Six Degrees of Martina McBride
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"Six Degrees of Martina McBride" is a TV pilot where six aspiring country singers from America's smallest towns try to connect themselves to Martina McBride
in under six points of human connection. The program, tests the "six degrees of separation
phenomenon." Those that make it from "Nowhere to Nashville to New York," get a studio session with Martina McBride and a shot at a record deal with Sony BMG.
to opening for him on stage to becoming one of Country music's biggest superstars.
Rodney Atkins
, Ray Benson
, Little Big Town
, and Miranda Lambert
all appear in the show.
The pilot program was produced for the ABC Television Network by the production team of ABC News
Primetime
. This program is the first of its kind. On July 27, 2007, executive producer David Sloan described the show as a "hybrid" to the Chicago Tribune
: "ABC News is looking for new ways of interacting and engaging with the viewer. This represents that effort."
It aired on July 30, 2007 as an entire season compressed into one 2 hour broadcast, and DeAnne Roberts won the final competition. Thomas Stratton and Kristina Craig were the other two finalists.
On August 1, 2007 Sony BMG released all three finalists' singles digitally on iTunes
.
Martina McBride
Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
in under six points of human connection. The program, tests the "six degrees of separation
Six degrees of separation
Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, "a friend of a friend" statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer...
phenomenon." Those that make it from "Nowhere to Nashville to New York," get a studio session with Martina McBride and a shot at a record deal with Sony BMG.
Production
The show also tells Martina McBride's own unique story of six degrees which helped advance her from selling T-shirts for Garth BrooksGarth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
to opening for him on stage to becoming one of Country music's biggest superstars.
Rodney Atkins
Rodney Atkins
Rodney Allan Atkins is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty ".If You're Going Through Hell, his second...
, Ray Benson
Ray Benson
Ray Benson is the front man of the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel.In 1970, Benson, a Jewish native of Philadelphia, formed Asleep at the Wheel with friends Lucky Oceans and Leroy Preston. The group relocated to Austin in 1973 after a suggestion from Willie Nelson .Since then, the group has...
, Little Big Town
Little Big Town
Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all...
, and Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut...
all appear in the show.
The pilot program was produced for the ABC Television Network by the production team of ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
Primetime
Primetime (TV series)
Primetime is an American news magazine show which debuted on ABC in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title Primetime Live.-Early history:...
. This program is the first of its kind. On July 27, 2007, executive producer David Sloan described the show as a "hybrid" to the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
: "ABC News is looking for new ways of interacting and engaging with the viewer. This represents that effort."
It aired on July 30, 2007 as an entire season compressed into one 2 hour broadcast, and DeAnne Roberts won the final competition. Thomas Stratton and Kristina Craig were the other two finalists.
On August 1, 2007 Sony BMG released all three finalists' singles digitally on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
Contestants
- Mark Jaspers
- Thomas Stratton
- Dani Riker
- Kristina Marie Craig
- DeAnne Roberts
- Ken Swick