Rock Reality Show Recap: ?Gone Country? Puts Sisqo to Work, Makes Bobby Brown Cry
19 February 2008Every Week on CMT’s new reality show Gone Country, a motley mix of Nashville misfits try to make it big on the Chesney tip. We’ll be watching (and chuckling):
Thirty Minutes of Kentucky Fried Reality in Four Sentences: “I usually fight people that try to wake me up,” prefaces a hungover Bobby Brown as Maureen McCormick (Marcia Brady, if you haven’t been following along) mocks him into arising with songs. The Diddy of this Nashville version of Making the Band is John Rich, who tells our seven contestants that this week’s challenge is about community, which is Tennessee-speak for hosting a car wash with all proceeds going to a local children’s hospital. Sisqo vacuums the cars a little too well, offering an interesting insight into what he’s possibly been doing post-”Thong Song.” Then it’s off to the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital so our clique can serenade the kids with “Old McDonald.” Seriously.
The Honky-Tonkin’ Highlights: Bobby Brown transforms from town drunk into Mother Teresa in one commercial break, as the former Mr. Whitney Houston consoles the family of a terminally ill child. After meeting the young girl (cameras weren’t allowed access), Brown is devastated and in tears, which makes the rest of his castmates cry. Is this moment the catalyst that turns Brown from the series’ joke into the series’ winner?
The Grand Ol’ Finale: The seven return back to John Rich’s cabin to write songs based on their hospital experiences and cry more. It’s an old-fashioned Kleenex fest, as Brown breaks down when talking to the others about his own children and how much he misses them. And that’s our episode. Next week: Marcia Brady is mortified after seeing Bobby Brown’s genitalia.
