Kelsey Ballerini, singer-songwriter who co-hosted the CMT Music Awards tonight, announced this morning that she will be performing her duties from home following a positive statement about Covid two days ago.
The CMT Awards also announced today that this year’s top nominee, Kane Brown, will join the dancer and Anthony Mackie as co-hosts.
The dancer said in her Instagram video, see below, that she has both good and bad news to share: “Unfortunately I can’t be there in person anymore and I’m devastated, tired,” she said. “But the good news is that I feel much better, much better.” She said the CMT brought a partial kit to her home so that she could host it remotely.
“Let’s make a lemonade with these sour lemons,” said the dancer.
The Country Music Awards show will air live from Nashville tonight at 8pm ET / Late PT and will be broadcast live and on demand on Paramount +.
The last three nominees for the 2022 Video of the Year award were also announced today, with fan voting already unlocked via Twitter. The candidates are:
Jason Aldin and Carrie Underwood – “If You Didn’t Love Me” (#VoteJasonCarrieCMT)
Kane Brown – “To Mississippi” (#VoteKaneCMT)
Code Johnson – “Before you can” (#VoteCodyCMT)
Source: Deadline