MTV’s New Show “Rock the Cradle”

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MTV is joining the search to find America’s next great singing sensation in a new reality competion. But instead of auditioning tens of thousands of people across the country, they’re hedging their bets by selecting contestants with a genetic predisposition for stardom.

Rock the Cradle, which premieres April 3 (10 p.m. EST), will feature the children of rock royals like Bobby Brown, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, M.C. Hammer and Olivia Newton John.

The show will air live weekly and will have the contestants battle it out in singing competions to be judged by a mix of celebs and influential people in the music industry.

Here’s a full list of the contestants vying for the top spot on Rock the Cradle:

Jesse Money, daughter of Eddie Money
Jesse Blaze Snider, son of Dee Snider
Lara Johnston, daughter of Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers
A’keiba Burrell-Hammer, M.C. Hammer’s daughter
Landon Brown, son of Bobby Brown
Lil Al B Sure, R&B singer Al B Sure’s son
Crosby Loggins, Kenny Loggin’s son
Chloe Rose Lattanzi, Olivia Newton John’s daughter
Lucy Walsh (pictured, right), daughter of the EaglesJoe Walsh

“I was interested in this show because of the mass exposure available with a television spot,” says Lucy Walsh (pictured left). “I’m just not going to pass that up. I mean come on, the girls who are winning American Idol go on to win Grammys!”

The cast came together for the first time at a recent photo shoot and quickly started to bond. “I love A’Keiba!” Jesse Blaze Snider told PEOPLE. “Me and her are going to be awesome buddies! We both have big families and have been through ‘Our dad’s are big and famous’ and then ‘Our dad doesn’t have a lot of money.’”

A’Keiba, whose dad plans to be with her every step of the way during this process, said she joined the show after he presented the idea to her. “It sounded like a lot of fun,” she said. “I love performing.”

“She’s a hard working girl,” said M.C. Hammer, who attended the photo shoot with his daughter. “I’m a proud papa. My advice is to have fun!”

Despite not wanting to be a part of his father’s reality show, Being Bobby Brown, Landon Brown says Rock the Cradle will be great exposure for him.

“I love to compete,” he said. “I’ve learned from [my father’s] mistakes. I do me, but I tone myself down a little more, except on stage. I’ll try not to take my shirt off up there. They told me not to.”

PEOPLE 

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Comments (5)

  • Let's hope Bobby's son has got his life together. I could barely watch Gone Country with BB.
    missmissea 775 missmissea 3/11/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Let's hope Bobby's son has got his life together. I could barely watch Gone Country with BB.
    missmissea 775 missmissea 3/11/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Sorry got click happy.
    missmissea 775 missmissea 3/11/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • hmmmm....i dunno there are probably lots more people who are more talented than they are that arent related to celebs.
    CelebSugar 1066 CelebSugar 3/11/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Landon is very talented, he can hold his own!

    Landon, come on and show America what you working with! you got our vote here in VA!!
    anonymous anonymous 4/2/08 Reply
     

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