CMT Music Awards Host Named: Kane Brown Will Join Kelsea Ballerini For THIRD Consecutive Year As He Hopes To ‘Bring The Excitement’
The hosts for the Country Music Television Music Awards show were named Thursday morning.
Kane Brown will join Kelsea Ballerini – who recently confirmed Chase Stokes’ romance – for the third straight year.
The 2023 CMT Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on Sunday, April 2 on CBS and CMT and streamed live and on-demand on Paramount+.
Brown, 29, told Entertainment Tonight that it was an “instant yes” when asked to co-host the show.
He added he has fond memories of the CMT show. “My first CMT was my first award,” Brown told ET’s Cassie DiLaura, explaining what the show means to him.
Magic for the third time: The hosts of the Country Music Television Music Awards show were named on Thursday morning. Kane Brown will join Kelsea Ballerini for the third year in a row
Brownerini: The 2023 CMT Music Awards will air live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on CBS and CMT on Sunday, April 2nd and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+
‘[It’s the] only awards show I’ve hosted and it’s just cool to keep doing it and getting more and more comfortable,” he said.
Kane added he will be making this year’s show “exciting.”
Brown praised Ballerini as a “natural treasure” who is the “perfect hosting partner.”
Kane said, “It’s cool to do it with someone I’m familiar with. I am very shy. So if I did it with a stranger I don’t know how it would go.
This is the fourth year in a row that Brown has co-hosted the show.
Brown co-hosted 2020 with Sarah Hyland and Ashley McBryde.
He and Ballerini hosted together for the first time in 2021. She attended remotely last year after testing positive for COVID-19 ahead of the show.
And he will be appearing on the show with his wife Katelyn.
That would be a yes! Brown told Entertainment Tonight that when asked to co-host the show, it was an “instant yes.” He added he has fond memories of the CMT show. “My first CMT was my first award,” Brown told ET’s Cassie DiLaura, explaining what the show means to him. seen Nov
![Pumped: '[It's the] only awards show I've hosted and it's just cool to keep doing it and getting more and more comfortable,](https://www.spamchronicles.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1677181223_207_The-CMT-Music-Awards-hosts-Kane-Brown-will-join-Kelsea.jpg "The CMT Music Awards hosts: Kane Brown will join Kelsea Ballerini 6")
Pumped: ‘[It’s the] only awards show I’ve hosted and it’s just cool to keep doing it and getting more and more comfortable,” he said. Kane added he will be making this year’s show “exciting.” seen December
The pair’s thank goodness duet reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in February 2023.
It is the second duet by a married couple to top the charts – the first was 1997’s Tim McGraw and Faith Hills It’s Your Love.
Katelyn said she was nervous.
“I think the difference is that with Kane’s shows, I know they’re there for him. they love us You love our family.
“And so it’s like a whole different audience,” she shared.
His love: And Kane will perform the song Thank God with his wife Katelyn at the show; seen February 11th in Arizona
‘[At the CMTs], I know he’s out there in front of his peers and other artists and stuff like that. So it definitely adds a bit more nerve.’
The CMT Music Awards recognize the best, hottest, and most inspirational country music videos of the past year. They are also notable for being the only fan-voted awards in country music, with voting available online at cmt.com.
New this year, the 2023 CMT Music Awards ceremony is moving from Nashville to Austin, TX to air live from the Moody Center on CBS on Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Topping the 2023 CMT Awards performance lineup is country superstar Carrie Underwood.
Showstopper: At the top of the 2023 CMT Awards performance lineup is country music superstar Carrie Underwood. Seen in NYC this week