"Audrina" Launch By Bongo At The Redbury

Mark, Samantha, Casey, Audrina, Lynn and Marky Patridge arrives at the launch of Audrina Patridge's new VH1 reality show Audrina hosted by Bongo at The Redbury on April 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

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"Audrina" Extended Trailer; Premieres 4/17

VH1′s new reality series Audrina, starring former Hills and Dancing With the Stars mainstay Audrina Patridge, premieres April 17 at 9 p.m.

The preview of the series opens just as you think it might: “What you’re about to see is my reality,” Audrina tells viewers. Then, it heads into montages of Audrina meant to make us believe that she is truly a working girl. “I’m a model. I’m a businesswoman. And I’m a celebrity.” Cue the shots of her doing photo shoots, attending business meetings, and avoiding the paparazzi. Oh my!

“But most importantly,” Audrina then adds, “I’m a daughter and I’m a sister.” And honestly, it’s that — Audrina’s crazy family life — which seems to have the most delicious, trainwreck-y potential for this show. There’s her wild-child sister Casey, of course, who seems ready to stir up drama, but notably, it’s her mother Lynn (who, as you might remember, went on a darkly hilarious drunken rant that was taped and went viral last fall) that seems like a future punching bag of Joel McHale’s on The Soup. Based on this trailer, Mama Lynn holds nothing back in Audrina. “My mom can get a little out of control,” the show’s star freely admits.

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Can Audrina Really Carry Her Own Show?

When it came to The Hills, Audrina Patridge was the perfect sidekick. Her wide doe eyes always staring innocently up at something and crying over Justin Bobby or whatever guy was currently ruining her life provided a softer side alongside the insanity of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. She was great in small doses, but now she's gone and gotten her own new reality show, Audrina, which premieres next month. Can we really handle an entire show about her?

It's set to premiere on VH1 April 17, and I'm not sure. It's said to involve her family as they try to keep her sane in the crazy Hollywood game.

But will we love it? The Hills is a pretty tough act to follow (and I'm being completely serious -- I'm still mourning its end).

She has a hot bod for sure. She's always prancing around in itty bitty bikinis showing off her amazing abs, but that alone does not a show make -- it just makes me jealous.

At least she can poke fun at herself, so that gives some hope for the show. Also starring on the show according toVH1 will be her "tell-it-like-it-is" mom Lynn and "peacemaking" dad Mark plus her three younger siblings:

"Former wild child Casey, now married to motocross star Kyle Loza and mother of two; genial younger brother and life of the party, Marky, who has recently become Audrina's new roommate; and 16-year-old sister Samantha, who is managing the perils of high school and always seeking advice from her loving big sister."

Sounds a little Kardashian-ish, no? Who would have ever thought Kim Kardashian could carry a whole show and everything else she and her uber entrepreneurial family have carried? Yet somehow that works. So perhaps there's a shot for Audrina after all.

Can Audrina carry a show on her own?
Yes, it's going to be great. I can't wait to watch.
No, she's just not relatable enough to have the lead role.

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Meet Audrina Patridge's Reality Show Family

Audrina Patridge is about to embark on her own spinoff of the hit MTV series The Hills with her Vh1 reality series Audrina. And with a new show comes an entire new cast.

Patridge is introducing the world to her “large, outrageous, Orange County family” on the series that launches April 17 at 9PM on Vh1.

The cast will include Audrina’s mother Lynn who we famously saw her do a drunk interview with the paparazzi last year, her father, sisters Casey and Samantha, as well as young brother Marky.

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Audrina Patridge: "Audrina" Launch Party

Stepping out for a swanky evening, Audrina Patridge was spotted at the VH1/Runway Magazine Launch of “Audrina” in Los Angeles last night (March 23).

The Reality TV starlet looked retro-chic in a green sparkly dress with black peep-toe heels as she arrived at the W Hollywood Hotel.

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