It’s becoming a bit old hat for Scotty McCreery — another country music association announces award nominees, and the Garner High School student is a contender.

On Monday, CMT announced that Scotty’s music video for “The Trouble With Girls” has been nominated for “Breakthrough Video of the Year” at this year’s CMT Music Awards, to air on June 6 on the country music cable channel.

Fans can go online to vote for Scotty at www.cmt.com through June 4. Carrie Underwood – like Scotty, a former “American Idol” winner – leads the nominations with five.

Scotty’s fellow nominees in the breakthrough category have all competed against him before – Lauren Alaina, who has runner-up when Scotty won the 10th season of “Idol” a year ago; Brantley Gilbert and Hunter Hayes, both of whom were nominated against Scotty for Best New Artist at the Academy of Country Music Awards earlier this month; and Pistol Annies and Thompson Square, both of whom were nominated against Scotty for Top New Artist in December’s American Country Awards.

In Performance: Country Music at the White House (8pm, UNC-TV) - President and Mrs. Obama host a tribute to country music in which contemporary artists pay homage to the genre's inconic figures. Performers include The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Lauren Alaina, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker, and James Taylor (right). The concert was taped Monday night in the East Room at the White House. 

The Middle (8pm, ABC) - Frankie and her sister (Molly Shannon) clash over their opposing parenting styles while spending Thanksgiving with their folks (Marsha Mason and Jerry Van Dyke). "Suburgatory" and "Modern Family" also have Thanksgiving-themed episodes tonight.

X-Factor (8pm, Fox) - One of the remaining 9 contestants is eliminated and Kelly Clarkson performs.

The Biggest Loser: Where are They Now? (9pm, NBC) - Updates on past contestants along with bloopers and behind-the-scenes footage. Also, the trainers offer their thoughts on the current season.

American Horror Story (10pm, FX) - A lot of reveals tonight, not the least of which is the identity of Rubber Man! This is a seriously jam-packed episode, folks.

Revenge (10pm, ABC) - Emily seeks guidance from her mentor after losing her most trusted ally. Meanwhile, Victoria finds herself all alone and Tyler continues to cause damage.

With all the fame and glory that Scotty McCreery received after being named "American Idol" in May, one thing has been missing — the Ford vehicle he got to pick out as a victory prize.

That will be rectified on Saturday, when Scotty goes to Crossroads Ford of Cary to get his Ford -F150 King Ranch.

In an interview last month at his Garner home, Scotty said his truck was on order. His mom, Judy McCreery, joked that Scotty would be covering the insurance on the new vehicle himself.

Scotty McCreery has made history on the Billboard charts in his CD's first week.

The Garner resident and "American Idol" winner's "Clear As Day" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, according to figures released today. First week sales of the album totaled 196,739.

That's worthy of several superlatives:

--youngest male artist in history to reach No. 1 with a debut release. (Previous record-holder was Omarion, who was 20 when his debut "O" opened at No. 1 in 2005. Scotty just turned 18 on Sunday.)

"American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery is up for a coveted TCA Surfboard trophy in tonight's Teen Choice Awards, but it's not in the category his runner-up Lauren Alaina had hoped for.

Scotty is nominated for Breakout Artist in the music category, but Lauren tweeted last month that she hoped she and her "Idol" pal would be nominated for "best on-screen kiss."

Lauren is referring, of course, to the giant smooch she planted on Scotty when he won the "American Idol" crown back in May.

**** UPDATE: TCA did not announce the Breakout Artist in the music category on the show, so at this point, we're not really sure who won. Hopefully a full list of winners will be posted soon.

UPDATE: Bruno Mars won the Breakout Artist award.

Also: Here's a photo gallery from the show.

The first three stops on the "American Idols Live Tour" have been completed, and we're seeing the first reviews of how homeboy Scotty McCreery and the other finalists are doing.

"[James] Durbin got them worked up, and winner Scotty McCreery got them out of their seats," wrote Ryan White in The Oregonian, Portland's newspaper. "The 17-year-old has big presence, a classic country voice and a single called 'I Love You This Big.' "

White said the song's title sounds like "a board book for toddlers." His review, which focused a lot on the commercialism and marketing power of the "Idol" machine, said the females generally do a better job than the men.

The next stage of Scotty McCreery's "American Idol" journey begins tonight in Utah, when this summer's live concert tour gets under way.

The "Idol" winner from  Garner will be touring with the other Top 11 finalists of the past season through mid-September. After tonight's show at the Maverik Center near Salt Lake City, the finalists will head across the nation, stopping at arenas in most every medium-to-large city.

The tour will play Raleigh's RBC Center on July 27. Scotty said he's particularly excited to play here.

A Scotty McCreery iPhone app. Didn't see that one coming.

It sounds crazy but it's actually a pretty neat idea. The new app, which bills itself as "the official app for American Idol Season 10 Winner Scotty McCreery," is developed by BlueHaze Inc and promises to help fans "stay connected with up to the minute updates from Scotty."

The "Scotty and Me" feature, which allows you to take a picture of yourself with Scotty that you can share with your friends (see below), is reason enough to download the free app. (Can't you see the love in WarmTV's eyes?)

But there's much more to the app. There's a Scotty McCreery Trivia Game, the complete American Idol Tour schedule, Scotty's Twitter feed, a Fan Wall to share Scotty thoughts, the latest Scotty news, and more.

It also plays all of Scotty's songs from the "American Idol" show.

Thanks for all your anonymous phone calls and comments. Your pleas have been answered -- more Scotty McCreery news!

First up, Scotty and his shadow ('American Idol' runner-up Lauren Alaina) will tread on holy country ground Friday night, when they perform on the Grand Ole Opry stage. WSM Radio will live-stream the "Friday Night Opry" show on their website (click "Listen Live Now" in the top right corner). The show begins at 7 p.m. and will also feature Roy Clark, Randy Travis, Billy Ray Cyrus, Bradley Gaskin, Charley Pride, and Mel Tillis.

-Also, N&O preps reporter Tim Stevens mentioned earlier this week that Scotty will also be playing ball in Nashville this weekend. On Saturday, June 11, he is scheduled to play in the 21st Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge in Nashville. The game starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, but I have no information about any way to view it online. Scotty is in Nashville for the big CMA Music Festival weekend.

-And in case you missed it, the Garner-Clayton Record had a story on Wednesday about Scotty attending an American Legion baseball game while he was home this past weekend on a break. Scotty got a team hat and jersey and sat in the press box for part of the game.

-Finally, check out this awesome new map the town of Garner has published of their town, complete with Scotty points of interest highlighted. Cute, but I'm sure I'm not the first person to point out that there's no tag on Bojangles!

Just two weeks after he won the "American Idol" title, Scotty McCreery took the stage of the live CMT Music Awards tonight. The awards, from Nashville, Tenn., honor the year's top videos on Country Music Television.

Joined by his "Idol" runner-up and friend Lauren Alaina, Scotty talked about the tornadoes that devasted parts of his native North Carolina this spring, as well as parts of Lauren's home state, Georgia, and Missouri and Alabama. The two then introduced the band Sugarland, which sang a special version of its song "Stand Up."

The song can be purchased on iTunes, with proceeds going to the American Red Cross to support tornado victims.