Line #11 Series/NashvilleStar


1	A singing competition specializing in CountryMusic, aired from 2003 to 2008. It ran on Creator/USANetwork for five seasons, before hopping to Creator/{{NBC}} for its sixth and final season.
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3	The show's original host was Nancy O'Dell. From Season 3 onward, each season brought a new host: Music/LeAnnRimes, Music/WynonnaJudd, Music/{{Jewel}}, and finally Music/BillyRayCyrus. These seasons also had co-hosts: Music/CledusTJudd in Season 3; Music/CowboyTroy in Seasons 4 and 5; and Creator/{{CMT}} personality Katie Cook in Season 6.
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5	Basically the CountryMusic version of ''Series/AmericanIdol''.
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7	! Winners:
8	* Season 1: Buddy Jewell
9	* Season 2: Brad Cotter
10	* Season 3: Erika Jo
11	* Season 4: Music/ChrisYoung
12	* Season 5: Angela Hacker
13	* Season 6: Melissa Lawson
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15	!Tropes present:
16	* GuestHost: During Season 3, Music/SaraEvans filled in for [=LeAnn=] on two episodes.
17	* {{Irony}}: Music/BlakeShelton (one of the rotating judges) said of the show, "In order for the show to have credibility and for it to take another step, we need a Music/CarrieUnderwood to come out of it." Not long afterward, he married Season 1 third-placer Music/MirandaLambert, easily the biggest star the show has produced.
18	* RecycledInSpace: ''American Idol'' [[AC:WITH COUNTRY MUSIC!]]
19	* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Zig-zagged.
20	** Season 1: Buddy Jewell had a strong start, with a gold album that produced two big singles ("Help Pour Out the Rain" and "Sweet Southern Comfort") that both peaked at #3 country and in Top 40 of the Hot 100. However, his second album completely tanked and he's barely been heard from since. The aforementioned Lambert had modest commercial (and very high critical) success from the get-go, but didn't really break through until her third album, ''Revolution'', in 2009.
21	** Season 2: Winner Brad Cotter got into the Top 40 with "I Meant To", but disappeared after his debut album. Runner-up George Canyon had a flop single in the US called "My Name", but has maintained a steady career in his native Canada.
22	** Season 3 was a draw: Erika Jo had one album with a dud single ("I Break Things"), while runner-up Jason Meadows did one indie album and didn't chart with any of his five singles.
23	** Season 4: Averted, as Music/ChrisYoung has had a fairly successful career despite a false start with his debut album.
24	** Season 5: Winner Angela Hacker got a contract with [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros.]], but her only release for it was a CD full of demos she made while on the show. Fifth-place Whitney Duncan also got a contract with Warner, releasing a full album and two [=EPs=], also charting a couple minor singles; she had an EarlyBirdCameo on a Music/KennyRogers single back in 2004. Even ''seventh''-placer Music/KaceyMusgraves has done better, having recorded two {{hitless hit album}}s for Creator/MercuryRecords in TheNewTens before crossing over to a pop audience in 2019.
25	** Season 6: Winner Melissa Lawson signed with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords and fell just short of Top 40 with her single "What If It All Goes Right" before exiting the label. Fourth-place Coffey Anderson has had minor success as an indie Christian artist, and Justin Gaston got a few TV gigs.
26	* SiblingRivalry: Angela Hacker beat her younger brother, Zac Hacker, in Season 5.

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