CMT's Can You Duet was created by American Idol producers.
The popular TV-talent show for country crooners who come in pairs, Can You Duet, will return for a second season, and that said, they’re looking for some top-notch duo talent.
The CMT-broadcast show, which earned the highest-rated series premiere ever for the country audience-targeted network, will conduct an open call audition on Saturday, March 7, for thousands of country star hopefuls at the Wildhorse Saloon, 120 2nd Ave., in Nashville.
The show’s producers—the same folks who bring viewers the North American version of American Idol—are hoping to find the next Johnny Cash and June Carter, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Dailey & Vincent, or even the new Dolly and Porter, they reported in a recent e-mail.
SLATED TO BEGIN airing its second season this summer, the weekly series is designed to find America’s next great country music duo. Unlike other talent competition shows, each contestant will compete as part of a duo. As a result, viewers witness, first-hand, all the on- and off-stage drama that comes with creating a dynamic musical duet.
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Can You Duet judge, Naomi Judd.
In addition to critiquing each performance and deciding who will advance to the next round, the show’s yet-to-be announced panel of judges, usually a mix of vocal coaches, established artists and industry insiders, also serve as mentors to guide, groom and develop the duets along the way. (During the debut season, Naomi Judd was an especially nurturing but down-home honest judge, for those who missed the hit show’s first go ‘round.)
SEVERAL CAN YOU DUET veterans from the first season already have made great strides in their respective careers, including final winners Caitlin & Will, who were paired together during the program—separated from their original duo partners—and ultimately signed to Sony Music Nashville’s Columbia Records. The pair’s debut single “Even Now,” is set for radio release at the close of March.
Third-place runner-ups, a husband-and-wife team known as Joey + Rory, not only landed a recording contract with Sugar Hill Records, but their debut CD, the dozen-track Life of A Song, recently cracked the Top 30 on the country charts. Plus, they also landed the plum job of serving as the national spokespeople for Overstock.com.
Caitlin & Will release their first single March 31, 2009.
Most recently, however, they garnered a 2009 Academy of Country Music nomination for Duo of the Year, up against Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Montgomery Gentry and Big & Rich for the prize. Rory Feek, one-half the rocketing pair, was already a hit songwriter in Nashville, but now, with the ACM nod in his pocket, the thought of being considered for such an honor is “just crazy,” he shared.
Meanwhile, Can You Duet’s fourth-place runner-ups in season one, Kate & Kacey, possibly remembered by viewers as The Coppolas on the show, have signed with Big Machine Records, also the label home of hot-ticket starlet Taylor Swift, The blond sisters currently are touring with Little Big Town on that group’s upcoming West Coast tour.
THESE SUCCESSES DULY noted, Can You Duet has shown itself to be more than just a ratings-getter among TV-watching country fans, but also a viable vehicle for aspiring country artists. Those interested in giving it a go in Nashville come March 7 need to get crackin’ to get their paperwork in order.
For more information, such as audition applications, video submissions, eligibility requirements and more about the location for the open audition in Nashville, please access the below-listed Web address or call the casting hotline at (800) 813-5077.
WANT TO APPLY FOR CAN YOU DUET: To download an audition application, review tape-submission guidelines, retrieve an original-song release form and review the eligibility requirements for CMT's Can You Duet, click here. ***Reminder: There's a Feb. 20 deadline for all tape submissions, so hurry!
Husband-and-wife duo Joey + Rory were runners-up on Can You Duet, but the couple landed a record deal and recent Top 40 country hit titled "Cheater, Cheater," along with an ACM nod.
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Howdy Folks!
Germany got his Johnny & June. Take a look at Cash Carter Tribute (www.cash-carter.com). That Duet looks very good.
does anyone know how you find out what songs you will have to choose for the audition??
Chrissy,
I'd try the casting call phone number regarding your question.
Lisa
Im 12 and i LOVE to sing. Does anyone know if im old enuf 2 try out and wen the next auditions are?
When is the auditions for the 2010 season?
need to know when can you duet will be auditioning for this year can someone please help me with this asap!.
I haven't been made aware of any info on this show in a good while. Try calling the CMT offices in Nashville and see if they can provide any details would be my suggestion regarding this show.
it says the auditions are Sat march 7...but march 7 is on sunday this year?????
Please note this article was written in 2009, not 2010, so the audition dates for other years, if any, will not be the same.
So is there going to be a Season 3?
i cant wait for this i know i hav what it takes good luk everyone!!!!
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