Dierks Bentley to Announce ACM Awards Nominees Monday

ACM Awards 2016
Photo courtesy of the Academy of Country Music

ACM Awards Show co-host Dierks Bentley will announce the nominees for this year’s awards this Monday (2/1) on CBS This Morning.

Dierks Bentley was announced as the new co-host for Luke Bryan for the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards to replace Blake Shelton who decided to step away from the co-hosting duties this year.

He will perform his first official duties for the ACM as a co-host Monday morning when he appears live on CBS This Morning in the 8:00 AM eastern time hour (7:00 AM central time). Dierks will reveal the nominees for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Vocal Duo of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year and Album of the Year.

After Dierks has made the announcement for those categories, Entertainment Tonight anchor Nancy O’Dell will reveal the ACM nominees for New Male Vocalist of the Year, New Female Vocalist of the Year, New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year, Video of the Year, and Vocal Event of the Year on ETOnline.com at 8:50 AM eastern time (7:50 AM central time).

The full list of ACM Awards nominees revealed will be available at ACMcountry.com following the big announcements Monday morning. Nominees for the Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year awards will be revealed in the coming weeks.

The winners will be announced when Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley co-host the 51st ACM Awards Show from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3rd at 8:00 PM eastern time (7:00 PM central time) which will be broadcast live on CBS.

By: Buck Stevens