30 Facts About Bobby Bones

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Bobby Bones was the winner of season 27 of Dancing with the Stars with partner Sharna Burgess.

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Bobby Bones has written two New York Times best sellers.

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Bobby Bones was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on April 2,1980, and raised in the small community of Mountain Pine, Arkansas.

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Bobby Bones has said his mother became pregnant with him at age 15, when his father was 17.

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Bobby Bones was raised by his mother and maternal grandmother.

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Bobby Bones began dreaming of a radio career around the age of 5.

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Bobby Bones's mother died at age 49 after battling addiction problems in 2014.

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Bobby Bones grew up poor, and often viewed radio as a way of escaping poverty.

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Bobby Bones began his radio career at age 17 at the campus station of Henderson State University, KSWH-FM "The Pulse".

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Bobby Bones then worked for radio station, which led to his hosting The Bobby Bones Show on KHFI-FM in Austin, Texas.

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Bobby Bones was originally hired for the evening shift on KHFI-FM and was moved to mornings.

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Bobby Bones believed in Amy and put her on the air immediately.

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At the height of his popularity, Bobby Bones was offered a job outside of radio but ultimately chose to remain with Clear Channel.

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Bobby Bones took over the slot hosted by longtime DJ Gerry House, who retired in 2010.

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In February 2013, The Bobby Bones Show was nationally syndicated through iHeart Media-owned Premiere Networks and was made available via iHeartRadio.

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The Bobby Bones Show has an estimated audience of nearly 9.2 million listeners a week.

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In October 2014, Bobby Bones accidentally triggered the Emergency Alert System by playing EAS tones during an on-air rant about an erroneous EAS test interrupting coverage locally of the 2014 World Series on Fox affiliate WZTV.

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Bobby Bones appeared in the 2009 feature film, Bandslam, with Vanessa Hudgens.

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In 2018, Bobby Bones was a guest mentor for season sixteen of American Idol during the top 24 round.

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On November 6,2018, it was announced Bobby Bones would become a full-time mentor for the series beginning in season seventeen.

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In June 2019, Bobby Bones filmed an episode of Running Wild With Bear Grylls in Norway.

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Bobby Bones was a judge of Topgolf's original series Who Will Rock You.

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In each episode, Bobby Bones meets a real person doing a "real" job or sport, works with them to learn how to do it, and is critiqued on his performance.

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In 2022, Bobby Bones hosted the USA Network competition series Snake in the Grass.

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In September 2018, Bobby Bones was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on the 27th season of Dancing with the Stars, being paired with the professional dancer Sharna Burgess.

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Trump had registered the phrase for "political action committee services" but not for its use on hats, t-shirts, duffel bags, and other apparel and accessories that Bobby Bones now had the rights to.

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On January 3,2017, Bobby Bones announced he was considering a run for governor of Arkansas in the 2018 election.

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On March 14,2017, Bobby Bones announced he was not running.

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For four years running, from 2004 to 2008, Bobby Bones was named Best Radio Personality by the Austin Music Awards, presented by The Austin Chronicle and SXSW.

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Bobby Bones became the youngest ever inductee into the National Radio Hall of Fame during a ceremony on November 2,2017, at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.