to talk about other than summer camp. Meanwhile, Dez is feeling alone without Austin, so he hangs out with Trish who takes advantage of him to do her work for her while she enjoys some leisure time.
Penny, Ally's mother, returns from Africa to host a book release party and Ally finally works up the courage to face her biggest fear and perform on stage. Meanwhile, Austin decides whom he really loves and asks Kira to be his girlfriend, but she tells him she needs time to think. At the event, Austin and Ally perform a duet together and Ally successfully conquers her stage fright. After their performance, Austin and Ally run backstage in joy and share a spontaneous kiss.
Shortly after, Kira arrives and accepts Austin's offer to be his girlfriend, in front of Ally, leaving Ally heartbroken and Austin guilty, which ends on a cliffhanger. Meanwhile, Lester is not happy about Penny naming a cheap gorilla after him. After what happened with Kira, Ally tries to move on and focuses on her career. Meanwhile, Austin tries to break up with Kira to be with Ally, but his methods backfire. Trish becomes Ally's manager and books her an interview with Megan Simms to talk about her career, but Megan cares more about the gossip.
Austin finally breaks up with Kira, but when they hug, Megan snaps the picture, and it makes the cover of Cheetah Beat. Ally still believes Austin is with Kira, so Austin tries to win her over by buying her a new piano and Dez suggests an idea to parachute it. At Ally's congratulations party, things go wrong when the piano crashes down from the sky.
Later, Austin finds a song that Ally wrote, which explains that she still has feelings for him. In the end, Austin serenades Ally with that song and they officially become a couple. Dez enters a short story contest; to help him win, he purchases an antique typewriter that just happens to be magic. Everything starts to go well, but, unfortunately, Dez's worst enemy, Chuck, steals it, causing Austin, Ally, Trish, and Dez to do everything that Chuck types on the magic typewriter.
Now they have to do everything they can to get it back. Chuck makes the group's hair purple, makes the group switch bodies, and makes Ally and Trish fall in love with him. At the end, it turns out the whole episode is Dez's actual short story. Austin goes on his first date with Ally, but their date gets ruined when bad luck continues to strike. Later, Ally gets the chance to perform a song in a movie, but Austin and Ally can't agree on how to genre the song.
Everything turns bad when the producer of the movie wants the song, but because of their disagreements, the song doesn't sound good. This event makes Austin and Ally realize they should not be a couple because they could hurt each other's feelings and ruin their friendship, so they decide to just stay friends. Meanwhile, Trish and Dez make a film so they can win a contest. Trish invites Ally to get some spa treatments to prepare for a photo shoot.
The day of relaxation turns into a disaster when Ally drinks a wheatgrass juice that makes her teeth green, her hair is treated until it turns puffy, her facial turns her face pink, and her hands get stuck in wax in the nail bath. Meanwhile, Dez prepares for a chili cook-off against Chuck. Austin gets Ally's necklace from her grandmother, but accidentally drops it in the chili pot right before the judging. Luckily, they find it.
Ally auditions for a record deal and is accepted, but is shocked to find out it's for a superficial music group called "The Stray Kitties". Disliking the group, Ally tries to quit, but her manager, Val, won't let her. Austin, Trish, and Dez try to find a way to get Ally out of her contract. Meanwhile, Dez gets advice from Austin about a girl he likes.
I told you we can be professional. Give it up for Ally Dawson! I wish I was here with Jace instead of Chuck. Austin books his first radio interview and decides it is the perfect time to give Ally the credit she deserves; however, during the interview, his plan backfires and the DJ invites both Austin and Ally to come back and perform live on the radio. Ally- sighs That's Ronnie now. However, Trish still refuses to go to school. The third season premiered on October 27, , and production ended on January 24,
Dez begins to act sophisticated for his crush because she is "Glamour Kitty". However, she later reveals that's just an act for "The Stray Kitties".
Ally has to write three songs for herself for a meeting with a record label, but Austin also needs a song for when he goes on Video Countdown Lives' New Music Tuesday. He tells Ally he can write his own song, but after trying to find inspiration from the Pioneer Rangers handbook, he finds that the song he and Dez wrote is actually horrible. Austin is too embarrassed to ask for Ally's help, so he instead takes Dez's advice and tries to get Ally to offer help. Their plan backfires when Ally is afraid she'll hurt their feelings and says she loves it.
Trish tells Ally that Austin will be humiliated if he gets on live TV, so Ally tells him her honest opinion and Austin asks for help. Ally tells him that there isn't enough time, but suggests he uses one of her demo songs; however, he refuses because her songs are too girly for him. Meanwhile, Trish is helping her brother's Pioneer Rangers group and has to take them camping. Ally suggests that Austin calls the show to say that he has to reschedule because he is volunteering with the Pioneer Rangers. However, the plan backfires when the show suggests bringing the show to Austin and watching him perform from the campground.
On the day they're leaving, Ally suggests that Austin could sing his song as a gift for the children since it is centered on the Pioneer Rangers. When he sings his song, the show thinks it's a joke and Austin has to find a new song to sing.
The Pioneer Rangers are told to stall the broadcast by tying the host to a stump with an impossible knot and then trapping the rest of the crew in a tent so that Austin doesn't have to go live.