ON THE RED CARPET at the CMA AWARDS 2022

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hello everyone welcome to the biggest night in country music I'm George Pinocchio live on the Nashville red

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at this year's CMA Awards superstar of the country music Luke Bryan and NFL legend Peyton Manning will host the show and we'll be here for the next 90 minutes talking to the stars as they arrive on this red carpet. It turns out that this is an

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show that is always full of epic and unique performances. kind collaborations, I take it very seriously, but I also don't take for granted any moment where my peers celebrate me and just as I'm still in the game, you know what I mean, Miranda Lambert has previously been nominated for Artist of the Year five.

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could be the year in which he wins the award. Miranda will go up against Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, who won this award last year. Surprised, to be honest with you, I didn't think it was going to happen, but here we are, Luke. is also nominated for album of the year and male vocalist of the year, the award Stapleton won in 2021, having the

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themselves is great, but the real love behind winning, that's real, that's the real victory, it's quite special that I can share. my story and my songs and I wrote things that people were connecting with and latching on to and it's something and then I don't take lightly one of these six nominations for Laney Wilson is female vocalist of the year in which she will be up against Carly Pierce, who won in 2021.

I never in a million years thought that was going to happen, but it was the biggest surprise I think I've ever had in my life. Carly and Ashley McBride never wanted to be that girl who is nominated. for single music video and music event of the year, that song is going up against Dierks Bentley Breeland and Hardy for their song, beers on me, yeah, I really wanted to be there and be a part of it and, yeah, that's it, it's all good Jason Aldean. who is also nominated for music event of the year with Carrie Underwood says the CMAs are just a big celebration it's kind of like a New Year's Eve party it's always a lot of fun hey, a lot of the country stars here tonight aren't alone. working with several stars already on this red carpet, including four of the biggest men's nominees.

I woke up at 7:30 this morning, my alarm was set for 9:30 and I was like brandy, my wife, I ask why are you waking me up? I said: did you just want the music video of the year? and I said, well, I'm not going to go back to bed now that it's our eight and maybe eight times the charm, we don't know, it's difficult, our category, there is so much talent. hard either way we're here to have fun tonight so we're we're good last year really changed a lot of things in a great way and like I said after 10 years you never expect to release an album on a song that you It's going to take, you know, to another level, but that's the goal, so we're excited to be here and a lot to celebrate tonight, we're all in the category, we all deserve to be in the category and I.

I'm the one with my fist in the air jumping up and down no matter who wins. My sister says my country shows when I do it. I feel like that's a compliment and we're just a second away from country singer Dustin Lynch joining us. You are always here every year and you always come here with a smile. Why is it so funny? I get to see all my friends and family, country music communities. The first person I saw on the carpet was Reba McIntyre. Why you did not come? This is amazing, so are you an insider looking at all these music legends?

Oh yes, but that's a two-way street for many of us. You know, we all support each other and support each other. together, you know, and that's what tonight is about, so when you walk in there tonight, is there something that you want to happen so badly that it's going to make your night? I'm just stopping it so my friends don't screw up being Luke Bryan um. he's with Peyton Manning, we know Peyton is going to kill him well, but I hope Luke does a great job. He will do it. They're going to be a lot of fun.

I'm so excited for you guys to get Dustin. You look great. with the cowboy hat you look great in that purple color thank you, you picked it yourself, you know I have a lot of help, I have a lot of help, but I chose, maybe you don't know, but we like to watch CMA? style style at the CMA Music Awards and this year we have our supermodel Roshamba Williams who is talking about all things fashion, she can talk about you but Roshamba what do you know so far about what's going on here at the awards CMA?

Hi George, and yes, she knows. You look pretty spectacular in that purple. I have to say now, George, I'm excited to be here with you live for the first time this year, it's just incredible and you know, I've been all over the world, Paris, Milan and Tokyo, Japan, but this is my first time. Time for Nashville and everyone said I had to go see Broadway and check it out. I looked at this ice cream. I love Nashville. Amazing, when you go to Nashville you have to eat some hot chicken. Now this is a lovely country. I love the smell of every material, I know it's weird, but I'm a real fashion girl, this is called Country Couture, you guys, camera, I'm so happy, oh these are soft inside, the leather is so delicious, oh , look at this, just this jacket is all I want.

I'm talking about the attention to detail, the question is, which hat fits best? I need to do a real one-way hike now. I'm feeling this guys, what do you think is the look that's definitely joining us now? the most nominated artist in CMA history Miranda Lambert has 61 nominations in her career, she has five nominations tonight and you're here with the new residency in Las Vegas, you're probably in one of the busiest times of your career. I'm really busy, but it's good, you know? It's Scorpio season, my birthday is tomorrow, so I think it's a gift. I get to do what I love and I've been doing it for a long time, so, yeah, we're going back to Vegas in two weeks for another three-week tent, I think.

