Can You Duet is an American

Television in the United States

Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one...

 reality-competition show airing on CMT

CMT

- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...

. The show is produced by FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's second largest TV, radio, and production company...

, the same company that produced American Idol

American Idol

American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

.

The show premiered on April 14, 2008 and the first season ended on June 13, 2008.

Sixwire

Sixwire

Sixwire is an American country music group from Nashville, Tennessee. The group is composed of Andy Childs , Robb Houston , John Howard , Steve Mandile , and Chuck Tilley . The band's name references the six strings on a guitar. Sixwire recorded one album for Warner Bros...

, runners up from Fox's Next Great American Band, performed as the house band for Can You Duet with Steve Mandile serving as the show's musical director. Two additional musicians, Steve Hornbeak on keyboards and Andrea Young on violin, performed with Sixwire during the show. The show has been cancelled and will not return for a third season.

Season One (2008)

The show was hosted by Rossi Morreale

Rossi Morreale

Rossi Morreale is a television personality and former college football player.Morreale was a wide receiver & punt returner for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team, lettering from 1997–1999. After graduation he sought television exposure...

, and the judge panel was made up of Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd

Naomi Judd is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.-Personal life:She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a...

, Brett Manning

Brett Manning

Brett Manning is an American singer and vocal coach. Over the course of his career Manning has trained many well-known music artists including Taylor Swift, Hayley Williams, Keith Urban, and Wes Hampton...

, and Aimee Mayo

Aimee Mayo

Aimee Mayo is an American songwriter, primarily known for writing country hits for artists such as Lonestar, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Kellie Pickler. Mayo owns her own publishing company, Little Blue Typewriter Music.-Biography:Aimee Mayo grew up in Gadsden, Alabama...

.

The eight finalist duos for season one were:

Duo	Place in competition/reason for elimination
Caitlin Lynn and William Snyder Caitlin & Will Caitlin & Will was an American country music duo, consisting of members Caitlin Lynn and Will Snyder, that rose to fame when they won season one of CMT's Can You Duet. After winning, they signed with Columbia Nashville. They initially intended to release a song titled "Even Now" as their debut...	Winner
Nick Brownell and Jeremiah Richey	Runner Up
Rory Feek and Joey Martin Feek Joey + Rory Joey+Rory is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Rory Lee Feek and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife. Joey is the duo's lead vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo was the third-place finalist on CMT's competition Can You Duet in 2008...	3rd; not quite as good as prior weeks, not best performance.
Kate & Kacey Coppola (aka "The Coppolas")	4th; believed that other duos would sell more albums than them.
Jared Johnson and David Oakleaf	5th; not sounding as good as they look and that they sound better as solo artists.
Ruth Collins and Victoria Gibson (aka "Wild Honey")	6th; young; did not give their best performance.
Chris Cline and Nathan Herron	7th; neither played an instrument and both sounded too Karaoke.
Lewis Brice and Gabriel Jordan	8th; Gabriel sounded more of a lead singer and LB was not strong enough in his performance.

Three of the season 1 finalists, Caitlin & Will

Caitlin & Will

Caitlin & Will was an American country music duo, consisting of members Caitlin Lynn and Will Snyder, that rose to fame when they won season one of CMT's Can You Duet. After winning, they signed with Columbia Nashville. They initially intended to release a song titled "Even Now" as their debut...

, Kate & Kacey Coppola, and Joey + Rory

Joey + Rory

Joey+Rory is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Rory Lee Feek and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife. Joey is the duo's lead vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo was the third-place finalist on CMT's competition Can You Duet in 2008...

, have signed record deals; Caitlin and Will with Columbia Nashville

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

, Kate & Kacey with Big Machine

Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records is an Independent American record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta. The label was part of a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his...

, and Joey + Rory with Vanguard

Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...

/Sugar Hill.

Kate & Kacey Coppola released "You're Not My Judge" in August 2008 as a digital-only single. Joey + Rory released their debut single, "Cheater, Cheater

Cheater, Cheater

"Cheater, Cheater" is the debut single from country music duo Joey + Rory, from their debut album, The Life of a Song. The song debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart at #57 for the chart week of September 27, 2008...

