Entertainer of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Brad Paisley - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
Keith Urban
Zac Brown Band
Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley - if Blake doesn't win I want Dierks to win!
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
George Strait
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire - I'm going with Reba as an upset to WIN!
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Album of the Year
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum - HAS TO WIN! (though this is such a tough category!)
Play On - Carrie Underwood
Revolution - Miranda Lambert
Twang - George Strait
Up on the Ridge - Dierks Bentley - (it would be cool if Dierks pulled an upset and won)
Musical Event of the Year
"Bad Angel" - Dierks Bentley featuring Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson
"Can't You See" - Zac Brown Band featuring Kid Rock
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins - Lezli's pick to WIN!
"I'm Alive" - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews
"Till the End" - Alan Jackson with Lee Ann Womack
New Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Easton Corbin
Jerrod Neimann
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
Music Video of the Year
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
"The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert
"Water" - Brad Paisley
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert
Single of the Year
"A Little More Country Than That" - Easton Corbin
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
"The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert
Song of the Year (songwriters award)
"A Little More Country Than That" - Rory Lee Feek, Bon Poythress, Wynn Varble (Easton Corbin)
"Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Josh Kear (Lady Antebellum)
"The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (Miranda Lambert) - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
"Toes" - Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band)
"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby (Miranda Lambert)
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum - Lezli's Pick to WIN!
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brooks and Dunn - Lezli's Pick to WIN - I think the CMA's will give it to them one more time
Joey and Rory
Montgomery Gentry
Steel Magnolia
Sugarland - This is who I think should really win!
Musician of the Year
Paul Franklin
Dan Huff
Brent Mason
Mac McAnally
Randy Scruggs