That's great Ashley McBride was talking to us a while ago and she says that she loves to end the night just talking to you in a quiet moment. Those friendships are pretty deep, right? They're country music, it's a very close-knit family. It's always been that way and this generation of us really feels united and supports each other. You know, we're all trying to live the same dream and it's more fun to do it together when I say 61 professional nominations. Can you even believe that because it's a lot, some days when I'm really tired it feels like that, but some days I feel like you know I've been doing this for a year or something and I love it.

I am very grateful. I have all these years of support from fans and friends and what country music represents to the Nashville community. I am very grateful to be in this, the comment is good, you can respond with a face. Today I was reading some CMA Awards tipsters that I suggest you go home with probably two awards, well predictions are predictions you never know, the best one might win, just kidding, you know, I'm glad I had the lucky to take home several CMA awards throughout my career and I'm grateful for everyone and everything they mean to me so I'm happy to be here honestly I was hoping to meet your mom and dad.

I know he gave you that first guitar with 300 that he didn't have and look. what has become country music royalty Miranda Lambert and we'll be back with more of the 56th Annual CMA Awards left me and to reunite us you left is a five-time nominee this year is Carly Pierce she won one of them with Ashley McBride look see you you don't have to worry about anything you won an award it hasn't even started I know I feel great at least I can exhale a little if you're not just walking up on stage to accept an award or two or three or four you're also going to perform for people and I think that got you very excited.

I am very excited about my performance. I actually get to perform with my friends Kelsey Ballerini and Kelly Clarkson too, but I'm doing a very special performance of one of the songs from my album 29, Written in Stone, so I'm really excited. Do you think your senior year moved so quickly, like so many things have happened to you in the last 365 days? It really feels like a The Rocketeer that I always hoped for but could never prepare for, so I feel very grateful that we are here and it is the biggest show I have ever been a part of and this is what dreams are made of.

One last question: You've been so successful right now in the country music world. Do you ever want to expand or is this home? This is home for me. I mean, I'm just a purist. I love this genre so much and this is where I want to be amazing ladies and gentlemen. I'm Carly Pierce nominated for five CMA Awards tonight. She's already 1-1. Let's see how many more she goes home with tonight. Rashumba. What you have there in the world of fashion. Hi George, do you know which rug is? Full of drama at this point, we're starting off right with Maddie and Tay now Maddie and Tay are bringing the Gen Z style to fashion Maddie is actually wearing Brandon Maxwell, she looks so Ultra Chic and Ultra Modern in this cute little one black bralette top.

Ivory skirt. I love the long gloves and I couldn't take my eyes off the jewelry on her arms and then Tay gave us Vamp, see girl, now this is something we actually saw on the fashion runways that she's on. Toe Balenciaga, this beautiful fitted black dress was so modern and so fresh. I love the thigh high slit and what takes it over the top are the black patent leather George over the knee boots. I need to breathe now I have to go down. down to earth now Cody Johnson kept it like home, you know, he gave us a nice cool tweed jacket, a nice cowboy hat with jeans, so I think I can breathe now, George, take it off and I'll cook over the fire slow this way for a moment Hi George, she's a city girl but tonight she's all country thanks Rashumba we'll be back with more on the CMA awards red carpet laughs foreigner in front of that foreigner foreigner come get your wife come out in January but Elle King is with us right now on this red carpet, you are an explosion of energy, so it is only fitting that you perform Great Balls of Fire.

I feel very honored to be able to be a part of this tribute and the fact that being able to play with the Black Keys is a huge thing for me, so I don't know why they keep letting me come back here either, so I'm happy to be here. I love it, you've really transitioned into a country world and you left LA to be here, right, yeah, I live here now, my whole band moved too, it was finally like, oh, this is a lot more fun, so It's beautiful and I'm so grateful to be a part of country music, is it hard for you to get out of town now to tour because you love living here?

No, but it's nice to come home here. I will say that looking at all the things you have in your life, there are many and one. of the things you're going to have with your new album is a song with Miranda Lambert, right, yeah, drunk, I don't want to go home, it's there and, um, it's a really beautiful thing that I did and I'm very excited for everyone to hear it. , it's good talking to you and I look forward to seeing what you do next. Thanks to me too, I'm Elle King and now it's Roshumba Williams' epic fashion.

