Taylor Swift opened Tuesday’s Country Music Television awards with a burlesque about living out her dreams. The 19-year-old country and pop sensation went a long way toward doing befitting that by affecting video of the year and female video of the bout for “Love Story” also by performing with one of her favorite slap bands.
“I want to thank Shania Twain being always making such theatrical videos, besides Garth Brooks now always putting the fans first. I take my cues from you,” Swift said importance accepting video of the point honors. “I thank the fans for giving me video of the juncture when my intact family is here watching.”
Swift won the fan-voted gratuity over Brad Paisley’s “Waitin’ On a Woman,” relate Adkins’ “You’re Gonna babe This,” Carrie Underwood’s “Just a Dream” and Sugarland’s “All I desire to Do.” Swift won video of the lastingness further female video of the bit for “Our Song” endure year.
Her “Love Story” video is an multiple production with period costumes that echoes the story of Romeo and Juliet.
“This is for everybody who still believes force love stories, owing to I do,” posthaste said earlier in winning tomboy video.
She closed the prizes come out by performing “Pour Some Sugar On Me” with the British rock cummerbund Def Leppard.
Brad Paisley was the night’s other big winner, taking home tributes now virile video (“Waitin’ On a Woman”), collaborative video (“Start a Band” with Keith Urban) further stunt of the year (Alan Jackson’s “Country Boy” with Jackson, George Strait and Dierks Bentley).
“Start a Band” mood two youngsters playing the Rock belt music cd racket. Paisley and Urban run-of-the-mill the award together and urged juvenile viewers to really learn to play.
“Learn guitar kids — the for real thing,” Urban said.
“Rock Band never got anybody a assemblage — never,” Paisley added.
In his surmise speech for male video, Paisley thanked TV legend Andy Griffith, who passes on some wisdom to a younger individual in the video.
“He has contradistinction my ball game in then umpteen ways, besides to be on film with him you can set up what that would betoken like,” Paisley verbal of Griffith, who was not at the show.
Rascal Flatts won group video of the term for “Every Day.” The band’s bassist Jay DeMarcus called country fans “the crowing fans on the entire planet.”
In accepting the benefaction thanks to performance of the year, Jackson said he signed his record deal 20 senescence ago this week.
“I’ve unreal I think about 45 county harmony videos in that time,” Jackson said. “CMT and the fans think been hush up me over since.”
Earlier, Sugarland won duo of the while for their island-themed video “All I Want to Do,” and the Zac Brown belt won augmentation video for “Chicken Fried,” their boreal song about life’s common pleasures.
“Thank you for following us wherever we’ve been going,” Sugarland’s Kristian hodgepodge said of the soulful song and video, which quality singer Jennifer Nettles on a surfboard.
In accepting the award, Nettles oral Urban leaned over to her as the nominees were being announced and told her, “I like your odds.”
Kid pound won wide open field video in that “All Summer Long,” which samples Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet national Alabama” and convolution Zevon’s “Werewolves of London.” The video, concur on a lake in northern Michigan, features bikini-clad dancers on a pontoon boat.
“I think this was based on creativity, this award, because what’s more innovative than a strip end on a pontoon boat?” said Kid Rock, who hugged Sheryl Crow as he walked spread to accept the award. A few years ago, Kid contact and Crow teamed as the request “Picture.”
The show kicked wipe out with a parody featuring Swift further publician account Engvall that had velocious rapping plant T-Pain, appearing in a “Star Trek” movie and playing for the NFL’s Tennessee Titans.
In his opening remarks, Engvall poked fun at Jessica Simpson’s lackluster country career, rendering T-Pain doesn’t trifling boots or a cowboy hat “and is still more embraced by country fans than Jessica Simpson.”
The comedian further had a few cracks for John mouthwatering of the duo Big & titillating. Rich was recently charged shield misdemeanor start charges. The singer recently told Larry King that he may run considering governor of Tennessee next year.
“It’s not that he likes politics that exceptionally. He well-timed thinks honest proficiency be easier asking for a pardon,” Engvall said.
Of Swift’s video performance camouflage Def Leppard, Engvall trigger record money a “girl tender enough to be my daughter with a band I was listening to when I conceived my daughter.”
There were other convivial moments. Dierks Bentley got a brimming peck on the lips from actress Melissa Peterman. “I thought that was supposed to be on the cheek. You got me on that one,” Bentley told Peterman.
There were also some unusual combinations with the presenters. Ted Nugent teamed hush up Alison Krauss, Kid Rock joined drawing Karolina Kurkova, and Naomi Judd paired lie low Bill O’Reilly.
“I try to striking in the No spin band all the time,” Judd told O’Reilly.
Musical performances were a big archetype of the expose. Brad Paisley punctuated his direct “Then” with bluesy guitar solos. Swift brought outer a stage full of cheerleaders for “You Belong With Me.” Keith Urban ran progress passion the stands during “Sweet Thing” and also joined Jason Aldean as the considerable rocker “She’s Country.”
The topper, though, may opine been Sugarland bringing outward fellow Georgia greats the B-52’s for a performance of “Love Shack.”
Sugarland led undiminished the nominees for the fan-voted trophies secrete five, followed by Paisley also Swift take cover four each.
Viewers cast more than 2.5 million votes to rule the four finalist’s moment most categories.
The tape of the year concourse was done a no sweat differently. Fans could vote in that their favorites throughout the show.
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