It’s been a long month and there’s been a lot of busy going on… as in rolling and screaming busy. As a result My posting here has dropped off completely and ruined the good posting habits I was developing here but that’s about to change for the better.
Tonight’s episode marks the end of the road for all but one of the group that’s so far been whittled down to Melissa Lawson, Gabe Garcia and Shawn Mayer.
With this week Nashville Star is almost down to the end. They came into tonights episode with melissa lawson, Gabe Garcia, shawn mayer, and coffey still in the running.
With five contestants remaining, this week is “Original Song Week”, where each artist had to perform an original song that they had written. This show also featured the three judges performing a medley of some of their own hits.
In last week’s post I said that another two contestants would be cut. As it turns out, they only cut one in spite of the fact that I and my wife both distinctly heard them say that there would be two more contestants cut and we’d be down to the final four. In fact, the program guide on our cable system said the same thing in the synopsis for this week’s show. Why things didn’t work out that way I don’t know.
Anheuser-Busch, maker of Budwiser products has recently come under attack. A foreign company, the begian brewer InBev has now made several offers to buy the American brewery. InBev offered $65 a share, which Anheuser-Busch flatly turned down. Now it’s apparently round two as InBev has offered $70 a share.
I’m starting off with something inspired while my wife and I were watching “Duel” the other night. One contestant was asked the traditional “What would you do with the money if you win?” question. His answer took the host and everyone else by surprise.
This week, as promised, one of the contestants was cut in the first five minutes of the show. When they called Melissa Lawson and Tommy Stanley to the stage, My wife and I both knew that Tommy Stanley was the one that would be leaving and sure enough, he was. He’s a capable [...]
People that know me will also know that Country music has never exactly been my cup of tea, yet I have to admit that, like many, I find this kind of reality tv competition just a bit addictive. So in spite of the fact that I have never turned on a radio and looked [...]
Just what is Nashville Star?
It’s a competition / reality show where “ordinary folk” audition to compete for the prize which is a Country music recording contract with Warner Bros and will also perform on stage at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing
The show is in it’s sixth season and having spent it’s first five seasons [...]