Every 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 Three Sentences: Our competitors learn that they’ll be judged on the songs they’ve slowly been learning over the course of the season. Alabama’s Randy Owen helps John Rich evaluate the tracks, and the results are grim: Rich calls the lyrics to Dee Snider’s “Rock Out With Your Rooster Out” “second grade,” and that’s coming from a man who penned the line “Save a horse, ride a cowboy.” Sisqo’s track also disappoints Rich, who says the former “Thong Song” singer “has a mountain to climb.”

The Honky-Tonkin’ Highlights: “I’ve been through a whole lot. I’ve been shot, stabbed. Lemme tell you about it, because I’ve got nothing to hide,” says series MVP Bobby Brown before airing his track. The song is surprisingly heartfelt, almost driving Owen to tears and getting a round of applause from his castmates. Maureen McCormick also gets the thumbs up, setting up the inevitable battle of “Bobby vs. Marcia Brady” for the Gone Country belt. After Carnie Wilson strikes out with the judges, former American Idol hopeful Diana DeGarmo, the series’ dark horse, is accused of being “too Aguilera.”

The Grand Ol’ Finale: “I’ll kill for country music,” Rich warns our contestants, concerned that the seven wannabes aren’t giving it their all. To quote DeGarmo, “Rich made Simon Cowell look like a pussy cat.” DeGarmo closes out the episode in tears, transforming herself into some kind of feel-good character and making her most likely to wrestle the championship away from Bobby Brown at next week’s series finale concert. Meanwhile outside, Brown prays to God — or talks to himself — for help winning next week’s finale.