Looks like we have another great performance to look forwards to! Check it out:

CMT is giving an an early renewal to Nigel Lythgoe’s music competition series CMT’s Next Superstar.

The network has picked up the show, which is produced by the American Idol executive producer along with his son Simon, for a second season.

The news comes as Next Superstar goes into its last four episodes of this debut season. The show is also planning a surprise for fans, having actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth perform on June 10′s live season-finale. The upcoming Good Christian Belles star has a long history in Broadway musical theater and turned heads during her Emmy-nominated guest stint on Fox’s Glee.

CMT’s Next Superstar has country music star contestants write songs and make music videos along with other music industry challenges in addition to stage performing. Superstar will roll out season 2 later this year or in early 2012.

“Unlike other talent shows, we will continue to push for the entire package,” Nigel Lythgoe says. “We were so thrilled to see the talent on the first season really step up and tackle each week’s challenges. We can’t wait to see just how far the finalists on season 2 are willing to go for the chance at superstardom.”

The release of Kristin’s new single, I Want Somebody (Bitch About)” was yesterday, and it is now available online. Go listen to it here

We now have a new video of Kristin in her upcoming television show, Good Christian Belles. I am so excited and can’t wait! View the video below!

The good news just keeps on coming!! We have new information about Kristin’s upcoming album, and mark your calendars to go buy it on September 13.

Born and raised in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, actress/songstress Kristin Chenoweth goes back to her country music roots with her new album Some Lessons Learned, to be released on SONY MASTERWORKS on Tuesday, September 13.

Her debut single, “I Want Somebody (Bitch About)” is a tongue-in-cheek song about finding unconditional love. All of the songs on Chenoweth’s new album are very personal and explore her life experiences as a woman. The single will be available for sale on May 31.

The music video for “I Want Somebody (Bitch About)” which takes place in a retro hair salon makes its debut on Country Music Television (CMT) on June 6. During that week Chenoweth will be very involved in Nashville’s annual Country Music Fest. She is set to appear on the 2011 CMT Music Awards and perform on the finale of CMT’s Next Superstar.

Some Lessons Learned was produced in Nashville by the legendary Bob Ezrin (Peter Gabriel, KISS, Pink Floyd). It features songs by elite pop and country songwriters including Diane Warren, Desmond Child, Tom Douglas, Hillary Scott, Jodi Marr, Victoria Shaw, Dolly Parton, Eric Bazilian, Gary Burr and Shane McAnnally. Chenoweth herself contributed two songs, “What Would Dolly Do?”– written in honor of her hero Dolly Parton — and “Mine To Love,” about a woman who struggles with an emotionally unavailable man.

This is Chenoweth’s fourth album on Sony. “Look at my recording career and it’s kind of funny. It’s all so different!” says Chenoweth who counts Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire and Linda Ronstadt among her major influences. “This album is more along the lines of what I grew up singing, like the music I sang in church in Oklahoma. When I was hired at nineteen to sing at Opryland in Nashville, that’s what I wanted to do. I never anticipated my career going in all these great directions — which I’m grateful for! I’m finally getting to do what I want.”

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I know this is old news, but in case you haven’t heard yet, ABC has picked up Kristin’s latest project on tv, Good Christian Belles. This is so exciting!! Hopefully it will last longer than our beloved “Pushing Daisies”. Check it out:

The new Kristin Chenoweth series “Good Christian Belles,” which was formerly titled “Good Christian Bitches,” has been picked up by ABC, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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The hour-long soap, according to the industry paper, “revolves around a former high school ‘mean girl’ (Leslie Bibb, ‘Popular’) who returns home to Dallas after her marriage ends in scandal. The series, from ABC Studios, also stars Kristin Chenoweth (‘Glee’) and Annie Potts (‘Designing Women’).”

Darren Star and Aaron Kaplan produced with Robert Harling; the latter penned the pilot, which is based on the book by Kim Gatlin.

ABC also announced that it has canceled the series “Brothers and Sisters,” “V,” “Detroit 1-8-7,” “Mr. Sunshine,” “No Ordinary Family” and “Off the Map.”

