TV: All shook up by Camp Rock

HOT on the heels of immense success of High School Musical and Hannah Montana, the Disney Channel will be unveiling its new original film, Camp Rock, today.

Aimed at hitting tweens’ G-spot, Camp Rock has already made waves since it premiered in the US two months ago with the young uns clamouring for more of the current “It” band, the Jonas Brothers (Kevin, Joe and Nick).

In fact, the premiere of Camp Rock outrated that of HSM!

But those hoping for the clean, Christian teenybopper musicians to be in every scene will be sorely disappointed as Camp Rock gives most of its face-time to relatively unknown singer-songwriter Demi Lovato (of Disney Channel’s As The Bell Rings).

Camp Rock, although formulaic, does not fail to disappoint — if you get your kicks watching teenagers wear grown-up clothes breaking into song and dance every now and then.

Set in an outdoorsy camp for musicians, a talented but poor Mitchie Torres (Lovato) is painfully embarrassed about her caterer mother who took on a job at the camp so the girl could enter with a discount.

Shane Gray (Joe Jonas) is an angst-ridden and jaded boy bander with “Connect Three” (played by the JB) who seems to have lost his passion for music. He’s been sent packing to Camp Rock by his bandmates to rekindle the music-making spark.

Throw in puppy love, “believe in yourself” mantra, the resident bitchy blonde drama queen (“Whatever, major loser” is delightfully her best line), smart-ass sidekick and some catchy tunes, and there you have a summer craze enough to get teenage hearts go a-flutter.

It has all the ingredients to make kids remember this TV film for at least a few months and for the theme song to be stuck in the head a couple of days.

Specially made for kids who sometimes feel awkward and misunderstood, which is practically everyone, the film, like all Disney Channel original offerings has the message of self-love and being true to yourself.

Lame acting, perpetual cheesy smiles and predictable plot aside, the film won’t win an Emmy. But it will certainly warm up the hearts of both tweens and parents.

Camp Rock premieres today on Disney Channel (Astro channel 615) on Sept 7 at 7.30pm.