We spoke to stylist Miranda Lambert to get her one specifically with Miranda, I mean she would rather do anything other than try on clothes so I try to make it as painless as possible. Miranda and Tiffany Gifford started working together in 2010, they tried new things in 2015 with this Tom Ford tuxedo. and then she made history at the CMAs that same year, she wore a black Versace dress and that was very important to me because we've been trying to get that brand for years. She made history by the fact that she was the first country artist. wearing Versace on a country music red carpet As for what Miranda might wear this year, it will be a game-time decision.

I honestly, honestly don't know what she'll gravitate towards this time. A couple of things are being done for her. always have a backup of the backup because that's incredibly important because sometimes I can't tell you how many times the things that I thought were good, this will be it and then it won't be, so you have to make sure "We have a lot of options to choose from. Wynonna Judd has also enlisted Tiffany to style her for this year's awards. One of Winona's favorite options is gold sequins on black velvet and is this truly regal floor-length coat with a train and we".

She would be wearing pants underneath. I think that without shoes she looks like royalty and she really is country music royalty, so she fits her perfectly now. Miranda Lambert may not like dressing up, but she held her own on this CMA Awards carpet, she looked incredible. this vintage dusty pink Mugler lace overlay looked like a movie star and also like a music star, again for you George, okay, thanks so much for shamba, one of the things going onhere at the CMA Awards it's about teamwork and friendship. camaraderie and we discovered over the course of the last few days how many stars support each other and it was really cool to see so many people hold my hand and help me get over that wall one of them is Ashley McBride I mean she is She is so genuine as it says to be.

I remember Laney blew me away at Kane's Ballroom in Tulsa when I called everyone involved and she said if it makes sense for you to put Laney Wilson with us, she's amazing. I did it. I said please step over the wall when it happens. Go over the wall and grab the next person. I'll never forget that we were somewhere in Texas for a couple of years. ago and I remember she grabbed my hand and said, Lainey, I want to help you, I want to help you get over that wall, but you have to promise me that when you find someone you love and believe in as much as I do.

You say you do exactly the same thing and I can't wait to be able to do it for someone too. I think it's good to keep up to date and instill each other, I mean whether we're new to the game or we've been doing it for years and years. I think we should keep reminding each other. I realized that it wasn't just my love of country music storytelling that brought me here, but it was also because I saw that they seemed to be family and more. So more than anything in this world I just want a loving family around me and one of those things, plus as artists we are breath animals, all creative, so having a big group of loving people around you changes the game and you can be as competitive as you want in any other part of life but leave it out of music okay everyone can have a piece of the pie the car here just to make sure and we just talked to Kaylee Hammock on a tape and now we are talking to her.

She lives here in person, you're really looking forward to tonight, aren't you? Don't you realize? I'm still talking, yeah, I'm very, very excited to be here. Haley noticed we matched. I usually talk about fashion, but black velvet is in fashion at The CMA Awards Smile, no we're having a good time, at least we're not wearing red, we'd really crash on the carpet, so I think we look good. I hope to see you on that stage tonight. I know it will be so. to be fun thanks I can't wait okay look for Kaylee soon at the CMA Awards and we'll be back on the red carpet at the CMA Awards overseas okay and look who just showed up on the red carpet It's Luke Bryan.

Who's hosting tonight's show with Peyton Manning? You've rehearsed a lot now. What awaits us? In the end zone he's not used to liking to climb and run independent routes, so I'm trying to stick to the script and not call any audibles. There will be a soccer ball on the stage. This won't be a football on stage, I think. I think Peyton wants to host, not football shenanigans, are you more? Are you eager to host, perform, or take home an award? You know, I'd love a three-for-three with success, but you know the prize. The prize is a Jordan Davis song that I appeared on.

I would love the award for Jordan, but I want to say that tonight is about having a great night together. I think at the end of the night, if I can do it. a good job and represent country music and Peyton and I can have a good time you know that's the main thing I'm wearing Joseph abood Luke Bryan is wearing Tom Ford rochambe what do you think I love Luke Bryan and tonight is magical now ? I just saw Reba McIntyre, she is a pillar of country music and she looks strong and majestic in this incredible cobalt blue column dress, and Carrie Underwood, on the other hand, she is country music royalty, she opted for a shade soft and romantic, and sky blue seems like blue could be a trend George, what do you think?

What do I believe? I'm here with one of the big nominees of the night, Dirks Bentley, who you know, look, you've had a great night for one or two or three years, it's been several years and they Everything is good for you, yeah, it's been a great moment. I feel very blessed. Nashville has been very good to me. The CMA has been great to me. Great night tonight, just a few of all the rehearsals you've all seen here. It's going to be a really great night for country music we boast about these collaborations and these tributes that happen at this particular awards show, so what are we in store for with you?

