The 42nd Annual CMA Awards are next week, November 12th, and with Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley as first-time co-hosts for Country Music’s Biggest Night, they want to do a great job…or at the very least, be better than…well, nobody! Chatting about their new duties, Brad and Carrie recall an occasion when the show didn’t have a designated host…and they’re playfully hoping their turn at the podium won’t make the “no-host” seem like a good idea again next year. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
- Don’t miss The 42nd Annual CMA Awards, airing live from Nashville this Wednesday, November 12th (8pm, ET), on ABC Television!
- Brad and Carrie actually make a great team…they even recorded a duet, “Oh Love,” for Brad’s 5th Gear album!
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood kid that co-hosting the CMA Awards may be a little like being on American Idol. (:53)
Carrie: “I like that they had a year where there was, like, not a host.”
Brad: “Yeah, me too.”
Carrie: “Because people can kind of, you know, not compare us (laughs)…”
Brad: “No kidding.”
Carrie: “…to hosts.”
Brad: “No kidding, that’s right. So if anything, hopefully we can be better than no host.”
Carrie: “Right (laughs).”
Brad: “That’d be bad if, that’ll be the worst thing if the next day…next year…imagine…”
Carrie: “Next year, they’re like, ‘We’re gonna go back to the no-host-thing format.'”
Brad: “‘Cause you know we’re gonna hear about it, and whatever happens, they’re gonna critique this. That’s the thing is this is literally almost like being on American Idol, for us, because they’re gonna critique us.”
Carrie: “I’ve been on American Idol.”
Brad: “I know you know what to do. I don’t know what to do.”
Carrie: “I know, I know what’s up.”
Brad: “I’ve never even met Simon, so…”
Carrie: “You pretend they’re saying nice things. Whatever comes out of their mouths, you kind of drift off into your own world and pretend it’s, ‘That was lovely.'”
Brad: “Yes.”
Carrie: “‘You’re the best person…'”
Brad: “Right, right.”
Carrie: “‘Best singer,’ that was me tryin’ to be Simon.”
Brad: “Yeah, right.”