THIS WEEK

Miranda Gets Called Mrs. Shelton

Miranda Gets Called Mrs. Shelton

| May 14, 2011

It’s official!  Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are husband and wife.  But weeks before they walked down the aisle, Miranda says she had already been called Mrs. Shelton.  “People have been calling me ‘Mrs. Shelton’ a lot.  I’ll stay in a hotel room with him, and they call on the phone and say, ‘Mrs. Shelton, […]

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Miranda’s Wedding/Co-Host Weekend

Miranda’s Wedding/Co-Host Weekend

| May 13, 2011

We get requests from artists to record the Countdown in unusual places or times.  Miranda Lambert asked if she could do the Countdown in Las Vegas before the Academy of Country Music Awards.  She had a good reason: She was getting married in May and needed to focus on her wedding.  So we got to […]

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Blake Ready to Get Married

Blake Ready to Get Married

| May 13, 2011

  Blake Shelton marries Miranda Lambert this weekend in Texas.  The two have been dating for more than five years.  Blake told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton he’s ready to get married.  “I’m ready.  I was ready the day I asked her.”  LISTEN:  Blake marriage Blake was Lon’s co-host a couple months ago, and […]

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Miranda Lambert Co-Hosts May 14-15

Miranda Lambert Co-Hosts May 14-15

| May 9, 2011

Miranda Lambert is Lon’s co-host for her wedding weekend!  She has a song in the Top 5, and she looks back on a huge year where she won the CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, a Grammy Award, and her CD went Platinum.  She also talks about Blake’s success, becoming the CMA Male […]

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Sara Evans’ Career Highlight

Sara Evans’ Career Highlight

| May 8, 2011

Sara Evans performed her current hit, A Little Bit Stronger,” on the Academy of Country Music Awards.  The next night, she did the Tammy Wynette classic “Stand By Your Man” on the ACM’s Girls Night Out TV special.  Sara told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I felt so lucky to be given “Stand By Your […]

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Sara Evans’ Kids Fans of Taylor

Sara Evans’ Kids Fans of Taylor

| May 8, 2011

This story shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has young children.  Sara Evans and her husband Jay have 7 pre-teen children, who love Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus.  She told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “We went to the Miley Cyrus movie premiere, and we took all 7 kids and two of my nieces, and we […]

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Miranda’s Derby Bachelorette Party

Miranda’s Derby Bachelorette Party

| May 7, 2011

Miranda Lambert was in Louisville Kentucky Saturday for the Kentucky Derby.  That’s where she held her bachelorette party.  Fans know that Miranda loves animals and especially horses.  She actually arrived Friday night for the pre-race activities.  She walked the red carpet on Saturday wearing a huge cream-colored hat and cowboy boots (see photo).  She was accompanied by good friend Laura Bell Bundy.  […]

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Behind The Countdown: Tornado

Behind The Countdown: Tornado

| May 6, 2011

If you live in the Southeast, you know there’s been a lot of bad weather this spring. Lots of rain, wind, and tornadoes have hit the area. That was the backdrop to this week’s Countdown. Sara Evans lives near Birmingham Alabama, and the night before she did the Countdown, there were huge storms and a […]

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Sara Evans is Mother’s Day Co-Host

Sara Evans is Mother’s Day Co-Host

| May 6, 2011

Sara Evans will join Lon Helton as Mother’s Day weekend co-host on Country Countdown USA.  She tells Lon, “My idea of a dream Mother’s Day is to play sports, so that’s what I hope to do.  Like on Easter, we had several families over for a big mean and then we went out and played […]

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Toby Keith: Great To Be American!

Toby Keith: Great To Be American!

| May 2, 2011

Toby Keith was actually in the middle of his 9th annual USO Tour when President Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden.  It was also about 4:30 in the morning Iraq time.  Toby was in an area where there was no cell service, but at about 2PM ET, he was able to send a Tweet: […]

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