Disney�s "Princess Protection Program" Successfully Premiered in the US

Disney Channel's original made-for-television movie titled "Princess Protection Program", starring Demi Lovato (Camp Rock) and Selena Gomez (Another Cinderella Story) had a successful premiere in the US last Friday, June 26, 2009.

Princess Protection Program registered an estimated 8.5 million total viewers, the 3rd highest premiere by an original movie made by Disney Channel after High School Musical 2 in 2007 (with 17.2 million viewers) and Camp Rock in 2008 (with 8.9 million viewers).

Synopsis: When Princess Rosalinda (Lovato) is about to become queen of her country of Costa Luna, the country is invaded by an evil dictator. She is put into the Princess Protection Program, a secret organization funded by royal families that looks after endangered princesses. Rosalinda is taken under the wing of Mason (Verica), an agent in the PPP from rural Louisiana. While there, she meets his daughter, Carter (Gomez), an insecure tomboy who works at the local bait shop. Carter dreams of going to the school dance with her crush, Donny, (Adamson), the school hottie. In becoming a normal teenager, Rosalinda takes up the name Rosie and soon becomes popular at school; which Carter must learn to handle. Although through the ups and downs, the two form a tight bond and become close friends, with Carter teaching Rosie to become a normal American girl, and Rosie helping Carter to find her inner princess. At the end, Carter realizes what a jerk Donny is and goes to the dance with Ed (Braun), who is her best friend and he has a crush on her for a long time. Rosie becomes Queen of Costa Luna in the end and Carter and Ed cheer ,�Long Live Queen Rosie!� and Rosie walks down the aisle with Carter proud and smiling.

Watch "Princess Protection Program" trailer below:

Also starring in Princess Protection Program are Tom Verica as Joe Mason, Sully Diaz as Sophia, Johnny Ray Rodriguez as General Magnus Kane, Jamie Chung as Chelsea Barnes, Nicholas Braun as Ed, Robert Adamson as Donny, Samantha Droke as Brooke, Kevin G. Schmidt as Bull, Molly Hagan as The Director, Dale Dickey as Helen, Ricardo Alvarez as Elegante and Brian Tester as Principal Burkle.

After US, it will next premiere in the Netherlands on July 18 and in Brazil on July 26.