Well, you know, over the years I've learned that it's best to try to know as little as possible because I like it. I'll be surprised who's here, but I've seen some of those I've seen backstage. There are more collaborations this year than I've seen at any of the other CMA Awards, so it's going to be a night full of surprises. I'm involved in a collaboration with John Pardi and Carrie Underwood and Lainey Wilson and, uh, there are a lot of surprises, so don't leave your TV with a surprise when you hear your name. I'm nominated for musical event of the year.

I'm not sure if they've called him yet or not. Oh well, I won, you lost. Damn, thank you very much. I'm here, no, don't go, because what I love most about the country music world and you said. before it's the support that they have for each other and it's very interesting to see how it develops and it's all real, yes, I mean, for me, this whole night is about seeing friends backstage watching the performances and having the opportunity to honor our heroes, you know, some are passing away. at a sad pace and I also see the new kids coming Lainey Wilson Hardy Breeland there are so many exciting young people coming up through the ranks so I love being a part of the whole night and it's not about the awards but are you sure?

I lost, I'm sure you lost, but you've helped some people along the way who helped you, oh God, they've all helped me. Kenny Chesney has been a great help. George Strait was a big help in the early days. You already know everything. bands starting out in Canadian rag all the younger bands I started with, we've all influenced each other in different ways and I've also learned from a lot of the greats along the way. I appreciate you stopping to talk to us here on the red carpet I hope you have a great night I think you already have I hope to see you take the stage and I hope the word magic is very magical tonight thank you Dierks Bentley everyone here at the 56th edition annual Country Music Awards, we have more coverage planned for you here on the red carpet.

Be sure to follow us on the red carpet on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram and Tick Tock. We'll be back with more information on the red carpet at the CMA Awards. Dirk Bentley is going inside, so we'll have to do it live from Nashville. This is on the CMA Awards red carpet. Hello everyone and welcome back to the CMA Awards red carpet live from Nashville. An hour into the show and the red carpet is getting very crowded and we have read to represent that right now it is Jesse James Decker, the country music star and one of the seasons of Dancing with the Stars you are having a busy year because you were leaving . city ​​dancing going coming back like you I guess look at you you're here you're probably there yesterday a couple of days ago it's been a very, very busy year for me yeah you took on the dance which is a challenge but I have I still love you your latest release and that's gaining a lot of traction right now, you know what I would do.

If I had one single that did this in my entire career and I'm getting so excited, it's a single call that I still love. You are with Billy Currington and one of my dear friends and you know that I will manifest beyond this carpet next year, this time celebrating that song. I think that's really the smartest thing, it's manifest, you know a good release date because now I know it's on a lot of people's minds, yeah, I think so and I think you know after the holidays we're going to go full speed ahead and go on the radio with it and I couldn't be more excited.

Good things, you always have a positive spirit whenever I talk to you and I think that's probably something that's helped propel you forward in a tough business, you know? I think everything is a blessing and I am grateful every day I wake up. having healthy children, health, you know, a healthy husband, family food on my table. I really want to say that I believe every day is a blessing and I am grateful, so why not have a positive attitude and how many years does this represent for you? in country music oh my gosh, I got my first record deal when I was 19.

Now I'm 34, so do the math, it's 15 years Jesse Ortiz, that's a long time to be here, but I love country music so much, it's my my family, well, 15 years is a long time, but for example tonight Alan Jackson will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. He's been in business for a long time. There will also be a special tribute that I'm really looking forward to, for Loretta Lynn. On that tape, I'm excited. Alan asked me to be a part of it, which is an honor and will be amazing. We have amazing songs on that tribute and then I'll eat them up.

The departure of Allen and It Will Be Awesome Curly Pierce Texas is a toy for acting, but I love that you shout out Loretta Lynn, that's special to me. I have loved her forever. I'm also originally from Kentucky and she paved the way for everyone. us women, but I feel like in a lot of ways, especially me, I actually yelled, oh my God, on my first day of my experience and I learned don't do that to Loretta Lynn, but at least I you know. It's still like a really amazing memory of my first cma. I just heard a little earlier that there will be a tribute to Miss Loretta Lynn and I am very eager to see who will be in that and what songs.

They do and you know we all really love her so much. I mean, you mentioned Alan Jackson. I mean, it's always been a dream to work with someone like that. It's going to be a great night, wall to wall, a category that I personally will be watching very closely. tonight is Vocal Duo of the Year and here's why we recently had a lot of fun spending some time here in Nashville with some of the duos that are nominated and they discovered that there really is no rivalry here at all, everyone supports each other in 1992 .boots guten Boogie reached number one on the country chart and Brooks and Dunn took home their first CMA Award for Vocal Duo of the Year.

