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Instant Star
- Genre: Comedy
Common Sense Media says
Tweens and parents will adore this star.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that the main character is an average teen girl learning to navigate her newfound success while attending public high school. She could potentially inspire wannabe musicians as she learns lessons about the business, including responsibility, how to treat people who devote themselves to your success, and how to become a role model. Various love interests keep the drama coming, but nothing is too risqué.
What's the story?
INSTANT STAR puts 15-year-old Jude Harrison (Alexz Johnson) center stage as she embarks on a music career. After winning Canada's largest singer/songwriter competition, Jude attempts to navigate a new career, high school, and all things teen. The series follows Jude through the many transitions required in changing from an everyday teen into an admired songstress. Issues like heartbreak, friendship, and family are prevalent; in past episodes, Jude has had to deal with a jealous older sister, decide whether to stay in school or take her record label up on their offer of a private tutor, and learn to accept herself for who she is. Adding to the drama is Jude's love life, in which she is torn between Spiederman of The Spiederman Mind Explosion -- Jude's band -- to former boy-bander-turned-producer Tommy (Tim Rozon). As a result, many of Jude's songs (all of which are performed by the star) are full of self reflection, lost love, girl power, and teen angst, and lyrics range from "I'm not gonna change for anyone" to "My happiness fell off the track/I'd do anything to get it back."
Is it any good?
Falling somewhere between the giddiness of Hannah Montana and the dramatic angst of My So-Called Life, Instant Star speaks the language of young teen girls. In an age of pop stars and other young women who are famous for being, well, famous, parents will be glad to see their tweens looking up to a singer/songwriter who questions the world around her.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about Jude's drive and ambition. Is it better to strive for fame or for excellence in your art? Does Jude make a good role model for tween girls? What could she be doing better? Who do your kids look up to? Has this series made your tween interested in pursuing music?
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i love instant star
i watch instant star every Friday on "the n" television i love this show because is shows us, what fame really does to people, for example on how judes life is not all popular people actually want to kill her, thats some things that fame does, and its really hard keeping a relationship, especially with your producer when everybody is on your bushiness's nonstop. Also you really learn on who cares about you, and who's a fake.
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I love this show!
This show is the best show ever! It is great for teens so they can learn what it is like in the music biz! Including teen haetbreak, and the great love story of Tommy and Jude! This is so my fave show!
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I miss watching Instant star because its not showing in Canada anymore
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GOOD SHOW!
I have not seen this a lot. I was not sure if i am aloud to view this....its still a good show! Not much of a point but a good show!
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GREAT
This show is one of the best show ever aired on television!! I love it and miss it a lot. I wish new episodes would appear out of nowhere but as we all know that is not going to happen :(
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I CRIED, I LAUGHED THIS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!
i could name hundreds and hundreds of people that love the show Instant star. there is drama in this show, but not too much for people that dont like drama, but its the good kink of drama. there is always something going on in this show. trust me you will NEVER get bored. this is my favorate show of all time. there are three seasons of instant star, and my favorate season is probably the second season. and really what the show is about is a 15 year old girl named jude harrison who won some cheasy music contest. but it was really good for her she got signed at a record lable, and she got a producer named tom quincy who date in the second season, mostly... its really on and off with them. but anyways she writes her own songs and she records albums and stuff. in the last season (season three) tommy fell in love with jude, but she was already dating jamie (former best friend) and something happend with the record lable (G-major) and all of jude's music was for sale to the highest bidder, and she diden't own any of it anymore, so she decided to play a big concert on a belcony, and while she was singing tommy was getting her music back. later tommy and jude meet up and tommy tells her that he got her music back, and that now that G-major was closed he was gonna back pack through asia and he wanted jude to come with him. jamie was gonna open his own record lable and he wanted jude to be their first producer. but jude dident make up her mind yet of who she was gonna choose. it ended before she could choose. now we have to wait untill the 4th season to come out to see who she chooses!!!! i hope its TOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well gotta go bye!!
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| TV rating: | TV-PG |
| Cast: | Alexz Johnson, Kristopher Turner, Tim Rozon |
| Genre: | Comedy |
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