'My Kind Of Country's Mickey Guyton, Jimmie Allen and Orville Peck on Diversity in Country Music (Exclusive)

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Jimmie Allen, Mickey Guyton and Orville Peck are coming together for a new music reality competition series,  from executive producers, Reese Witherspoon and Kacey Musgraves.

And this groundbreaking series is looking to change the landscape for country music.ET's Cassie DiLaura recently sat down with Allen, Guyton and Peck to talk about the upcoming series, which features country music artists from around the globe battling it out to become the genre's next biggest star.However, has put a lot more emphasis on compassion and inclusion than drama, bitterness or competitiveness.«With the show in general, we took a lot of care, so it wasn’t gonna be sort of produced and scripted [to have] kind of drama or things like that,» Peck shared. «I mean, we were just there, invested in these twelve incredible artists, seeing what they could do.»«You know, [having been] on one of those shows, the waiting, the nerves, I didn’t always feel good about myself in that kind of a role,» shared Guyton, who once competed on . «There was just so much pressure.

And I wanted to handle these artists with care, especially in today’s climate. You know, mental health is so important and that’s something that I really wanted to make sure [we paid attention to].»«Because, I mean, nobody takes 'no' well, and that was something that was contingent upon [me] being a part of the show,» she added.