Cheerleading can Entertain You!

Anyone who knows me personally knows I am OBSESSED with cheerleading.  Not the sideline kind where you do some cheers on a Friday night (even though I did LOVE doing this in high school), I am talking about allstar cheelrading.  Two minutes and thirty seconds of intense stunts, tumbling, dancing and attitude.  Now what does all of this have to do with entertainment you ask?  Well, I was on looking around my fave cheer message board today, fierceboard.com, when I came across information that the channel Lifetime, usually known for sappy movies, will have a new reality show premiere April 5 featuring an allstar team I know pretty well the Central Jersey Allstars (CJA).  The show will be called Jersey Cheer and comes a few years after Lifetime followed Dunbar High School cheerleaders from Alabama in a show called Cheerleader Nation (a personal favorite of mine), that only lasted one season.  The show followed the varsity cheerleading squad as the competed for another national championship.  Here's a clip from episode 1 of Cheerleader Nation.

I'm hoping Jersey Cheer lasts longer than Cheerleader Nation, but the news got me thinking of another cheerleading show I watch on the CW called Hellcats which is based on college cheerleading.  In case you have not seen the show, it's about more than just cheerleading, with a love triangle, friendships, and the obstacles of trying to get respect for their sport, (it is a sport, it's shown on ESPN).  Anyways, here's a clip of my favorite couple Dan and Marti who are best friends, secretly crushing on each other.

Martie is played by Aly Michalka, from the the duo Aly and AJ (her sister), who used to be shown on the Disney channel all of the time.  Another Disney darling stars in the series, Ashley Tisdale from High School Musical plays sweet, southern Savannah, Hellcats team captain.  This show is addicting, even if you are not particularly a fan of cheerleading, the story lines are awesome.  If you are a cheerleader or are a fan, some of the story lines including team dynamics and hard work are relateable. 

Back to Jersey Cheer though, not much information has been released but what is known is that the cameras will follow CJA throughout their competitive season.  Here's to hoping this show is a success, lasts longer than one season, and shows people cheerleading is athletic and very entertaining.  Just so you can have a little taste of CJA, here is their small senior level 5 team.  Enjoy!