CMT announced today, via press release, that Steve Austin’s Redneck Island
will debut on December 4th at 9PM ET. The debut episode will be 90-minutes long.
Also announced was that country singer/songwriter and TV personality Jessie
James Decker joins the show as masters of ceremonies on the “island” this
season. Here is the official press release…
“REDNECK ISLAND” SET
TO RETURN TO CMT WITH HOT NEW TWIST AND
HOT NEW CO-HOST ON DECEMBER
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Jessie James Decker will Join Steve Austin as Co-Host,
Presiding
Over 10 New Episodes of the Popular CMT Series
Nashville – October 8,
2014 – CMT’s ultimate competition series REDNECK ISLAND returns for a
fourth season rowdier than ever, with a hot new co-host and even hotter new
twist. Country singer/songwriter and TV personality Jessie James Decker joins
wrestling icon Steve Austin as masters of ceremonies on the “island” this
season, tucked away at a lake in North Georgia. CMT greenlit 10 one-hour
episodes of the new season, marking the return of one of the most popular CMT
series since it debuted in 2012. Part of CMT’s outrageous Thursday nights, the
all-new REDNECK ISLAND debuts with a 90-minute extended premiere on Thursday,
December 4 at 9:00-10:30 p.m., ET/PT.
This season on REDNECK ISLAND, 12
guys and 12 girls will fight to win cold hard cash in the ultimate redneck
competition series where time spent partying is just as important as time spent
competing. While these rednecks may arrive single and ready to mingle, a
high-stakes, sexy spin on the original format will pair male and female
teammates up as bunkmates in a new twist that is sure to fuel both competition
and romance at the lake house. In the end, one guy/gal team will walk away from
this little redneck heaven $100,000 richer.
Steve ‘Stone Cold’ Austin,
six-time World Wrestling Federation Champion and 2003 WWE Hall of Fame inductee
has been busy since retiring from the ring in 2003. Austin began his acting
career in 2005 with a breakout performance in the Adam Sandler starrer, The
Longest Yard, which went on to make $187 million worldwide; followed by a
starring role in The Condemned, which continues to be one of the World Wrestling
Entertainment’s most lucrative releases. In 2010 Sylvester Stallone tapped
Austin for his action thriller The Expendables. In 2013 Austin had a featured
role in Adam Sandler’s comedy Grown Ups 2. Austin currently hosts two successful
TV shows for CMT, Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge and Redneck Island. In
addition, he shakes things up every week with his highly-rated podcast, The
Steve Austin Show on www.podcastone.com. When not hanging out on his 2100+ acre
Broken Skull Ranch (www.brokenskullranch.com) in the back country of South
Texas, Austin lives in Marina del Rey, Calif. with his wife, Kristin, and their
three Labradors.
Multi-talented country singer, songwriter Jessie James
Decker recently released her EP Comin’ Home, a candid celebration of her pop and
country influences. The EP, produced by John Fields (Miley Cyrus, Jonas
Brothers, Switchfoot), debuted at #5 on the Billboard Country chart and #28 on
Billboard Top 200. Comin’ Home found major success on iTunes reaching #1 on the
iTunes Album Chart and #9 on the Overall Digital Chart. Tracks from the EP were
featured on her hit reality series “Eric & Jessie: Game On” which she
starred in with husband, superstar pro football wide receiver Eric Decker.
Jessie burst onto the music scene with her self-titled debut album in 2009. The
album’s first single “Wanted” was certified gold with record sales of more than
120,000. Jessie is currently working on new music and enjoying time with her
husband and newborn daughter Vivianne Rose. She also launched the Eric &
Jessie Decker Foundation to positively impact the lives of United States
military veterans and at risk children.
REDNECK ISLAND is executive
produced by Christian Sarabia and Fred Birkhead from 51 Minds Entertainment and
Clay Newbill from 310 Entertainment, along with Steve Austin from Broken Skull
Ranch Productions. Jayson Dinsmore and Morgan Selzer serve as executive
producers for CMT.
