''Gone Country'' is an American celebrity
reality television
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show in which contestants compete to become a
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer. The winner gets a country single produced by host
John Rich
John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After d ...
, one-half of the country duo
Big & Rich. It aired on
CMT, with reruns on
TV Land
TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division. Originally a spinoff of Nick at Nite consisting exclusively of classic television shows, the channel now airs a combination of recent and cla ...
, and
VH1
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. On the first-season finale, Julio Iglesias Jr. was named the winner.
Season 1 contestants
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Bobby Brown – an R&B star of the late 1980s and early 1990s, member of
boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform Love song, love songs marketed towards girls and young ...
New Edition.
*
Maureen McCormick – best known from her role as Marcia Brady from the hit television show
The Brady Bunch.
*
Diana DeGarmo – ''
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...
'' season 3 runner-up and a Broadway actress
*
Julio Iglesias Jr.
Julio José Iglesias Preysler (born 25 February 1973) is a Spanish singer. In 2008, he was declared the winner of the CMT competition '' Gone Country''.
Early life
He was born Julio José Iglesias-Preysler (before a later name change) in Madri ...
– son of singer
Julio Iglesias
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, brother of
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...
, and a soulful dance-pop singer. (Winner)
*
Sisqó – Member of the R&B group
Dru Hill
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. He is most widely known for his solo hit, the "
Thong Song
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."
*
Dee Snider
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– lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band
Twisted Sister
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.
*
Carnie Wilson – daughter of
Beach Boys front man
Brian Wilson
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, Carnie Wilson was also a member of the pop band
Wilson Phillips
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.
Season 2 contestants
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Jermaine Jackson – a member of
The Jackson 5 alongside brothers
Michael
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People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...
,
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,
Tito
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People Mononyms
* Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), commonly known mononymously as Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman
* Roberto Arias (1918–1989), aka Tito, Panamanian international lawyer, diplomat, and journ ...
and
Jackie.
*
Chris Kirkpatrick – member of the boy band
*NSYNC.
*
Sean Young – Appeared in movies such as ''
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''
Fatal Instinct'', ''
Wall Street
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'', ''
No Way Out'' and ''
Blade Runner
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.
*
Mikalah Gordon
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Early life
Gordon was born in Las Vegas, Neva ...
– ''
American Idol
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'' season 4 finalist
*
Sebastian Bach
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– Former lead singer of the glam metal band
Skid Row. (Winner)
*
Lorenzo Lamas – played "Tom Chisum" in ''
Grease'' and starred on ''
Falcon Crest
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'', ''
Renegade
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*Murphy Renegade, a Canadian ultralight biplane design
*Southern Aeronautical Renegade, an American racing aircraft design
Games
*'' Comman ...
'' and ''
The Bold and the Beautiful''.
*
Irene Cara
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– played "Coco Hernandez" in the film ''
Fame'' in 1980 and also is best known for the theme songs for both "Fame" and ''
Flashdance''.
Left the show in episode 2 after Sean Young's drunken actions during the night.
Season 3 contestants
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Tara Conner
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– Miss USA 2006
*
Micky Dolenz
George Michael Dolenz Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American actor, musician, TV producer and businessman. He is best known as the drummer and one of three primary vocalists for the pop-rock band the Monkees (1966–1970, and multiple reunions ...
– former
Monkees singer and drummer
*
George Clinton – funk master; leader of the band
Parliament-Funkadelic
*
Richard Grieco – ''
21 Jump Street
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'' actor
*
Taylor Dayne – 1980s pop star
*
Sheila E.
Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957) better known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American percussionist and singer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist and singer for The George Duke Band. After leaving t ...
– Drummer and singer (Winner)
*
Justin Guarini – ''
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...
'' season 1 runner-up
See also
*''
Outsiders Inn
''Outsiders Inn'' is an American half-hour reality television show which is a spin-off from '' Gone Country'', but created through the process known as retroscripting. The series debuted on CMT August 15, 2008, where it ran for eight weeks. The s ...
'', the 2008 reality television series spin-off featuring McCormick, Brown, and Wilson.
References
External links
Official homepage*
{{CMT (American TV channel)
2008 American television series debuts
CMT (American TV channel) original programming
VH1 original programming
2000s American reality television series
2009 American television series endings