Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars is a music reality competition series. It premiered on September 24, 2014 on GBN. It has gone on to become the most successful reality series of the decade. The series features four judges, who also mentor the contestants throughout the week as the compose and perform new material each episode.

In May 2018, the series was renewed for a ninth and tenth season, with a confirmation that the tenth season will serve as the series' first all-stars edition.

Judges
The original judging panel consisted of Garth Brooks, Kelly Rowland, Ryan Tedder and Shania Twain. After four seasons, Twain left the series to focus on her music career and replaced with pop singer Meghan Trainor. After the conclusion of the sixth season, the exits of Rowland and Trainor were confirmed by their representatives. In mid-June, it was confirmed that singer-songwriter Julia Michaels and rapper Nicki Minaj were both set to join Brooks and Tedder for season 7.

Minaj left the series after one season and Rowland returned to the series as a last-minute replacement. Brooks confirmed his departure from the series after season 8 and Rowland decided to leave the series for the second time.