Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato Up for 2010 Young Artist Awards

Mon, 22 February 2010 02:44:55 ET

The best friends are both vying for Leading or Supporting Young Actress title in TV movie, while Miley Cyrus comes face to face with Miranda Cosgrove in the TV series category.

Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato are placed in competition against each other at the upcoming 31st Annual Young Artist Awards. As the Young Artist Foundation unveiled this year's nominees, it is revealed that the two Disney stars and best friends are vying for Leading or Supporting Young Actress title in a category for TV movie, mini-series or special.

Both Selena and Demi received the nomination for their performance as Carter Mason and Rosalinda respectively in "Princess Protection Program". Beside each other, they are also up against two other hopefuls, Tori Barban of "The Christmas Hope" and Patricia Raven of "Dear Harvard".

The two teen stars are not the only Disney's leading lady to get nominated for 2010 Young Artist Awards. Miley Cyrus has earned a nod for Leading Young Actress in TV series for her role on "Hannah Montana". She is listed among four other contenders that include the star of Nickelodeon's "iCarly", Miranda Cosgrove.

Jake T. Austin, Taylor Lautner, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin and Saoirse Ronan are among other young performers receiving nominations. Austin, in particular, gathered two nods for Leading Young Actor in Feature Film as well as TV series. The first sees him competing against Lautner. Roberts, Breslin and Ronan, in the meantime, are up for Leading Young Actress in Feature Film.

Winners of this year's Young Artist Awards will be announced on Sunday, April 11 at the Beverly Garland, Studio City, California. Some of the nominees can be read below, while the complete list are available at Young Artist Awards' official site.

Partial nominees list of the 31st Annual Young Artist Awards:
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV MOVIE, MINI-SERIES or SPECIAL
Leading Young Actor:

Joey Pollari, "Skyrunners"
Cainan Wiebe, "Beyond Sherwood Forest"
Brendan Meyer, "Christmas in Canaan"
Jaishon Fisher, "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story"
Jason Dolley, "Hatching Pete"

Leading or Supporting Young Actress:

Selena Gomez, "Princess Protection Program"
Tori Barban, "The Christmas Hope"
Patricia Raven, "Dear Harvard"
Demi Lovato, "Princess Protection Program"

Supporting Young Actor:

Gig Morton, "Angel and the Badman"
Alex Ferris, "Living Out Loud"
Dante Brown, "America"
Patrick Casa, "Amazing Stories-The Michael Jackson Story"
Matthew Knight, "The Good Witches Garden"

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV SERIES
Leading Young Actor:

Calum Worthy, "Stormworld"
Jamie Johnston, "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
Andrew Jenkins, "Stormworld"
Jake T. Austin, "Wizards of Waverly Place"
Austin Robert Butler, "Ruby and the Rockits"
Nat Wolff, "The Naked Brothers Band"

Leading Young Actress :

Valentina Barron, "Stormworld"
Cassandra Sawtell, "Harper's Island"
Ryan Newman, "Zeke and Luthe"
Miley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana"
Miranda Cosgrove, "iCarly"

Supporting Young Actor:

Nathan Kress, "iCarly"
Ryan Malgarini, "Gary Unmarried"
Kurt Doss, "Ruby and the Rockits"
Skyler Gisondo, "The Bill Engvall Show"
Vinicius Ricci, "9MM Sao Paulo"
Trevor Gagnon, "The New Adventures of Old Christine"

Supporting Young Actress:

Kathryn Newton, "Gary Unmarried"
Joey King, "Anatomy of Hope"
Allisyn Ashley Arm, "Sonny With a Chance"
Meghan Jette Martin, "10 Things I Hate About You"
Aislinn Paul, "Degrassi"

Recurring Young Actor 14 and Over:

Devon Bostick, "Being Erica"
Nate Hartley, "Zeke and Luther"
AJ Saudin, "Degrassi"
J Brock Ciarelli, "The Middle"
Mick Hazen, "As The World Turns"
Daniel J. Gordon, "Da Kink in My Hair"
Eli Goree, "Soul"

Recurring Young Actor 13 and Under:

Austin Williams, "One Life to Live"
Colin Ford, "Supernatural"
Aaron Refvem, "General Hospital"
Alex Cardillo, "Durham County"
Connor Stanhope, "Smallville"
Preston Bailey, "Dexter"
Riley Thomas Stewart, "90210"
Sterling Beaumon, "Lost"

Recurring Young Actress:

Haley Pullos, "General Hospital"
Christina Robinson, "Dexter"
Madison Leisle, "Ghost Whisperer"
Eden Sher, "The Middle"
Makenzie Vega, "The Good Wife"

OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERFORMERS IN A TV SERIES:

"iCarly" - Miranda Cosgrove, Nathan Kress, Jeanette McCurdy, Noah Munck
"Stormworld" - Calum Worthy, Andrew Jenkins, Valentina Barron
"Modern Family" - Rico Rodriguez, Nolan Gould, Ariel Winter

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURE FILM
Leading Young Actor

Jake T. Austin, "Hotel For Dogs"
Jimmy Bennett, "Alabama Moon"
Max Records, "Where The Wild Things Are"
Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga's New Moon"
Devon Bostick, "Adoration"

Leading Young Actress

Supporting Young Actor

Brennan Bailey, "My Sister's Keeper"
Alex Ferris, "The Time Traveler's Wife"
Brandon Soo Hoo, "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra"
William Cuddy, "Amelia"
Chandler Canterbury, "Knowing"
Jake Cherry, "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian"
Jae Head, "The Blind Side"
Ty Wood, "The Haunting in Connecticut"
Chase Ellison, "Fireflies in the Garden"
Jason Spevack, "Sunshine Cleaning"

Supporting Young Actress

Sofia Vassilieva, "My Sister's Keeper"
Chloe Moretz, "500 Days of Summer"
Evana Lynch, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
Jessica Carlson, "The Vampire's Assistant"
Raini Rodriguez, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop"
Kiernan Shipka, "Carriers"

Young Ensemble Cast

"Shorts" - Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Devon Gearhart, Leo Howard, Jolie Vanier, Trevor Gagnon
"Aliens in the Attic" - Megan Parker, Henri Young, Regan Young, Austin Robert Butler, Carter Jenkins

BEST PERFORMANCE IN AN INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - Leading Young Performers: