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Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina are two of the performers set to take the Nationwide Insurance stage during the 2012 CMT Music Awards, which air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on June 6. The ‘American Idol’ alums, along with fellow country newcomers Casey James, Jana Kramer, the Farm and Kip Moore, will provide performances on a special stage that will be spotlighted throughout the star

Last week, the CMT Awards announced the beginnings of a performance lineup for the 2012 show. The original bill was already pretty stellar, as it includes big names like Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney on the roster. But the performance schedule got quite a bit sweeter when a few country icons and future country legends joined the ticket.

Following on the heels of Gloriana‘s recent performance on ‘The Bachelorette,’ Luke Bryan will now head to the hit show, set to air Monday, May 28 at 8PM ET on ABC. Dolly Parton is also set to appear on the show next week.

Country music stars are taking ‘The Bachelorette’ by storm! On this week’s episode of the show, Dolly Parton lends her theme park, Dollywood, to the bachelorette and her date. The country star even makes an appearance in the episode, which will also include Luke Bryan.

“I’m not coming into this hoping for 1st runner-up,” said a confident Jennifer Nettles right before taking the stage for the first time as a ‘Duets‘ celebrity mentor. The Sugarland lead singer, along with superstar singers Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke and John Legend, scoured the country to find the best voices in America for the new ABC reality singing competition. And exactly does the big-voiced

Montgomery Gentry will tear things up true MG style when they head to ‘Fox and Friends’ on Friday (May 25) to kick off the network’s All-American Concert Series. Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry will break out all of their hits — both new and old – during the high-octane performance on the popular on program, scheduled during the 8AM ET hour.

The ‘American Idol’ finale is almost as hot of a red carpet party as any major award show. Stars from all over the world of music and movies turned up to get a glimpse of this year’s winner being crowned ‘American Idol’ champion. The honor went to Phillip Phillips this year, but a familiar face to country fans was on stage to do the honors.

While she wasn’t in the final running to become the winner of ‘American Idol‘ this season, Skylar Laine still got to perform on the big finale tonight (May 23). Oh, and did we mention Reba McEntire was there, too? Laine rocked the ‘Idol’ stage for one last time alongside McEntire, performing the country superstar’s hit single ‘Turn On the Radio.’

Josh Thompson always jokes that he still lives on “concrete hours,” seeing how he wakes up in the wee hours of the morning no matter what time he goes to bed the night before — just like he used to when he poured concrete for a living back in the day.

Scotty McCreery isn’t the only country superstar celebrating the Season 11 finale of ‘American Idol.’ Reba McEntire is set to perform on tonight’s episode (May 23) with country hopeful Skylar Laine, who placed No. 4 this season after being eliminated a few weeks ago.

If there was any doubt Luke Bryan would be pulling for his hometown hopeful Phillip Phillips to win this season of ‘American Idol,’ a recent video posted on his official Twitter account dismisses any suspicion. According to Bryan, his fellow Leesburg, Ga. native is the clear frontrunner as supreme winner during this week’s season finale.

Carrie Underwood is dominating the landscape right now, especially in the mainstream media. The ‘Blown Away’ singer, whose new album of the same name topped the Billboard chart for two weeks in a row, will be featured in the forthcoming 20th anniversary ‘Dateline’ special, which airs tonight (May 22) at 10PM ET on NBC. Make a note of it!