"Six Degrees of Martina McBride" is a TV pilot
where 6 aspiring country singers from America's smallest towns try
to connect themselves to Martina McBride in under
six points of human connection. The program, tests the "Six Degrees
of Separation Phenomenon" Those that make it from "Nowhere to
Nashville to New York," get a studio session with Martina McBride
and a shot at a record deal with Sony BMG.
The
show also tells Martina McBride's own unique story of six degrees
which helped advance her from selling T-shirts for Garth Brooks to
opening for him on stage to becoming one of Country music's biggest
superstars.
Rodney Atkins, Ray Benson, Little Big Town, and Miranda Lambert all
appear in the show.
The
pilot program was produced for the ABC Television Network by the
production team of ABC News Primetime. This program is the first of
its kind. It aired on July 30, 2007 as an entire season compressed
into a one night 2 hour broadcast, and was produced by ABC News,
for the ABC Television Network. On July 27, 2007, Executive
Producer, David Sloan described the show as a "hybrid" to the
Chicago Tribune "ABC News is looking for new ways of interacting
and engaging with the viewer. This represents that
effort."
On
July 30, 2007 the special aired and DeAnne Roberts won the final
competition. Thomas Stratton and Kristina Craig were the other two
finalists.
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