First off... Single of the Year goes to The Band Perry and "If I Die Young". This was tough choice for me... some of the other options were Colder Weather, Don't You Wanna Stay and Honey Bee... I love IFDY though, so I'm happy for them! And wow, Miranda Lambert is giving a cool performance! Loving the flames (fake or real?) shooying up in the background. Very cool.
And now SONG OF THE YEAR! Hmm... gosh, I don't really know who I want to win this either... Band Perry already one one... Taylor Swift and Mean was a good one... and Colder Weather is up again too... and it's If I Die Young! That is really exciting for them... I mean, being a new music group and winning the first two awards of the CMA. That is pretty cool stuff. Also, I love how they are sibling group, it's so cute.
Oh my GOSH! It's Rascal Flatts and Natasha Beddingfield or whatever her last name is... singing Easy! I just LOVE this song... I don't know what it is about it... the musicality of it is awesome, and their voices work so well together. Honestly, I think it's Rascal Flatts' best song to date. It's got so much emotion and power behind it.
EEPS!!! Snow White and Prince Charming from "Once Upon a Time" are presenting Vocal Duo of the year... and it's going to Sugarland! Haha, yes... I love those two. Both Snow and Prince, and Sugarland. They are all fantastically awesome. This is a really cool show. And now Thompson Squared is singing "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not". SUCH a cute song, and they're married. How much better does it get?
Ooh, and it sounds like Taylor Swift is singing a new song, I'm guessing it's called "This Love is Ours", just based on the refrain. Another love song from her of course, but it's a cute song... basically life is hard, and people are judgmental and it doesn't matter what other people think about a relationship, because "this love is ours". She has on a cute pink sweater... sorry, that was a bit ADD, haha. And Miss Piggy just showed up and slapped Brad Paisley. That was honestly pretty awesome.
Now going on to Album of the Year... Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, BRAD PAISLEY! (Voted for him!), Zac Brown Band... And it's Jason Aldean. Well, congrats to you buddy! (Wish it had been Brad though...) ha... okay... and there's an old guy dressed up as Justin Bieber (apparently he's aged a lot recently) and Carrie and Brad are teasing him about the whole "baby" thing.
Brad: What's the name of your new song again?
"Justin": It's called "It's not my baby, Baby."
Oh wow... okay, this has nothing to do with the CMA, preview for the next Alvin and the Chipmunks movie... chipmunks singing Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance". Sorry... but I think the Chipmunks totally beat out Gaga as far as coolness goes.
This is pretty awesome... some Nashville students are singing a little bit of "If I Die Young" and playing with Brad Paisley, and he's promoting "Keep the Music Playing", the music education program in schools that the CMA donates a lot of money too. I love that they are dedicated to music education, and realize how important it is that schools have programs.
One thing that's cool about the awards is getting to see everyone's sets and costumes. Carrie has had some cool, yet interesting, dresses tonight... the white piece she had when the night started out was pretty cool, and the lead singer from The Band Perry has this gorgeous red, sequined, long formal dress. The set for the song is cool too.. it's like an old west/covered wagon set up. Miranda's set with the fire that I mentioned earlier was pretty neat as well, as was Taylor's casual living room set up for her song.
And now we have Vocal Group of the year! Lady Antebellum... Little Big Town... Rascal Flatts... The Band Perry... Zac Brown Band... My vote is Lady A... and the winner is... Lady Antebellum! Woot! Now for a song from Sugarland, I haven't heard this one before. Jennifer has a pretty sweet jacket going on there....
This song will totally make my night. "Remind Me", by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. Two of my all time favorite country stars... an awesome song... and they're singing it together. And can I just say I love Carrie's dress for this... it's so long and full, and flowy and a really cool fabric and - well, other than the slit in the side all the way up her leg - it's a really lovely dress.
Now, time for the New Artist of the Year... Luke Bryant, Band Perry, Thompson Squared and Chris Young. I vote Band Perry.... and it's.... The Band Perry! Those folks are doing really great tonight. =) Now it's Scotty McCreery! That kid seriously has an amazing voice for someone his age. And he sounds so much like Josh Turner... it's great.
Male Vocalist of the Year... Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban... HOW TO CHOOSE??? Um... Blake! And he won! I've really come to like Blake, his song "God Gave Me You" is just beautiful, "Honey Bee" is super sweet and wonderful too. I'm also super happy that he and Miranda Lambert got married, they are such a cute couple, and I hope they last. I've gotten to see him in concert too, so that's another point to his awesomeness.
Tonight also welcomes back Faith Hill! She hasn't performed on the CMA's in 5 years, and now she's singing her first single release in quite a while. It's a really sweet song called "Come Home". Congrats to Faith on her new song, it's beautiful.
Female Vocalist of the Year - Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood. I vote Carrie! And it's Miranda Lambert! Awww.... that is so sweet though, her husband got Male Vocalist and she got Female Vocalist. I do like Miranda, she has some lovely songs and she's just adorable.
And then... after the commercial break... it'll be time for Entertainer of the Year award! It's Jason Aldean vs Brad Paisley vs Taylor Swift vs Blake Shelton vs Keith Urban. This is a tough choice... hmm well... I think it's competition between Brad, Blake and Keith, I'm voting for Brad Paisley. He has great songs and gives amazing concerts. We'll have to see once the commercials end....
They are back! And... what the heck is Carrie wearing? Wow... green greek goddess like dress with... basically no front. Reba has a super cute dark green formal on though - and now she's about to announce who won... Taylor Swift! Haha, you go girl! Aww, she looks so happy and surprised, and I love her dress. This is so cute... she's thanking all the people who have sang with her at various concerts and she wrote the list on her arm so she wouldn't forget. I'm glad she one, she's such a sweet girl and super famous but very down to earth about it.
Well... that's it for this year! I had fun and if you got a chance to watch the awards, I hope you did too! Until the next time.
Thanks for the blow by blow. It meant I didn't have to run around town looking for a television. It is cold outside, you know...
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