Now at the time I did not know that Jordan was actually leaving the show, I only found that out at a later point. Though I of course don’t know all the reasons for her leaving Eureka but the most obvious seems to be that she got signed to have a role in the ABC sitcom Hank. Now for an actress that is a big chance, being on a sitcom on a major network with the main star being Kelsey Grammer. So I don’t think anyone can blame her for making that move. The problem with Hank however is that it has already been canceled, after only nine episodes aired.

I tried watching the show but it just didn’t work for me, the show just wasn’t funny and the cast didn’t really work either. Now Kelsey is known as a good actor but not on this show, I’m also sad to say that Jordan in my eyes didn’t do well on this show either. So what’s the problem? Is the character of Zoe Carter the only thing she can do? It made me wonder but the thing is that I could only compare her on Hank and Eureka, I’ve never seen her in anything else. Looking for other things she has done didn’t help that much either, the only movie she has ever really done is some direct to DVD movie called Glass House: The Good Mother. I tried finding it but I just couldn’t so what to do?

Then the last weekend, flipping through the TV guide, the thing actually comes on TV. So would I finally get my question answered? Now this is a straight to DVD movie so I didn’t expect that much from the movie and the beyond obvious plot twists were to be expected. In the end however it was actually a decent movie for what it is and I was also glad to see that Jordan did a good job. So yes she can act and Eureka isn’t just a fluke. So what was the problem with Hank? Even the ABC big shots blame it on the writing so I guess we’ll have to leave it at that.

So what will she do now? Eureka starts a new season in July and I hope she will be back on it, even if it’s not on an as regular bases as before. Characters have been replaced on that show before but I think that Zoe is actually quite an important character, so I hope it for both the best of the show and for Jordan’s career. Of course I don’t know what she’s up to exactly but her IMDB page is very empty right now. If she doesn’t return to Eureka I’ll miss her on the show I think. It could even be that I am worried about nothing and that they always planned for her to do guest appearances.

This made me think about one thing though, how hard it is for actors to pick the right role. Sure, a show on SyFy is more than most actors will ever achieve but when you get the chance to appear on a major network, I think it’s a chance that pretty much everyone would take. If not for the money I’d think it’s also a chance to open more doors in the future. Which it might have done already in contacts but I don’t think it got her noticed by the general public. So no I don’t blame Jordan for leaving the show, do I like that she left the show? I don’t know yet, the fourth season doesn’t start until July after all. I still say I want Zoe Carter back.

Just shows you how difficult something like show business is. A lot of depends on chances you get in a career, when you get a chance to do something bigger 99% of people is going to take it. There however is always the danger that it isn’t the chance someone hoped for.

What can we compare them on? All three of them are active in the same segments of entertainment really, they each have their own Disney Channel show, they have a record deal with Hollywood Records and they do movies. So it should be quite easy to compare them on things, also included will be things like awards of course seeing that is everything the entertainment industry revolves around. We’ll even include some less obvious categories towards the end but we have to be thorough. Points will be awarded, 5 points for a victory, 3 points for a second place and 1 point for the last place.So lets start with the Disney Channel shows, Hannah Montana vs Wizards of Waverly Place vs Sonny With a Chance. Surprisingly when you put them all next to each other in ratings they aren’t actually that far apart. However, all ratings records are held by Hannah Montana and all stores are full of Hannah Montana merchandise and not of Wizards of Waverly Place and Sonny With a Chance merchandise. So Hannah Montana is the winner here, victory for Miley Cyrus. Second comes Selena and third Demi.

Next we get to the record deals, who is the best musician? The only thing that matters in that case is the number of albums they each sell. Miley and Demi have both been on #1 in the Billboard 200, Selena hasn’t even gotten close. So it’s between Miley and Demi, the thing however is that Demi has been on #1 once, Miley has been there five times. Miley’s albums also reached platinum status while Demi’s did not, so the victory goes to Miley Cyrus, Demi second and Selena third.

Movies, all three of them have done them. Lets just make this short, this is another victory for Miley Cyrus. She’s the only one of the three who has actually topped the box office, I will not count Horton Hears a Who for Selena since she might as well have not been in it. Selena however has been in movies that made it into movie theaters while Demi has only been in TV movies so far. So Selena is second and Demi third.

