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Behind the Disney Channel smiles, a whole different soap opera was playing out in real life.

Disney Channel and Disney XD built their brand on squeaky-clean teen stars, but the actual dating lives of those young actresses rarely stayed that tidy. A new countdown video, “10 Guys The Disney Girls Are Dating,” pulls back the curtain on the real-world boyfriends, breakups, and rebounds of names like Kelli Berglund, Selena Gomez, and Miley Cyrus. Instead of ranking animated princes, the feature tracks who these stars were actually seen with off-camera in the years leading up to 2017.

The video leans on the gap between the wholesome image these actresses sold to tween audiences and the very public, very messy dating histories that played out on Instagram and in tabloids. It’s less about fairy-tale endings and more about who broke up with whom, who moved on fastest, and which relationships crossed over between Disney’s biggest names.

• Kelli Berglund, best known for playing Bree Davenport on “Lab Rats” and starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie “How to Build a Better Boy,” split from actor Sterling Beaumon before starting a relationship with musician Tyler Wilson in 2016.
• Nick Jonas dated both Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez during their respective Disney Channel peaks, making him one of the more recurring names in the network’s dating history.
• Bella Thorne’s relationship with fellow Disney actor Gregg Sulkin is highlighted as an example of a romance that stayed entirely within the Disney talent pool.

Kelli Berglund Moves On From Sterling Beaumon

Berglund’s split from Sterling Beaumon was the kind of breakup that fans of “Lab Rats” noticed immediately, given how often the couple had shown up together across social media. Rather than disappearing from the public dating conversation, Berglund resurfaced in 2016 with musician Tyler Wilson, and the two wasted little time making the relationship visible online. Photos of the pair together became a regular fixture on their accounts, giving fans a steady stream of confirmation that this wasn’t a passing fling.

The two constantly confirm their love for each other with photos on their social media accounts.

For a network built on carefully managed image control, that kind of open documentation marked a shift. Berglund wasn’t hiding the relationship behind vague captions or cropped photos — she and Wilson posted like any other young couple, which is exactly what made it stand out against the more guarded dating patterns of earlier Disney stars.

Nick Jonas Connects Two Disney Eras

No name threads through the Disney dating world quite like Nick Jonas. During his own run as a Disney Channel headliner with the Jonas Brothers, he dated Miley Cyrus, then later was linked to Selena Gomez — two of the network’s biggest female leads at different points in their careers. Those relationships turned Jonas into something of a connective thread across Disney’s talent roster, tying together separate eras of the network’s star system. Fans of the Jonas family’s dating history can find more on that side of the story in The Untold Truth Of Danielle Jonas.

The overlap wasn’t unique to Jonas, either. Bella Thorne’s relationship with Gregg Sulkin, another Disney actor, followed the same pattern of stars pairing off within their own professional circle rather than looking outside it. It’s a reminder that the Disney talent pipeline functioned as its own small dating ecosystem, long before any of these actors moved on to adult roles.

The Gap Between Persona and Private Life

What the countdown really documents is the contrast between the polished, family-friendly image these stars projected on-screen and the far more ordinary, occasionally messy relationships they were navigating off-screen. Breakups, quick rebounds, and cross-network romances don’t fit neatly into the brand these actresses were hired to represent, which is exactly why dating history round-ups like this one draw attention every time a new one drops. For a broader look at how young stars’ relationship timelines get picked apart publicly, see Inside Megan Fox’s Relationship History.

Berglund’s jump from Beaumon to Wilson within the same year is a small but telling example — it shows how quickly public opinion and fan attention pivot once a new relationship becomes Instagram-official, regardless of how the Disney machine wants its stars perceived.

Tyler Wilson and Kelli Berglund were still posting each other regularly as of early 2017, which is about as good a sign as any that this one had staying power compared to some of the shorter-lived pairings the video runs through.