BUCKY COVINGTON

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'William Joel "Bucky" Covington III' (born November 8, 1977) is an American Country Music Singer. He originally came to fame when he arrived at 8th place on the 5th season of ''American Idol''. In early 2006, he was the 5th contestant to be eliminated from the final 12.
In December 2006, he signed a recording contract with Lyric Street Records, and released the single, "A Different World", on January 16, 2007. Covington's debut album, produced by Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown, was released on April 17, 2007.

Contents

Biography

Early years

''American Idol''

Debut album: ''Bucky Covington''

Controversy

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilations

Quotes

American Idol performances

See also

References

External links

Biography

Early years

Bucky Covington was born in Rockingham, North Carolina, to Gene Covington and Deborah Gates on November 8, 1977 - along with his identical twin brother, Robert David "Rocky" Covington. Their biological parents have divorced and remarried; their stepparents are Tracey Covington and Alan Gates. The Gates reside in Wagram.
Bucky is the nickname he also shares with his grandfather.^[1] He graduated in the class of 1996 from Richmond Senior High School. Bucky and Rocky are musicians; the latter being the former lead singer of the North Carolina band ''Swamp Cat''. In 1998 when the Covington twins were 20 years old, they were in a minor automobile mishap. Bucky allegedly assumed to be Rocky. They were processed for deceiving the authorities. The plaintiff failed to verify the right person since the twins were identical.^[2]
Before the ''American Idol'' tour, the twins painted cars at Covington's Body Shop in Hamlet. In 2006, Bucky was married to Crystal for seven years (however, on February 13 2007, Crystal announced that she will file for divorce^[3]). After ''Idol'', Bucky wrote in ''USA Today'' that he bought a house in Franklin, Tennessee near Nashville. Rocky and his wife Terra also moved into the same house in January. Rocky also joined as the drummer in Bucky's band.
At the age of 18, Covington taught himself how to play the guitar and began performing at clubs. He is also a guitarist, bassist, drummer and songwriter. Over the years, Covington has expanded his talents, both country and rock. After some time, he elected to perform both original and cover material in a cross-genre vein.

''American Idol''

In the 2005-06 season, the Covington twins auditioned for ''American Idol'' in Greensboro, NC individually. Of the two, Bucky advanced to the final twelve. On March 22, Bucky remained in the bottom three, along with Lisa Tucker and Kevin Covais. On April 12 when Covington was in the bottom three with Ace Young and Elliott Yamin, the votes went to the latter two.
In the Top 8 results show of Season six of American Idol, He appeared in one of the front rows. Since being on Idol he has had his teeth capped.

Debut album: ''Bucky Covington''

In November and December of 2006, Bucky Covington performed on the GAC Country Music Christmas tour, making him the 1st Idol from the 5th season to be part of a major non-American Idol concert tour.^[4].
Covington negotiated with Buena Vista Music Group's country label, Lyric Street Records. His debut single, "A Different World," was released to country radio on January 16 2007 - coinciding with the premiere of American Idol (Season 6).^[5][6][7] Its initial debut on radio was on Sirius Satellite Radio's ''New Country'' channel in late December 2006.
His debut album, ''Bucky Covington'', was released on April 17 2007, to positive reviews. It debuted on the Billboard 200 at #4 selling 61,000 copies. It also debuted at #1 on the Top Country Albums chart, making the album the best opening week for a debut album by a male on the chart since Billy Ray Cyrus' 1992 debut with ''Some Gave All''.^[8] Covington's debut surpassed the previous record held by Jason Michael Carroll's ''Waitin' in the Country''^[9]. The single "Empty Handed" will appear in NASCAR 08 as part of the in-game soundtrack.

Controversy

"Empty Handed" deals majorly with drugs, suicide, and religion, that on NASCAR 08 most of the second verse has words cut out. Words include "Amphetemines", "Surgery", "Drugs", "Devil", and "Purging", and even Jesus Christ's name is cut out of the song.

Discography

Albums

Album information
''Bucky Covington'' ★ Released: April 17, 2007 ★ Chart Positions: #4 U.S., #1 U.S. Country ★ U.S. certification: TBA ★ U.S. Sales: 266,000 ★ Worldwide sales: 266,000

Singles

Year	Single	U.S. Country	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. Pop 100	Album
2007	A Different World	6	58	68	''Bucky Covington''
	It's Good to Be UsA

★ ^ACurrent single.

Compilations

★ '' (May 23, 2006)

Quotes

★ "I learned two words a long time ago that help out a lot: 'Screw it.' If something's bothering you, don't dwell on it. Just let it go. Worrying ain't gonna do nothing but make it worse." (''Entertainment Weekly'' interview, 04/13/06)^[10]

★ "Chase your dreams. They don't come to you."^[11]

American Idol performances

;Semi-finals

★ February 22, 2006: "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

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★ He received mixed reviews.

★ March 1, 2006: "Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks

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★ All of the judges liked this performance.

★ March 8, 2006: "Wave on Wave" by Pat Green

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★ The judges were ok with this performance. Although Cowell preferred Gedeon McKinney, Covington was voted into the top 12 instead of McKinney.
;Finals

★ March 14, 2006: "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder

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★ The judges thought he handled the theme better than expected

★ March 21, 2006: "Oh Boy" by Buddy Holly (Bottom 2)

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★ They criticised it as "lackluster and forgettable".

★ March 28, 2006: "Real Good Man" by Tim McGraw

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★ They felt that was more at ease, but the performance was forgettable.

★ April 4, 2006: "Best I Ever Had" by Gary Allan

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★ The judges thought it was satisfactory performance.

★ April 11, 2006: "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen (Bottom 3, Eliminated)

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★ He overall received good reviews except from Cowell.

See also

★ List of twins

★ American Idol (Season 5)

References

1. [1]
2. [2]
3. http://www.people.com/people/package/americanidol2007/article/0,,20007868_20011779,00.html
4. [3]
5. Syracuse Post-Standard
6. CMT
7. GAC
8. Katie Hasty, "Lavigne's New 'Thing' Debuts Atop Billboard 200", Billboard.com, April 25, 2007.
9. jmc
10. [4]
11. (Bucky Covington's American Idol testimonial upon his elimination.)

External links

★ Bucky Covington Official Website

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★ Bucky Covington Live : gruvr tour map

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★ Bucky Covington at CMT Music.

★ Bucky Covington at MySpace
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