Scotty McCreery experienced some technical difficulties as he performed the National Anthem during Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday (October 19th) night in St. Louis. The game between the American League's Texas Rangers and the National League's St. Louis Cardinals was off to a rocky start when Scotty's microphone either wasn't working or wasn't on.

Scotty was a couple lines into the song, but no one could hear him. Once the mic got going, Scotty restarted the song and didn't miss a beat, much to the delight of baseball fans.

• Scotty is climbing the charts with his new single, "The Trouble With Girls."
• It's the second single from his brand new album, Clear As Day.

Keith Urban has teamed up with People.com to launch a nationwide contest to create a thirty second commercial spot for Keith's new men's cologne, Phoenix by Keith Urban. The grand prize winner will be hand selected by Keith, and their commercial will be broadcast on national network television after the conclusion of the promotion. In addition, the winner will receive tickets and airfare to see Keith in concert in 2012 as well as a Phoenix gift pack including cologne, after shave, body wash and wrist watch.

Information on how to submit entries can be found online at keithurban.net or people.com/keith_urban. The contest runs from now through November 11th with the winner to be announced on November 14th.

• Phoenix by Keith Urban is described as "a woody oriental fragrance."
• Phoenix will launch internationally to retailers including CVS, Rite-Aid and Sears in the U.S., Shopper's Drug Mart in Canada and Target and David Jones inAustralia, beginning this month.

Taylor Swift had two surprise guests at her show in Atlanta over the weekend -- Usher and rapper T.I.! Usher took the stage on Saturday (October 1st) to perform his 2004 hit, "Yeah!", while T.I. took the stage to duet with Taylor on his 2008 hit, "Live Your Life," on Sunday (October 2nd) night.