My Camp Rock is a singing competition based on the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock. Two series have been broadcast in the United Kingdom and two series in 2009 and 2010 in Sweden, Denmark and Norway as My Camp Rock Scandinavia. 2010 also saw the launching of the Benelux version of the show in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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| My Camp Rock | |
|---|---|
| Format | Reality series |
| Starring | Series 2: (Current Series) Mentors/Presenters: Sarah Jane Crawford Nigel John Modi Beth Honan Finalists: Leanne Parisa Ryan Shannon Saunders Series 1: JK and Joel Holly Hull DJ Ajayi Lucy Jennings Reece Cook Lillian Chan Saachi Sen Abby Timms Alex Doyle Jasmin Huysmans Briony Morgan Jessica Hammond Georgina Blyth Zoe Tyler Gary Lloyd |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 0:25 (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Unique Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | UK Disney Channel |
| Original run | April 3, 2009 – May 1, 2009 |
My Camp Rock inaugural season was aired on Disney Channel UK from April 3, 2009 to April 25, 2009. The first promo aired to promote the show aired in March 2009. It is a singing competition and it got UK viewers to log online and make a video of themselves singing "This Is Me, and "We Rock" as a group, a duet or a solo, and could post their entries from December 19, 2008, until the closing date, February 11, 2009. The competition was open to children aged 8 to 16. The best 8 entries were picked to participate in the TV show, and to attend a 4-day intensive Camp Rock-style singing and dancing workshop. The four judges whittled the 8 acts down to 4 to compete in the Final Jam, which was held at the Riverside Studios on April 24, 2009, where a viewer vote decided the winner. The winner was Holly Hull, 14 from Camberley, Surrey.
The eight finalists had the opportunity to demonstrate their musical talent to the panel of judges through a range of music based activities as directed by Promoter. There was also physical activities. Guidance was being provided to help the finalists prepare for the final audition. The finalists were filmed throughout the Boot Camp and the Press were also at Boot Camp to interview the Boot Camp Finalists and publicise the competition.
The show premiered on April 3, 2009 on Disney Channel UK at 5:35pm and hosted by JK and Joel. It all started with the hosts, the Camp Rockers, vocal coach Zoe Tyler and choreographer Gary Lloyd introducing themselves. First the Camp Rockers each sang on their own in front of Zoe, Gary, JK and Joel so they can hear their voices. They all had a vocal and dance lesson. In the end the adults threw a welcome party for the Camp Rockers.
The songs Zoe Tyler has chosen for the contestants:
A new episode was shown on April 10, 2009, again at 5:35 pm. It showed the contestants training for the Camp Jam, and some others being told what their song is, and it was announced that the Camp Jam would be on April 17, 2009, and that there would be four judges. The contestants' friends and family were there, and the best four contestants would go through to the Final Show, on April 25, 2009, where a viewer vote would decide the winner of My Camp Rock.
The Camp Jam was on April 17, 2009, again at 5:35 pm. It started with the contestants practicing/preparing for the Camp Jam. First the contestants performed, and the judges decided which four finalists they should put through to the final. The four judges were: Zoe Tyler, Craig David, Martin Morales, and Gary Lloyd.
The 4 Final Acts were:
The Final Jam was broadcast live on April 24, 2009, again at 5:35 pm, at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, where the four finalists battled it out to become the winner of My Camp Rock. There was a viewer vote in which from 6pm to 6:20pm, Disney Channel viewers could log onto www.disneychannel.co.uk and vote for who they want to win the show.
The Results Show was on April 25, 2009 at 10:30 am. The Saturdays performed their song "Up" and Demi Lovato performed her single La La Land, and also presented the trophy to the winner. The winner was 14 year old Holly Hull.
My Camp Rock 2 premiered on Friday 13 August 2010 at 5.35pm. The series is presented by Sarah Jane Crawford and Nigel Clarke. The trainers, John Modi and Beth Honan set the finalists tasks to do each week, which are chosen to help the finalists develop their performance skills. The tasks are detailed in the episode summaries below. The final episode of the series aired on Friday 17 September 2010. It was announced in this episode that Shannon Saunders had won My Camp Rock 2 and would therefore record a music video of a Camp Rock 2 song.