So now to the awards. Not really a point in making this part very long either, Miley has a closet full of surfboards and blimps while Demi and Selena only won a couple. Miley also has a Golden Globe nomination to her credit while that is something Selena and Demi can only dream of. So in this category it’s an easy order of another boring victory for Miley, second Selena and third Demi.

So that’s it for the purely professional comparisons, which results in a standing of Miley first with 20 points, Selena second with 10 points and Demi last with 6 points. So it’s pretty clear that Miley is by far the biggest star of the three success wise, that however isn’t everything that is to a person so we continue with some other things.

Lets start with charity, who’s the bigger philanthropist? Miley has raised millions for charity through her concert tours and also has her own charity. Selena might be an Unicef Ambassador but money wise you don’t really hear a lot from her. Who knows what Demi does for charity, can’t be bothered to find out. So it once again is Miley first, Selena second, Demi third.

The general biggest celebrity can easily be judged by the number of paparazzi pictures that is taken. That one is so easy it doesn’t even need clarification, here we look at the recent history, so the last couple of months. First Miley, second Demi, third Selena. We can also look at what big award shows people are invited to and then the order is almost the same but we just have to switch Demi and Selena.

The standing now is 30 points for Miley, 14 for Selena and 10 for Demi.

Now for the big one, which seems to be what is on the mind of most people. Who is the best role model? Lets look at all three of them individually for that just a little. Lets start with Miley. Miley has a tattoo, a whole array of piercings, she is involved in tons of scandals, even if they are created by the media they reflect badly on her. Her wardrobe choices also earn her a lot of criticism. Selena is a goody two shoes, she never says or does anything that becomes a major scandal, she always dresses appropriately doesn’t have any visual piercings and no tattoos. She can’t be caught in any scandalous outfits either. Demi is being accused lately of dressing too old and there have been some minor scandals. So I guess here for the first time we have an order of Selena first, Demi second and Miley third. Seeing Miley is such a horrible role model.

The end result however remains a land slide victory for Miley, 31 points vs Selena with 19 points and 13 for Demi. So now we once and for all know, Miley is the biggest Disney star.

If people haven’t started wondering by now who the hell wrote this, seeing it’s nothing like the usual blogs on this site; it’s written by the same person as always. I just did what everyone on the internet and in the media seems to do. They love to compare people, using all their own arguments for arguing why one person is better than another. Why? If you like Selena, go and like Selena. If you like Miley, go and like Miley. If you like Demi, go and like Demi. What is the point of trying to justify why you like one person more than another? There is none, it’s all a case of personal preference. So the first 850 words of this blog are completely meaningless, they are just there to prove a point. I don’t care who of the three has more success and I most certainly do not care about that role model bullshit, the concept of which as I’ve said before completely escapes me anyway.

In my eyes the people who try and justify their admiration for someone by putting down someone else are even worse. That’s what all this comparing comes down to and people will always find a reason to be right. So what if Miley for example won a big award, if she did she doesn’t deserve it and whoever gave her that award is pretty much nuts. If people just try to enjoy their favorite celebrity rather than be preoccupied by proving why they are the best to other people, life could be so much easier. Just like who you like and let someone else like who they like, it really isn’t that hard.

So who is this LIGHTS? Well, as mentioned it’s a 22 year old female Canadian musician obviously. Reading up on her shows some interesting things, to give some quirky details; she has a quite big Wonder Woman tattoo on her back and two World Of Warcraft related tattoos. Some people would consider that geeky I think but I don’t, to me it shows that she is quite outspoken about what she likes and does. So lets get to the music part now. Her music is referred to as Synthpop (someone from that genre who would be better known would be Metro Station, I just think LIGHTS is a lot better than them. Owl City would also fit the description of Synthpop.) but I think I mentioned before that I don’t look at genres very much, I listen to the music I like, whatever genre it’s in.

It is Synthpop yes so there is a lot of electronic stuff going on, however in this case it’s a choice. For people who doubt that LIGHTS can sing live just check the video below and shut up.

