CMT's Next Superstar

CMT's Next Superstar
Genre	Reality television
Presented by	Thea Andrews
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Simon Lythgoe Nigel Lythgoe
Running time	45 minutes
Release
Original network	CMT
External links
Website

CMT's Next Superstar was a music competition series specializing in country music. It was launched by American Country Music Television specialty station CMT in partnership with producer Nigel Lythgoe and his son, Simon Lythgoe. Nigel Lythgoe already produced the series American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. The show was hosted by Thea Andrews.

The 10-episode series premiered in April 2011 on CMT,^[1] with each episode one hour-long episode. Contestants, mainly undiscovered singer-songwriters in the country genre competed while living together in Nashville, Tennessee. Celebrity guests would guide them each week. Each week, one finalist was eliminated and viewers had the final vote to determine who would win the title. An album of songs by participants was due mid-to-late summer 2011. Also best competitors took part in the CMT Summer Tour.

On June 10, 2011, Matt Mason was crowned the first winner of the show. There were no follow-up shows for further seasons.

Contestants[]

Winners[]

• Matt Mason, 25, Fairland, Indiana Winner
• Steven Clawson, 29, Thomasville, Georgia Runnerup

Eliminated[]

• Ben Smith, 29, Gainesville, Texas- Eliminated- Episode 1
• Matt Dame, 37, Batesville, Arkansas - Eliminated- Episode 2
• Adrienne Beasley, 22, Wickliffe, Kentucky- Eliminated- Episode 3
• Bri Bagwell, 23, Las Cruces, New Mexico- Eliminated- Episode 4
• Andrea Pearson, 29, Kelowna, British Columbia- Eliminated- Episode 5
• Courtney Cole, 24, Mandeville, Louisiana- Eliminated- Episode 6
• Wynn Varble, 50, Hampshire, Tennessee - Eliminated- Episode 7
• Danielle Lauderdale, 23, Orange Park, Florida- Episode 8

See also[]

• Nashville Star

References[]