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CMT MUSIC AWARDS FUN FACTS
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• What was the biggest onstage production number at any of the awards shows? Big & Rich – In 2005, “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” with…(8 dancers and 12 marching band members from Tennessee State University as well as 5 band members)
• What Dancing with the Stars finalist made a cameo to dance with host, Jeff Foxworthy at the 2006 CMT Music Awards? (Lisa Rinna)
• Who was the 2006 recipient of the Video of the Year award? (Keith Urban – for the second consecutive year; for “Better Life”)
• Which country legend is the Visionary Award named after? (Johnny Cash)
• Who has won the most awards from CMT? (Toby Keith – 7 awards)
• Trivia: The 2006 and 2007 CMT Music Awards buckle shaped trophies have an actual buckle that can be removed and worn.
• Which performance last year included members of displaced choirs from the Hurricane Katrina disaster regions? (Keith Urban’s closing performance of “Better Life”)
• Which artist's date was a country legend at the ’05 Awards show? (Keith Urban- he was escorted by Loretta Lynn)
• What artist made a surprise appearance at the 2005 CMT MUSIC AWARDS to premiere her latest single for the first time on live television? (Trisha Yearwood performed “Georgia Rain”)
• Which child actor turned director won in 2005? (Rick Schroder – won CMT Music Awards Video Director of the Year)
• Which performer got bleeped for comments she ad-libbed during a segment in the 2005 awards show? (Shania Twain)
• Which comedian cross-dressed in 2005? (Jeff Foxworthy – as part of a parody sketch for Shania Twain’s “Party for Two” video, he donned a Shania-esque outfit)
• Which actor turned musician had a Dumb & Dumber moment on stage at the '05 awards show? (Jeff Daniels - In what he called a Dumb & Dumber moment, Jeff Daniels continued to perform after his microphone went dead. During a parody of the classic 1965 film clip for Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, Daniels went silent, but wasn't aware of the problem until a stagehand brought him a second microphone.)
• The cast of which popular TV series was reunited at the 2005 CMT Music Awards? (the cast of The Dukes of Hazzard)
• Which superstar has made an appearance at every CMT Awards show only to win his first award in 2005? (Keith Urban)
• How many rhinestones were attached to the 2005 CMT Music Awards buckle trophy? (55)
• Who faked a British accent during an award presentation at the '04 awards show? (Alison Krauss)
• What Sex & the City star turned country singer walked the red carpet for the '04 awards show? (John Corbett)
• What Oscar-nominated actress walked the red carpet and presented with Alison Krauss at the '04 awards show? (Minnie Driver)
• How many wardrobe changes and hairstyles did Dolly Parton have when she hosted the show in 2004? (7 costume changes and 5 hairstyles)
• Who was the first recipient of the Johnny Cash Visionary Award? (Reba McEntire in 2004 – The Dixie Chicks won the first ever Video Visionary Award in 2002 – (it was later renamed in honor of Cash after his death in 2003)
• What song did Toby Keith open the show with in 2004? (“Whiskey Girl”)
• Which former Poet Laureate of the United States was a presenter at the ’04 awards show? (Maya Angelou)
• Who held June Carter Cash's purse during her acceptance of the Video Visionary Award on behalf of Johnny Cash at the ’03 awards show? (Vince Gill)
• How many costume changes did Pamela Anderson make when she hosted the show w/Toby Keith in '03? (Four)
• Who is the only four legged animal to ever walk across the awards show stage? (Jake - Dierks Bentley’s dog)
• Which cast member of That 70’s Show was a presenter at the ’03 awards show? (Wilmer Valderrama)
• What cartoon character appeared as part of the show in 2002? (Peggy Hill of King of the Hill – voiced by host, Kathy Najimy)
• Who was the first NASCAR driver to walk the red carpet in 2002? (Jimmie Johnson)
• What CMT CROSSROADS moment was recreated at the 2002 awards show? (Brooks & Dunn w/ZZ Top)
• Which country music superstar has performed at every CMT Awards show since its inception in 2002? (Toby Keith)
Behind the Scenes
• How long does it take to build the stage? (stage is built overnight but load-in takes 3-4 days to incorporate lighting, scenic, etc.)
• How many people does it take to build the stage? (150-200 people)
• What did the award look like before it was a belt buckle? (A lighter flame)
• How many buses are parked inside the loading dock during the show? (usually 6 or 8)
• How many cameras are used during the awards show? (11 cameras)
• What was the original name of the CMT Music Awards? (CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards)
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