The song she is singing there is called Saviour and it’s the best track of the album if you ask me, just love everything about the song, the music the lyrics, the whole package (I also love the music video so that is attached underneath as well, finally a music video which doesn’t look like it was slapped together). While I have my theories about the origins of the lyrics (I didn’t read up on that, other people are unlikely to do so) but the lyrics can be applied to a lot of situations. Or maybe I’m just biased because the meaning of my birth name is saviour. It’s also the current single of the album, the previous one is Ice which is a good song but doesn’t quite keep up. Other songs that are worth a listen are Lions!, River and The Listening. Actually all songs on there are worth a listen, I can’t say that I can find a bad song on there. I just like the whole thing really.

So what do I think of the album? I actually just love it. It’s a big thing to say but I really do, with the album I just get a feeling that she is presenting her own style of music. That this is the album that she wanted to make and not what some record executive wanted her to make. She’s a co-writer on all the songs so this really is her album. Sound wise it’s just a well rounded mix, every song sounds different and has its own charms. So that is another reason for reviewing the album, I just want to get it out there so people will give her a listen. She might be well known in Canada but outside of those borders not quite yet. I know I’ve never done this before but I’m actually giving it five out of five (as I don’t do halves). Problem with that however is that she better live up to that when she comes out with a new album.

Yes it sounds vague but there is a point to it, I’m not even going to use an example this time seeing it can apply to pretty much every celebrity out there. I’ve also seen it with many celebrities. One thing I can already conclude from looking at a lot of celebrities; every young celebrity out there is growing up too fast, it has been that way years ago and still is the case now. Is it me or is there a pattern there? The thing is that growing up is based a lot on experiences, your average young celebrity has a lot more experiences at a far younger age than “normal” people. Does that mean I’m saying they’re growing up at a normal pace? No I don’t because I simply don’t know. I believe that growing up is something everyone has to do for themselves, there are a lot of things involved in it.

I don’t actually know any celebrity personally. When people judge these celebrities they pretty much never know them personally either. Someone you see in magazines and interviews might not be the person someone actually is. There are so many things involved in a personality; it’s likely that not everything about that is shown in public. So who am I to say what kind of personality a celebrity has? I can only make an estimate based on what I see, I however can never present it as fact.

That leads to people using statements like “she’s not being herself” or the opposite “she’s being herself”. How do we truly know? These are young girls who are still busy finding themselves so how can outsiders judge who they are? In my eyes they just can’t. Even though it’s a normal thing for people to judge situations on little information it’s still wrong. At times it just gets to a level where it’s beyond annoying and I just wonder why on earth people would get upset about it. One little statement or gossip can already get people up in arms making even more judgments.

What it all comes down to is that I think people want their favorite celebrity to be a certain way. When someone becomes a fan they see something they like about that celebrity. When that person then matures in a different way than someone had envisioned the judging starts. I personally would rather see someone being themselves than someone who me or someone else might want them to be. If that makes you like said celebrity a little less; so be it. It can be the same in real life relationships and friendships, people grow apart. It just happens. Someone isn’t a fan anymore because of it? So be it, it’s not like you can change anything about it.

Some people will see that as me saying that I would excuse anything a celebrity does which isn’t true. There are things in many young celebrities that I don’t like, I however have no say in what happens. That’s besides me and everyone else probably not even knowing half the story. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about a situation, in some cases it just seems so frivolous. There are plenty of situations I will not judge on because it’s none of my business. Prime example being that of celebrity relationships, I just don’t involve myself in those. I have no right to judge whether a couple is right for each other or not so I just won’t.

The thing with the media is that they are required to do everything I’m saying that annoys me. A gossip blog isn’t going to survive by not judging, a tabloid isn’t going to sell if they don’t create drama. It’s all part of a business plan they use so for them that is the right thing to do, even though I don’t like it and actually think it’s morally wrong in a lot of cases. I’ve seen many a celebrity make statements as to the media presenting them in a wrong light, sad thing is that that is their job. We really don’t truly know them but we like to believe we do, as I’ve said I’m guilty of it myself. I’ve used “she wouldn’t do that” lines or something similar regarding celebrities. Do I really know? No I don’t and most likely will never know. I doubt anyone else does either (excluding friends, colleagues and family of celebrities in that statement obviously).

