After Nashville Star, it's kind of hard to see another country music competition showing up on TV, but it looks like CMT's Next Superstar might be able to avoid the things that made NS such a failure. For one, the show is targeted specifically to CMT's music video viewers instead of a wider network audience, giving the show the chance to actually let its country flag fly pretty high. Also, all of the contestants have mostly impressive previous experience as singer/songwriters, so at least no one will be too painful to listen to. And most importantly, nearly all of the contestants already have names that are perfect for country stars, like Courtney Cole or Wynn Varble.

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