Alright, so I can’t help myself. I have to give my live updates……The blogger in me just can’t let it go. : ) I will continue to update live so just keep hitting refresh to keep up.
- Jamey Johnson got the first award of the night for Song of the Year! Awesome and well deserved.
- Heidi Newfield singing Johnny & June. She doesn’t look healthy. She look old….sorry.
- Darius Rucker presented Vocal Group to Rascal Flatts! WHOO HOO! Sorry Lady Antebellum fans. We love them to be they have to put in just a few more years to tip this award away from Rascal Flatts.
- Toby Keith is performing “God Love Her” right now. I guess he’s alright. I could really take or leave Toby Keith.
- Jamey Johnson is back singing his song of the year. This proves that not everyone sounds like crap singing live on TV. Really – a good vocalist can sound good on tv.
- Ok, it’s time for Jamie Foxx to get off the TV. Introduce George Strait already!
- George Strait is singing Troubadour. Again, I know people think he is a legend but I am not personally a huge fan.
- TOP NEW ARTIST IS…Julianne Hough! WHAT? REALLY? SERIOUSLY? I really, really like Julianne but I think that some of the other artists who were nominated deserved the award. BUT…the fans voted and have spoken. Do you think her popularity has anything to do with DWTS or is it really her music?
- David Copperfield – cheezy……
- Taylor Swift is playing piano – who knew she could play piano? She doesn’t sound very good. Anyone surprised by that? Oh – she is singing “Your Not Sorry”.
- Taylor just received a Milestone Award for selling more albums that any other country artist this year. The girl doesn’t sound great live but she can make fan connections and she sells music! Way to go Taylor!
- Lady Antebellum is performing “I Run to You”. They sound AMAZING! They will one day be best Vocal Group….just not tonight.
- Leann Womack is performing Last Call. I think that’s the name of the song. I’m not a huge fan of Leann. I think it’s her style of music that I don’t really like. Just not my style – I think she is a great vocalist though.
- I predict Sugarland on this award. Let’s wait and see. Sugarland takes home the award……see I do know what i’m talking about from time to time. From the nominees they were certainly the best pick.
- Tawny thinks that Kellie Pickler looks like an Oscar statue.
- Keith Urban is performing “Kiss A Girl”. Yummy….. Keith sounds good. Maybe the sound guys got it together for the night. Can I just say that Nicole Kidman looked so darling jammin out to her hubby. SO CUTE!
- Miranda Lambert sounds pretty good. The music is almost louder than her voice though. She’s a cutie. Girl power!
- Rascal Flatts is presenting the Humanitarian Award to LeAnn Rimes.
- Bad boy John Rich is singing “Shuttin Detroit Down”. LOVE HIM!
- Ugggggh! Miley is up next. Oh and look Daddy is introducing…. (OMG! He is attempting Keith Urbans haircut! WAY MORE SEXY on Keith)
- Miley sounds like my three year old when he whines. I really like this song, “The Climb” but live just doesn’t do it for me. I think she needs to rethink leaving Disney….
- Montgomery Gentry is performing. Sorry – I don’t know the name of this song I think it’s “Hey Ya’ll”
- Carrie Underwood is singing “I Told You So”. As always she sounds great. Her dress is beautiful. She certainly deserves all of the great vocalist awards but the only entertaining that she does on stage is wardrode changes.
- Anyone else wanna go jump off a bridge. EVERYONE is singing slow, depressing songs.
- Martina McBride just presented Brad Paisley with Top Male Vocalist award. He is at home waiting for his wife to give birth. Funny joke – he said that him and his wife just gave birth to their new baby and he pointed to Little Jimmy Dickens who was sitting with him on the couch.
- Reba is performing. Thank God someone is picking up the tempo. I think this is her new single called “Strange”.
- Dierks Bentley just presented Carrie Underwood with Top Female Vocalist award. No surprise there. She certainly deserves it.
- Trace Adkins is singing. A military choir just came out to finish the song with him. Touching song but again…downer.
- Sugarland is singing “What I’d Give”. Jennifer sounds good. Can’t wait to see them open for Keith in August. Reba just presented Jennifer with a Milestone Award for being the only women to be a song of the year writer since 1972.
- WOW! Trace Adkins just won Single of the Year for “You’re Gonna Miss This”. LOVE THIS SONG and well deserved. Way to go Trace.
- Blake Shelton stepping in for diva Tim McGraw who decided he didn’t like what the ACM producers had to say about his performance. Blake sounds great – he is singing ” She Wouldn’t be Gone” hmmmmm, he didn’t sing the whole song. That was strange.
- Album of the Year goes to Taylor Swift for Fearless. She is freaking out! I love it…….
- Rascal Flatts are singing “Here Comes Goodbye” They “Melt” my heart. Don’t forget to go buy “Unstoppable” on Tuesday! Getting goosebumps. They sound so good! : )
- Why didn’t Matthew Mcconaughey come out with his shirt off to match Reba’s joke? That would have been SO much better. I can not believe that he is presenting Entertainer of the Year.
