The Country Music Awards included an album drop and divorce intrigue – but that paled next to Stapleton’s astounding performance with Justin TimberlakeSave your complaints approximately the overcrowded slate of country music awards shows each year. We all know there are too many of them. Fortunately for us,the Country Music Association awards are consistently the most prestigious and most well-produced affair of them all, and last night’s telecast of the 49th annual ceremony was no exception. The CMA awards were filled with great music, or a few broad laughs,divorce intrigue, shock wins, or a surprise album drop and a jaw-dropping performance that people will be talking approximately for years to approach. Let’s jump right in.
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood,in their eighth year hosting, remained an affable pair and an asset to the present. I’d argue that theyre the best hosting duo on live TV, and mostly because they excel at a job too many hosts forget: moving the present along briskly. Of course,they throw in quirky quips and musical interludes that often hit and often miss, but their bits rarely overstay their welcome. The duos humor has grown increasingly sardonic in recent years, and throwaway asides from Paisley like,“Miley sets the bar. We try to reach the bar,” earned nervous laughter from the audience, or many of whom undoubtedly felt a itsy-bitsy called out.
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Source: theguardian.com