Who Will Win 2014 CMA Entertainer Of The Year? Lady Antebellum Predicts As Carrie Underwood And Brad Paisley Gear Up To Host Country Music’s Biggest Night!
The 48th Country Music Awards are finally here!
So who will walk away with the coveted title of 2014's Entertainer of the Year? One of the nominees, Lady Antebellum revealed their predictions, while the award show's hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley prepare for their big night.
Up for Entertainer of the Year this time around are country music stars Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, George Strait, and Keith Urban.
So in anticipation of the exciting evening, Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and Dave Haywood decided to weigh in on the all-important category.
"My gut guess would be Luke Bryan to take Entertainer of the Year," Scott told E! News. "I think with just the year that he's had-the past couple of years that he's had-I mean he's selling out stadiums. I think he's earned it, for sure."
Lady A is nominated in two categories for their new album "747," including Vocal Group of the Year and Music Video of the Year for their hit song "Bartender."
"We want to win for sure," confessed Kelley to E! News. "We've worked hard this year...We toured for, gosh, about 7-8 months straight and made a record. So we really just feel like we're putting a good fight to kind of just really put on a better show and album and everything."
"So it would mean a lot if we could win..." added the singer, "But we try to focus on the performance."
Meanwhile, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will host the CMAs for the seventh consecutive time on Wednesday night at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.
"Pray for me," Paisley joked to Newsday, regarding hosting with Underwood, who is currently pregnant.
"She's at this volatile stage, crying every time we sit down to talk about something," the "Perfect Storm" added teasingly. " 'I'm sorry, but that's just so sweet!' She told me about something the other day, 'That's going to upset the baby!'"
On a serious note, Underwood explained that hosting the country music event with Paisley is always a fun task.
"I've known Brad for a really long time," said Underwood. "His was one of the first tours I got to be a part of. After that first year [of teaming up for the CMAs], we started getting into our roles as hosts. We definitely have a good rhythm together. You get to play a character onstage and figure out the way you want to come off during the show, and I feel that people get it."
The 2014 CMAs will air tonight (Wednesday, Nov. 5) at 8 p.m. E.T. on ABC!