Blake Shelton Skips CMA Awards: Here's Where He Was Spotted Instead!

god’s country.The eight-time Grammy nominee is the longest running judge on the hit NBC competition reality series, but after 23 seasons he is happy to be retired.The country crooner sat down for an interview on Friday episode of “The Jennifer Hudson Show” and revealed that he doesn’t miss the gig one bit after Hudson, 42, asked if he longed to still serve as a coach. “Not yet, I mean,” Shelton snapped. “I did that show for 23 seasons.” The 47-year-old admitted that he would had actually left the show sooner if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t forced the world to shut down in 2020.“To be totally honest about it, I wasn’t even planning on being there that long,” he shares.

Blake Shelton recalls Billy Ray Cyrus giving him a tough love pep talk before he made his first TV appearance more than 20 years ago. The "God’s Country" singer said he was "scared to death" in 2001 when he was asked by CMA Awards organizers if he would appear on the show and do a commercial bumper in which he'd tease who was coming up and sing about 20 seconds of his song "Austin." Shelton told Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday that while he stood in the wings, Cyrus exited the stage after presenting an award, introduced himself and asked Shelton if he was all right. "And I go, ’Man, I’m scared to death.

Wynonna Judd insists that all is well with her, despite concerns by fans who watched her jacket-clutching performance Wednesday night with Jelly Roll at the CMA Awards.

CMA 2023 Awards performance on Wednesday evening while onstage with new artist of the year winner Jelly Roll for a duet of his hit “Need a Favor.”Judd’s unsteadiness during the song prompted worried fans to label it as seriously “wrong” and she seemed to be off-balance for most of the time.She then responded on Nov. 9 and addressed her weird appearance, citing on social media that she was just “so freaking nervous.”The crooner continued: “I got out there and I looked at Jelly Roll.

her marriage to Mike Fisher is struggling.OK! Magazine reports that Carrie Underwood didn’t attend the Country Music Awards on Wednesday. Her absence was a bit questionable, especially since she was nominated for Entertainer of the Year. However, the award later went to her fellow female singer, Lainey Wilson.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic These weren’t your grandfather’s CMA Awards… or even yours, from, say five years ago. A new generation has been firmly installed, between the big look for Lainey Wilson, who is only on her second major-label album but was named entertainer of the year, and other winners from Luke Combs to Hardy, who were also unknown a decade ago. When Chris Stapleton suddenly nearly seems like the “old guard” after only six years of accruing awards, things have changed.

Is Wynonna Judd OK?! That’s the biggest worry on country music fans’ minds right now! On Wednesday night, the singer took the stage with Jelly Roll to sing Need A Favor as the opening number at the 2023 CMA Awards in Nashville.

Wynonna Judd is speaking out after fans were concerned about her performance at the 2023 CMA Awards on Wednesday night (November 8),

Wynonna Judd quickly caught wind that fans were concerned over her CMA Awards 2023 performance on Wednesday — and she swears she’s just fine.The country singer took to Instagram and TikTok to address what many considered to be “bizarre” behavior during her duet with Jelly Roll after the star-studded show.“Don’t read the comments’ they say…” the 59-year-old captioned the post.In the video, she smiled and added: “Don’t read the comments, I read the comments!”“I’m just gonna come clean with y’all. I was so freaking nervous,” she continued.

Post Malone, Morgan Wallen and Hardy took the stage together at Wednesday’s CMA Awards to pay tribute to the late country legend Joe Diffie. Wallen and Hardy started together, running through Diffie’s 1993 song “John Deere Green,” before welcoming Malone to the stage to sing the 1994 hit “Pickup Man” as a trio. While Post Malone is most strongly associated with hip-hop and pop, he has shown his love of the country genre before with numerous covers of songs in the genre, like “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” by Brad Paisley, “You Can Have the Crown” by Sturgill Simpson and “There’s a Tear in My Beer” by Hank Williams.

Post Malone carries a red Solo cup while posing on the red carpet with Morgan Allen at the 2023 CMA Awards held at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 8) in Nashville, Tenn.

Kelsea Ballerini cuddles up to boyfriend Chase Stokes as they hit the red carpet at the 2023 CMA Awards held at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night (November 8) in Nashville, Tenn.

Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning are hosting the 2023 CMA Awards yet again!

The 2023 CMA Awards have come to a close and all of the winners have been announced!

Luke Combs is hitting the red carpet!

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have arrived at the 2023 CMA Awards!

Singer and Yellowstone TV star Lainey Wilson came into the 2023 Country Music Assn. Awards as the leading nominee, and she lived up to that advance billing by taking home five trophies Wednesday including the top honor Entertainer of the Year.

CMA Awards 2023 performance at least one labeled “bizarre.”The country music icon, 59, appeared unsteady while joining country newcomer Jelly Roll for a duet of his hit “Need a Favor,” to open ABC’s broadcast of the show. Judd, who lost her mother and singing partner Naomi Judd to suicide last April, seemed “off” during the performance, according to fans on social media platform X.“Am I the only one concerned for @Wynonna,” one fan asked. “Something is wrong with her.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The winners of the 2023 CMA Awards are being announced from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Luke Combs‘ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” won the first two on-air awards, for single of the year and song of the year.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Many of the most beloved country musicians will gather in Nashville on Tuesday night for the CMA Awards. The ceremony will take place from the city’s Bridgstone Arena at 8 p.m.