"American Idol" has struggled to produce hit rock and R&B stars lately, but the show clearly has a knack for pumping out country acts. Just look at the winner's circle for Wednesday night's CMT Music Awards ceremony, where "Idol" winner Carrie Underwood took home two major honors and Scotty McCreery went home with some hardware as well.
Underwood, who also performed on the broadcast hosted by Toby Keith and actress Kristen Bell, snagged her third Video of the Year honor for the "Good Girl" clip, and hit the podium once again for Collaborative Video of the Year for her work on the "Rescue Me" video with Brad Paisley.
Underwood's man, professional hockey player Mike Fisher, played the role of dutiful husband by giving his wife a big hug and kiss when she and Paisley won their award, then held her purse during the acceptance speech. Paisley had some fun, too, wrapping his arms around Fisher before taking the stage and giving him a long hug before thanking, "this beautiful woman for being in the video, or else it's just a dork walking through the desert." He concluded, "to my wife at home, there's nothing between me and Mike," to which Underwood added, "not yet!"
Season 10 "Idol" champ McCreery continued his winning ways by scoring the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year for "The Trouble With Girls," which he accepted just hours before his high school graduation ceremony.
Other winners included Luke Bryan for Male Video of the Year for "I Don't Want This Night To End," Miranda Lambert for Female Video of the Year for "Over You" and Lady Antebellum for Group Video of the year for "We Owned The Night."
Bryan was clearly excited about his win, saying, "When you're at this level of what we do as singers, and your fans vote, it speaks huge volumes and it's crazy to be fan-voted for an award and win it ... I don't really get caught up in trying to be cool, trying to play a part. I just freaking get so excited about this stuff and I will always enjoy it."
Lambert's acceptance speech was one of the most emotional of the night. Celebrating her third straight Female Video win for the song she co-wrote with husband Blake Shelton about the death of his brother, she thanked Shelton's brother, "from heaven, for inspiring us to write this song." Thompson Square accepted the Duo Video of the Year ("I Got You") and Jason Aldean took home his first belt buckle with CMT Performance of the Year for "Tattoos On This Town."
The show opened with a bang, with a video bit pitting the hosts against each other in a battle to anchor the show alone that featured cameos from Matthew McConaughey, Jon Bon Jovi, President Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
"This is one of the toughest decisions I've had to make since I've been in office, but I decided I want them both," Obama said when forced to decide between the country star and the actress. Not wanting to offend any potential swing voters, Romney split the difference too, suggesting the pair work together. "See, I just put two people back to work," he joked. The show also featured performances from Willie Nelson with Toby Keith, Jamey Johnson, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown Band, as well as Paisley with Hank Williams Jr., Lambert and Journey with Rascal Flatts.
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