Now just a whole year it's really been a dream come true for us, the Country Music Hall of Fame members have won. This category is a record 14 times and we are nominated again. Ronnie and I had a great career and we're still having a great touring career, but man, there are acts that are rocking now and us. I'm cheering them on and it's their time recently, the duo category has been dominated by brothers Osborne and Dan and Shay and they're both nominated again this year. Maddie and Tay have yet to win as a duo, but they are nominated in this category for the eighth year. in a row we want to win, but we also support a lot of our friends that are in the category because we all really love and support each other and it's funny, we always laugh like there are moments where I It's like, I hope the brothers win Osborne or I hope Dan and Shay win, it's like waiting, we're supposed to be waiting for us, but we're also rooting for a lot of our friends.

This is the second time LoCash has been nominated in the duo category, but even before they were nominated they told me that they came to the CMAs just to soak it all up. I remember walking onto the CMA carpet and a person talked to us. Oh, we went back and looked and yes, little money, you owe us a gift. show because here's that interview from 2015. I feel like you have experience in improv or something because you're both so fast, we've been traveling together for so long and we finish each other's sentences, yeah, you want to see it.

I could do this, pineapples ready, I knew it was going to start with a P, I just didn't know what I was going to do, we were close, foreigners, which I think I heard you two say that if it were me, I would have a free concert. I went backstage just for one show, although not for the entire season, that was my personal concert, whatever you want, it will happen, you have entered the CMA Awards with the best attitude, you have entered the entire awards season here, as if they simply loved each other. moment because you know what the fight was, that's right, I mean, it's been 20 years of preparation and to be on this red carpet tonight is an honor, it's a victory, it's a victory, we take things a little bit, little things like that or win man and we love them this guy used to be your roommate but you didn't really have a real apartment no we really didn't we had a car that's true and uh they didn't the windows I didn't go down and there was no air conditioning , so in the middle of Kansas driving through Kansas in a Jeep Cherokee with none of that stuff that smelled there, but I think what that says is that you believed in yourself and after all these years all that stuff came true.

And so, for all those young singers who want to do what LoCash does, what do you say? You have to show up every day, you have to be there to win and I saw our motto every day, we just showed up. You have every right toevery show and just have a good attitude. You also did something with Leslie Jordan before she died and that's also gotten a lot of attention since you told us about that, that's Brokenheartville, man, that was really hard for us for a couple of weeks. He does a video with Leslie, he had us come out and film this video with him about a song he wanted us to play, which was an honor, he even wanted LoCash and Blanco Brown to be in it and the next thing you know we're out.

Having a good time, one of the best days of my life was being with him filming that video. What light. I mean, he's so light. When people I've read, you know some of the things that you know are Hollywood friends out there and everything they said about him is just that three months or four months that we hung out with. I see him, I saw him and he is. I am a better man. I just met the guy. Preston Chris is really nice to listen to. two of the nicest guys in country music are going to win that CMA award, we don't know what could happen tonight, but we will be back, we know with more stars on the foreign CMA awards red carpet, thank you very much.

He's a nominee, he's a presenter, he's Breeland, he's joining us now live on the red carpet. You were on Jimmy Kimmel last night. You flew all the way here for this. You wouldn't miss it for the world. No? It's my second CMA Award. and the first one where I'm nominated for something, so I had to make sure I showed up and even if it was at the cost of getting some sleep, you were welcomed into this world of country music, who was the person that made you feel the most good? house I would say probably Keith Urban, he's one of the first people that reached out, he literally invited me over to his house and we made a lot of music together.

I feel like that co-sign sent me on my way, I'm working with Dierks Bentley, yeah. And who else are you working with? There's a lot of collaborations lately, yeah, a lot of collaborations, uh, Dierks Bentley, Mickey Guyton, Ingrid Andrus, ma'am, Thomas Rhett, all these people are on the album, so it's been a blessing to be able to collaborate with some of them. My favorite artists People listen to a song you sing Do you think they can tell it's Breeland? Do you think you're relatable to fans? Yeah, I mean, I don't know many other people who make this exact sound, so I hope so.

How did you come up with your sound? Your style. Your feelings. Yes, I call it cross country. It's kind of like anything at the intersection of country music and something else. Country and R B. Country and hip-hop. Country and gospel. Etc., well, you. You're wearing a lot of blue tonight and I noticed you have a stiletto suit and then you have the white New Balance 550 and Breeland sneakers, we have a fashion expert among our myths, Roshumba Williams, who is looking at all the fashions. this red carpet hi Rashamba hi George, you are right, I had my eye on all the fashions and I have to say that Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning stepped on the carpet, the dynamic duo kept it clean and simple, and they look elegant pleats in white and black.

