Bucky Covington Wins #1 Country New Artist Award

Good 'ole boy from season 5, Bucky Covington, recently earned country music acclaim when he was voted Country Airchecks #1 New Artist for 2007. His top 5 hit single, "A Different World" along with his current #26 hit "It's Good To Be Us".

He's currently opening concerts for Trace Adkins on select dates and will be touring alongside Dierks Bentley in 2008.

Jordin Sparks to Sing The National Anthem at the Super Bowl

Miss Jordin Sparks, the 17-year-old American Idol winner from last season will be singing the National Anthem February 3, 2008 at the Super Bowl in her hometown of Glendale, Arizona. The impressive, young songstress will join the ranks of music greats Billy Joel, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, and Neil Diamond who also sang past Super Bowl National Anthems.

I'm sure Jordin will once again wow America with her strong vocals and girlish charm and poise!

Nick Lachey's Cincinnati Choir Wins Clash of the Choirs

As the countdown to the season premier of American Idol next month continues, I've checked out a few other music-based reality TV shows. The Clash of the Choirs began and ended this past week. Cincinnati native, Nick Lachey led his competent and diverse choir to victory, winning a quarter of a million dollars to benefit Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Clearly, all of the choirs were talented and enthusiastic, but Team Lachey really took the competition to the next level. My favorite performance was the Flight of the Bumblebee.

The shocker of the night was when it was announced that the other choirs were not going back to their hometowns empty-handed. They each received contributions for their choir's chosen charity.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Clash of the Choirs and thought the program timing coincided well with Christmas.