JMHO!!! Who "should" win is in blue...Who's "gonna" win is in green...
CMT aired their CMT Awards Nominee Speical this morning at 10AM to announce the finalist in each category. More than 2.5 million votes were cast, see if your favorites made the cut.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Trace Adkins - “You’re Gonna Miss This” (Director: Peter Zavadil)
• Kenny Chesney featuring The Wailers - “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” (Director: Shaun Silva)
• Toby Keith - “God Love Her” (Director: Michael Salomon)
• Kid Rock - “All Summer Long” (Director: Deaton Flanigen)
• Lady Antebellum - “Lookin’ For A Good Time” (Director: Chris Hicky)
• Brad Paisley - “Waitin’ On A Woman” (Directors: Jim Shea & Peter Tilden)
• Rascal Flatts - “Every Day” (Director: Deaton Flanigen)
• Sugarland - “All I Want To Do” (Director: Shaun Silva)
• Taylor Swift - “Love Story” (Director: Trey Fanjoy)
• Carrie Underwood - “Just A Dream” (Director: Roman White)
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Trace Adkins - “You’re Gonna Miss This”
• Toby Keith - “God Love Her”
• Brad Paisley - “Waitin’ On A Woman”
• Keith Urban - “Sweet Thing”
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Miranda Lambert - “More Like Her”
• Martina McBride - “Ride”
• Kellie Pickler - “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful”
• Taylor Swift - “Love Story”
GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Lady Antebellum - “Lookin’ For A Good Time”
• Rascal Flatts - “Bob That Head”
• Rascal Flatts - “Every Day”(song is depressing as hello though)
• Zac Brown Band “Chicken Fried”
DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Brooks & Dunn - “Put A Girl In It”
• Montgomery Gentry - “Roll With Me”
• Sugarland - “All I Want To Do”
• Sugarland - “Already Gone”
USA WEEKEND BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Julianne Hough - “That Song In My Head”
• Jamey Johnson - “In Color”
• Lady Antebellum - “Lookin’ For A Good Time”
• Zac Brown Band - “Chicken Fried”
COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire - “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”• Kenny Chesney featuring The Wailers - “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven”
• Brad Paisley with Keith Urban - “Start A Band”
• Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jakee Owen - “Life In A Northern Town”
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR*
(please note...Robert Plant & Def Leppard are NOT country...So, I automatically disqualify them!!!
)• Alan Jackson featuring Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley and George Strait - “Country Boy” from CMT GIANTS: ALAN JACKSON
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” from CMT CROSSROADS: ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS
• Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jakee Owen - “Life In A Northern Town” from the 2008 CMT MUSIC AWARDS
• Def Leppard and Taylor Swift - “Photograph” from CMT CROSSROADS: DEF LEPPARD AND TAYLOR SWIFT
WIDE OPEN COUNTRY VIDEO OF THE YEAR
(I am totally disqualifying this entire catagory; because, Def, Kid, Robert & Rehab are NOT country...Come on people...It 'pose to be a COUNTRY awards show???)
• Def Leppard and Taylor Swift - “Photograph”
• Kid Rock - “All Summer Long”
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - “Please Read The Letter”
• Rehab featuring Hank Williams, Jr. - “Bartender Song”
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
• Deaton Flanigen (award eligible videos include: Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long” and Rascal Flatts’ “Every Day”)
• Trey Fanjoy (award eligible videos include: Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” and George Strait’s “Troubador”)
• Roman White (award eligible videos include: Carrie Underwood’s “Just a Dream” and Reba McEntire’s “Every Other Weekend”)
• Peter Zavadil (award eligible videos include: Trace Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This” and Joey + Rory’s “Cheater Cheater”)