Awesome, they are the main stars, they will be hosting the night and they will look amazing, but Dirks Bentley also appeared on the carpet, he is also in a tuxedo, but he decided to spice it up a little by doing a bit of a hunter green and kept it western with this one you know, tie on the next one, but you know, what makes it so pretty and modern and fresh is that it's that modern George slim fit. I like the way the boys walk this carpet tonight. I'll take your floor, thank you Michelle, but four of those guys are here right now, they're known as Old Dominion and they're old fashioned when it comes to winning CMA awards because you've won as a vocal group for the last four years.

Do you have any expectations? Tonight we expect to win it all no we don't have any expectations we expect to have a lot of fun seeing our friends that's all I hope we feel just as nervous when they announce yeah yeah I get the feeling this guy never gets nervous oh. I've never been nervous in my life oh God I don't know if he should have said that and then there's the guy hiding in the back and I realized when we did this last year or the year before he was hiding too. in the back no, they just put me there again I have to fight my way is it an eclipser?

He's so handsome he outshines us all so we have to push him back a little in your world you always have to do something new audiences are intrigued by what you're doing so what are you going to do next? People will say, did you hear that Old Dominion song? Well you know we're about to release new music. I would say in a couple more months and I mean. I think we always think it sounds different but then everyone says it sounds just like you, yeah, yeah, so I don't know, thank you very much, old dominion and you're lying, this must mean something, uh, it means we're fierce.

Monteleone in Italian so now I have taught you something for tonight. I love your music. Congratulations, it's good to see you. Now we are going to talk about the CMA Foundation because they do great work in this world and one of them is honoring music teachers. throughout this country and recently a member of the World Country Music Hall of Fame. Mr. Kicks Brooks hosted the CMA Teachers of Excellence Awards three weeks prior to the CMA Awards. Many of the biggest names in country music enjoyed a special dinner in Nashville with 30 of the country's best. best music teachers I don't know any of us who haven't been inspired, blessed by someone who put some wind in our sails, Excellence-winning music teachers rubbed shoulders with several CMA nominees, but on this night the real stars It was the teachers, it's a great lesson in humility, without a doubt, because as teachers we are always the ones behind the scenes, we are always the ones who want our students to be the superstars here we are the music industry, we have the CMA awards and we say, wait, we know how to do it.

We do awards shows pretty well, how do we make sure we set up some kind of event that allows teachers to walk taller the moment they leave the classroom? This is unlike anything I've ever experienced as a music teacher, probably nothing I've ever experienced before. On the day the teachers met with the United States Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, they also each received five thousand dollars to help them in their professional development and in their classrooms it is not just about the cash prize, but about how we can encourage these teachers, not just tonight but actually for the rest of this year but for the rest of their lives I teach in the low income school district and many of my students don't have much so I committed to giving back every penny we have made this CMA award to put back into the classroom the materials that students need to create a successful music educational experience.

Morgan Wallen already won the CMA Award for New Artist of the Year. Once upon a time this year, nominated for men. vocalists of the year and the all-encompassing Artist of the Year, are you nervous about being here tonight? No I dont think so. I'm just glad to be here. You know, nerves aren't something I'm really feeling. Today, so I'm happy about that, what do you feel on this red carpet? Because I'm grateful. You know, every time I get the opportunity to do something like this, I'm surrounded by people with so much talent and so much history.

I'm glad to be a part of so much history here on this red carpet, so do you have a speech prepared in case I have a little something I can? I know I'm going to start with that and then I'll go from there. I don't have anything planned, although I could talk to you for the next half hour based on all the things he has going on in his career, but instead you can look him up. your website morganwallen.com there you have it you can find it all yourself but we're taking a break here at the CMA awards red carpet foreign foreigner looks familiar welcome back to the red carpet here at the CMA awards here now with Ben and Aaron Napier from Hometown, you might know that show, they can fix anything, anything but a lot of things, most things, would you ever consider coming to Nashville to do something here, so they want us to do some work on the streets?

I want to come to Laurel first, yeah, yeah. Nashville is a great city and I don't think it needs our help. There are already so many people working here, but Laurel is a great place to watch on TV. I think it's on our US vacation list. I want to know what it is about but I would like to come see you too but I also like that you are country music fans or you wouldn't be here yes yes we are I grew up with country music so my parents who are on a plane right now and I can't see it I would just be delighted with this, but um, yeah, we grew up with country music and now we're good friends with the Stapletons and I hope they do very well tonight and this is all very exciting, very surreal, I mean that in Serious.

