My Super Sweet 16

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MTV series

My Super Sweet 16 is an MTV reality series depicting the travails of wealthy spoiled teenagers planning extravagant parties and balls, including 16th birthday parties, Cotillion Balls, and Quinceañeras. It first premiered on January 18, 2005.

The show's theme song is Sweet Sixteen by Hilary Duff.

1 Show background and reception
2 Notable appearances
3 Episode guide
4 Parodies in other shows
5 Notes
6 External links

[edit] Show background and reception

MTV initially ordered six shows, premiering them on January 18, 2005.^[1]

The parties are often set in the same towns. Locations that have featured two or more teenagers include La Jolla, California; Newport Beach, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Beverly Hills, California; New York, New York; Scottsdale, Arizona; Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Miami, Florida, and Erie, Pennsylvania.

Critics have denounced the show for celebrating "over-the-top"^[2] materialism and teenagers seeking fame and attention^[3]. It also maintains a 1.8 out of 10 rating on IMDb. [4]

[edit] Notable appearances

Many parties on the show have featured celebrities as guests/singers, including Ciara, Diddy, Kanye West, Frankie J., Sugarcult, Bow Wow, Unwritten Law, Rihanna, The Format, D4L, Juelz Santana, Lucas Prata, Three 6 Mafia, Bubba Sparxxx, Keak da Sneak, Bobby Valentino, and Sean Paul (Youngbloodz). In addition,

Cee-Lo's daughter Sierra had a helicopter entrance to her party (22 Feb 05, season 1, episode 6); Cee-Lo has a song named after her called "Young Man (Sierra's Song)".
L.A. Reid and Pebbles's son Aaron on 12 April 06, season 3, episode 2.
Sylvia Robinson's grandson Darnell Robinson (Darnell Robinson's $300,000 15th birthday party) was featured on 17 May 06 episode 22, season 3 episode 7.
Eddie Levert granddaughter and Gerald Levert's daughter Carlysia on season 2 finale (episode 15, season 2). (Levert's other daughter Brittany was scheduled to appear on the next season's show before his death. It is unknown if the show will go on as planned.)

[edit] Episode guide

Season 1

1 Jacqueline & Lauren --- 18 Jan 05. Actor Pauly Shore and musical group Unwritten Law.
2 Jacque --- 25 Jan 05.
3 Ava --- 1 Feb 05.
4 Hart --- 8 Feb 05.
5 Natalie of La Jolla, CA --- 15 Feb 05.
6 Sierra's 15th birthday --- 22 Feb 05 with Bow Wow.

Season 2

7 Sophie Mitchell of West Palm Beach, FL --- 15 Aug 05. Party Cost: $185,000 including an Audi A4 vehicle.
8 Triplets of Fremont, CA --- 22 Aug 05 with musical group Sugarcult. Party cost: $80,000 ($40K was Sugarcult's fee).
9 Amanda --- 29 Aug 05 with Ciara. Party cost was $203,000.
10 Lila --- 5 Sept 05. Party featured 100% silver medallion coin invites specially made in Mexico.
11 Jazmin of Erie, Pennsylvania --- 12 Sept 05.
12 Bjorn --- 19 Sept 05.
13 Cindy of Staten Island, NY --- 26 Sept 05.
14 Janelle of Miami, FL --- 3 Oct 05. Party cost: $125,000.
15 Carlysia of Atlanta, GA --- 10 Oct 05.

Season 3

16 Marissa --- 17 Apr 06 with Frankie J.
17 Aaron from Atlanta,GA but party held in NY at JayZ's Chelsea 40/40 nightclub --- 17 Apr 06 with Kanye West, Sean Combs(P.Diddy), Jermaine Dupri, (Mariah Carey and Nas via taped message).
18 Alexa of Miami, FL --- 19 Apr 06.
19 Chelsi --- 26 Apr 06.
20 Meleny of Long Island, NY --- 3 May 06 with DJ Skribble, Vic Latino, and Lucas Prata.
21 Alexof Michigan --- 10 May 06 with Luther Lackey.
22 Darnell's 15th birthday --- 17 May 06 with Remy Ma, Rihanna, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, and Fatman Scoop. Party cost $300,000; including a (bribe) $7,000 rolex for Rihanna and a $110,000 Mercedes Benz that he is too young to drive.
23 Nicole of San Francisco, CA --- 27 June 06 with Keak da Sneak. Party cost $200,000 ($25k was Keak da Sneak's fee).
24 Rachel&Kelsey of Memphis, Tennessee --- 25 Jun 06 with D4L and Three 6 Mafia; arrived in a $415k car; raised $50k for St.Jude's Hospital.
25 Priya & Divya of Texas --- 11 Jul 06. Had a tent that cost $20,000 and elephants.
26 Erica of Atlanta, GA --- 18 Jul 06 with Bobby Valentino. (Bubba Sparxxx and Sean Paul via taped message).

[edit] Parodies in other shows

The entire show was parodied on the South Park episode "Hell on Earth 2006", where Satan threw a massive Halloween party "all about him" and anyone who didn't show up "was a loser." His behavior parodied the spoiled, self-centered attitudes the girls and boys on the show have. When he realizes his folly at the end, the message is that the kids on "My Super Sweet 16" are worse than Satan.

The show was also parodied on Saturday Night Live on the Scarlett Johansson/Death Cab for Cutie episode.