Kelsea Ballerini to Host the 2024 Country Music Television Awards Solo for the First Time: ‘I Just Want to Help People Have a Good Time’
Kelsea Ballerini has hosted 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 evening’s performers.
The Penthouse and Mountain with a View singer, 30, opened People magazine about entering her fourth year as a solo presenter.
“It’s definitely new territory for me,” Ballerini said.
“But it’s my fourth year as host, so I feel like I’ve learned a lot. And the good thing about CMT is that there is such a light energy, so there is no pressure I feel to be perfect.
Kelsea Ballerini has hosted 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 hasn’t been shy when it comes to using the show to make a statement.
She performed with drag queens during Tennessee’s drag ban, and last year she brought up the subject of gun violence.
“I think when you have a platform, especially as a host, especially on a show with such a big platform on CBS and CMT, you have a responsibility to address things that matter,” the four-time Grammy nominee explained out.
‘Both statements from last year were very important to me. I just think it’s really important in any program, whether it’s CMT or a show, to have moments where people express their wishes so that everyone feels seen and safe.”
The star was also named as one of the evening’s performers. The Penthouse and Mountain with a View singer, 30, told People magazine that she was entering her fourth year as a solo presenter. “It’s definitely new territory for me,” Ballerini said. Seen in NYC in mid-February
The three-hour CMT awards show airs live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on April 7 at 8:00 PM EDT on CBS
Ballerini is in a relationship with Chase Stokes, who she called her “bestie”; they have been together for a year
The country singer is coming off a successful year she had in 2023, anchored by her hit EP ‘Rolling up the Welcome Mat’ – which was number three on Rolling Stone’s list of 25 Greatest Country and Americana Albums this year.
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 air live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on April 7 at 8:00 PM EDT on CBS.