New Teen Mom: YP + Teen Mom Australia

There's more Teen Mom coming to the UK for the start of 2020! First up is a new season of Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant, and then we'll get Teen Mom Australia later this month. Sometimes we get the new series straight after America but YP has taken longer to come here this time, since it started in the US in October.

Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant

Young and Pregnant started in 2018, following in the footsteps of the original Teen Mom (itself a spin off of the American reality series 16 and Pregnant which followed pregnant teens), Teen Mom 2 and the short lived Teen Mom 3. At the start it followed 5 girls- Lexi Tatman, Ashley Jones, Brianna Jaramillo, Jade Cline and Kayla Sessler.

The show returned later in 2018 . Now it's back for S2  but there have been some changes. It was revealed a year ago that Lexi had been let go from YP and replaced by new girl Kiaya Elliot. I think it's a shame that we won't see her anymore. MTV reportedly felt that her storyline wasn't interesting enough, and her boyfriend Kyler wasn't popular with viewers. There would have been more for them to film though, since she gave birth to her second child Jay, a brother for 2 year old Tobias, in August! The news surprised fans, since she and Kyler chose to keep the pregnancy off social media and just announce the birth. See below for a more recent Lexi update. :)

In addition to Kiyah another new mum has joined the cast, Rachel Beaver, since Jade has left the show, going over to TM 2 as a replacement for Jenelle Evans!

 

Kiaya Elliot

19 year old Kiaya gave birth to her son Amour Amani-Nathaniel in December 2018. She's from Virginia and works as a nail technician. Her story is a bit complicated since she originally was with her girlfriend Teazaha (her high school sweetheart), took a break after Teazaha cheated on her, and then slept with a boy called X'Zayveon and got pregnant with Amour. X'zayveon is currently in prison. It's a bit similar to Brianna, who got pregnant with her son while on a break from her then boyfriend Danae.

For more on Kiaya visit these links:

InTouch Weekly article: https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/teen-mom-young-and-pregnant-who-is-kiaya-elliott-meet-the-new-mom/*

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__.slaybykay/

FB fanpage (not much on it at present): https://www.facebook.com/KiayaElliotFanPage/?ref=py_c


Rachel Beaver

Rachel, 17, is from Tennessee and had her daughter Hazelee Rae last February. She was unsure who Hazelee's father was, her ex-boyfriend Drew or his best friend Jacob. She also has a new boyfriend called Koty. Read more about Rachel's situation here: https://starcasm.net/teen-mom-rachels-daughters-father/

More storylines likely to be covered are Rachel's relationship with her mum Stephanie who has addiction issues, and her older sister Malorie who is also a teen mum to daughter Emerson. Check out this Starcasm post for more: https://starcasm.net/teen-mom-rachel-mom-stephanie-arrest/

For more on Rachel check out these links:

Reality Titbit article: https://www.realitytitbit.com/mtv/teen-mom-young-and-pregnant-who-is-rachel-beaver

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayy_b_/

FB fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/Rachel-Beaver-fanpage-119404779457568/


And for more on both girls visit this Starcasm post: https://starcasm.net/teen-mom-young-pregnant-new-moms-kiaya-rachel-photos-bios-instagram


In other TM: Young and Pregnant news, 20 year old Kayla gave birth to her 2nd child (her first with current boyfriend Luke Davis), daughter Ariah Jordan last August. She joins Izaiah, Kayla's 2 year old son with her ex Stephan Alexander. You can read about the birth here: http://www.mtv.com/news/3130799/kayla-sessler-baby-girl-teen-mom-young-and-pregnant/

We'll also see Brianna, 19,  dealing with the father of her 2 year old son Braeson and catch up with Ashley, 22, who is co-parenting daughter Holly, 2 with her on-off boyfriend Bar Smith.

