Reality Roll Call

BEVERLY HILLS, CA July 9, 2008 CMT’s highest rated series ever, GONE COUNTRY, returns with Nashville hitmaker, John Rich, as host for a second season of antics with a brand new cast of characters who are each vying for a chance at country success. Featuring a cast that includes performers from various facets of the entertainment industry, GONE COUNTRY indoctrinates seven celebrities in the ins and outs of the country music business for a chance to break into the country music genre, and premieres on Friday, August 15 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT on CMT.

The cast for GONE COUNTRY includes Sebastian Bach singer, songwriter, Broadway actor, former lead singer of Skid Row; Irene Cara GRAMMY and Academy Award winning singer, songwriter, actress, “Fame”; Mikalah Gordon singer, host, actress, 2005 “American Idol” finalist; Jermaine Jackson television personality, lead singer of The Jackson 5; Chris Kirkpatrick television personality, music producer, member of *NSYNC; Lorenzo Lamas musical theater actor, actor “Renegade” and “Falcon Crest”; and Sean Young actress, “Blade Runner” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.”

CMT’s reality show Gone Country has been renewed for a second season, and it already has its cast of characters, I mean singers, lined up.

This time around the group that will be shacked up and fighting over the chance to release a country single will include, Jermaine Jackson, Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach, Fame’s Irene Cara, American Idol’s Mikalah Gordon, actor Lorenzo Lamas, actress Sean Young and N’Sync’s Chris Kirkpatrick.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show will return in August, with John Rich (of Big and Rich) who will still be hosting and choosing the winner. The first season of Gone Country was CMT’s top rated series ever.