The stakes, of course, are even higher now; only the best singers advance to the Live Shows ... of the Grand Ole Opry by Reba herself last season. "I remember me and my family would sit around ...

Reba, who hails from Chockie, Oklahoma, opened the May 7 Top 12 Live Results Episode of Season 25 of NBC's hit singing competition with her own future hit: a fiery new country-rock kiss-off.