Apple TV+ to Launch Country Music Reality Show in March

<p>Apple TV&plus; is launching a new country music reality series in March&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company says it has added country singer-songwriters&comma; including 2021’s CMA New Artist of the Year Jimmie Allen&comma; four-time Grammy nominee Mickey Guyton and critically acclaimed songwriter&comma; country recording artist and activist Orville Peck to its new music competition series&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My Kind of Country&comma;” as scouts search the globe to find talented artists and break the next big country star&period; Reese Witherspoon and Kacey Musgraves &lpar;photo above&rpar; are featured in the series&comma; set to premiere globally on March 24 on Apple TV&plus;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My Kind of Country” is a fresh take on a competition series&comma; breaking down barriers in country music by providing an extraordinary opportunity to diverse and innovative artists from around the world&period; Scouts Allen&comma; Guyton and Peck each handpick a roster of exceptional up-and-coming artists and invite them to the home of country music in Nashville&comma; Tennessee&comma; to showcase their unique sound&period; The competition winner will receive a life-changing prize from Apple Music&comma; receiving unprecedented support and exposure on the platform&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Witherspoon and Musgraves are executive producers for the series alongside Hello Sunshine’s Sara Rea and Lauren Neustadter&semi; Sandbox Entertainment&&num;8217&semi;s Jason Owen&semi; the illustrious Emmy-nominated showrunner Izzie Pick Ibarra &lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Masked Singer&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Savage x Fenty Show Vol&period; 3&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dancing with the Stars&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ladies of London”&rpar;&semi; and Done &plus; Dusted’s Katy Mullan &lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Disney Family Singalong&comma;” John Legend’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Little Mermaid Live&excl;&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dear Class of 2020&comma;” London Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies&rpar;&period; Emmy Award-winning Adam Blackstone serves as music director &lpar;musical director to Justin Timberlake&comma; Alicia Keys&comma; Faith Hill&comma; Rihanna and for Super Bowl Halftime Show&comma; the Academy Awards&comma; the Grammy Awards&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Masked Singer”&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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