The article published on the website foxnews.com on April
8, 2013 is headlined “Taylor Swift shut out at ACMs; Luke Bryan, Miranda
Lambert big winners”. The article reports at length about the 48th Annual
Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
It’s an open secret that Taylor Swift had some trouble
at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Despite being nominated for four
awards, she came away empty-handed. As well as Luke Bryan was instead the
night's big story when he pulled off an amazing upset and won entertainer of
the year.
In resolute terms, the author of the article reports
that Bryan overshadowed top winner Miranda Lambert's big night by beating out
some of country music's top performers, including Lambert and her husband Blake
Shelton, Jason Aldean and two-time entertainer of the year Swift in an upset
that few would have predicted because of his relatively recent move into the
spotlight. After an emotional speech,
Bryan's co-host Blake Shelton held his partner up and joked that he won in his
"first and last year as co-host" of the awards.
Analyzing the situation, it is necessary to note that Bryan
was the first male winner of the award since 2007 when Kenny Chesney won the
first fan-voted award. Swift and Carrie Underwood have won two apiece since
then. Bryan's win would be the talk of Las Vegas Sunday night but Lambert again
walks away as the academy's trophy magnet.
There is a lot of comment on how church, this year's
top nominee, also won vocal event of the year for his collaboration with Aldean
and Luke Bryan for their collaboration on "The Only Way I Know" and
performed his somber but powerful song "Like Jesus Does" with only an
acoustic guitar and a backup singer.
The article draws the conclusion that Stevie Wonder
made his first appearance on a country music awards show, joining Hunter Hayes
for a performance by two guys who got their start as precocious teens. Hayes
kicked off their set with his song "I Want Crazy," then was joined by
Wonder for his hit "Sir Duke."
Having watched
the clip, I can state that the award night was full of really colorful
performances, but the anticipation of Garth Brooks and George Strait performing
together overshadowed almost everything else.
Excellent!
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