ACM Awards Tonight! **Update**

What a great awards show last night on CBS. Tim McGraw's performance was the best I've seen since 2001's Alan Jackson performance of "Where Were You." Speaking of Tim, Taylor Swift got to meet Tim McGraw last night for the first time ever, even though she sang a song about him. Couple of surprises I thought... just read below.

Yesterday, I TRIED to pick the winners.... and sucked at it big time!!

My picks from last night are in RED....

Entertainer of the Year
• BROOKS & DUNN
• KENNY CHESNEY *Winner*
• TIM MCGRAW
• RASCAL FLATTS
• GEORGE STRAIT

Top Male Vocalist
• KENNY CHESNEY
• TOBY KEITH
• BRAD PAISLEY *Winner*
• GEORGE STRAIT
• KEITH URBAN

Top Female Vocalist
• SARA EVANS
• FAITH HILL
• MIRANDA LAMBERT
• MARTINA MCBRIDE
• CARRIE UNDERWOOD *Winner*

Top Vocal Duo
• BIG & RICH
• BROOKS & DUNN *Winner*
• MONTGOMERY GENTRY
• SUGARLAND
• THE WRECKERS

Top Vocal Group
• DIAMOND RIO
• EMERSON DRIVE
• LITTLE BIG TOWN
• LONESTAR
• RASCAL FLATTS *Winner*

Top New Duo or Vocal Group
• HEARTLAND
• LITTLE BIG TOWN *Winner*
• THE WRECKERS

Top New Male Vocalist
• RODNEY ATKINS *Winner*
• CRAIG MORGAN
• CHRIS YOUNG

Top New Female Vocalist
• MIRANDA LAMBERT *Winner*
• KELLIE PICKLER
• TAYLOR SWIFT

Album of the Year
• BROOKS & DUNN – “Hillbilly Deluxe”
• GEORGE STRAIT – “It Just Comes Natural”
• RASCAL FLATTS – “Me and My Gang”
• CARRIE UNDERWOOD – “Some Hearts” *Winner*
• VINCE GILL – “These Days”

Single Record of the Year
• CARRIE UNDERWOOD – “Before He Cheats”
• GEORGE STRAIT – “Give It Away” *Winner*
• HEARTLAND – “I Loved Her First”
• RASCAL FLATTS – “What Hurts the Most”
• JOSH TURNER – “Would You Go With Me”

Song of the Year
• JASON ALDEAN – “Amarillo Sky”
• CARRIE UNDERWOOD – “Before He Cheats”
• GEORGE STRAIT – “Give It Away” *Winner*
• RODNEY ATKINS – “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)”
• JOSH TURNER – “Would You Go With Me”

Vocal Event of the Year
• BROOKS & DUNN with VINCE GILL and SHERYL CROW – “Building Bridges” *Winner*
• ASHLEY MONROE with RONNIE DUNN – “I Don’t Want To”
• JOSH TURNER with DR. RALPH STANLEY – “Me and God”
• GRETCHEN WILSON with MERLE HAGGARD – “Politically Uncorrect”
• HANK WILLIAMS, JR. with GRETCHEN WILSON, BIG & RICH and VAN ZANT – “That’s How They Do It in Dixie”

Video of the Year
• BIG & RICH – “8th of November”
• JASON ALDEAN – “Amarillo Sky”
• CARRIE UNDERWOOD – “Before He Cheats” *Winner*
• BROOKS & DUNN – “Hillbilly Deluxe”
• GEORGE STRAIT – “Seashores of Old Mexico”

I picked 4 out of 13!! My dream of becoming a "Professional Awards Guesser" is over... I guess I'll have to keep my day job. -T