Carly Pearce is hosting the ACM Honors this year for a second time. Even though she makes her living on a stage in front of people, Carly says hosting is definitely a different kind of challenge, but one she’s excited to take on.
“I’ve always wanted to get into hosting. That’s been something that’s been so important to me, so to get to start to have these opportunities over the last couple years have been really exciting for me. I think being able to host two years in a row gave me a bit more confidence. But I do think it’s kind of exercising a different muscle, as far as, you’re in charge of keeping everything kind of moving cohesively through a show, in front of people that have influenced you your whole life. Especially this year looking out and seeing Shania Twain and kind of having a banter with her from the stage was really fun. It’s definitely a huge honor that I think if I wasn’t nervous would be a problem.”
The ACM honors celebrate special award honorees, off-camera category winners, and ACM Industry and Studio Recording Awards, and among this year‘s honorees are Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert and Shania Twain. Although Carly was pretty busy with her hosting duties, she was able to catch a few favorite moments during the show.
“I loved Vince. He honored Stapleton, which just, anytime Vince Gill sings I die for. Shania just in general, getting to see everybody and their performances. Kelsea doing the whole theatrical “Man I Feel Like A Woman” and Tiera getting to sing, and Avril Lavigne coming out and honoring her with ‘No One Needs to Know.’ I think just all of that, and then hearing Shania‘s take on that honor and on songwriting and that kind of stuff was really powerful just being another female. But I think that my favorite performance of the night was Brooks & Dunn honoring Miranda Lambert, singing ‘Kerosene’.”
For the first time ever, the ACM honors will air on FOX, Tuesday night, September 13, at 8/7 Central.
