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JUAN: THE BEST OF COUNTRY MUSIC
IS ABOUT TO ROCK CBS 2.
OUR SANDRA MITCHELL AND RICK
GARCIA SAT DOWN WITH THE HOSTS
FOR A PREVIEW.
BIG SUNDAY COMING UP ON CBS.
IT'S THE ACM AWARDS.
DIRKS BENTLEY AND LUKE BRYAN ARE
THE HOSTS AND NOMINEES.
CONGRATS, GUYS.
YOU ARE HAVING YOUR OWN LITTLE
PARTY.
WE DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN.
Y'ALL ARE THERE.
FUN BEING WITH YOU GUYS,
THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.
I WANT TO PUT YOU BOTH ON THE
SPOT.
WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO
TO SEEING THE MOST?
DEFINITELY NOT HIM.
[LAUGHTER]
NOT EACH OTHER.
[LAUGHTER]
NO, GO AHEAD.
I WAS GOING TO SAY DOLLY
PARTON AND KATY PERRY.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
THAT AND IT'S FUN TO HAVE ABUZZ
GOING AROUND A PERFORMANCE LIKE
THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS NOT
YOUR PERFORMANCE.
RIGHT, DIRKS?
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE FACT THAT THEY ARE
COLLABORATING AND THEY ARE GOING
TO, YOU KNOW, BE UP THERE ON THE
STAGE, IT WILL BE INTERESTING.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING REALLY
AMAZING TO WATCH.
THERE'S ALSO NEW ARTISTS.
YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT THIS
IS THEIR FIRST TIME EVER BEING
ON A MAJOR AWARDS SHOW, FIRST
TIME SINGING A SONG TO THE
INDUSTRY AND THE FANS.
ALWAYS FUN TO SEE HOW THE NEW
ARTISTS HANDLE ALL THAT
PRESSURE.
THE NEW HOSTS.
?
THE NEW HOSTS.
YOUR FIRST TIME?
ARE YOU NERVOUS?
ONLY 20 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHING;
RIGHT?
20, WOW, THAT'S A LOT.
20 MILLION, I WASN'T UNTIL YOU
SAID THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD
TILL NOW.
I'M NERVOUS BUT IN A GOOD WAY.
I THINK IF YOU WEREN'T NERVOUS,
YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE DOING
IT.
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE
ACM AND THE AWARDS SHOW AND OUR
FANS AND PEERS OUT THERE.
A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I HAVE LUKE WHO HAS BEEN DOING
IT FOUR TIMES.
HE'S REIGNING ACM ENTERTAINER OF
THE YEAR.
HE'S A GOOD GUY TO HAVE NEXT TO
YOU WHEN YOU ARE DOING IT THE
FIRST TIME
DIRKS, YOU SAID LUKE IS A GUY
YOU CALL WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE A
GOOD TIME.
CAN I HANG OUT WITH YOU GUYS?
I SAW THAT IN A BATHROOM
STALL.
WHAT?
[LAUGHTER]
CHEMISTRY IS IMPORTANT.
LUKE IS FUN.
HE'S ALL ABOUT HAVING A GOOD
TIME.
WHEN I SAW IT THAT -- I'VE HAD A
CHANCE TO DO OTHER TV STUFF, BUT
I HAVE TURNED A LOT DOWN,
BECAUSE I LIKE PLAYING LIVE
SHOWS AND WRITING SONGS.
WHEN THEY CALLED ME ABOUT THIS,
IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF FUN,
WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON TO DO
ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IN YOUR
CAREER IF IT'S A GOOD TIME.
I LOVE THE ACM'S.
IT IS A BIG HONOR TO BE PART OF
IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
TIME.
LUKE, ARE YOU GIVING DIRKS
ANY POINTERS ON WHAT'S GOING ON
BACKSTAGE AND ON STAGE?
WE HAVE BEEN JOKING WITH EACH
OTHER.
I MEAN, HE'S READY TO ROCK.
I MEAN, OUR MAIN THING IS JUST
GETTING IN THERE AND REHEARSE IT
AND HAVE FUN AND MAKE IT OUR
OWN.
I WAS ALWAYS REALLY -- MY FIRST
YEAR, YOU KNOW, NOBODY KIDS
AROUND AS MUCH AS BLAKE SHELTON
DOES, AND IT WAS KID, KID, KID,
BUT WHEN IT GOT DOWN TO THE TIME
TO GET, YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW,
PROFESSIONAL, WELL SAT DOWN AND
MADE IT WORK.
ME AND HIM WILL HAVE FUN WITH
THIS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
HAVE A PRETTY BIG
RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE'LL HAVE
FUN WITH IT, AND YOU KNOW, LAST
NIGHT WE HAD DINNER.
WE FLEW IN LAST NIGHT AND HAD
DINNER.
AND WE WERE ALREADY GOING OVER
SOME OF OUR SCRIPTS AND PUTTING
OUR OWN STAMP ON THEM AND STUFF
LIKE THAT IS FUN, WHEN YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE -- WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE
TALKING OUT A JOKE AND HASHING
IT OUT, THEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE
GOING TO RUN OUT THERE --
AND SEEING HOW IT IS GOING TO
PLAY OUT.
AND PERFORM IT.
IT IS ONE THING RUNNING A
JOKE WITH A FEW BEERS BUT IT IS
SOMETHING ELSE RUNNING THE JOKE
IN FRONT OF 20 MILLION PEOPLE.
YOU LOOK AT THESE GUYS.
IT IS A FAR CRY FROM WHEN MY MOM
WAS PLAYING HANK WILLIAMS OR
JOHNNY CASH.
LOOK AT THESE GUYS, COVER OF GQ
RIGHT NOW?
NEW COUNTRY?
WELL, THEY ARE HOSTING.
JUST WOKE UP THIS MORNING.
I GRABBED MY CLEANEST SHIRT AND
PUT IT ON.
.
THEY WAKE UP LIKE THAT.
YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
THANKS, GUYS.
HAVE FUN.
THANK YOU.
GOOD LUCK.
CONGRATS ON THE NOMINEES AS
WELL.