An air date for the premiere of “Good Christian Belles” has yet to be announced.

Sorry for the lack of updates around here guys! I really honestly have no excuse for it other than I was very busy in my personal life. Anyways, I am going to get the site back to running and make it better than ever! We are going to have a big revamp, and the gallery is going to be working closer towards getting complete! For now, enjoy the new theme I have put up. Updates will be coming back soon!

Sorry for the late notice, but Kristin is going to be on CMT’s Next Superstar tonight! Check it out:

Broadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth will make an appearance on the series premiere of ‘CMT Next Superstar’ on April 8. The show airs Fridays at 9PM on CMT.

Chenoweth is best known on Broadway for her performance as Sally Brown in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999), for which she won a Tony Award, and for originating the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked (2003). Her best-known television role is Annabeth Schott in NBC’s The West Wing. As Olive Snook on the ABC comedy-drama Pushing Daisies, she won a 2009 Emmy Award.

An Oklahoma native, Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. In 1997, she made her Broadway debut in Steel Pier. Chenoweth’s stage work includes five City Center Encores! productions, Broadway’s The Apple Tree in 2006 and Promises, Promises in 2010, as well as Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions.

The search is on for CMT’S NEXT SUPERSTAR as five men and five women fight for the title in CMT’s latest competition series premiering Friday, April 8 at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT. Hosted by Thea Andrews (“Top Chef Canada,” ESPN, “Entertainment Tonight”), in each episode of the ten episode series, CMT will search to find America’s next great country star and will open the door for undiscovered singer/songwriters who think they have what it takes to make it in the country music industry.

The show will allow the world to see every triumph and every set-back unfold weekly as each contestant will compete while living together in a house in Nashville, providing a rare and revealing inside look at the all ensuing drama that can take place when musical adversaries live and compete together.

CMT’S NEXT SUPERSTAR is executive produced by Legacy Productions’ Co-President Simon Lythgoe and Nigel Lythgoe, co-founder and president of Big Red 2 Entertainment, a newly formed company with 19 Entertainment. Bob Kusbit executive produces, and Brad Johnson and Melanie Moreau serve as executive producers for CMT.

Looks like we have another cd to look forward to with Kristin’s amazing voice. Check it out:

Country stalwart Randy Travis is planning a duets album to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his career. The Warner Bros. Records release, Anniversary Celebration, will include guests Zac Brown Band, Kenny Chesney, Don Henley, Alan Jackson, Jamey Johnson, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Tim McGraw, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Kristin Chenoweth. Coming June 7, the album offers new songs in addition to re-makes of many of Travis’ hits (complete track listing below).

Travis has career sales totaling in excess of 20 million records.

“Randy Travis changed the landscape of country music when he arrived on the scene 25 years ago,” said John Esposito, Warner Music Nashville President & CEO. “It is a testament to Randy’s impact in country music that his friends have joined him to celebrate his legacy and his future on Anniversary Celebration.”

His website chronicles his rise to stardom through video, photos and other multimedia elements.

Track listing
1. Everything and All featuring Brad Paisley
2. A Few Ole Country Boys featuring Jamey Johnson
3. Forever and Ever, Amen featuring Zac Brown Band
4. He Walked On Water featuring Kenny Chesney
5. T.I.M.E. featuring Josh Turner
6. Love Looks Good On You featuring Kristin Chenoweth
7. Better Class of Losers/She’s Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues) medley feat. Alan Jackson
8. More Life featuring Don Henley
9. Can’t Hurt A Man featuring Tim McGraw
10. Promises featuring Shelby Lynne
11. Is it Still Over? featuring Carrie Underwood
12. Road To Surrender featuring Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson
13. Diggin’ Up Bones featuring John Anderson
14. Someone You Never Knew featuring Eamonn McCrystal
15. Too Much featuring James Otto
16. Didn’t We Shine featuring George Jones, Lorrie Morgan, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Joe Stampley & Gene Watson