Heidi Newfield Drops Out of the 5th Grade

Last night on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader” Heidi Newfield played for the National MS Society. Citing her mother’s battle with MS, she wanted to play for a charity that was close to her heart. Throughout the grade school test, Heidi answered most of the questions herself, but she did lose some money early on when she got a question about the Louisiana Purchase wrong and then tried to cheat off the paper of a classmate for another question. Trying to help Heidi, the young student had answered an elementary question about world geography with what looked like a misspelling. However, when Jeff Foxworthy questioned him as to the intent of his answer, he stated what sounded like a completely different sea and was therefore marked incorrect. So with incorrect answers, she was never going to reach the $25,000 level; but she could have answered the bonus question about ancient history to try to increase the pot to $140,000. Instead, Heidi chose to drop out of school and walk away with $14,000 to fund research to cure Multiple Sclerosis.

Tonight, Bucky Covington tries to outsmart the kids; tomorrow Jack Ingram takes a turn at the desk; and Friday Emily West meets the 5th Graders.



Other stuff to watch on CMT: This weekend is a CMT Big Music Weekend, with nine new videos hitting the airwaves. Plus, some artists will be on hand to introduce their videos with special segments filmed just for this weekend. Here are the new videos to look for:

· Carrie Underwood – “Cowboy Casanova”
· Tim McGraw – “Southern Voice”
· Kenny Chesney (featuring Dave Matthews) – “I’m Alive”
· Keith Urban – “Hit the Ground Runnin’”
· Sugarland – “Keep You”
· Reba – “Consider Me Gone”
· Miranda Lambert – “White Liar”
· Billy Currington – “That’s How Country Boys Roll”
· Michelle Branch – “Sooner or Later”