The 2008 CMT Music Video Award Nominees

Voting has started for the 2008 CMT Music Video Awards, to be held on April 14th, in Nashville Tennessee. The first round of voting has ended and the nominees for all thirteen categories have been announced.

The nominees are:

Male Video of the year
Kenny Chesney for "Don't Blink"
Keith Urban for "I Told You So"
Alan Jackson for "Small Town Southern Man"
Toby Keith for "High Maintenance Woman"
Brad Paisley for "Online"
Trace Adkins for "I Got My Game On"
Jason Aldean for "Johnny Cash"
Josh Turner for "Firecracker"

Female Video of the Year
Taylor Swift for "Our Song"
LeAnn Rimes for "Nothin' Better to Do"
Martina McBride for "Anyway"
Carrie Underwood for "Wasted" and "So Small"
Gretchen Wilson for "Come to Bed"
Sara Evans for "As If"
Miranda Lambert for "Famous in a Small Town

Video of the Year
Brad Paisley for "Online"
Carrie Underwood for "Wasted"
Sugarland for "Stay"
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson for "Because of You"
LeAnn Rimes for "Nothin' Better to Do"
Taylor Swift for "Our Song"
Kenny Chesney for "Don't Blink"
Rascal Flatts for "Take Me There"

Duo Video of the Year
Big & Rich for "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" and "Lost in This Moment"
Van Zant for "Goes Down Easy"
Montgomery Gentry for "What Do Ya Think About That"
Sugarland for "Everyday America" and "Stay"
Brooks & Dunn for "Proud of the House We Built"

Group Video of the Year
Bon Jovi for "(You Want To) Make a Memory"
Eagles for "How Long"Little Big Town for "A Little More You"
Old Crow Medicine Show for "I Hear Them All"
Rascal Flatts for "Stand" and "Take Me There"
Randy Rogers Band for "One More Goodbye"
Lady Antebellum for "Love Don't Live Here"

Wide Open Country Video of the Year
Old Crow Medicine Show for "I Here Them All"
Willie Nelson for "Gravedigger"
Dwight Yoakam for "Close Up The Honky Tonks"
Jack Ingram for "Measure of a man"
Shooter Jennings for "Walk of Life"
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant for "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)"
Eagles for "How Long"
Billy Joe Shaver for "Get Thee Behind Me Satan"

USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year
Chuck Wicks for "Stealing Cinderella"
Bucky Covington for "A Different World"
Jason Michael Carrol for "Livin' Our Love Song"
Kellie Pickler for "I Wounder"
Luke Bryan for "All My Friends Say"
Eric Church for "Guys Like Me"
Lady Antebellum for "Love Don't Live Here"
Jake Owen for "Startin' With Me"

Collaborative Video of the Year
Alison Krauss and John Waite for "Missing You"
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant for "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)"
Tim McGraw with Faith Hill for "I Need You"
Bon Jovi with LeAnn Rimes for "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore"
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson for "Because of You"
Garth Brooks and Huey Lewis for "Workin' For a Livin"

Tearjerker Video of the Year
Big & Rich for "Lost in This Moment"
Kellie Pickler for "I Wounder"
Billy Ray Cirus for "Ready, Set, Don't Go"
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson for "Because of You"
Tim McGraw with Faith Hill for "I Need You"
Jason Meadows for "18 Video Tapes"
Kenny Chesney for "Don't Blink"
Sugarland for "Stay"

Comedy Video of the Year
Blake Shelton for "The More I Drink"
Luke Bryan for "All My Friends Say"
Sarah Johns for "The One in the Middle"
Trace Adkins for "I Got My Game On"
Toby Keith for "High Maintenance Woman"
Brad Paisley for "Online"
Shooter Jennings for "Walk of Life"
Dale Watson for "Hollywood Hillbilly"

Supporting Character of the Year
Jason Alexander in Brad Paisley's "Online"
Christian Kane in Carrie Underwood's "So Small"
Rodney Carrington in Trace Adkins "I Got My Game On"
Maureen McCormick in Brad Paisley's "Online"
William Shatner in Brad Paisley's "Online"
Drea De Matteo in Shooter Jennings "Walk of Life"
Tyler Hilton in Taylor Swift's "Teardrops on My Guitar"
James Denton in Dale Watson's "Justice For All"

Performance of the Year
LeAnn Rimes and Joss Stone for "Tell Me 'Bout It" on CMT, Crossroads
Sugarland for "Stay" on CMT, Music Awards 2007
Tim McGraw for "It Your Reading This" on CBS, the ACM Awards
Keith Urban and Alicia Keys for "Gimme Shelter" on NBC, Live Earth
Kellie Pickler for "I Wounder" on ABC, the 41st annual CMA Awards
Dierks Bently for "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" on PBS, Capital Forth 2007
Big & Rich with john Legend for "Lost In This Moment" on CBS, the 42nd ACM Awards
Miranda Lambert and Jack Ingram for "Gunpowder & Lead" on CMT, Cross Country

Director of The Year
Trey Fanjar for Miranda Lambert's "Famous In a Small Town," Trisha Yearwoods "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love" and Taylor Swifts "Our Song"
Deaton Flanigen for Martina McBride's "Anyway," Big & Rich's "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" and Kellie Pickler's "I Wounder"
David McCalister for Jason Michael Carroll's "Livin' Our Love Song," LeAnn Rimes "Nothin' Better to Do" and Eric Church "Lightning"
Charles Mehling for Keith Urban's "I Told You So, " Little Big Town's "I'm With The Band" and Dierks Bently's "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)"
Michael Salomon for Trace Adkins "I Got My Game On," Toby Keiths "Love Me If You Can" and "High Maintenance Woman"
Roman White for Carrie Underwood's "So Small," Sara Evan's "As If" and Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You"
Rocky Schenck for Sugarland's "Everyday America," Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" and Alison Krauss and John Waite's "Missing You"
Shaun Silva for Rascall Flatts "Take Me There," Kenny Chesney's "Don't Blink" and Sugarland's "Stay"

On March 6th, 2008 the finale four nominees for each category will be announced. Voting will continue at CMT.com until April 11th, 2008 to determine the winners.

The CMT Music Awards is the only country music awards show where the fans vote is what determines the winners.

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