bigjim25

• Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn Kenny Chesney Dixie Chicks Alan Jackson Toby Keith • Top Female Vocalist: Terri Clark Faith Hill Martina McBride Shania Twain Lee Ann Womack • Top Male Vocalist: Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Toby Keith Tim McGraw George Strait • Top Vocal Group: Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Lonestar Rascal Flatts Trick Pony

• Top Vocal Duo: Brooks & Dunn Hometown News Montgomery Gentry Sons of the Desert The Bellamy Brothers • Top New Male Vocalist: Joe Nichols Blake Shelton Darryl Worley • Top New Female Vocalist: Kellie Coffey Jennifer Hanson Rebecca Lynn Howard • Top New Vocal Duo/Group: Emerson Drive Nickel Creek Pinmonkey • The Home Depot Humanitarian Award: Brooks & Dunn Lonestar Wynonna

• Album of the Year - <small>Award to artist/producer(s) (record company)</small> :
"Drive," Alan Jackson
"Home," Dixie Chicks
"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems," Kenny Chesney
"On a Mission," Trick Pony
"Unleashed," Toby Keith

• Single Record of the Year - <small>Award to artist/producer(s) (record company)</small> :
"19 Somethin'," Mark Wills
"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," Toby Keith
"Just What I Do," Trick Pony
"Somebody Like You," Keith Urban
"The Good Stuff," Kenny Chesney

• Song of the Year - <small>Award to composer(s)/publisher(s)/artist)</small> :
"A Lot of Things Different," Kenny Chesney
"Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)," Toby Keith
"Drive (For Daddy Gene)," Alan Jackson
"Forgive," Rebecca Lynn Howard
"I'm Movin' On," Rascal Flatts

• Vocal Event of the Year - <small>Award to artist(s)/producer</small> :
"Beer For My Horses," Toby Keith with Willie Nelson
"Designated Drinker," Alan Jackson with George Strait
"Mendocino County Line," Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack
"Picture," Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow
"Whiskey River," Trick Pony and Willie Nelson

• Video of the Year - <small>Award to producer(s)/director(s)/artist</small> :
"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," Toby Keith
"Drive (For Daddy Gene)," Alan Jackson
"I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," Brad Paisley
"Just What I Do," Trick Pony
"She's My Kind of Rain," Tim McGraw
"Who's Your Daddy," Toby Keith special appearance by Cledus T. Judd

edytwinky

Go Kid Rock!

atlantamoi

Dammit, this stuff just angers me. Why are Brooks and Dunn in this every single year? As long as Buddy Miller is left out and things continue like this, I can say that the country awards are the worst of any of the ceremonies. Simply awful.

conscience

I like Montgomery Gentry, but Brooks and Dunn will win it. Which is so sad. I am tired of seeing them as well. They are not good entertainers, either.

I also liked Toby Keith and hope he whips the Dixie Chicks' asses. They stink. Plus they dissed Toby, the bitches.

Oooooh. Shania is nominated. Too bad that one single (I'm Gonna Getcha Good) is the only good song on the album.

My picks:

Entertainer:
Toby Keith (he won't win, which is sad)

Male Vocalist:
George Strait (saw him in concert, and while not being an entertainer he IS the best male vocalist in country around today)

Female Vocalist:
No doubt: Martina McBride

Group:
Diamond Rio

Duo:
Montgomery Gentry

Album:
Unleashed or No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems

Single:
Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)

Song:
Drive (For Daddy Gene)

Vocal Event:
Mendocino County Line - Willie and Leann Womack

Video:
Who's Your Daddy - Toby Keith


here is to hoping Rascal Flatts and the Dixie Chicks go home empty handed.

conscience

conscience

Toby Keith did win Entertainer!!!



But he left early. So darn.

bigjim, will you post the winners...i missed a lot of the show.

bigjim25

Winners highlighted above!

bigjim25

After the show several rumors flashed through the press room and at parties afterward, ranging from Toby leaving because he had been up for 8 awards and might be shut out…to the fact that people reported seeing letters on Natalie Maine's shirt during their performance that spelled out the letters, FUTK.

We caught up with Toby at the DreamWorks' House of Blues after-party and he told us, "They couldn't find me, I was off on the bus with Willie (Nelson) and we'd started writing a song together." Toby said, "If I had known I won and been on stage I would have thanked My Lord God Almighty, my family, my management, all the folks at DreamWorks records, country radio and my fans."

At the same time, folks at Toby's label indicated a certain rage when they saw the apparently inflammatory letters on Maine's shirt, and indicated that may have played a part in why Keith ultimately didn't show to claim his award.