Nicole Beals

Nicole’s News- April 5

The six finalists have been announced for the CMT Music Awards Video of the Year. They are, Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood, If I Didn’t Love You, Kane Brown, One Mississippi, Half of My Hometown, Kelsea Ballerini & Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Forever After All, Cody Johnson, ‘Til You Can’t and Never Say Never, Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson. You can vote for your favorite now at CMT.com then tune in for the CMT Music Awards, Monday night on CBS.


American Idol alumni are returning for a reunion special to celebrate the shows 20th anniversary.  Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery and more will return to perform on May 2. Lauren and Scotty will be performing together. They were the top two on season 10. Scotty went on to win that year.

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