The 2013 ACM Awards provided country music fans with some of the best entertainment we’ve seen in recent years. Though Reba McEntire chose not to host this year, Blake Shelton returned and was joined by Luke Bryan, who stepped in as co-host for the first time. The pair delivered their humorous, scripted lines effortlessly, but as Luke Bryan tells it, it was much harder than it looked.
In a press conference after his momentous win for Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan gave reporters some insight into the making of the show. The “Crash My Party” singer told the media that he was very excited about co-hosting and very passionate about getting it right. He rehearsed with Blake Shelton numerous times, each time wanting to go over their lines again until they made it better and better. Luke Bryan says that making the show as good as it could be, making it an enjoyable experience for viewers was so important to him that he couldn’t focus on much of anything else. In fact, he says, right before the show, he couldn’t have even told you what he was nominated for. He was so set in his mind on perfecting the show, that he’d just about forgotten about the awards.
Even if he had been able to recall the categories for which he was nominated, Luke Bryan says that winning Entertainer of the Year would never have entered his consciousness. He said the award felt “unattainable,” so it was surreal to have actually won it. In the very heartfelt press conference speech, it was easy to see that Luke Bryan was as genuinely touched by the award as he had appeared to be on stage. The fact that fans bestowed the honor upon him through voting was more than he could comprehend, but he was very grateful.
It’s nice, humble guys like Luke Bryan that make fans want to vote, and moments like Luke Bryan’s win that will live on as one of the greatest moments in ACM Awards history.
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