Justice confirmed that she would be starring in her own musical show on Nickelodeon called '' Victorious '' , explaining the show 's genesis thus : " I was on '' Zoey 101 '' . When I was 12 , Dan Schneider cast me as a new character , Lola Martinez . From there , I worked with him for three years , on three seasons of '' Zoey 101 '' . And , after that , Dan found out that I could also sing and dance as well as act , so he thought it would be really cool to create a show for me on Nickelodeon , called Victorious . " The pilot for the show debuted on March 27 , 2010 , and received 5.7 million views , making it the second-highest rated premiere for a live-action Nickelodeon series . The original broadcast of this episode took place following the 2010 Kids ' Choice Awards . Justice recorded several songs for the series throughout its run . Justice had the opportunity to share a recording set during the series ' recordings , with different young artists who , like her , were in search of artistic possibilities , some of them were Ariana Grande , JC Gonzalez , Leon Thomas III , Matt Bennett , Jake Farrow , Elizabeth Gillies , among others , participating in several seasons dominated by episodes such as The Bird Scene , Tori the Zombie and Survival of the Hottest
2010 Kids ' Choice Awards
2010 Kids' Choice Awards
Victoria Justice