Simple enough solution, here is the annual list of rising starlets so now the 2009 edition. So young actresses and musicians in Hollywood who I feel have done the most improvement in their career rated by projects, popularity etc. Yes, it is full of my opinion so no one can tell me I’m wrong. Here we go.

10. Victoria Justice – Is getting quite a bit of attention for someone who isn’t on TV all that much. Sure she has her guest spots on Nickelodeon shows her and there and she did the TV movie Spectacular! She is getting an own show on Nickelodeon though for some reason it went a bit quiet around that.

9. Demi Lovato – Personally I think she should be up higher on the list, however I also think that she won’t get the same chances as other people might get. People see her too much as just another Disney star while I think she has more potential than that. This year saw the premiere of her show Sonny With a Chance which gets good ratings, however it doesn’t quite match up with other shows on the same channel. Her second album outsold her first album so that is going in the right direction, she’s developing her own sound.

8. Dakota Fanning – Dakota just had success with Twilight: New Moon of course though that isn’t really down to her. She however is continuing to show that she has some acting talent, the coming year however will be in the shade of Kristen Stewart a bit as she co-stars her twice, in both cases Kristen has the bigger role.

7. Selena Gomez – Continues to do well with Wizards of Waverly Place ratings wise, also has a movie coming out next year. Not too confident in her music career honestly but the main public seems to like her and the media makes her out to be bigger than she actually is. The media however is also of major influence in entertainment so that’s why she ranks higher than for example Demi Lovato.

6. Taylor Swift – Basically one of the best selling artists of the year if not the best selling one. For 2010 I however am not to sure, right now she is still milking the success of Fearless which was released in 2008. Even though it had a re-release with new songs she has to do something bigger fairly soon. Though she is now broadening her horizon into acting as well, so career wise that probably is a good thing.

5. Miranda Cosgrove – iCarly is pretty much the highest rated show in its age category, simple as that. She seems fairly settled at Nickelodeon though maybe just a bit too settled. She’s also recording an album, I hope it won’t be what she has been producing so far. So far she’s only been doing soundtrack work so I’m still hopeful that she can develop her own sound.

4. Jennette McCurdy – I’m probably the only person who ranks Jennette above Miranda in a comparison like this. She is also a major part in the success of iCarly, so in that part of the success I actually rank them equally. I however see more promise in her music career, unlike what most people would expect she didn’t sign to a pop label. She’s going into country music, with her voice I think she has potential there (if you haven’t heard her sing, just youtube her).

3. Kristen Stewart – Twilight, that’s what sums her up right now at the moment. Though she’s also doing The Runaways but I don’t think that will be that big a box office hit, don’t think it’s really supposed to be either. Twilight is also her problem though, right now she’s nothing but Twilight. Even I can see what it did to her name in Hollywood, despite me not actually liking Twilight.

2. Sofia Vassilieva – Visitors to this site (even though there aren’t that many) will know that I have a soft spot for her. In the past year however she has starred in a well received movie (My Sister’s Keeper) and not just because she shaved her head and eyebrows for it. Her show Medium also moved channels and what did that do? It only made ratings for the show either, quite an achievement for a show that has been on the air for that much time already. Is it due to her? Not in particular but she turns eighteen next year, which means producers for the show will be able to do what I think they have been wanting to do for a while. Give her a bigger role as she can start to work more hours. Only flaw I see is that she doesn’t really have any new movie projects lined up at this time.

1. Miley Cyrus – Yes, yet again I put Miley on the top. Why? Well, think about it. Who was the person with the most blown out of proportion scandals in the past year that weren’t actually true scandals? That’s right it was Miley. Did it hurt her career? If it did, I don’t want to know what would have happened if she didn’t have any of those scandals. We’d most likely be visiting churches devoted to Miley by now. She managed to crash Twitter (though there is no real proof for that, just rather curious Twitter crashed right after she deleted her Twitter) and expanded her career to include that of successful clothing designer. She however managed to do one major thing which is the most important; she managed to be Miley Cyrus. People keep saying she’ll have Hannah Montana branded on her forehead the rest of her life (though maybe that’s due to the show itself going down in quality), I think she already passed that point though. Next year will also see a movie in which she isn’t Hannah Montana and another album release. Nothing to suggest that she will go downhill, even if that is what certain media are trying to make people believe.