", in September 2008. Their debut album, The Life of a Song

The Life of a Song

The Life of a Song is the debut studio album from the country music duo Joey + Rory. The album was released on October 28, 2008 via Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records. It was produced by Carl Jackson...

, followed on October 28. Caitlin & Will released their debut single, "Address in the Stars

Address in the Stars

"Address in the Stars" is the title of a song written by Caitlin Lynn, Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey and recorded by American country duo Caitlin & Will. The song, their debut single, was released in March 2009. It was intended as the lead-off single to their debut album, Dark Horse,...

", on March 30, 2009. Kate & Kacey released their debut single, "Dreaming Love

Dreaming Love

"Dreaming Love" is a song written and recorded by American country duo Kate & Kacey. The song was released as their debut single on April 27, 2009. It was intended to serve as the lead-off single to their debut album with Big Machine Records, but the album was pushed back due to the song's mediocre...

", on April 27, 2009.

Season Two (2009)

Auditions for the second season began on March 7, 2009 and the show premiered on June 20, 2009. Over 5,000 auditioned, and was cut down to 10 duos for the show's competition.

Naomi Judd returned as a judge for season two, and Lance Smith from CMT's Top 20 Countdown became the new host.
The other two seats in the judge panel were made up of Big Kenny (of Big & Rich

Big & Rich

Big & Rich is an American country music duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich. Both members alternate as lead vocalists and play rhythm guitar...

) and Scott Borchetta (CEO of Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records is an Independent American record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta. The label was part of a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his...

).

Duo	Place in competition/reason for elimination
Meghan Linsey & Josh Jones (aka "Steel Magnolia") Steel Magnolia Steel Magnolia is an American country music duo that won season two of the television talent show Can You Duet. The duo consists of Meghan Linsey and her fiance, Joshua Scott Jones. After becoming the top winner on the show, the duo signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records, and released...	Winner
Brandon Green & Jonathan Cox (aka "JB Rocket")	Runner Up
Ryan Larkins & Avalon Peacock	3rd; hard decision, but they were not as good as the other duos.
Brad Stella & Marylynne Stella (aka "The Stellas")	4th; not quite as good as other duos.
Mark O'Shea & Jay O'Shea (aka "O'Shea") O'Shea (band) O’Shea is a country music duo formed by husband and wife team Mark O’Shea and Jay O’Shea . Since relocating to Nashville, TN in 2007, the duo has seen success not only as artists, but also as songwriters, and finalists in the Country Music Television series "Can You Duet".-Early...	5th; judges didn't think they stood out.
Keeira Lyn Ford & Matt Boggs	6th; judges didn't think they were good together as a duo.
Memarie Gayle & Kassie Miller	7th; judges didn't think they could win.
Abby Fender & Holly Jackson	8th; bad harmonies.
Spencer Bartoletti & Dessa Zuccaro (aka "Harmon Creek")	10th; too young, voices needed maturity.
Chelsee Oaks & Rob Bolin	10th; judges didn't think they worked well as a duo.

Having won the competition, Steel Magnolia signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records

Big Machine Records is an Independent American record label specializing in country music artists. It was launched in 2005 by former DreamWorks Records executive Scott Borchetta. The label was part of a joint venture between Borchetta and country singer Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his...

; their debut single, "Keep on Lovin' You

Keep on Lovin' You

"Keep On Lovin' You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music duo Steel Magnolia, which was written by Chris Stapleton and Trent Willmon. The song, which is their debut single, was released in September 2009. It is included on the duo's self-titled EP, released in February 2010...

", was released in August 2009, and their self-titled debut album

Steel Magnolia (album)

Upon its release, Steel Magnolia received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable...

 followed with a January 2011 release. Additionally, JB Rocket was later signed to Valory Music Group, a sister label of Big Machine Records. However, JB Rocket was eventually released from the label without releasing anything.

Brandon Green was previously on American Idol

American Idol

American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

as one of the top 50 contestants in its seventh season

American Idol (season 7)

The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008 and concluded on May 21, 2008. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returning as judges...

, and
Kassie Miller was previously on CMT's Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search where she won the first season.

External links

• Can You Duet's Official Website