CMT Awards' most controversial performances including Gwen Stefani's cameo and Kelsea Ballerini's bold on-stage move | 245WS8N | 2024-04-10 20:08:01
From Gwen Stefani's genre-bending cameo to Kelsea Ballerini'
THE CMT Awards have been host to many controversial moments in recent times.
From Gwen Stefani's genre-bending cameo to Kelsea Ballerini's drag queen parade, the country music award present has enjoyed its share of jaw-dropping moments.
With The CMT Awards scheduled to broadcast on Sunday, April 7 on CBS, listed here are a number of the show's most controversial performances.
ROCK SHOW
Last yr, through the 2023 CMT Awards, Gwen Stefani, 54, and country singer Carly Pearce, 33, teamed up and stunned the viewers with a rendition of the rock star's No Doubt single, Just a Woman.
Gwen began the efficiency standing on middle stage with a crowd of cheering viewers members surrounding her.
She belted out the lyrics to her rock band's 1995 hit whereas sporting a form-fitting white gown and slicked-back blonde hair styled into a pair of buns.
The skintight get-up featured a purple polka dot print and enormous bows hooked up to the edges of her hips.
Carly, dressed in all-black, joined the Hollaback Woman singer on stage as she sang the second verse of the Tragic Kingdom standout.
The pair sang in unison and traded off vocals as they melded their voices collectively to sing the track's iconic refrain.
Gwen and the CMT Award winner ended the efficiency on a literal high observe as they belted out, "Oh, I've had it as much as right here!" much to the approval of the cheering audience.
DRAGGED BY CRITICS
Final yr's show included many surprises, together with when its host, Kelsea Ballerini, 30, stood with the drag group by performing with a gaggle of drag queens as she sang If You Go Down (I'm Going Down Too).
The present was held approximately one month after& Tennessee signed Senate Invoice three and Home Invoice 9 into regulation.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> The regulation banned drag performances from occurring on any public property or location where youngsters could possibly be in attendance.
In the course of the efficiency, the Grammy-nominated artist wearing a 1950s-inspired outfit and stood towards a white picket fence backdrop as RuPaul's Drag Race stars Kennedy Davenport, Olivia Lux, Jan Sport, and Manila Luzon joined her on stage.
Toward the top of the track, the drag queens removed Kelsea's inexperienced raincoat to reveal a horny, flower-print bodysuit earlier than all five performers walked out to middle stage for the music's finale.
In an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the Love Me Like You Imply It singer spoke about receiving anti-LGBTQ+ backlash after performing with Kennedy, Olivia, Jan, and Manila and what she took from the experience.
Final yrs show included many surprises, including when its host, Kelsea Ballerini stood with the drag group by performing with a gaggle of drag queens[/caption]
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In the course of the efficiency, Kelsea dressed in a 1950s-inspired outfit and stood towards a white picket fence backdrop as RuPauls Drag Race[/caption]
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Kelsea carried out onstage with Kennedy Davenport, Olivia Lux, Jan Sport, and Manila Luzon[/caption]
Kelsea informed podcast host, Alex Cooper, "What I'll say is I can't imagine what it feels wish to be the drag queen on stage because the hate that I received for that was the loudest I've ever gotten from the public, however it doesn't examine to what they're getting all the time."
Whereas the Unapologetically artist acquired reward from the queer group and its allies for her efficiency, the singer acquired just as many homophobic feedback for her determination to include the drag queens.
She admitted, "It really put me in my place and checked me," before including, "I've all the time been an ally, but what does it imply, you recognize?"
"I simply felt like it was a very necessary time to point out up in a approach that I might on a stage that felt actually necessary, Kelsea continued.
The singer explained, "My lesson from that was, like, what I felt from the backlash occasions one million is actually what they undergo to precise themselves, to like who they love, to be who they are, whatever it's.
"And that, to me, was a very, actually eye-opening takeaway."
Three-time host Kelsea is about to return to her hosting duties for the 2024 CMT Awards.
TAKING A STAND
Kelsea, pictured here together with her boyfriend, actor Chase Stokes, opened last yrs show, with a stand towards gun violence[/caption]
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Kelsea opened last yr's show, which she co-hosted with Kane Brown, with a stand towards gun violence in a shifting tribute to the victims of Nashville's Covenant Faculty capturing.
She said, "On March 27, 2023, three 9-year-olds – Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs – along with Dr. Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak, and Mike Hill, walked into the Covenant Faculty and didn't walk out.
"The group of sorrow over this and the& 130 mass shootings& within the U.S. this yr alone stretches from coast to coast."
The host shared her private experience with& campus gun violence as she revealed, "I needed to personally get up here and share this moment, because on Aug. 21, 2008, I watched Ryan McDonald, my 15-year-old classmate at Central High Faculty, lose his life to a gun in our cafeteria."
Kelsea continued, "Tonight's broadcast is devoted to the ever-growing record of family's buddies, survivors, witnesses, and responders whose lives continue to ceaselessly be changed by gun violence.
"I pray deeply that the closeness and the group that we really feel by way of the subsequent few hours of music can quickly turn into action – like, actual motion – that strikes us ahead together to create change for the security of our youngsters and our loved ones."
HATERS BEWARE
In 2019, the Zac Brown Band gained the CMT Music Awards' Group Video of the Yr honor for his or her music video Somebody I Used to Know[/caption]
When accepting the award, lead singer Zac Brown didnt maintain back as he offered advice for all aspiring artists[/caption]
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In 2019, the Zac Brown Band gained the CMT Music Awards' Group Video of the Yr honor for his or her music video Somebody I Used to Know.
When accepting the award, lead singer Zac Brown didn't hold again as he offered advice for all aspiring artists.
He advised young artists, "Have [the] courage to stand up towards the machine, be yourself, work arduous, and in the future you'll be able to get up here and inform all the haters to f**okay off."
Zac additional explained his pointed comments backstage of the award present when chatting with Billboard.
The Hen Fried singer said, "I feel we& just have been ourselves the entire time. I have one of the best band on the earth.
"We're just artists and we like to make music and we've a fan base that loves what we do and follows us down all these totally different rabbit holes of what we like.
He continued, "We really love all totally different types of music and to write down all totally different sorts is admittedly fulfilling to us. We don't have to bop for anyone.
"That's the best part about it, to actually create what we would like," Zac added.
CONFUSING START
In 2014, fans have been left considerably confused by the start of the CMT Awards.
The opening act featured R&B star Jason Derulo singing his hit track, Speak Soiled.
Music group Florida Georgia Line and country celebrity, Luke Bryan, 47, joined the singer on stage as they danced along to choreographed strikes.
ZZ Prime additionally joined the performance in a genre-blending mishmash that left many viewers scratching their heads.
In 2014, followers have been left considerably confused by the beginning of the CMT Awards[/caption]
The opening act featured RB star Jason Derulo singing his hit music, Speak Soiled with Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line[/caption]
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In the course of the 2023 CMT Awards, Gwen Stefani and Carly Pearce teamed up and stunned the viewers with a rendition of the rock stars No Doubt single, Only a Woman[/caption]
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