- KENNY CHESNEY BETTER NOT WIN!
- Carrie Underwood just won Entertainer of the Year Award. Sorry – she doesn’t deserve this award. Cute acceptance speech but she’s not an entertainer. Just an amazing vocalist.
That does it for this years Academy of Country Music Awards. Check back tomorrow for more recap.
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Um…so far not impressed by the sound quality…Toby Keith sounded um…ok I guess…Carrie sounded flat, Heidi looked and sounded terrible! Jamey Johnson sounds decent…
Will someone please expalin the Jamie Fox connection to me? I mean…what?…Whoa….Jake Owen was ROBBED!!!!!!!!
I have not been very impressed with the show thus far. Nothing original or new from any other year. Awards shows are getting to be very boring.
Yeah, I don’t think that Julianne deserved that award. Jake or ZBB. Totally because of DWTS.
Julianne DID deserve that award. It has nothing to do with the show. She has great fans that support her and she is very hard working. Just because your favorite artist didn’t win doesn’t mean that the artist who did win didn’t deserve it. Geez…
Taylor sounds like crap as always. She needs to stop being so dramatic. Talk about cheezy.
Turning off the awards show. Boring.
hmmmm….la deeee dal….hoooo hummmm…..booooorrrrrringggggg….Can they bring on some Keith please?!?!
I don’t think Keith sounds as good as he usually does. Looks pretty damn hot though.
He sounds better than most and looks freakin dang hot!!!!!!!!!
I am loving the show tonight. I love all of the awards show. It’s great to see so many of the people Iove in one place the same night. I just wish I could be theree live.
For everyone who loves her…let’s be honest for a minute….she isn’t a great singer at all…and what the heck is she doing on the ACM’s having one country-esque song doesn’t make you country….
Miley, please just go away. Country music doesn’t want you
I’m jumping off a bridge nnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww…..
YAY Brad!! SO deserving!!
Dierks needs to lose the tie….he looks so uncomfortable….lose the tie and a couple of buttons….
oh my …..reba is killin me with her humor….not!!!
way to go trace! wowser!
I like this song of Blakes…a lot…good for him….he probably wouldn’t have ever gotten an ACM performance slot if it wasn’t for Diva Tim
Rascal Flatts was amazing! They nailed it and I got goosebumps and teary eyes. There should have been an EOTY nom for them, but any RF fan knows they are our EOTY! (:
Rascal Flatts are and ALWAYS will be my Entertainers of the Year! They did amazing tonight.
hahahah…lose their shirt…matthew ….lmao!!!!
I’m banning the awards…carrie didn’t deserve it…..vomit She can sing…sher deserves every vocalist award she’s nominated for….but entertainer she isn’t….wow…shocked…dismayed….shocked….wow….speechless….
wow…Carrie that was a big surprise..wonder if Kenny will have something to say about that and the fan voting.
Of course Carrie won…the freakin award was fan voted…that’s the ONLY reason she won…if the industry would get their act together and NOT have the fans vote on the biggest award of the night then maybe someone that actually deserves the award would win. Carrie is NOT an entertainer at all…vocalist, yes, entertainer, NO
T!!!!!! Jake was sooooooo ROBBED!!! And – JMO – Carrie Underwood should not have even been nominated. Entertainer of the year – have any of those people that voted for her seen her live??? She IS NOT an ENTERTAINER – great voice, yes – great entertainer – ummm, NO!! As glad as I was to see Kenny not get it I was equally as unhappy to see Carrie win it…..
P.S. Where was B-Nut??
EXACTLY RIGHT KIM!!!! Carrie shouldn’t even have been nominated!!!!!!!!!!!! How did she pull that off?????? I have no idea where B=nutt was….wierd…there was a chick instead.
Woohoo! Congrats to Taylor!! She definitely deserved Album of The Year and the Milestone Award!!! I was rooting for Keith for entertainer….robbed.
Great review of the show. I was too busy watching to try to write while it was on. Two little sort of corrections for you though.
First of all, that Montgomery Gentry song is called “One in Every Crowd.” (But I like your title better, “Hey, Y’all”). And secondly, that was not “Last Call” that Leeann Womack sang. But, I don’t know the name of it (maybe someone could help me out there). I do like Leeann. I did not, however like that song.
Jake Owen definitely should have won instead of Julianne Hough. Like you, I think she’s good. However, I think he’s great!
As for Carrie winning Entertainer of the Year. I’m just glad Kenny didn’t win again. Four in a row was quite enough for him.
This “fan voting” thing is a problem for me anyway. I think if any of the awards are fan voted, then they all should be. Actually, I don’t think any of them should be. That’s the job of the Academy. I want to sit home and see who they think earned the award for the year.
Thanks for your great coverage!
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