Taylor Swift to sing on premiere of NBC’s Nashville Star

June 02nd, 2008 | Category: TV News

Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Casting

The 2008 Best New Female Vocalist of the Year, Taylor Swift, is set to perform on Nashville Star as part of the show’s two-hour season premiere. Touted as the first country music star of the MySpace generation, Swift (18) is plus the first female country artist to write or co-write every song on her debut platinum-selling album. One of country music’s youngest songwriters, her loner “Our Song” spent six weeks atop Billboard’s country chart.

The show’s premiere will additionally feature highlights from the auditions and reveal the

Top 12 Finalists who will be crooning their way into your hearts that summer. I know Nashville Star sounds like the country music version of American Idol but judge John Rich begs to differ. Read what he said about the show, any comparisons to Idol, and Paula Abdul back the NBC / Universal summer press event held in May.

Nashville Star premieres on Monday June 9th, 9-11 p.m. ET, on NBC. Will you be watching?

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