Lauren Alaina Says Kissing Scotty McCreery on Finale Was a Hoax

The runner-up appeared on ‘Live! With Regis and Kelly’ today, where she spilled that her lip lock with the country ‘Idol’ winner was nothing more than the ultimate dare.


“How about that Scotty guy, huh?” Regis asked Lauren, who was practically giddy in her stagechair, but went sly when her counterpart was brought up. “Oh, he’s great!” she replied coyly.


While the 16-year-old Georgia cutie denied that she and the 17-year-old North Carolina cowboy are dating, Regis and Kelly asked the question we are all dying to know: Did she want to kiss him? “Someone dared me to,” she spilled, though she wouldn’t say who when asked.
“But you wanted to kiss Scotty!” Regis prodded. To which the blushing teen replied, “Well…”
“Double dog dare, that’s what it was,” she insisted after Kelly brought it up. “You have to do it if you get double dog dared, it’s just like the rules.”


So there you have it — double dog dare rules are still in play in 2011, and Lauren Alaina kissed Scotty McCreery on a dare. Somehow, we don’t think this will be the last we hear of the pair!


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Justin Bieber, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina Added to CMT Awards Line-Up

More big stars are added to the already-star-studded guest list of upcoming Country Music Television (CMT) Awards. The latest one is Justin Bieber who scores his first CMT nomination in Collaborative Video of the Year, thanks to "That Should Be Me", his joint track with Rascal Flatts.



Joining the pop idol will be Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina who recently finished first and second respectively at the "American Idol" finale. They have dropped their country debut single with Scotty releasing "I Love You This Big" and Lauren offering "Like My Mother Does".



"I Love You This Big" bowed at number 32 on Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and climbed to No. 5 on iTunes song list. It's reportedly the highest chart debut for a new artist on the Country charts in the SoundScan era. The previous records on the Billboard chart had been 42 and 41.



The other guests include Shania Twain, Sara Evans, Train, Kristin Chenoweth, Melissa Peterman and Mary Steenburgen. Newly-crowned "Dancing with the Stars" winner Hines Ward, Green Bay Packers' Clay Matthews, and stars of CMT original movie "To the Mat" Laura Bell Bundy and Ricky Schroder are invited as well.



Hosted by Kid Rock, the CMT Awards will be held in a live ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on June 8. Big & Rich, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Toby Keith and Zac Brown Band will perform.

‘Idol’ finals: Scotty McCreery vs. Lauren Alaina

 

LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" finalist Haley Reinhart won’t be growling on this season’s final showdown.

The bluesy 20-year-old vocalist from Wheeling, Ill., best known for her signature singing snarl, was revealed Thursday to have received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent contest, leaving deep-voiced 17-year-old singer Scotty McCreery of Garner, N.C., and soaring 16-year-old songbird Lauren Alaina of Rossville, Ga., to compete on next week’s finale.

"I rocked it out, and I had a blast," Reinhart said after her elimination.

Reinhart had always seemed doomed on "Idol." Unlike her remaining rivals, cherubic country crooners McCreery and Alaina, the wavy-haired Reinhart had been less definable and garnered fewer votes, landing at the bottom as one of the show’s low vote-getters four times after weak performances of such songs as LeAnn Rimes’ "Blue" and Blondie’s "Call Me."

This season’s femme fatale found recent success by boldly tackling classic rock tunes. She earned a standing ovation from the judges two weeks ago for a rousing rendition of The Animals’ version of "The House of the Rising Sun," and she was lauded again Wednesday for her performances of Fleetwood Mac’s "Rhiannon" and Led Zeppelin’s "What Is and What Should Never Be."

 

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Georgia’s Lauren Alaina rises to the top, despite vocal emergency

Despite a last minute vocal emergency, Georgia teen Lauren Alaina rose to the top after gaining the edge during a final showdown on American Idol. According to a physician who treated Lauren, the young Georgia singer blew out one of her vocal chords during rehearsals. “It’s like a runner running with a sprained ankle,” he stated. Alaina was treated with medicines and seen by a team of doctors this afternoon. “I’m ready to go,” Georgia’s most popular teen said before taking to the stage one last time.

Despite her emergency, Lauren Alaina sang her three songs like an angel. For her own choice, Lauren picked “Flat on the Floor” by Carrie Underwood. For her Idols pick, Carrie Underwood chose “Maybe It Was Memphis” for the Georgia teen. Lauren’s third and final performance was a song that would be her first single if she wins American Idol. The piece was titled, “Like My Mother Does,” which an emotional Lauren Alaina sang to her mom. Mothers all across Atlanta became teary-eyed at the powerful and moving performance.

In the end, Georgia teen Lauren Alaina gained the upper edge with the judges. Here’s how Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler rated the individual performances.

Round One:

• Randy Jackson: Scotty McCreery


• Jennifer Lopez: Scotty McCreery


• Steven Tyler: Lauren Alaina

Round Two:

• Randy Jackson: Lauren Alaina


• Jennifer Lopez: Lauren Alaina


• Steven Tyler: Lauren Alaina

Round Three:

• Randy Jackson: Lauren Alaina


• Jennifer Lopez: Both


• Steven Tyler: Lauren Alaina

Total votes from judges:

• Lauren Alaina: 7


• Scotty McCreery: 3

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‘Idol’ Finale: Lauren Alaina Knocks Scotty McCreery ‘Flat on the Floor’

'American Idol' finalists Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery. (AP/FOX)

Scotty McCreery had all the momentum going into Tuesday night’s “American Idol” finale, but the show ultimately belonged to Lauren Alaina, despite the fact that she sprained a vocal cord in rehearsals.



Scotty started off strong in round one, in which each contestant was asked to reprise their favorite performance of the season. He chose “Gone” by Montgomery Gentry, making all the usual Scotty faces (cue the huge eyeballs) and doing the usual Scotty thing.

Lauren followed with Carrie Underwood’s “Flat on the Floor,” immediately beating Scotty in the song choice contest and giving a much more entertaining performance as far as our eyes and ears were concerned (though she did sound a little bit hoarse).



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