Jersey Shore - We've Got a Situation!

Last time Snooki was placed on the 2nd place on my list of 5 Top Celebrities promoted by MTV. Nicole Polizzi is known for her participation in Jersey Shore, and today I would like to present you some controversies that arouse after the release of this show. Maybe not all of you are familiar with the fact, that Jersey Shore is most viewed series telecast ever: its popularity was rising with every season, and the season's 3 episodes were watched by almost 9 milion viewers (quite a lot, huh?)

So good ratings suggest that there must be something special in this show. It is not only the most popular reality television series, but also one of the most controversial. First of all, members of the cast describes themselves as guidos and guidettes and even MTV promoted the show as presenting 'eight of the hottest, tannest, craizest Guidos'. If you don't know, guido is a slang term, refering to a lower-class or working-class urban Italian-American and according to Wikipedia 'more recently, it has come to refer to Italians who conduct themselves as thugs with an overtly macho attitude.' Italian American organizations criticized the use of this terms in Jersey Shore, claiming that 'it is racial stereotyping in the worst possible sense' (these are words of Andre DiMino, UNICO National President)

Italian-American organizations were not only upset with the use of the word "Guido" in the program, but also with the general image of Americans of Italian origins that Jersey Shore presents. UNICO National wanted MTV to cancel the show, claiming that 'MTV has festooned the 'bordello-like' house set with Italian flags and red, white and green maps of New Jersey while every other cutaway shot is of Italian signs and symbols. They are blatantly as well as subliminally bashing Italian-Americans with every technique possible.' This opinion also was shared by National Italian American Foundation, The Order Sons of Italy in America (the oldest Italian American fraternal organization in the U.S.) and by Italian Aware website.

Another controversies were connected with the incident taking place in one of the bar in Seaside Heights. You can watch what happened here:

 

As you can see, Snooki was attacked by some man in the bar (he was angry because Snooki was mad at him for stealing her drink). The scene with suffering Snooki was presented together with a public service announcement against violence towards women. The assailant turned out to be a physical education teacher from New York, who was arrested, suspended from his positions at schools, and finally fined $500 and given a 6-month suspended jail sentence (I'm cuorios to know what punishment would he get in Poland...)

Another issue is tanning, that is omnipresent in the show. A lot of people, including a dermatologist Dr. Seth Forman, criticized Jersey Shore for promoting tanning. They claim that members of the cast have negative influence on young people, as they always emphasize how important tanning is.

Although I didn't mention all of the controversies of Jersey Shore, we can see that just a few people stay indifferent to this show. And of course, the more controversial show is, the more popular it becomes. No matter how many people criticize the cast members, Jersey Shore still has a lot of fans, even the youngest one :) :

MTV CELEBRITIES

As we have already stated, MTV is not about music anymore. This station is rather filled with TV shows promoting... hmm.... yeah, that's the question ;) During the last decade we can observe more and more 'stars' famous just for being famous. In this note I would like to take a closer look at people (more precisely women) who gained their popularity thanks to MTV shows and started to appear on the red carpet just because of their well-knowness. Here is my list of TOP 5 MTV Celebrities:

No.5

Daisy de la Hoya

  

Daisy de la Hoya was born in 1976 in California, however, she grew up in Denver. What's her job? Well, media describe her as television personality. She first appeared on Rock of Love 2--reality show presenting Bret Michaels (Poison'sDaisy of Love, in which twenty guys fight for Daisy's love... front man) looking for his perfect match. Daisy got into final, but unfortunately Bret didn't pick her :( Broken hearted Daisy decided not to break down and... she got her own reality dating show Daisy of Love, in which twenty guys fight for Daisy's heart... 

No.4 
Tila Tequila

Her real name is Tila Nguyen and she was born in Singapore in 1981 and moved to the U.S. when she was a teenager. Then she started her adenture with acting and modeling (for instance for Playboy). Most people know her because of the reality show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila in which 16 man and 16 women compete for Tila's affection. Unfortunately, after 2 seasons of the show Tila still didn't find her soul mate. As we can see, looking for love is not easy...

No.3

Holly Madison

Holly Madison (born in 1978 in Astoria, Oregon) is probably one of the most recognizable Playboy Bunnies. We could watch her together with Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Winlkinson in The Girls Next Door, reality tv series presenting life of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. After her relationship with Hef ended, she took part in Dancing with the Stars, she started starring in Peepshow burlesque show in LA and did many other things, like hosting world's largest bikini parade on Las Vegas. Oh, and now of course she has her own reality show, Holly's World, presenting all these interesting events from her life.

No.2

Nicole Polizzi

Probably you don't recognize this name, but if you have seen at least one episode of Jersey Shore you know Snooki. As she writes on her Facebook, her essentials are "tanning, music, gorillas, best friends, FAMILY♥, and working my way to be Mizz Boss Lady :)". Polizzi appears in many TV programs, she has her own collections of jewelry and slippers and she even wrote a book, entitled A Shore Thing. In 2011 she received $32 000 for a speech at Rudgers University, giving general advice "study hard, but party harder". What is more, "America's #1 Party Girl" appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Being on the cover of famous music magazine for being party animal, that's how Snooki does it ;) 


No.1
Kim Kardashian

 Ok, at the beginning it was her sex tape and not MTV that made her popular. However, let's be honest - if she didn't appear in reality television series about her family, probably most of people would forget about this lady long time ago. Kimberly is a daughter of Robert Kardashian, an atorrney best known for his role in the trial of O.J. Simpson (who was his close friend). Few years after Kim's father's death program Keeping Up with the Kardashians started. This reality show presents life of the whole family, with the special focus on Kim and her sisters--Khloe and Kourtney. Kim also appears in the other MTV production, Kourtney and Kim Take New York about two sisters opening their D-A-S-H store in NY. She is also a model and occasionally an 'actress', like Holly Madison she took part in Dancing with the Stars and has her own perfume line. And of course, we can meet her on almost every party and ceremony.