Yikes where to even begin.
Basically it follows 5 sets of parents trying to get their kids into showbiz.. Some are kinda delusional.
The families are:
A single mom putting her 4 year old daughter into beauty pagents.
A single mother putting her 8 year old into acting. The girl was apparently on That's So Raven two times... maybe more.
A mother trying to get her 13 year old son into the music biz. He competes in regional competitions.
A mother trying to get her 13 year old daughter into acting while also raising another 7 year old duaghter.
And a father who is trying to get his 7 kids (forget just how many) ranging from 7 to about 16 or so into acting.
God i feel bad for some of these kids.
First off the mother of the four year old, Emily Tye, says she is tired of her daughter being reffered to as a Jon Benet. She says the daughter loves doing this. Well the little girl was crying and didn't want to go up on stage. The mother kinda consoles the girl into getting up there. Mom says she always crys a bit before getting up there but once she is up there she is all smiles. Helllloooo. Your kid is doing it to make you happy. She is miserable doing this. Plain to see mom. Yeesh.
The Second one the 8 year old, Jordan Mosley-Stephens, i guess has some talent to be on a tv show twice so that is something. The little girl seemed to enjoy it a bit so i'm not bothered by it.
Then the lady with the boy Shane. Where to start. Cute kid, not a great singing talent. Plus there is only so many times you can watch him practice singing "Hot Hot Hot" before they even go to the competition. Practices dancing (forget the style) with little sis while mom instructs. The kid got bad news. His back up singing girls had to cancel before a competition so he is solo. A 13 year old amature has back up singers? Yeesh. Well the kid competed. The top ten (of twenty) go on... he doesn't make the cut. Not even good enough with a 50/50 shot. I fewlt bad for the kid when he didn't make it he looked to be near tears. He went over to mom and laid his face into her sholder. Not cut out for music. The kid is a good looking young man. He should try out for advertisements for kids clothes. I could see his smiling face advertising teens clothes in a Target ad... not as a singing sensation.
The 13 year old, Jordan Barron, is a bit of a... well it isn't a nice term. Foul additude. Hated the lunch mother packed her for school, complained that the papers he mother printed out were out of order. Wasn't really practicing her monologe. She had a really negative additude.
Now for my fav one. This is so sad it is funny. Duncan Nutter quits his job in Pennsylvania as an accountant and moves his family of i believe 7 kids from a nice big house to a TWO BEDROOM apartment in NYC to try and get his kids into acting. He even tries acting himself... yet he has no talent. And he is the kids acting coach. I think what one of the audition judges summed it up real well when she said somethign to the effect of "It is sad when you have an audition with a kid who doesn't have a lot of talent, yet it is even sadder when they have an acting coach who has no talent" or something like that. The guy was awful and thought he was good.
Over all it is a sad look into the world of parents who believe their little one is super talented needs all this work forced apon them to make them a star. Here is a tip for the parents on the allspark. You may think your kid is the most talented youth around, but that doesn't make it 100% true. Let your kid be a kid and have a normal life without having to memorize a song or script. It could screw up your kids big time..
The second one just reconfirmed some beliefs.
Duncan Nutter is a moron. He has a possible deal in the works to have a show centered around his family. Well at the lunch to go over a possible contract he criticizes the grammer and mispellings and somewhat berates the exec. Smooth move man.
Mrs. Tye is a sore loser that when her daughter doesn't think the judges are qualified at all and the other family doesn't deserve to win.
Jordan Barron turns 14 and is still nasty additude. She get's a card from her father (who mom is divorced from) and later tells the camera that she hopes when she makes it big that he comes asking for money just so she can tell him no.. Yeesh.
Very interesting show to say the least..