Kimberly Caldwell to host CBS' 'Jingles'

It looks like Kimberly Caldwell will be applying her hosting experience from TV Guide Channel's Idol Tonight to a much bigger primetime effort. The second season's seventh-place finisher has signed on to host the Mark Burnett-produced Jingles, which will pit everyday people against each other in a battle to create the best jingles for products in hopes of winning $100,000 and an advertising contract.

KISS frontman-turned reality star Gene Simmons will be responsible for deciding who advances in the competition after taking input from industry experts Linda Kaplan Thaler and Julie Roehm into consideration.

As for when it will premiere, it will not be July 27 as the eye network had originally announced. As of right now, CBS has settled for "later this year," which is vague, especially in television terms.

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Keeping up with Kimberly Caldwell

Kimberly Caldwell's name has become a hot topic over the past two weeks, as the revelation of her budding romance with Season 7 winner David Cook has landed the Season 2 seventh-place finalist's name on front pages across the country.

The 26-year-old blonde-haired, blue-eyed country singer originally from Katy, Tex., has served as host of the TV Guide Network's Idol Tonight and its sister series, Idol Weekend, both of which go behind the scenes of American Idol.

Between performing at local festivals and her hosting duties, Kimberly has been working on an upcoming album that has been in the works for a couple of years. Three of the songs that will be featured on the album ("Who Will You Run to," "Gave Yourself Away," "Fear of Flying") are now on her MySpace.

Kimberly has also tried her hand at acting, as she starred in 2007's Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, a direct-to-DVD release and sequel to 2003's Wrong Turn.

Kimberly will next sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the LA Dodgers' game tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

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