Ashlee Hewitt
| Nashville Star | |
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| Developed by |
Ben Silverman Howard Owens Jeff Boggs George Verschoor Mark Koops |
| Presented by |
Nancy O'Dell (2003-2004) LeAnn Rimes (2005) Cledus T. Judd (2005) Wynonna (2006) Cowboy Troy (2006-2007) Jewel (2007) Billy Ray Cyrus (2008) Katie Cook (2008) |
| Judges |
Robert K. Oermann (2003) Tracy Gershon (2003-2004) Charlie Robison (2003) Billy Greenwood (2004) The Warren Brothers (2004) Phil Vassar (2005-2006) Anastasia Brown (2005-2007) Bret Michaels (2005) Randy Owen (2007) Blake Shelton (2007) John Rich (2008) Jewel (2008) Jeffrey Steele (2008) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Ben Silverman Jeff Boggs H.T. Owens George Verschoor |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Varies (most episodes 60 minutes) |
| Production company(s) |
495 Productions Reveille Productions NBC Studios NBC Universal Television Studios Universal Media Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network |
USA Network (2003-2007) NBC (2008) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) 480p (SDTV) |
| Original release | March 8, 2003 – August 4, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | American Idol |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Nashville Star is an American reality television program. It was last produced and transmitted during mid-2008 on NBC, following five seasons on USA Network. It premiered on March 8, 2003, and its five seasons on USA made it the longest-running competition series on cable television. In Canada, the show aired on CMT through season 5, but moved to E! beginning with season 6. CMT in the United States reaired each episode in season 6.
It was similar to American Idol, in that performers had to sing to impress both celebrity judges and the public via call-in and/or internet votes. Unlike American Idol, however, the performers were limited to country music. This restriction was relaxed for Season 6, allowing for the finalists to choose from many genres of music, but the songs were arranged to maintain a country sound.
On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled by NBC and would not be returning for a seventh season.
In a format nearly identical to the final round of American Idol, finalists performed one song per week individually and face criticism and/or praise from a panel of three judges. At the end of the show, voting opened to the viewing public, who cast votes by calling a toll-free telephone number or logging on to the show's official website (texting was added as a voting option in 2008). The performer with the fewest number of votes was eliminated.
However, because Nashville Star aired only once per week, eliminations were not announced until the following week. The finalists who have not been eliminated are called in random order to the stage one-by-one to perform until there are only two remaining. At that point, one was called to perform and the other was eliminated for receiving the lowest amount of votes from the previous week. The finalists did not know the order in which they will perform, and had less than one minute to prepare once their names are called. No votes are tallied on the season finale.
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