It's kind of a dream we didn't know we were having, which makes it feel more like a dream. It's surreal. Last question for you, could either of you win a CMA award if you had a shower singing category? She does not. I don't need a shower to sing. This girl knows how to sing. She used to sing, yes, a lot. Our Christmas movie coming out this Friday, we actually sang it, so you'll find out. We will find it on Discovery and this Friday. Very good. well it's Ben and Aaron, future CMA nominee, I don't know and Rashamba Williams, cyber shamba, hey George, you know what, George?

I think the stars have aligned and I found the dress of the night and it's Kelsey ballerini, she's in this amazing custom blue Balenciaga dress, it's a color like she's never seen before. I love it because it's modern and not only does it have built-in gloves, but most importantly it's super comfortable. At first glance, she tied me in a knot. I tied a knot. It was incredible. Additionally, Carly Pierce kept it simple and classic and elegant in a beautiful white dress. Now a lot of today's artists keep it modern and classic and she did that, but with like a little stash in the front now, George, I'll give it back to you while I'm still enjoying the fashion on this red carpet, we're having a good time and the good times are not over yet.

We'll be back with more on the overseas CMA Awards red carpet. Well, now we're here with the men of Midland nominated for three CMA Awards tonight, including Vocal Group of the Year, that's where they can each claim 33 and a third. percent yes, we're going to divide the prize in half, uh, into three pieces, it's glass, so I'm not sure how it will be divided, but we'll see. Look, I come here every year and I feel like you're here every year. and you're here as a nominee every year why the country music world loves them so much and that's what you just said man we're so grateful to be here as nominees um we just calculate at the awards shows that we're one for 15.

So I think we're officially the Susan Lucci of country music, but that's okay, she had an incredible career, she was always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Is it okay to be a bridesmaid at an event like this? Yeah, it's not that convincing. We're hoping to get a bouquet tonight, that's good, tell me about the pins that you're using, so we're, we were, we just lost two awards to our friend John's party for music event of the year, music and video of the year. uh Cameron's wife Harper right here filmed it was amazing we got our new single longneck with John Party so we all love the Eagles and you know there's one of our big influences when we got together we were joking during the music video. film that they were like the seagulls with John so uh cam I had invented them here there she is hello you look great thank you I think you have a lot of comedy with these three it's a great family yes, I enjoyed talking to you I want you to have a good time tonight at the CMA Awards.

My jacket looks great. I like to hear that. Did you hear that roshumba? My jacket looks great. Come on, Miller, come on. I do George, I hear you loud and clear, now you know what George is. The red carpet is red hot, but it seems like custom looks are the order of the day now that we have Lainey Wilson, of course, she's known for her flared pants, but she turned up the heat in this custom gold suit top with this amazing chunky turquoise jewelry. but if you look a little closer, I love that she has this really royal Gold Lion on the front and then we have Wynonna Judd also following the custom trend where she's wearing this gorgeous black gold custom coat, she's, she's, It's, it's, it's. everything you know when it comes to country music and country music fashion it's about Country Couture and this is Country Couture take over George well I'll let you know we're joined right now by Wynonna Judd who's wearing you know? this couture country rvng couture Someone actually made something for me, it's one of the first times in my entire career.

I love that you are here. I know it hasn't been the easiest year, but you have had this support. communityWilson and we should add one more name to our list right now, it's Rashumba Williams talking about fashion. I'm sure I'm George. Now this night of fashion has been fascinating. We have so many stars that have appeared and shown. Jessica Chastain took our breath away. and this midnight blue embroidered dress is strappy, it's beautiful, it's elegant, it's classic and chic and then Carrie Underwood decided to go a little more on the romantic side. I love it, it's like a sky blue color with the slit up to the thigh.

It's off the shoulder shows its softer side and looks blue maybe it's a trend in this rug I don't know what you think George, we have a blue trend that's going well I guess you could I guess you could say I have a little bit of blue here, like this Yes, there is a blue trend, there is also a lot of talent here at the CMA Awards and one of the biggest awards of the night, maybe the biggest, of course, is Artist of the Year and we want to give you the nominees. in that main category is Luke Combs Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen now Luke Combs is one in this category last year Miranda Lambert, the most nominated female artist in CMA history, has never won this yet and Chris Stapleton won six CMA Awards last year. alone more than any other artist, but he's never won the night's top prize either, so who's going to get it?