For an update on Lexi's life since leaving the show, visit this post: https://starcasm.net/teen-mom-lexi-tatman-update/

Watch the American trailer for S2 of Young and Pregnant here:

For more on Young and Pregnant visit these links:

MTV site: http://www.mtv.com/shows/teen-mom-young-and-pregnant

Distractify feature: https://www.distractify.com/p/teen-mom-young-and-pregnant-ages


Last year also saw the start of a new British version of YP, Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant UK. I think it was quite popular so will probably be back for another series. You can read my post about it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/09/teen-mom-young-and-pregnant-uk.html


Teen Mom Australia

Last July an Australian version of Teen Mom started. I wondered if/when we'd get it here, and it's set to start in the UK this month.

Teen Mom Australia follows 3 young mums- Ammersen, Georgina  and Akosita.  Ammi has since had another baby.


Ammersen  Chambers

Ammersen (whose nickname is Ammi), 18,  is from Melbourne and gave birth to son Jiyah in February 2018. Jiyah's father is her childhood sweetheart Jordan. During the show we will see Ammi's life as a teen mum and her relationship with her older sister Katya, who she lives with. In September Ammi and Jordan had second son Nakoah.

Follow Ammi's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/ammi_jayde/

And read more about her here: https://www.who.com.au/teen-mom-australia-ammersen-chambers
 

Akosita Masima

19 year old Akosita (Sita for short) from Western Sydney, gave birth to son Andrew in December 2018, her first child with boyfriend Thomson. She comes from a Tongan family, and she, Thomson and Andrew live with her parents, 3 brothers, sisters, grandad and siblings' children. As well as being a mother, Sita hopes to launch a singing career and get back to playing rugby which she put on hold after discovering she was pregnant at 22 weeks.

Read more on Sita here: https://www.who.com.au/teen-mom-australia-akosita-masima-found-out-she-was-pregnant-at-22-weeks

And I think this is a song of hers here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLGri7owhFU

Georgina Manios

Georgina (nickname Georgie) is 20,  and a single mum to daughter Evie, who was born in July 2017.  She lives in the Sutherland Shire. Evie's dad is John who Georgie was together with 5 years, but they had an on and off relationship. 

For more on Georgie visit these links:

Who feature: https://www.who.com.au/teen-mom-australia-georgina-manios

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georginamanios


For more on the TM Australian girls check out these links:

Official FB page: https://www.facebook.com/MTVTeenMomAU/

New.Com.au article: https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/what-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-australias-version-of-mtv-show-teen-mom/news-story/

MammaMia aricle: https://www.mamamia.com.au/teen-mom-australia-cast/

WHO feature: https://www.who.com.au/mtvs-teen-mom-australia-cast

Another WHO article: https://www.who.com.au/teen-mom-australia-georgina-akosita-ammerson

I can't find a trailer on YouTube to post on here, but you can see the promo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MTVTeenMomAU/videos/2497471806963586/


I'm looking forward to the show. Teen Mom UK has been successful, so if the Aussie version is too then we'll see it come back for another series/season. :) We still haven't got the new season of Unexpected (another show about teen mothers) in the UK, so I might have to watch clips  on YouTube (since I don't have Netflix etc.)!


S2 of TM: Young and Pregnant starts next Wednesday 8th January on MTV UK at 8pm, and Teen Mom: Australia will start on Monday 11th January at 7pm.


Want more Teen Mom? Check out these posts: 

TM: Young and Pregnant (US): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/03/teen-mom-young-and-pregnant.html

Teen Mom Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/teen-mom-round-up.html

Latest TM UK post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/07/new-teen-mom-uk.html

 TM: Young Moms Club: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/04/teen-mom-young-moms-club.html

10 Years of Teen Mom: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/10-years-of-teen-mom.html

TM: Young and Pregnant UK: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/09/teen-mom-young-and-pregnant-uk.html

And if you're an Unexpected fan (the TLC version of Teen Mom), you might like these posts:

 Unexpected: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/09/unexpected.html

Unexpected Girls Updates: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/unexpected-girls-updates.html


*I haven't been able to view InTouch Weekly  or US Weekly in ages, which I think might have been to do with GDPR, but I can see them again now!