CMT's Next Superstar
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CMT's Next Superstar is a new music competition series specializing in country music
. It is launched by American Country Music Television specialty station CMT
in partnership with producer Nigel Lythgoe
and his son, Simon Lythgoe
. Nigel Lythgoe already produces the series American Idol
and So You Think You Can Dance
.
The 10-episode series is set to premiere in April 2011 on CMT. Each episode will be one hour-long episode. Contestants, mainly undiscovered singer-songwriters in the country genre will compete while living together in Nashville, Tennessee
. Celebrity guests will guide them each week. Each week, one finalist will be eliminated and viewers will have the final vote to determine who will win the title. An album of songs by participants is due mid-to-late summer 2011. Also best competitors will take part in the CMT Summer Tour.
On June 10 2011 Matt Mason was crowned the first winner of the show and will go on tour this summer
The show will back for a second season
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. It is launched by American Country Music Television specialty station CMT
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
in partnership with producer Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe is an English television and film director and producer, and former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He is noted for being the producer of the shows Pop Idol and American Idol as well as being a creator, executive producer and a regular judge for So You Think You Can...
and his son, Simon Lythgoe
Simon Lythgoe
Simon Lythgoe, educated at Felsted, was a chief lighting technician for The Lord of the Rings films, and is a producer of American Idol. He is the son of Nigel Lythgoe....
. Nigel Lythgoe already produces the series American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
and So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
.
The 10-episode series is set to premiere in April 2011 on CMT. Each episode will be one hour-long episode. Contestants, mainly undiscovered singer-songwriters in the country genre will compete while living together in Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. Celebrity guests will guide them each week. Each week, one finalist will be eliminated and viewers will have the final vote to determine who will win the title. An album of songs by participants is due mid-to-late summer 2011. Also best competitors will take part in the CMT Summer Tour.
On June 10 2011 Matt Mason was crowned the first winner of the show and will go on tour this summer
The show will back for a second season
Winners
- Steven Clawson, 29, Thomasville, GeorgiaThomasville, GeorgiaThomasville is the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The city is the second largest in Southwest Georgia after Albany.The city deems itself the City of Roses and holds an annual Rose Festival. The town features plantations open to the public, a historic downtown, a large...
Runnerup - Matt Mason, 25, Fairland, IndianaFairland, IndianaFairland is a town in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. The population was 315 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Fairland is located at ....
Winner
Eliminated
- Ben Smith, 29, Gainesville, TexasGainesville, TexasGainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,538 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- Eliminated- Episode 1 - Matt Dame, 37, Batesville, ArkansasBatesville, ArkansasBatesville is the county seat and largest city of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles northeast of Little Rock, the state capital. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 9,556...
- Eliminated- Episode 2 - Adrienne Beasley, 22, Wickliffe, KentuckyWickliffe, KentuckyWickliffe is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 794 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ballard County.Wickliffe is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Wickliffe is located at ....
- Eliminated- Episode 3 - Bri Bagwell, 23, Las Cruces, New MexicoLas Cruces, New MexicoLas Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....
- Eliminated- Episode 4 - Andrea Pearson, 29, Kelowna, British ColumbiaKelowna, British ColumbiaKelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
- Eliminated- Episode 5 - Courtney Cole, 24, Mandeville, LouisianaMandeville, LouisianaMandeville is a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,421 in 2008. Mandeville is located on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain, south of Interstate 12. It is across the lake from the city of New Orleans and its southshore suburbs...
- Eliminated- Episode 6 - Wynn VarbleWynn VarbleWynn Varble is an American country music musician and songwriter. Varble co-wrote the hit songs Have You Forgotten?, Waitin' on a Woman and A Little More Country Than That....
, 50, Hampshire, TennesseeHampshire, TennesseeHampshire is an unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee, United States, founded in 1808.-Education:Hampshire Unit School, enrolling kindergarten through grade 12, is operated as a unit of Maury County Public Schools.-Police protection:...
- Eliminated- Episode 7 - Danielle Lauderdale, 23, Orange Park, FloridaOrange Park, FloridaOrange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, USA, and a suburb of Jacksonville. The population was 8,412 at the 2010 census. The name "Orange Park" is additionally applied to a wider area of northern Clay County outside the town limits, covering such communities as Fleming Island, Lakeside, and...
- Episode 8