I'll be back on the CMA Awards red carpet in a moment. Hi, I'm Cody Johnson on the red carpet here at the CMA Awards and we'll be right back. Foreign messages. It's time to take a look now at the new artist from. the nominees of the year and they are good, they are resistant in addition to Walker Hayes, we have Cody Johnson, Parker McCollum and Lainey Wilson. Now Laney may be the favorite in this category, after all, she is the most nominated artist at this year's CMA Awards and she has six nominations tonight and over the past few.

For days we have been talking to other stars who bring Laney Wilson into the conversation why because they love her Lainey Wilson can be my country music little sister. I love what she's doing and I think she's kicking ass. and I think she's genuine and cool, so I love seeing her journey. It's funny that you see Lainey Wilson because sometimes you go to an event to see her amazing, you meet someone for the first time. I felt like I knew Laney Wilson. That's always her, just for Kindred Spirits, for sure, Lainey Wilson, we met her a couple of years ago and we've been big fans of her supporting her.

I think she's nominated for new artist of the year, which I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her, but. I like artists like that, it's fun to watch them grow and see their story develop and be able to support them, here we go, here we are now with Keith Urban, who performed today on GMA, he has a Las Vegas residency coming up, he has a couple. of hits right now and more hits on the way I know you have some songs you've been talking about and you still managed to make sure you stay here tonight to be here with your friends of course yeah yeah it feels good to be here , I mean, it's been a long day, it was early in the morning, but hey, what are you most looking forward to tonight?

I always like collaborations. I think there will be some unexpected ones tonight. I mean, hosting is a collaboration. right, Peyton and Luke, I'm worried because I got a text from Luke, you know, before the show tonight, he says, hey buddy, I miss you. I say, oh, this is not good, this is not a good start, well, I know you have to do it. Come in, I'll let you go. Thank you so much Keith Urban, who has a hundred million things going on and we love them all, and Rashemba Williams, what's going on right now in this CMA Fashion World?

You know what I'm going through. George, lots of pops of color, we've been seeing bold color statements and it looks like a big little city got the memo. The lady appeared on this carpet dressed in blood orange and hot pink lace. I love the fact that country music stars are fearless. to give us a pop of color and this is a purple example of how they do it and I call this look country chic again for you George, the chicest man here, very good, thank you very much, we were talking to Miranda Lambert earlier. I've been enjoying Miranda Lambert's year and she recently decided she wanted to start something new and it's that Las Vegas residency, so I went to Las Vegas to see for myself why she's once again nominated for CMA Entertainer of the Year, nobody can.

Miranda Lambert has set shopping in Las Vegas at the Zappos Theater inside the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, why is now the time for you to be in Las Vegas? I've been on tour for a long time. I've been everywhere several times, you know? and it's like why not take this? opportunity to take the production to a higher level to really perfect the setlist and somehow create this story that runs through my entire catalog, my entire journey and also for once in my life the party is coming up on me and I don't have to go to the party is awesome foreigner Miranda has more CMA Award nominations than any other female artist in country music 61 and has been thinking about spreading her wings, which could take her outside of the country music genre at this point in my career and where I'm.

Just as a person, I'm pretty open, I'm willing to take new risks and try new things and the good thing is that I've set a lot of goals for myself and I've achieved a lot of them. Now it's time to set a whole new set of goals and leave things up in the air that maybe I should do different types of collaborations on, so I'm definitely open to all things right now, we're just a few minutes away from CMA awards this year, but we're not done here on the red carpet yet, stay with us, hey, I'm Cole Swindale on the CMA Awards red carpet, we'll be right back sounds like a country song wearing bright midnight blue, That's Rashemba Williams, who has some blue news on mushumba fashion.

Surely so, George. Now Laney Wilson is known for the flared pants of hers and she took it to the top on this red carpet and this Custom Gold flared suit with chunky turquoise jewelry and then she meets Reba McIntyre. As a country music mainstay she showed off the royal side of herself in this cobalt blue column dress. I love the fact that she loves to dress up. She has all these things on her plate. I love watching her on TV, watching her movies and her songs, and when she walks onto the red carpet, all heads turn and we all bow before the lady dressed in royal blue.

She looks absolutely amazing and I love the fact that the blue color with the touch of her hair is stunning. Regally beautiful. Now that's how to make country music Chic, back to you George, okay, thanks Rashem, but we've had a lot of fun here on the CMA Awards red carpet, but now it's time to hand the show over to the people who will be singing the evening. away, if you've been watching ABC, don't touch that dial because the country music awards are about to start and for those of us watching, turn on ABC right now and turn up the volume on your TV because there are some performances epics in The way we want to thank you for watching, enjoy the CMA Awards and for more, be sure to follow us on the red carpet on Facebook, Tick Tock, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter, good night to all the foreigners.