Any mention of either of these names brings the Shuttle an extra few thousand page hits. We are shameless.
As one of the first to expose the talents of Aussie Cody Simpson to the world - here is an exlcusive video he has just sent us of Justin Beiber surprising Simpson and joining him on stage at his show last night in Paris :
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Bullied Teen Controversy Spins Out of Control
It's another classic example of the power of the net that has seen Justin Beiber, Cody Simpson and Christian The Lion shoot to stardom after their youtube videos went haywire.
This youtube video appeared quietly about 4 months ago. It's young US teen Jonah Mowry talking about his experiences as a bullied gay lad in school.
He prefaced it with a message that he felt suicidal. It's a real tearjerker and thousands of followers linked to it and pretty soon Jonah had over 2 milliion hits and tens of thousands of 'likes' compared to a few hundred 'dislikes'.
Then the blogger Perez Hilton chipped in and pretty soon Jonah had thousands of twitter followers and was becoming a media star. The US ABC network interviewed him and singer Ricky Martin tweeted “one big rib breaking hug :0) ! Stay strong buddy! You are 1 courageous young man!!!”.
An appearance on Ellen de Generes was surely soon to follow.
Now Jonah has a new video up were he appears to be fairly flippant about his previous claims and says he has 'thousands' of people at school who like him. The backlash is only just beginning as the video responses are posted on youtube giving young Jonah a roasting and claiming him to be a fake. What do think ?
and a response to Jonah :
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He prefaced it with a message that he felt suicidal. It's a real tearjerker and thousands of followers linked to it and pretty soon Jonah had over 2 milliion hits and tens of thousands of 'likes' compared to a few hundred 'dislikes'.
Then the blogger Perez Hilton chipped in and pretty soon Jonah had thousands of twitter followers and was becoming a media star. The US ABC network interviewed him and singer Ricky Martin tweeted “one big rib breaking hug :0) ! Stay strong buddy! You are 1 courageous young man!!!”.
An appearance on Ellen de Generes was surely soon to follow.
Now Jonah has a new video up were he appears to be fairly flippant about his previous claims and says he has 'thousands' of people at school who like him. The backlash is only just beginning as the video responses are posted on youtube giving young Jonah a roasting and claiming him to be a fake. What do think ?
and a response to Jonah :
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Cody Mania Is Upon Us
At the ripe old age of 14 Cody has been steadily building a huge following in the USA but now he's been taken under the wing of manager Scooter Braun. And Braun is the one who rocketed Justin Beiber to stardom with his clever mix of studio producer Usher, choice of songs and the moulding of his image. Justin is now 17 and getting a bit long in the tooth as newcomers like Cody and 14 year old Jack Vidgen dog his footsteps.
Simpson was discovered via the same route as Beiber, posting his videos on YouTube. Atlantic records snapped him up in 2009 and moved he and his family from the Gold Coast to LA. His latest release Coast To Coast is no12 in the US charts . Next Thursday he will appear at Warringah Mall and on Friday at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Expect chaos.
There are plenty of YouTube videos of Cody Simpson but this one is rather nice-singing a song he wrote.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Another Web Find
Madelaine Zammit of South Australia who is only 16 has a net hit on her hands with this song that is zooming up the youtube charts.
The Shuttle was alerted to it a few days ago after a reader saw our piece on Cody Simpson who hit the big time in the US after he was spotted on youtube by an American producer. Our reader thought that there were similarities in Simpson and Madelaine's voice.
Quite a few blogs have published the video as well as the Sydney Morning Herald. We reckon Madelaine has a hit on her hands with this song about the problems one can face on Facebook etc. And she has a great voice.But why isn't she on Australia's Got Talent ?. She would give Jack Vidgen a run for his money.
Appropriately she has her own Facebook page with 6000 members :
The Shuttle was alerted to it a few days ago after a reader saw our piece on Cody Simpson who hit the big time in the US after he was spotted on youtube by an American producer. Our reader thought that there were similarities in Simpson and Madelaine's voice.
Quite a few blogs have published the video as well as the Sydney Morning Herald. We reckon Madelaine has a hit on her hands with this song about the problems one can face on Facebook etc. And she has a great voice.But why isn't she on Australia's Got Talent ?. She would give Jack Vidgen a run for his money.
Appropriately she has her own Facebook page with 6000 members :
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Baby Boomers Turn Away Now
Not long ago he left for Los Angeles to pursue a career and he has succeeded. Oddly, he's hardly known in his home country Australia but that's all about to change. Maybe this weekend.14 year old Cody Simpson is back in town and today he will be at the Westfield shopping centre in Miranda at 3.30pm where he will sing. Get there early and take ear-plugs-we predict mega crowds and screaming teen girls. On Sunday he will in Melbourne.
Cody was discovered by the usual route these days-YouTube. He comes from the Gold Coast in Queensland and he was a junior swimming champ before he took to the airwaves. He can sing, dance, write songs, play guitar-all the usual stuff and he has a really interesting charisma. This kid is going to be around for a long time.
Here is Cody performing the song I'm Yours :
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