Welcome to the season premier of the second season of Taking the Stage! For those of you who missed it last year, Taking the Stage follows a bunch of high school juniors/seniors at a well-known performing arts school in Cincinnati. Interestingly enough the show's producer is Nick Lachey a man who: 1) is a saint for not beating Jessica Simpson to death with a can of tuna and 2) also attended School for Creative and Performing Arts.

The show begins by showing the newly accepted students leaving home for their first day of school. First up is Adam. He used to live in Bumfuck, Kentucky and has been homeschooled for close to his entire life. He interviews that he is nervous about going to school with other kids and learning about big city things like Evolution and Birth Control. He also mentions that his family has had to sacrifice a lot financially by moving to Cincinnati so that he can go to this school. Now, I'm not one to split hairs but as they show him leaving for school, he appears to have his own car to drive to school. Clearly times are hard.

Then there is Emily. At her old school every one knew that she had an eating disorder and now she is looking forward to starting again at a new school. She is cute kind of wide-eyed, like a deer in the headlights. I feel sad for her because I saw Bambi and I know how this will end. Hopefully she took out a good life insurance policy on her mother.

Next up is Anna. Anna is a ballerina and is nervous about difficulties she will face as a result of the foot long titanium rod she has in her back as the result of corrective surgery she had for scoliosis. As touching as this is, I can't help but wonder if it would be possible for her pick to pick a worse career path. When I think of 12-inches of titanium some careers that come to mind are: paperweight, field goal, or maybe magnet tester. But I guess if MTV is unconcerned with the long-term health effects of dancing with a metal rod stuck in your back then neither am I. Anna is blonde and wears a lot of makeup and makes me think of a Barbie doll but her back reminds me of a robot so I will refer to her as Barbarella.

Ian is the only rapper. He has a sweet face and dreadlocks whose tips appear to be dyed the same color as his mother's hair. Wow, really?

The other Emily wants us to know that she is really different from the stereotypical ballerina because she like doesn't like to wear her hair in a bun. Ooo! You rebel! I imagine she probably spends a lot of time in her room, sticking her tongue out at the mirror, putting on black eyeliner and listening to Avril Lavigne

Then there is Carlton who is all-American looking and happy to go to SCPA because people at his old school used to "call me names and stuff for liking dance." I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say that the 'and stuff' probably involved wedgies and being shoved into lockers. This school must not be in a great part of Cincinnati because Carlton is dressed like an extra from an Ice-T movie so I will call him Vanilla Ice.

Finally, there is Tyler. Last season Tyler was the resident heartthrob and general douche-bag extraordinaire. He won a lot of competitions, cheated on his girlfriend with Mia, a very poor man's version of Michelle Branch, and was basically a huge dick-face. He says he's ready to take over the school and tells his mini-me younger brother to call him 'Senior Tyler.' I'd rather call him Senioritis because he makes me want to forget he exists.

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