Kelsea Ballerini has been hosting the CMT Music Awards for the past three years.
But this year’s 2024 show, her fourth, will be the first time she’s done it without co-host Kane Brown.
The star was also named as one of the night’s performers.
The Penthouse and Mountain with a View singer, 30, opened up to People magazine about going into her fourth year as a solo host.
‘It’s definitely new grounds for me,’ Ballerini said.
‘But it’s my fourth year hosting, so I feel like I’ve learned a lot. And the good thing about CMT is there’s such a light energy, so there’s not a pressure that I feel to be perfect.
Kelsea Ballerini has been hosting the CMT Music Awards for the past three years. But this year’s 2024 show, her fourth, will be the first time she’s done it without co-host Kane Brown; seen in mid February in NYC
‘I just want to be fun, honor the night and help people have a good time.’
Ballerini has not been shy when it comes to using the show to make a statement.
She performed with drag queens during the Tennessee drag ban, and last year brought up the topic of gun violence.
‘I think when you have a platform, especially as a host, especially on a show having such a big platform on CBS and CMT, you have a responsibility to address things that matter,’ the four-time Grammy nominee explained.
‘Both of those statements last year really mattered to me. I just think it’s really important to have moments in every program, whether it be CMT or any show, where people are expressing their wants, for everyone to feel seen and safe.’
The star was also named as one of the night’s performers. The Penthouse and Mountain with a View singer, 30, opened up to People magazine about going into her fourth year as a solo host. ‘It’s definitely new grounds for me,’ Ballerini said. Seen in mid February in NYC
The three-hour CMT awards show will be broadcast live from Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on April 7 at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS
Ballerini is dating Chase Stokes whom she called her ‘bestie’; they have been together for one year
The country singer is coming off the successful year she had in 2023 anchored by her hit EP ‘Rolling up the welcome mat’- which was number three for the year on the Rolling Stone list of 25 best country and Americana albums.
However, 2023 was also the year that a messy divorce between her and Morgan Evans, her husband of five years, was finally settled.
The three-hour CMT awards show will be broadcast live from Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on April 7 at 8 p.m. EDT on CBS.
