Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Chris Young Defending "Hottest Bachelor" Title

Chris Young is defending his title as Country Music's Hottest Bachelor. The singer, who took the title in 2006 and 2009, is facing 25 other single country hunks for the distinction. Several newcomers are in the "Country Weekly" poll, including Josh Thompson, Stephen Barker Liles and Brian Bandas of Love And Theft, Danny Gokey, and Gloriana siblings Tom and Mike Gossin. Others up for the honor include Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood, Jimmy Wayne, Jake Owen, Gary Allan, Keith Anderson, and Dwight Yoakam. Fans can also vote for Billy Currington, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson, Phil Vassar, Chuck Wicks, Chris Cagle, or Bucky Covington. Former Trick Pony members Ira Dean and Keith Burns, Lee Brice, and the Eli Young Band's Mike Eli are also on the ballot.

Online voting at CountryWeekly.com ends on Sunday. The winner will be named in the May 3rd issue of "Country Weekly," which will arrive on newsstands on April 26th.