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Congratulations are in order for Jennifer Nettles. The Sugarland singer, 38,  gave birth to her son, Magnus Hamilton, on Thursday, December 6.

"We are so thankful for all the prayers and support and are excited to take some time together as a new family," Nettles and her husband Justin Miller said in a statement to People.

Related: Jennifer Nettles Pregnant with First Child

This is the first child for the couple, who quietly married last year in a small, sunset ceremony in Tennessee last November 28.

Video: John Legend and Jennifer Nettles Duet

Nettles recently wrapped up a Sugarland tour this summer, and came out victorious on reality singing competition Duets' first season, which she won with partner J Rome.

The Sugarland frontwoman is expecting her first child in November, and showed off a growing bump in a during a Florida concert! Jennifer, who recently won the reality competition 'Duets' with partner J Rome, has a lot to sing about! Jennifer Nettles is one busy woman -- lead singer to the country duo Sugarland, mentor on the music reality show Duets, and now a first-time momma! The country crooner put her baby bump in the spotlight during a Sugarland concert at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla. Jennifer, 37, married her husband, entrepreneur Justin Miller, last November. The couple confirmed to People in June that they were expecting their first child. Jennifer showed off her bump on July 29 on stage in a sheer top and short shorts. We'll keep looking out for her growing belly! What do You think of Jennifer's outfit HollyMoms? People➚ -- Christina Stiehl More...

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Who wears short shorts? Jennifer Nettles, that’s who!

The mama-to-be debuted her baby belly on stage Sunday as she performed with Sugarland at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Nettles topped her colorful look with some hot pink feather earrings – fun!

The singer, 37, and husband Justin Miller are expecting their first child in November, they recently announced to People.

Earlier this month, Nettles and partner J Rome took it all the way to the top on Duets, winning the reality competition‘s first season.

Related: Jennifer Nettles Expecting First Child...

Nine weeks, a ton of performances and one winner. Unlike previous weeks of "Duets," we won't know the results until the end of the night. Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Nettles -- the only superstars still left with their amateurs -- sing a rendition of "Would I Lie To You." Despite Kelly's casual black flats, the performance was still spicy and I couldn't be happier to watch the female superstars sing. After the performance, Quddus gives us a rundown of the show: All the amateurs (including those voted off) have come back, the final three will give one last performance, and at the end of the night, America will have its winner.

The show brings back Bridget Carrington, the last female amateur standing to sing with her duet partner John Legend. The pair sing The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and Bridget sure showed America who they voted off. I didn't...

If there was a prize for professional partners on "Duets" (Thu., 8 p.m. Et on ABC), then that would surely go to Jennifer Nettles. The Sugarland vocalist scored two of the three finalists in the show's inaugural season finale. The third slot went to Kelly Clarkson, and third is where Jason Farol would stay.

Nettles outlasted the competition as both of her amateur partners wound up as the top two contenders for the crown. It created a bittersweet moment for both John Glosson and J Rome as while they both wanted to win, they also were happy to see Team Nettles representing so strong in the finale.

In the final moments, host Quddus announced that J Rome had won the season, and the Hollywood Records contract that went along with it.

Now all that remains for fans is to hope and wonder if the show will come back for a second season next summer.

If there was a prize for professional partners on "Duets" (Thu., 8 p.m. Et on ABC), then that would surely go to Jennifer Nettles. The Sugarland vocalist scored two of the three finalists in the show's inaugural season finale. The third slot went to Kelly Clarkson, and third is where Jason Farol would stay.

Nettles outlasted the competition as both of her amateur partners wound up as the top two contenders for the crown. It created a bittersweet moment for both John Glosson and J Rome as while they both wanted to win, they also were happy to see Team Nettles representing so strong in the finale.

In the final moments, host Quddus announced that J Rome had won the season, and the Hollywood Records contract that went along with it.

Now all that remains for fans is to hope and wonder if the show will come back for a second season next summer.

In an expected, yet promising end to ABC's first season of "Duets," amateur J Rome was chosen by American audiences as the star of the show, earning him a contract with Hollywood Records and the chance to turn his musical ambitions into a career.

"I didn't have any thoughts [when I won], it was an out of body experience," he tells Zap2It following the Thursday's (July 19) finale. "But it felt good. It felt really good and I'm just happy that I got to be up there with John [Glosson], and I'm grateful to Jennifer [Nettles] for everything."

As far as his creative aims, J Rome hopes to simply "make music," but will likely gear his sound in the direction of R&B and pop. His partner, country star Jennifer Nettles, agrees with the idea.

"I loved those vocal performances that were big, long soaring melodies," the singer remarks on J Rome's best sets of the series.

Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Nettles went toe-to-toe on the finale of Duets, but only one would take home the top prize tonight with their respective partners.

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It was a battle royale between Clarkson's only remaining partner Jason Farol, and Nettes' two, John Glosson and J Rome, but in the end, J Rome emerged triumphant after weeks of intense competition.

The Sugarland frontwoman's second partner, Glosson, placed as runner-up and Clarkson's partner Farol took third.

