Birth of a Cheerleader Nation

Miscellaneous TV

By admin | Friday, March 10, 2006 | 12:47 pm | 1 Comments

cheerleader_nation

As many of you know, we are holding a giveaway for Lifetime’s new reality series, Cheerleader Nation, which premieres this Sunday, March 12 (check local listings). A lot of people may recognize the squad featured in the series was also featured in MTV’s True Life: I’m a Cheerleader. I got a chance to look at the Lifetime series premiere, and if you liked True Life, you should definitely check out Cheerleader Nation. After the popularity of certain high school reality shows with arguably fabricated drama, it’s really nice to see something a little more authentic when it comes to lives of the students involved. Perhaps trips to Cabo or TJ are more glamorous, but there is something to be said about the earnest way a 16 year-old girl talks about her love for Clay Aiken or is embarrassed when her mom catches her and her boyfriend playing Yahtzee.

Cheerleading is so big in Lexington, KY that you hardly need a football or basketball team to cheer for. One great part about Cheerleader Nation is that we get to see a lot more of the parents, who are just as involved as their daughters are when it comes to the competitions. To say they are living vicariously through their children is an understatement. You sort of feel bad for some of these moms that they have nothing else to do besides decorate the McMansion and hope that Alexa can make varsity squad and Kaitlyn is good enough to be the captain, because it is still hard to believe that people would take such things so seriously, but let’s be honest, it’s still fun to laugh at them.

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    stacyrocks
    Posted March 10, 2006 at 1:42 pm

    The beauty of DVR : I’ll save an episode and check it out… later. :)

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