posted by Administrator on Jul 10
Julianne Hough has gone country and Kellie Pickler might go dancing.
The former American Idol fifth-season finalist told the two-time Dancing with the Stars professional champ that she’s interested in participating in the ABC reality series, OK! Weekly reported Thursday.
“I told Julianne I thought it would be fun,” Pickler told OK!.
While Pickler said she “used to do gymnastics for a while” and can “go to the clubs and shake it,” she added she’s also unsure how well she’d fair with the technical aspects of Dancing with the Stars.
“It would be a challenge for me to learn the technique,” Pickler told OK!.
Should Pickler compete on Dancing with the Stars, it would be quite the role reversal for her and Hough.
While Pickler is entertaining the idea of going Dancing with the Stars, she assured fans that making music is still her top priority.
“It’s only a couple months,” she told OK!. “It’s not like you’re signing on for the rest of your life. I will always be part of country music for as long as the country music family will have me.”
posted by Administrator on Apr 15
Singer Kellie Pickler was an early winner Monday night at the 2008 CMT Music Awards ceremony in Nashville.
Pickler, whose career began after she was on “American Idol,” won the award for breakthrough video for her song “I Wonder.”
Speaking by satellite, Pickler said: “This is the first time I ever won anything in my life. I’m so excited. … Thank you to ‘American Idol.’ You are the rocket that launched my career.”
Taylor Swift won the award for best female video for “Our Song.”
LeAnn Rimes and Jon Bon Jovi earned the award for collaborative video for their duet “Till We Ain’t Strangers No More.”
“I wish Jon was here tonight. I had a lot of fun rolling around in bed with him,” Rimes said with a laugh as the TV cameras found her husband in the audience. “Sorry, honey. I love you. You’re hotter.”
Sugarland won the award for duo video of the year for their song “Stay.”
Father-and-daughter singers Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus were the CMT show’s hosts.
posted by AINews on Aug 29
Fox has announced the former American Idol finalists Clay Aiken and Kellie Pickler will both compete in special celebrity Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? episodes that will air on Thursday nights during the November ratings sweeps period.
Additional celebrities who will be appearing on the Mark Burnett-created game show’s November episodes will include Live with Regis and Kelly host Regis Philbin; Access Hollywood correspondent and former Grease: You’re the One that I Want host Billy Bush; skateboarding star Tony Hawk; and Miss America Lauren Nelson.
Similar to Burnett’s recently announced celebrity The Apprentice edition plans, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?’s celebrities will be donating all of the money they earn to charity.
New episodes of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? will air on both Thursday and Friday nights this fall, beginning with a special two-hour episode on Thursday, September 6 at 8PM ET/PT.
posted by AINews on Jun 22
Rankin Inlet has been abuzz this week with sightings of a celebrity couple — hometown hockey hero Jordin Tootoo and his girlfriend, American Idol finalist Kellie Pickler.
The NHL player has been dating the country singer since January and has brought her home to Nunavut to meet his family.
Most of Pickler’s northern time has been spent at the Tootoo cabin, far from noisy gadgets and her condo in Nashville.
“[There’s] no cellphone service here, so that’s a big plus. No one probably knows what a cellphone is here, do they?” she joked in a CBC interview.
Tootoo, a forward with the Nashville Predators, said he’s pleased to introduce his girlfriend to his hometown and his Inuit roots.
“It’s great to have people from other parts of the world come and experience what I do when I come home.”
Pickler has never been to Canada before. She was earlier quoted as saying she was hoping to build an igloo on her visit. That didn’t pan out, but the Tootoo family is making sure she goes home with her share of truly northern experiences, like fishing and sampling local food.
“I’ve had different types of food that I never in my wildest dreams ever thought I’d try … raw caribou and whale blubber,” she said on Wednesday. “You’ve got to salt everything.”
Pickler said besides ketchup chips, which aren’t available in the U.S., her favourite part of the trip has been the people.
“I’ve never felt so welcome anywhere like I have here. As soon as I got off the plane, everyone was waiting for me at the airport, just to welcome me to the community. Everyone’s been so nice.”
Pickler will be spending the rest of her summer performing around the United States. She resumes her tour on Saturday.