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Nettles' protégé scores a recording contract with Hollywood Records and the distinction of being the ABC talent competition's very first winner.

"Duets" crowned its first ever winner Thursday night (July 19). It came down to J Rome and John Glosson, both contestants of Jennifer Nettles, and Jason Farol, Kelly Clarkson's contestant. So who won the recording contract?

In what should come as a surprise to no one, J Rome took the crown. He was on top of the leaderboard all season long and turned in some outstanding performances, so it was a well-deserved win.

Glosson took second, which is not a surprise either. Nettles really found herself two good singers to partner with. Their final song, "For Good," was excellent. Farol took third, which is a good showing for him, as he started off the season a little shaky.

What did you think, "Duets" fans? And do you see the show returning next summer?...

It was a man's world on tonight's finale episode of Duets. As the show's first season came to an end, viewers saw J Rome and John Glosson of Team Jennifer Nettles and Jason Farol from Kelly Clarkson's team duke it out to be crowned the first winner. Here's what happened... After bringing back some of the old competitors to sing songs with their duet coaches, it was time for the final three guys to give it all they had. Nettles and Glosson hit the stage first with Broadway musical Wicked's song "For Good." To say that the performance went well would be an understatement. Glosson was more than capable of keeping up with Nettles' vocals, making it...

Well, it's been an exciting season on Duets, and tonight it all comes to a close as a winner is crowned. With only three singers left in the competition - John Glosson, J Rome and Jason Farol - it's anyone's guess who will take home the final prize (though our money is on Glosson). Stick with Digital Spy live from 8/7c to find out who will be victorious and which singers will go home empty-handed.

20:58Will this show have another season? Was it just a weird summer filler? Who can say, but the journey was fun while it lasted! 20:58And the winner is... J Rome! Well, I think we all sort of saw that coming. Hopefully John gets a recording contract, as well (I can't imagine he won't). He's overjoyed and can't even speak, and Jennifer is also super proud. The show closes out with him singing his...

On TV this Thursday: Project Runway’s premiere struts its stuff in Times Square, Duets hits its last glory notes for the season, Anger Management tries “ex” appeal, Sullivan & Son passes the (and tends) bar and Rookie Blue makes a psychic friend. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features, linked within, here are nine programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm Project Runway (Lifetime) | Season premiere: After opening with an hour-long “Road to the Runway” special, in which we meet the new designers and see juicy snippets of the season ahead, the long-running sartorial competition launches into a 90-minute...

Scientology works… when it comes to boosting the ratings for Rock Center. The NBC newsmag’s piece on the religion, pegged to TomKat’s divorce, drew 5.24 million total viewers and a 1.2 demo rating, up 58 and 33 percent week-to-week and marking the show’s best numbers since late January.

Leading into the Rock, Saving Hope (3.2 mil/0.5) rebounding from last week’s soft outing with gains of 45 and 25 percent.

Thursday’s big premiere, Big Brother (7.1 mil/2.6), was down a few percentage points from last summer’s opener, but drew its second-highest premiere numbers since Feb. 2008, CBS notes.

Elsewhere….

* ABC’s Duets was flat...

Some folks might gripe that Duets is yet another reality singing competition that’s guaranteed to produce a male winner — yeah, there’s not a lady to be found in the Final 3 — but I’ve got a bigger gripe with ABC’s low-wattage summer series: Of the six songs covered during the show’s Season 1 (Season Only?) performance finale, there’s not one that hadn’t been previously covered on American Idol or The Voice.

I know, I know…this kind of “crime” probably only matters to a handful of reality-competition junkies like myself, but given that Duets hasn’t...

The "Duets" performance finale kicks off with a performance of "Get Ready" from the stars. John Legend and Kelly Clarkson are much better on this song than the other two -- we wish just the two of them had performed it. Also, Kelly looks super hot in her dress. And Robin Thicke needs to stop wriggling his crotch at us. Stop that, Robin.

Tonight each amateur is performing a duet and also a solo, which seems kind of silly since the show's hook is "duets." Unnecessary filler, if you ask us. This episode should be 30 minutes long.

But first we must send somebody home. Bridget and John are in the Bottom 2 and Bridget goes home, which is not surprising. It's hard for girls on these public-voted-on shows nowadays. We would've actually swapped Bridget for Jason if you look at body of work, but all the men left are pretty solid.

The competition is getting down to the wire on Duets, and with only three contestants going through this week, it's anyone's guess as to whose dream will be coming to an end. Professional mentors Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Thicke each want their contestant to come out on top, but unfortunately, only one can win. Tonight, the amateurs will take on a song chosen by their superstar partners - will it be a triumph or a disaster? Stay with Digital Spy live from 8/7c to find out!

20:57Well, that's it for tonight! Lines are now open and it's anyone's (read: John's) game. Robin thinks that Jason brought the house down but that John sang the best. John Legend thinks that J Rome is the overall winner, while Jennifer felt like a 'stage mom" the entire night. Kelly, of course, wants Jason (more)...

