Big Time Rush :)

Recently, I sat down to interview four guys, there names are Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan. And if you have a tween or teen girl around you…they are probably screaming right now! These guys are big! And if the screaming has stopped and they are now able to tell from your perplexed look of you they actually are, their name is Big Time Rush. How big are they? Their Nickelodeon show (also called Big Time Rush) debuted last November is now second only to Icarly and the group came out with a cd that when I met them for this interview, had kids skipping school to stand in line to meet them, security in full force, and an army of media cameras reserved for only the very famous.

The guys had a grueling schedule of hitting different cities promoting their new cd but they were totally loving every moment of it. I talked with them in one of the Back rooms of Best Buy in Altamonte Springs, Fl before they were to meet their eager fans and to sign 600 of their cd’s which sold in a matter of hours at the store.

So here’s Big Time Rush : Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan:


Q. “Your TV Show on Nickelodeon, also called Big Time Rush, is the 2nd highest rated show behind ICarly. So were you surprised the show would do so well?”


A.(James) “Absolutley! It took a long time to cast and after - literally 2 years of auditions, we hoped it would do well and then it seemed to exceed all those high expectations we had to begin with! and we couldn’t imagine it would become this big this quickly… So we’re all very, very grateful.”


Q. “Your pilot episode from last November aired after the Icarly - Imove out special -Do you think that was really great to be right after Icarly?”

A. (Kendall) “It was really cool! Icarly gave us a launching pad for many to recognize the show & be able to see it & once they kinda got hooked- they loved watching it.We’re very thankful for Icarly and Miranda and we love her to death!”
(Carlos) “ In fact, she just guest starred on our show which is really cool for us -for our Christmas show!”


Q.” Casting for Big Time Rush was in 2007 - so this wasn’t an overnight thing for you guys - Carlos Had postponed Boston Conservatory to study music for awhile - did anyone else put stuff aside?”

A. (Kendall)” I had a band I started before Big Time Rush and it’s on hold at the moment-But I’m full into Big Time Rush and it’s been going great. In fact, the people that are outside waiting to have us sign stuff is incredible and we each appreciate it so much and we wouldn’t be here without the fans!”

(Logan)”I was acting and had just moved out to LA and getting call-backs and on hold for a lot of cool projects and this was the one that fizzled on and I joined this and it’s been history ever since.”

(James) “ I know all of us through the course of the audition prject actually turned down a good amt of shows and looked at for several movies but because of our contract - didn’t get to do that. Carlos and I actually got called the same time into Disney.”
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So I finished up my interview with hugs and thank you’s and walked past the hundreds of screaming fans holding up signs and past the tv cameras covering the tween frenzy, and past the security and headed out to do my next on location interview…Champion Wrestler and NY Times Best selling author Mick Foley.

A lot of times I’m asked by kids are they really that nice or what did they say or do?
After watching them hangout and get ready to do my interview with them, I can say yes, they are really nice- all of them. They also really get along together and no one is like a take charge person - each one has a lot of input and they all enjoy doing what they are doing. After Florida, they were heading over to Texas to do the same and across the country, Big Time Rush is Big!