Kelsea Ballerini, Anthony Mackie to host 2022 CMT Music Awards

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini and actor Anthony Mackie have been tapped to guide the following nation music awards ceremony.

As per Variety, Ballerini and Mackie will host the 2022 CMT Music Awards dwell from Nashville April 11, CBS introduced on Thursday.

This yr marks Ballerini’s second time as CMT host after internet hosting the 2021 awards present. Last yr, the singer co-hosted with fellow nation star Kane Brown, who was then in his second yr within the position.

Mackie, extensively recognized for his roles in Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ franchise, is a shock option to host a rustic music awards present, though he did current an award on final yr’s telecast.

Apart from asserting Mackie and Ballerini as this yr’s hosts, the networks mentioned that nominations might be revealed on March 16, rather less than a month previous to the present’s air date.

While the CMT Music Awards have largely been hosted by nation music figures lately, the present does have a protracted historical past of bringing in actors to share the gig.

Sarah Hyland co-hosted with Brown and Ashley McBryde in 2020; previous to that, Brittany Snow, Kristen Bell, Pamela Anderson, and Kathy Najimy had been drafted at varied factors.

Coming again to this yr’s CMT Music Awards, it was initially introduced for April 3, however then one other CBS present, the Grammys, took over that slot after being delayed from January, and the CMTs have been bumped again eight days.

The telecast might be primarily based at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium, with distant performances from different places, after lengthy having the a lot bigger Bridgestone Arena as its residence turf. No performers have but been introduced.