ACM Awards show highlights

Co-hosts Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire speak onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Brad Paisley performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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From left, Jeff Cook, Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, of the group Alabama, perform at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Celine Dion is seen onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood perform at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Toby Keith performs onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas

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Presenters Chace Crawford, left, and Brooklyn Decker speak onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Miranda Lambert accepts the award for single record of the year for "The House That Built Me" at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Taylor Swift, center, performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Taylor Swift performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Keith Urban performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Dierks Bentley performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Jason Aldean performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Surfer Bethany Hamilton, left, and actress AnnaSophia Robb speak onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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From left, Paul Worley and members of the band Lady Antebellum, Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley, accept the award for album of the year at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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TV personality Nancy O'Dell speaks onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Sara Evans performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Miranda Lambert performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Co-hosts Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton speak onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Ronnie Dunn performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Wynonna Judd, left, and Naomi Judd speak onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Martina McBride performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Eddie Montgomery, left, and Troy Gentry, of Montgomery Gentry, speak onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Host Blake Shelton performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Marie Osmond and Donny Osmond present the award for vocal group of the year at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Darius Rucker and members of the ACM Lifting Lives music camp perform at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Presenters Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon present the award for female vocalist of the year at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Miranda Lambert accepts the award for top female vocalist of the year onstage at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Zac Brown, left, and James Taylor perform at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Actress Marg Helgenberger presents the award for male vocalist of the year at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Brad Paisley accepts the award for male vocalist of the year at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Host Reba McEntire performs at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Ryan Seacrest presents the award for entertainer of the year at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Taylor Swift accepts the award for entertainer of the year at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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