Child Stars

Recently, Miley Cyrus has added another item to her list of controversies- a video in which she’s wearing close to nothing, while writhing on her bed. The Parent’s Television Council is pissed off at her for being a bad role model, especially since Hannah Montana’s still airing on Disney. And by the way, Miley’s dad’s on the PTC, and he supports Miley’s behavior, so… yeah.

I don’t really care that she’s doing this, I mean, girls her age in high school dress the same (but with more affordable clothes), and some of them do worse. And besides, Jamie Lynn Spears, another child star, actually got pregnant, so Miley’s acts still aren’t that bad. And personally, I think that girls in her Hannah Montana target age probably get influenced by the high schoolers they see at the mall just as much as they get influenced by Hannah Montana. And at this point, who really likes Miley, as her or her alter ego?

I’m more annoyed by her impatience than her lack of morals. Couldn’t she just wait to release this album once Hannah Montana ended in March? Couldn’t she just practice singing until then, so she could, oh I don’t know, have some talent?

And while it’s somewhat good to see Miley defending herself over these controversies instead of relying on the Mouse House to defend her, I think that it’s annoying to see her go like “I do it for the art. My true fans will understand,” for like everything.

But yeah, the PTC is acting like she’s so influential, even though two or three years from now she’ll be forgotten about, or the next Lindsay Lohan. Only time will tell.

And speaking of child stars graduating the Mouse House Academy of Stardom, Selena Gomez is working on her last season for Wizards of Waverly Place. She also has a music career, which is going kind of better because she doesn’t have a controversy for each single she releases. Plus, I actually hear her music on the radio.

So once these two leave the Mouse House for good, who’ll take their place as the “Tween Star It Girl(s)”? I doubt Demi Lovato or Bridgette Mendler will be a good replacement, seeing as Demi’s hated for her smile and Camp Rock, and Bridgette hasn’t been that popular. Maybe it will be the new Shake it Up! tweens, who look scarily skinny, and too young. And Debby Ryan probably won’t be one, because she plays a smart character on SLOD, which won’t get her that far. And Brenda Song’s too old.

It looks like Nickelodeon’s trying to replace Miley/Selena with Miranda Cosgrove and/or Victoria Justice. Miranda’s been getting a lot of attention on her singing, and they even included it in an iCarly episode. Plus, TPTB at Nickelodeon are dressing her up more and more each season of iCarly.

Victoria Justice, well her whole Nick career is more or less Nick overpromoting her. She began with a ‘normal’ career on Zoey 101 in 2005 to 2008, and by 2009, she was in a Nickelodeon TV movie, appeared in The Naked Brothers Band (Yes, that really was a name of a show), iCarly, and True Jackson VP. By 2010, her ‘fame’ grew even more, seeing as she got her own cash cow franchise show, Victorious, and guest starred on The Troop, and lent her voice to an episode of The Penguins of Madagascar. She also will have her show crossover with iCarly, and will have another Nick TV movie tonight.

Dan Schneider has to stop trying so hard to make the next “Tween Star It Girl”. His (Or Nick’s) are blatantly obvious. Especially since iCarly will soon become the “Look how pretty/smart/funny/awesome/perfect Carly is! Look at what Spencer’s gonna do next!” if he keeps on going this.

At the end of the day, though, they’re all child stars, who’ll either suffer from their current fame, or shine with their talent. And all that matters to the Mouse House and the Spongebob company is how much merchandise these girls will sell.