There were 4 finalists:
In this episode, the 4 finalists were introduced and set a task by John Modie to go busking in Covent Garden. Beth Honan surprised the finalists during dance training when she arranged for UK dance group, Flawless to come to the studio and help the finalists learn the dance routine to the Camp Rock 2 song "Fire".
In this episode, the finalists were given their songs that they would have to perform in the final, which John Modi picked to suit their individual styles. Leanne was given 'Can't Back Down,' Parisa was given 'It's Not Too Late,' eventual winner Shannon Saunders was given 'Introducing Me,' and Ryan was given 'Heart and Soul.' They were also given parts of the Camp Rock 2 song "It's On" to perform as a group. Beth Honan helped the finalists to develop their dance skills by getting them to perform their parts of "It's On" with each other. John Modi also gave the finalists a task of performing their songs at the International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston. The finalists were given individual coaching beforehand by pop star Simon Webbe, who went to the Youth Arts Festival with the finalists to give them support.
In this episode, Beth Honan gave the finalists individual tuition to give them more confidence to be able to perform their individual songs in front of the cameras. John Modi set the finalists their first individual tasks, Leanne was set the task of climbing a climbing wall to help her to overcome a fear of heights and give her more confidence, Shannon was set the task of working on a fruit and vegetables stall in a market to giver her confidence of performing in front of a crowd and stop her being shy. Parisa was set the task of trying to sell perfume and aftershave to the public in a city centre street to help to build her confidence and be able to connect with the audience better and Ryan was sent to visit a martial arts sensei to help him to build his confidence. The finalists were also shown being told about their next task, which was to perform individual "gigs" in their home town in front of their friends and families.
In This episode, the finalists performed individual gigs in their home towns in front of their friends and families. The finalists were also shown arriving at the venue for the My Camp Rock 2 final, Koko.
This double length episode is the final episode of My Camp Rock 2 where the finalists will perform their songs in the hope of winning the competition. This episode is scheduled to air on Friday 10 September at 5:35pm on Disney Channel.
Every day, from Monday 9 August, there will be a 'My Camp Rock 2 Cutdown'. In these 5-minute shorts, you can meet the finalists of My Camp Rock 2 and see extras such as "sneak peeks" of performances, interviews, training and tasks the finalists are set.
The winner, Holly Hull's music video aired on May 1, 2009 at 5:55 pm right before the UK television premiere of Dadnapped. After its showing, it is available to download on http://www.disneychannel.co.uk. It was available on http://www.disneychannel.co.uk before its showing on TV.
| My Camp Rock Scandinavia | |
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| Format | Reality series |
| Country of origin | SWE DEN NOR |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel Scandinavia (with local Disney channels in Sweden, Denmark and Norway) |
| Original run | 2009 – 2010 |
A joint Scandinavian series of the format was broadcast in Sweden, Denmark and Norway via the Disney Channel Scandinavia in 2009 and presented by Lebanese-Swedish singer and presenter Eric Saade. The winner would get his/her own videoclip aired on Disney local channel. The series was won by Swedish Shenie Fogo interpreting the winner song "Here I Am".
A follow-up series was broadcast in 2010. The winner in the second series was the 13-years-old Swedish candidate Vendela Hollmström singing "Its Not Too Late". Another song "Fire" by Swedish Ola Svensson, Danish Mohamed Ali & Norwegian Endre Nordvik became very famous after it was adopted as the theme song for My Camp Rock 2.
| My Camp Rock Benelux | |
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| Format | Reality series |
| Country of origin | BEL NED LUX |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel (Netherlands/Flanders) (with local Disney channels in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) |
| Original run | 2010 – 2010 |
My Rock Camp was also broadcast jointly for Benelux countries Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 2010. The winners were Cheyenne & Mayleen.