Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt) is the 16 year old appointed leader and top schemer of the band, portrayed as the glue that keeps the band together and down to earth. Despite Logan being the genius of the group, it is Kendall who manages to stay cool under pressure and figure out the solutions to the problems, often resulting in the other guys going to Kendall when they can't solve their problems. In the pilot Big Time Audition it was James who was going to the audition, but he pushed his friends into auditioning as well. When James was turned down by Gustavo, an enraged Kendall sung an insulting song at him called the Giant Turd Song which resulted in Gustavo wanting Kendall as his singer because he believed he had the "fire". Kendall agreed to go to L.A. only if Gustavo took James, Car