For those suffering from post-Celebrity Rap Superstar withdrawal, Country Music Television has the fix for you. Gone Country will take seven non-country music sorta-celebrities, put them in one Nashville house and attempt to convert them into honky-tonkin cowboys and cowgirls. Big & Richs John Rich will host the fiasco, which includes American Idols Diana DeGarmo, former Hot Listee Carnie Wilson, Julio Igelsias Jr. and the actress who played Marcia on TVs The Brady Bunch. But we saved the best for this sentence: Rounding out the cast is Twisted Sisters Dee Snider, Whitney Houstons ex-husband Bobby Brown and, last but definitely not least, the inimitable Sisqo (!) of “Thong Song” fame.
Over the course of six weeks, the contestants will undergo a series of musical and physical challenges in hopes of morphing them into Grand Ole Opry gold. At the end of the six-episode arc, Rich will declare the winner, who will be rewarded the opportunity to record and release a country song. While its probably set in stone that DeGarmo pulls a Carrie Underwood and cruises her way to the prize, the comedic potential is still off the charts. Will Brown finally find love in the form of Carnie Wilson or her fellow Celebrity Fit Club star Maureen McCormick? Will Dee Snider be the Sebastian Bach of Gone Country? Does Sisqo have a few extra ticks before his fifteen minutes expires? Our TiVos are already set for the January 2008 premiere episode.


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