Charles Esten to Host CMT Awards With Performances From Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Brett Eldredge & More

Charles Esten to Host CMT Awards With Performances From Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Brett Eldredge & More

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey  |  May 2, 2017

Charles Esten is one step closer to his goal of world television domination. The star of Nashville—as well as television commercials—announced on Instagram on May 1 that he will be hosting the CMT Awards on June 7.

Charles also added that performers will included Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett and Brett Eldredge. More performers and presenters will be announced in the coming days.

Nominations for the fan-voted awards show will be announced on May 9. Fan voting opens the same day on CMT and continues until June 5.

Check out Charles’ Instagram announcement below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BTjTv9HD1rX/?hl=en

photo by Jason Simanek

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