The 44th Academy of Country Music Awards is looking to be fairly kind to an Idol alum named Carrie Underwood. Carrie is basically the queen of the ACMs, as she has received six awards since 2006 and has been nominated nine times in all not including this year's four nominations.
Although Taylor Swift has proved to be a rival to Carrie commercially as of late, it appears that the Academy generally frowns upon crossover artists, so it probably will not be as big of a night for her as many are predicting.
See my predictions of how the night will play out below:
>Entertainer of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Carrie is the first female artist to be nominated for this category since 2000, when the Dixie Chicks went home with the honor. Considering all the things Carrie has done for country music, it would be pointless for the Academy to have nominated her if they were not going to follow through and see to it that she receives the prize. Add to this the fact that the category is fan-voted and that Carrie was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry this past year and it seems the Carrie is the only nominee that has the ability to dethrone Kenny Chesney. It's an uphill battle, but Carrie should be one happy woman by the end of the night.
>Top Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood
There's a reason why Carrie has been the recipient of this award two years running, and that's the fact that she simply is the best female vocalist in the country genre at the moment. The only real competitor in this category is Swift, and even the Academy knows it would be a fallacy for the younger star to take home the award over Carrie. But stranger things have happened.
>Album of the Year: Troubadour, George Strait
Carnival Ride is a solid album, even more solid than Some Hearts is (and that album was victorious in this category back in 2007). But the Academy is in the mood to honor a veteran this year, and George Strait's Troubadour is the likeliest candidate for this category.
>Video of the Year: Love Story, Taylor Swift
Video of the Year is not nearly the most important category, so Carrie's "Just a Dream" can afford to lose this one. Besides, as good as that music video is, Swift's "Love Story" really is a better video overall, so the Academy will not feel bad about throwing her a bone when it knows she will lose out later in the night.
What do you all think? Share your predictions and come back here later tonight for a full post-show recap and analysis of the results. The 44th ACM Awards will air live tonight on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.
ETA: Video of the Year was already announced and went to Brad Paisley's "Waitin' On a Woman." The ACMs really should update their Web site!
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
IDOL LIVE predix: Carrie at the ACM Awards
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
IDOL LIVE Blog: Top 11 Perform (3/17/09)
After a messy first week in the finals, the Top 11 finalists take to the stage tonight to perform the best the Grand Ole Opry has to offer. The blogcast will begin at 8 p.m. ET and will last two hours. Unfortunately, there will be no controversies with the phone lines to liven tonight up. Seeing Megan and Adam attempt country songs will be a little interesting, though, so maybe it won't be all that bad.
Tonight's blogcast will feature music from Alexandrea Lushington, Chris Daughtry, Diana DeGarmo, Jordin Sparks, Jason Castro, Melinda Doolittle, Phil Stacey, Ramiele Malubay and Sanjaya Malakar.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Stars come out for Carrie in Nashville
Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride tour has been generating such positive reviews that a bunch of celebs - including a few Idol family members - decided to come out and see what all the buzz was about at her Nashville stop last night at the Sommet Center.
Among the 10,000 audience members in attendance in the music city, a partial list of celebs includes Simon Cowell, Katharine McPhee, Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift, Mark Bright (produced Some Hearts and Carnival Ride), Ashley Clark and Roman White (directed all of Carrie's music videos).
Watch a clip of "Wasted" from the show below:
In addition to her long and impressive original setlist in her 100 minutes on stage, Carrie was able to throw in covers of Guns n' Roses' "Paradise City" and Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way" with Little Big Town.
In addition to her tour, Carrie will take a break to tape a special at the Grand Ole Opry on Tues., Dec. 16, which will air on GAC on Sat., Dec. 20.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
'Idol' odds 'n ends: Simon & Terri are O-V-E-R
The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:
>Simon Cowell and former girlfriend Terri Seymour are finished, but will remain "close friends" according to Simon's rep, Max Clifford. Terri, 14 years his junior, claimed "It just wasn’t working out" between them, according to the British publication The Daily Mirror. It's okay Simon, there's always Paula.
>David Archuleta will perform at the 82nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thurs., Nov. 27 (a.k.a. Turkey Day in the USA). His album tracks also leaked this week and are now able to be previewed on online stores like Amazon.
>Kristy Lee Cook made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry on Sat., Oct. 25. She sang "15 Minutes of Shame" among other songs.
>Jordin Sparks attended the 8th Annual Avon Foundation Awards on Tues., Oct. 28. Lauren Conrad and Suze Orman also made appearances.
>Katharine McPhee made an appearance at the launch party for the BlackBerry Bold in Beverly Hills on Thurs., Oct. 30.
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