Popular 'Can You Duet' TV Show Conducts Open Auditions in Nashville on March 7, 2009

Posted by Lisa L. Rollins Feb 15, 2009

The producers of the popular CMT talent show known as Can You Duet, a weekly program that debuted last April as the highest-rated series to date on the country network, are now looking for contestants for the show's second season.

According to a recent press releases this writer received via e-mail, show organizers are ready to find the next Johnny Cash and June Carter, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. or Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. In turn, they will host open auditions for the show at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville on Saturday, March 7, for duos whose members think they have the right stuff.

The show's new season will begin airing this summer. Per its creators, what sets Can You Duet apart from other such TV-talent shows is that contestants compete as duos. As a result, viewers will witness first-hand all the on- and off-stage drama to be had in creating a dynamic musical duet.

Plus, aside from In critiquing each performance and deciding who will advance to the next round, the show's judges also act as mentors to guide, groom and develop the duets along the way. Season one veterans have already taken great strides in their respective careers, including winning duo

Caitlin & Will, who signed with Sony Music Nashville’s Columbia Records. The pair's debut single, Even Now, will be shipped to radio March 31, 2009.

Third place runner-ups Joey + Rory, meanwhile, not only landed a recording contract with Sugar

Vanguard/Sugar Hill Records and scored Top 30 success on the country charts with their debut release, but they also are now in the running for the Academy of Country Music's Duo of the Yearaward against big-name acts Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Montgomery Gentry and Big & Rich.

Can You Duet's fourth-place finishers, sisters Kate & Kacey ( who also are known as The Coppolas to the show's TV viewers) landed a deal with Big Machine Records, how of hit-making teen Taylor Swift, and are now touring as the opening act for country's Little Big Town on that act's West Coast tour.

Those who'd like to tryout for the show can get more information, such as audition applications, video submissions, eligibility requirements and lmore details about the open auditions in Nashville, by accessing www.canyouduet.com or calling the casting hotline at (800) 813-5077.