The CMT Music Awards held April 14, in Nashville was one of the biggest parties of the year for country music. Hosted by Bill Ray Cyrus and his mega-popular teen star daughter, Miley (aka Hannah Montana), hosted what is perhaps the funnest award show of the season. This show is strictly fan-voted, which makes the win that much sweeter for the artists.
This year’s show was no exception to the fun rule. The show got off to a hilarious start, as everyone from Trace Adkins to Senators (and presidential hopefuls) Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain were clamoring for tickets to the show. They all called Miley personally, and Trace also had Donald Trump try to help him score tickets for his daughters, who are huge Miley/Hannah Montana fans.
Many hysterical moments ensued between father and daughter throughout the night. The most memorable moments were when Billy Ray commented on what a great year 1992 was for him and Miley said,” Awe, that’s because I was born that year.” But Billy Ray then played a clip of “Achy Breaky Heart” to the crowd’s roar of laughter and Miley’s feigned embarrassment. Later in the night, Miley was texting on her cell phone, and Billy Ray told her to stop because she was running up the phone bill he pays for her every month. Miley had one of the best lines of the night when she told him in reply, “Who are you kidding, I pay yours.” That quick quip easily drew the biggest applause of the night. The father/daughter duo also provided a touching moment with a performance of their smash hit “Ready, Set, Don’t Go.”
There were many other wonderful performances to go along with the cute father/daughter banter. However, the performance of the night (and my personal favorite) definitely belonged to Sugarland, Little Big Town and Jake Owen, who joined forces on the ‘80s classic, “Life in a Northern Town.” The three acts performed this song as an encore during the CMT tour last year, and they reprised it for the show to thunderous applause from the crowd. They simply nailed the song with an amazing blend of harmonies and onstage chemistry.
LeAnn Rimes gave a strong performance of “Nothin’ Better to Do,” which was basically a live recreation of the video on stage, complete with set, costume and dancing. Later in the evening, when she won the Collaborative Video of the Year Award with Bon Jovi, she quipped, “It was a lot of fun rolling around in bed with Jon, sorry honey!”
“It girls” Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood also shined with rousing performances. Taylor performed the rocking “Picture to Burn,” complete with on stage pyro. Carrie closed the show with her latest smash hit, “All American Girl.” Taylor was the winner of two of the biggest awards of the night, Female Video of the Year and Video of the Year. She was in total shock when she won the award for Female Video of the Year. And when her name was called as the Video of the Year winner, her initial reaction was, “Are your sure? Are your serious?!”
However, the real winners of the night were the award winners’ charities of choice. Courtesy of CMT One Country, the winner of each category was given $2,500 to donate to their favorite charity.
With this show being the first award show of the country awards season, this is a great warm up, as well as a mostly fair indicator of who will be nominated for the upcoming ACM and CMA Awards later in the year.
The following is a complete list of the winners at this year’s CMT Music Awards:
Video of the Year: “Our Song” - Taylor Swift (Trey Fanjoy, director)
Male Video of the Year: “I Got My Game On” - Trace Adkins
Female Video of the Year: “Our Song” - Taylor Swift
Group Video of the Year: “Take Me There” - Rascal Flatts
Duo Video of the Year: “Stay” - Sugarland
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year: “I Wonder” - Kellie Picker
Collaborative Video of the Year: “Til We Ain’t Strangers Anymore” - Bon Jovi featuring LeAnn Rimes
Performance Video of the Year: “I Wonder” - Kellie Pickler (from the 41st Annual CMA Awards)
Supporting Character of the Year: Rodney Carrington in Trace Adkins’ “I Got My Game On”
Wide Open Country Video of the Year: “Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)” - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Tearjerker Video of the Year: “I Wonder” - Kellie Pickler
Comedy Video of the Year: “Online” - Brad Paisley
Video Director of the Year: Michael Salomon
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