Lainey Wilson to Host 2025 CMA Awards: She’s Just the 3rd Woman to Solo-Host

Lainey Wilson, who co-hosted past year’s CMA Awards with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, volition big this year’s amusement each by herself. She volition go conscionable the 3rd pistillate to solo-host the show, pursuing state queens Dolly Parton (1988) and Reba McEntire (1991).

Twice arsenic galore men person solo-hosted the show: Tennessee Ernie Ford (twice), Glen Campbell (once), Johnny Cash (four times), Kenny Rogers (three times), Vince Gill (10 times) and Luke Bryan (once).

Country Music’s Biggest Night, the show’s trademarked slogan, is acceptable to broadcast unrecorded from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena connected Wednesday, Nov. 19 (8-11 p.m. ET) connected ABC. It volition beryllium disposable the pursuing time connected Hulu.

Wilson has won 9 CMA Awards successful the past 3 years, including pistillate vocalist of the twelvemonth 3 years running. She is tied with Ella Langley and Megan Moroney for the astir nominations astatine this year’s awards (six each).

“I grew up watching the CMA Awards similar it was the Super Bowl, truthful to beryllium hosting for a 2nd twelvemonth is simply a existent honor,” Wilson said successful a statement. “I’m humbled that CMA has trusted maine with this role, and I can’t hold to emotion connected this genre that has fixed maine truthful much.”

First held successful 1967, the CMA Awards is the longest-running yearly euphony awards programme connected web television. CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by much than 7,000 nonrecreational voting members of the Country Music Association.

The 59th yearly CMA Awards is simply a accumulation of the Country Music Association. Robert Deaton serves arsenic enforcement producer, Alan Carter is director, and Jon Macks is caput writer.

Tickets are connected merchantability present the CMA Awards site.