Results of 2012 CMA Awards Predictions – Readers vs. Taste of Country Staff
Prior to the 2012 CMA Awards, fans, media and "experts" lined up to make predictions on who would win each award. Taste of Country staff made their picks as well, and asked readers to do the same in daily readers polls. It's time to look at how everyone did. Warning: It's not pretty.
Of the nine predictions, ToC staff and readers each got three right, including both picking the winner for New Artist of the Year and Song of the Year. Nobody (as a whole) picked Blake Shelton to win Entertainer or Male Vocalist of the Year, and he did just that. Scroll through to see the ugly results. Hopefully nobody had any money riding on these awards.
Entertainer of the Year
Winner: Blake Shelton
ToC Prediction: Taylor Swift
Readers Prediction: Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Blake Shelton
ToC Prediction: Jason Aldean
Readers Prediction: Jason Aldean
Female Vocalist of the Year
Winner: Miranda Lambert
ToC Prediction: Miranda Lambert
Readers Prediction: Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of the Year
Winner: Little Big Town
ToC Prediction: Lady Antebellum
Readers Prediction: Lady Antebellum
Vocal Duo of the Year
Winner: Thompson Square
ToC Prediction: Love and Theft
Readers Prediction: Sugarland
New Artist of the Year
Winner: Hunter Hayes
ToC Prediction: Hunter Hayes
Readers Prediction: Hunter Hayes
Album of the Year
Winner: Eric Church, 'Chief'
ToC Prediction: Miranda Lambert, 'Four the Record'
Readers Prediction: Luke Bryan, 'Tailgates and Tanlines'
Song of the Year
Winner: Miranda Lambert, 'Over You'
ToC Prediction: Miranda Lambert, 'Over You'
Readers Prediction: Miranda Lambert, 'Over You'
Single of the Year
Winner: Little Big Town, 'Pontoon'
ToC Prediction: Blake Shelton, 'God Gave Me You'
Readers Prediction: Little Big Town, 'Pontoon'