Country music has new show
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April 10, 2011, Sunday
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IT will take more than just a good voice to win America's new country music talent competition, "CMT's Next Superstar."
Contestants also have to prove their songwriting skills, musical chops and media savvy through weekly challenges on the new show, which premiered last night.
"This is not a shiny-floor show," said executive producer Nigel Lythgoe recently. "This is a get-down-and-dirty show. If we want you to go out to a biker bar, that's where you're going to go. You're not just in Hollywood."
If you think that's a dig at "American Idol," consider the source. Lythgoe is the executive producer for "Idol," too. He has teamed with his son, Simon, also an "Idol" producer, to launch the new show, because as he put it, "Country deserves its own program."
The two are well aware of the country music talent show predecessor, "Nashville Star," that aired on USA Network from 2003-07 and on NBC in 2008, before it ended.
Five women and five men made the final cut after a nationwide search.
Contestants also have to prove their songwriting skills, musical chops and media savvy through weekly challenges on the new show, which premiered last night.
"This is not a shiny-floor show," said executive producer Nigel Lythgoe recently. "This is a get-down-and-dirty show. If we want you to go out to a biker bar, that's where you're going to go. You're not just in Hollywood."
If you think that's a dig at "American Idol," consider the source. Lythgoe is the executive producer for "Idol," too. He has teamed with his son, Simon, also an "Idol" producer, to launch the new show, because as he put it, "Country deserves its own program."
The two are well aware of the country music talent show predecessor, "Nashville Star," that aired on USA Network from 2003-07 and on NBC in 2008, before it ended.
Five women and five men made the final cut after a nationwide search.
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