Nashville Star moves to summer, changes networks

[cmonroe]

Nashville Star moves to summer, changes networks
Friday, January 18, 2008 – Nashville Star will move its sixth season to the summer and be broadcast on NBC, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The show, the country equivalent to American Idol, had been on USA Network and started in January and ended in March.

Hollywood Reporter said that the show was part of NBC's "All-American Summer" leading into coverage of the Olympics in Beijing.

Winning Nashville Star has not led to much success for its winners. Buddy Jewell had some success, but is now without a contract. Chris Young won two years ago and is on RCA, but his debut achieved little airplay. Angela Hacker was last year's winner and had an album released last April. The album fared poorly with no radio play.

Miranda Lambert, a finalist on Nashville Star, has been the show's biggest success story.

The Reporter said USA Network "indicated that it wasn't planning" to renew Nashville Star.

Auditions will start in February for the new edition. Previously limited to solo artists, duets and singing groups will be able to participate this year.

[north_clt]

Hmmm. Not sure about the duets and singing groups angle, but I guess it puts more distance between NS and Idol.

It's good it's moving to NBC, I guess. Can't see how it will help drive Olympics viewership, though.

[fanofkellie]

What ever happened to Erika Jo who won in '05 I think?