Season 10 “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina will both be releasing their debut albums in October.

Scotty’s album “Clear as Day” is set to drop Oct. 4 while Lauren’s “Wildflower” the following week on Oct. 10.

“We’ve been working hard on this album not only in Nashville, but in studios across the country because I’ve been on the Idol tour,” Scotty said in a press release. “We’re putting what I believe are the best songs we could find on it and I really hope everyone likes it. The whole experience has been amazing!”

According to the release, Scotty’s new album is a collection of songs in the same straight-ahead country style that captured the nation’s hearts – and votes—on the show. It’s the next step in a promising career that is already breaking records.

Lauren says her album has a little something for everyone.

“I feel like it has a flavor for everybody,” Lauren said in a release. “It’s a mixture of all different songs, so I hope it will appeal to all different kinds of people. There are fast songs for people who like up-tempos that you can dance to, and there are also tearjerkers for people who like slower ballads.

Original content from American Idol 2011.

Recommended Readings

“American Idol” Season 10 runner up Lauren Alaina’s video for her almost-winning song “Like My Mother Does” is set to premiere on CMT Tuesday at 10:30 am when the network actually shows music videos for five minutes.

But we have the video here and now (watch it below). It’s a pretty good, but sappy, video fully equipped with images of Lauren’s childhood from way back when in the early 200os. Ha.

I didn’t know “American Idol” contestants’ first singles ever made it to video format. So this is pretty cool. What do you think?

Original content from American Idol 2011.

Recommended Readings

Yahoo Music’s Chris Willman caught up with American Idol 2011 winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina backstage at their Grand Ole Opry debut last week and had the chance to ask them both about their progress in the studio. While both were semi-tight lipped we still got a few tidbits out of the discussion. Sheesh. Where’s Haley’s parents when you need a spoiler?

McCreery was in the studio Thursday with producer Mark Bright, and the assembled band laid down five backing tracks, though Scotty won’t be adding his vocals to them till later.

Of course they’re brand new songs, not the kind of familiar covers heard on the show, that he’s recording. But he wasn’t willing to reveal any song titles. “After the ‘Out of Summertime’ leak, they’re being really strict on me about that,” McCreery said

Scotty will have to jet back and forth from the studio to the tour events this summer and there aren’t a lot of days between those. He’s definitely going to have a stressful, but surely exciting summer.

Alaina wouldn’t even reveal which producer she was working with Thursday, since she expects to be collaborating with several on her album and the lineup is far from complete. But she and whoever she’s working with got four basic tracks recorded Thursday, and among the songwriters whose work she’s cutting is… Carrie Underwood.

The Underwood song is one that didn’t make the cut on Carrie’s latest album. Definitely an exciting opportunity for Lauren to have a chance at covering it herself.

Now for anyone wondering about a budding romance between the two finalists, Scotty says they won’t be locking any of them doors:

“No, we’re not,” he affirmed. “We’re more like the brother/sister kind of relationship where we’re just really good friends and get along really well. But as far as the ‘relationship’ side of things, that’s definitely a no.”

Sounds like these two are doing great with everything going on. It’s a long article at Yahoo! Music, but a good one for anyone interested. Hopefully we’ll start to hear news for some of the other finalists from this year, but so far it’s been pretty quiet for everyone else.

Original content from American Idol 2011.

Recommended Readings

Last night American Idol 2011 winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina had the chance to co-present Sugarland’s performance at the CMT Music Awards. MJsBigBlog caught the clip so you relive the magic. And for those wondering, yes, she did have time to find a new prom dress (couldn’t resist after the last firestorm for my audacity to mention her affinity for puffy dresses).

Update: Shania Twain responds to her tumble at the CMT Music Awards.

Life continues to look good for American Idol producer’s chosen one, Lauren Alaina. She might be losing to Scotty McCreery in the sales column, but she’s got a big week ahead of her that should make even McCreery jealous.

First up is a trip to the studio in Nashville where Lauren will begin recording her debut album for Mercury Nashville. No details yet on a playlist for the freshman release, but her current radio hit “Like My Mother Does” should definitely be on there.

After some work in the studio Alaina will make an appearance at the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday where she’ll be a presenter. Hopefully she can find another prom dress real fast.

Her week will wrap up with her concert debut at Grand Ole Opry on Friday. Opry’s website offers no details on the Friday show or any other events featuring Lauren Alaina, but if you’re in the Nashville Friday this evening you’ve got a chance to see her perform live.

Source: MSNBC

This content is owned by American Idol Net.