A wholesome celebrity- academy graduate, Bridgit Mendler, 16, is the star of the next new Disney Channel sitcom.

Bridgit Mendler is a willowy, blond teen with a sweet singing voice and decent comic timing. She’s also the show-biz equivalent of the next iPhone — a young Disney star-in-waiting. Mendler, 16, is getting the full Disney Channel rollout. Introduced with recurring guest spots on two of its hit shows, Jonas and Wizards of Waverly Place, she will star in her own series, Good Luck Charlie, in 2010. “I’ve been told to brace myself,” says Mendler. “If we have the success I hope we have with the show, everything will change.”

Mendler is following a path to fame the channel has mapped over the past three years as it has launched serial stars into orbit: the supernova Miley Cyrus in 2006, Selena Gomez in 2007, the Jonas Brothers in 2008 and Demi Lovato this year.

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Good Luck Charlie, Bridgit’s new show, began filming yesterday, according to her Twitter! Can’t wait!

With hits like Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place, Disney Channel wants to keep its string of good luck going.

The network is ordering up Good Luck Charlie, a new live-action series some familiar Disney Channel faces.

The series stars Jason Dolley, of Disney Channel’s Cory in the House series, as well as Disney Channel Original Movies Hatching Pete and Minutemen, and Bridgit Mendler of JONAS.

The show is about a family whose lives are turned upside down with the addition of their fourth child and the adventures and mishaps of teens living with a new baby. Eric Allan Kramer and Leigh Allyn Baker star as parents Bob and Amy Holliday.