Selena The Singer

Disney star draws screaming fans to mall

Amy Tucker of Plymouth took her two young daughters, 10-year-old Erin and 6-year-old Erika, to Laurel Park Place Mall in Livonia Monday and got in line around 1 p.m. to see Disney Channel actress/singer Selena Gomez.

The Tuckers joined a neighbor who had actually been there since 8:30 a.m. to reserve space for the scheduled 7 p.m. appearance by Gomez, in town to promote her new movie, “Monte Carlo,” which opens nationwide Friday. At the mall, they joined what became thousands of screaming young fans eager to catch a glimpse of the 18-year-old star.

By 5:15 p.m., though, Tucker's neighbor had bailed when the crowd became too much to bear. The Tuckers, however, stuck it out, and were rewarded around 6:45 when Gomez finally popped on stage just outside the mall's Parisian store.

“My children are both huge fans,” Tucker said. “They've got all her CDs, they've got her latest music in their iPods.”

Ten-year-old Erin Tucker was happy just to see Gomez.

“She's pretty,” 10-year-old Erin said of Gomez. “I like her music, I like the beat.”

Alexsa Selitaj of Sterling Heights said she is Disney Channel actress/singer Selena Gomez's “biggest fan.” Judging by the size of the crowd, which stretched as far as the eye could see in the mall, she's not alone. Selitaj was crammed into the hallway in front of Parisian, screaming along with thousands of other “biggest fans” of Gomez.

The visit put Selitaj, who came to see Gomez with her big sister, Rosa Palushi of Livonia, one step closer to a dream.

“I want to meet (Gomez) some day,” the 12-year-old Selitaj said. “I love her songs, her personality.”

The popular Gomez, star of the Disney Channel series “Wizards of Waverly Place,” came out on stage around 6:45 p.m., led the crowd in an a capella version of her song, “Who Knows?” and answered a few hand-picked questions from fans during about a 20-minute appearance.

Some 50 fans won tickets to do a meet-and-greet with Gomez, while about another 1,000 earned blue wrist bands that allowed them to get in the fenced-off section closest to the stage. The other gazillion fans who showed up had to crowd as close as they could get which, in most cases, wasn't all that close.

Eight-year-old Sydney Raab — “I love her singing!” Sydney said of Gomez — of Canton was in that first section, along with her cousin, Mackenzie Konschuh, 11, of Chelsea, her 9-year-old neighbor, Katlyn Dushary, and her 5-year-old brother, Jeremy.

Selena Gomez Has 'Best Day Ever' Meeting Shia Labeouf ...

Justin Bieber better watch out because he has some competition! The eighteen-year-old actress/singer, Selena Gomez seems to get weak at the knees for someone other than teen singer/rumored boyfriend, Justin Bieber.  Selena Gomez was recently caught on video meeting her well-known celebrity crush and “Transformers” star, Shia Labeouf.  The YouTube video released of actress/singer, Selena Gomez reveals Gomez being caught off guard when she is introduced to actor, Shia Labeouf.

“He’s so cute!” Gomez exclaims after meeting Labeouf. Gomez’s friends apparently thought it would be funny to have the two celebrities meet and told Gomez that there were some fans that wanted to meet her. When Gomez walked out of her dressing room, she was visibly caught by surprise when she saw Shia and even turned back around and walked in the other direction until LaBeouf yelled after her saying” Hey, hey! It’s nice to meet you.” LaBeouf follows Gomez back into her dressing room and gives her a big hug. Gomez seemed to be very flustered and nervous during the meeting. LaBeouf was very sweet with Selena and happily took a picture with her. After Shia leaves the room, Selena can be seen clutching her hand over her heart and gasping for breath.

After meeting Shia and taking a picture together, Gomez ran into her dressing room, adjusted her dress, and confronted her friends by saying, “You guys suck, you used my fans as bait!” Selena seemed to be very worked up and was blushing after meeting her crush for the first time. She says, “Oh my gosh, he’s so handsome!”

Gomez has not kept her admiration of LaBeouf a secret. In fact she has mentioned him in past interviews when asked about actors she looks up to she said, “[Shia LaBeouf]. He did it really well. He’s talented and doing wonderful things. Everybody has their own vision of how they want things to play out.”

Gomez even went on to Tweet, “Best….. Day….. Ever”, posting the below video to her Twitter page.

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