{"id":15696,"date":"2019-06-05T11:36:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1807215"},"modified":"2019-06-05T11:36:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:36:28","slug":"remember-blake-sheltons-epic-speech-from-the-2018-cmt-music-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/remember-blake-sheltons-epic-speech-from-the-2018-cmt-music-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember Blake Shelton\u2019s Epic Speech from the 2018 CMT Music Awards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/stephenss\/\" title=\"Posts by Samantha Stephens\" rel=\"author\">Samantha Stephens<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">24m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The finalists for this year\u2019s \u201cVideo of the Year\u201d honors are in, y\u2019all! Fan-voting narrowed the <em>2019 CMT Music Awards<\/em>\u2019 top category down to videos by <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/carrie-underwood\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie Underwood<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/kane-brown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kane Brown<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/keith-urban\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Urban<\/a> featuring Julia Michaels, <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/kelsea-ballerini\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kelsea Ballerini<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/luke-combs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Combs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But before we crown a new \u201cVideo of the Year\u201d winner at tonight\u2019s show, let\u2019s take a look back at last year\u2019s winner: the legend himself, ol\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/blake-shelton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Shelton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton took home the night\u2019s top honors in 2018 for his beyond fantastic video \u201cI\u2019ll Name The Dogs.\u201d But what made this moment tops in our book was truly his words of encouragement to the next generation of country music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:834a8803-ec5e-4a69-bcc5-236b4b10d337\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so cool to sit up tonight with this new generation of country artists that are coming up,\u201d Shelton said from the stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"e0ff8d16\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-968726666-1559683429.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"2018 CMT Music Awards - Show\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"photocredit\">Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI might be one of the last old guys that are excited to embrace and be excited about the new generation coming up\u2026so good!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What a perfect end to the night. So, who will take home the coveted \u201cVideo of the Year\u201d award this year? It\u2019s up to you!<\/p>\n<p>Voting to determine the video of the year winner continues through the show on Twitter. To vote, tweet #CMTawards with each artist\u2019s voting hashtag.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the final nominees for video of the year and their voting hashtags:<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Underwood, \u201cCry Pretty\u201d #VoteCarrie<br \/>Kane Brown, \u201cGood as You\u201d #VoteKane<br \/>Keith Urban feat. Julia Michaels, \u201cComing Home\u201d #VoteKeith<br \/>Kelsea Ballerini, \u201cMiss Me More\u201d #VoteKelsea<br \/>Luke Combs, \u201cShe Got the Best of Me\u201d #VoteLuke<\/p>\n<p>The <em>2019 CMT Music Awards<\/em> air LIVE tonight, June 5 at 8 PM ET\/7 PM CT on CMT.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation by following @CMT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cmt\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, using hashtag #CMTawards and liking the CMT Music Awards on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cmtmusicawards\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Samantha is a country radio insider with a deep love for the music and its stars. She can often be found on a red carpet or at a late-night guitar pull.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1807215\/remember-blake-sheltons-epic-speech-from-the-2018-cmt-music-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samantha Stephens 24m ago The finalists for this year\u2019s \u201cVideo of the Year\u201d honors are in, y\u2019all! Fan-voting narrowed the 2019 CMT Music Awards\u2019 top category down to videos by Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Keith Urban featuring Julia Michaels, Kelsea Ballerini, and Luke Combs. But before we crown a new \u201cVideo of the Year\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 00:35:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}