Duets went live last week, and America voted for their favorites for the first time. But of course, that always means someone's going to come in at the bottom! So here we go... who's going to go home, and which of the final four will impress? Of course, our superstars love to put on a show, so we kick off the episode with a Jennifer Nettles-Robin Thicke performance of 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'. But then it's straight into the nitty gritty - who's going home? Saying goodbye... The amateurs take to the stage - they're all still hoping to get that recording contract with Hollywood Records, but not all of them can win! First to find out his fate is Jason Farol... and he's safe! So are J Rome and John Glosson, leaving our female contestants Olivia Chisholm and Bridget Carrington in the bottom two. "We'll...

Remember that time a suddenly blonde Kelly Clarkson covered “Freedom ’90″ and you went out of your mind with elation? Okay, that was last night on ABC’s Duets, and by “you,” I actually mean “me.” Plus, Kelly was actually part of a quartet with her fellow mentors Jennifer Nettles, John Legend, and Robin Thicke. But still, it was a brilliant move on the part of the show’s producers for the first live episode of the season: Reminding reality TV fans that Duets can deliver a weekly dose of the original American Idol is as obvious and easy as a...

It'll be interesting to see how the live American public votes shake out on "Duets" - since based on our comments, we think Robin would've lost both of his people awhile ago and Jordan Meredith would surely still be around.

The theme tonight is Songs of the 2000s, which kicks off with a song by the mentors that is from ... 1990. So that makes sense. Also, how do we all feel about Kelly Clarkson's blonde hair? Hmm.

1. Jennifer and John, "When You Say You Love Me," Josh Groban

This makes a better duet than we were expecting, the arrangement is really nice. And this is maybe the first time it has felt like the two of them are not singing at church. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but this one has a different feel to it, which is nice. This just sounds so polished - they could release this as a duet.

Memo to Duets‘ “superstar” mentors: Please stop telling each week’s Bottom 2 contestants that it doesn’t matter if they get booted, that their participation on ABC’s summer reality series is only the beginning of their careers in the music biz. Sure, such soothing talk cushions the blow of elimination (or near-elimination) and it may even be true, but as a viewer, it adds to the low-stakes vibe that’s pervaded this show ever since it tossed the first two weeks of scores into the dumpster (right next to Gcb) and never mentioned ‘em again.

At the rate the show is going,...

This week's performances on "Duets" brought us straight to the movies -- with one not-so-happy ending for an amateur. Our trustee host, Quddus reminds the viewers that next week, the show goes live. The superstars do their best to get the best five out on the stage for America -- because clearly we know better than four award-winning artists. Let's go to the movie performances!

John Glosson and Jennifer Nettles

"My Heart Will Go On"

"Titanic" was a drama, but Jennifer and John were all laughs while rehearsing for this ballad. Robin had a problem with John's dance moves last week, so John suggests a little baton twirling? He was kidding (thank goodness), but John and Jennifer nailed the song's emotion, even earning another one of Kelly's love/hate comments: "I can't stand you." Robin loved that he "sings from his heart," which led to Jennifer's "Thanks, boo." John thought it was fabulous.

This week's performances on "Duets" brought us straight to the movies -- with one not-so-happy ending for an amateur. Our trustee host, Quddus reminds the viewers that next week, the show goes live. The superstars do their best to get the best five out on the stage for America -- because clearly we know better than four award-winning artists. Let's go to the movie performances!

John Glosson and Jennifer Nettles

"My Heart Will Go On"

"Titanic" was a drama, but Jennifer and John were all laughs while rehearsing for this ballad. Robin had a problem with John's dance moves last week, so John suggests a little baton twirling? He was kidding (thank goodness), but John and Jennifer nailed the song's emotion, even earning another one of Kelly's love/hate comments: "I can't stand you." Robin loved that he "sings from his heart," which led to Jennifer's "Thanks, boo." John thought it was fabulous.

For Movie Night on "Duets," Jennifer Nettles and partner J Rome took on a big one - Whitney Houston's huge hit "I Will Always Love You" from "The Bodyguard." (She had previously tackled Celine's "My Heart Will Go On" with partner John Glosson, so you gotta hand it to Nettles - she's got balls).

But for the fifth week in a row, J Rome ended up at the top of leaderboard and this week it was 100% earned. He blew the doors off the place with his solo moments on "Always Love You" and Nettles' harmonies were great too.

The judges had nothing but good things to say. What did you think, "Duets" fans? Was he easily the best of the night?...

If you just tuned in to ABC’s Duets for the first time this week, congratulations! Because apparently, those of us who wasted our time on Episodes 1 and 2 were actually watching some sort of meaningless preliminary rounds that won’t have any impact on the competition.

If that’s not the case, then shame on ABC nonetheless. After all, if the judges’ “secret scores” from Rounds 1 and 2 were somehow factored in to this week’s leaderboard, then why not just say so? And if Thursday night’s leaderboard really was a three-week average, we also needed to know: Was it...