Country video channel CMT announced the nominees for the 2008 CMT Video Awards. Voting for every category will open to the public at 5pm ET and run through February 25th. The final four nominees will then be announced with another round of fan voting March 6 through April 11. Winners will then be announced during the April 14 live broadcast from Nashville’s Curb Event Center at Belmont University.
You'll have to click for the full list of nominees, but here are the biggies:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Best video of the year; awarded to the artist (male, female, group/duo or collaboration) and the video director. Final nominees announced during live telecast, with final voting held online at CMT.com during the show.
- Brad Paisley "Online" — Jason Alexander, director
- Carrie Underwood "Wasted" — Roman White, director
- Kenny Chesney "Don’t Blink" — Shaun Silva, director
- LeAnn Rimes "Nothin' Better To Do" — David McClister and LeAnn Rimes, directors
- Rascal Flatts "Take Me There" — Shaun Silva, director
- Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson "Because of You" — Roman White, director
- Sugarland "Stay" — Shaun Silva, director
- Taylor Swift "Our Song" — Trey Fanjoy, director
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Best video director of the year; awarded to the director for his or her body of work from the past year
- Charles Mehling — for Dierks Bentley's "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" and Keith Urban's "I Told You So"
- David McClister — for LeAnn Rimes’ "Nothin’ Better To Do" and Jason Michael Carroll's "Livin’ Our Love Song"
- Deaton Flanigen — for Big & Rich's "Lost in this Moment" and Martina McBride's "Anyway"
- Michael Salomon — for Toby Keith's "High Maintenance Woman" and Trace Adkins' "I Got my Game On"
- Rocky Schenck — for Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's "Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)" and Sugarland's "Everyday America"
- Roman White — for Carrie Underwood's "So Small" and Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You"
- Shaun Silva — for Kenny Chesney’s "Don’t Blink" and Rascal Flatts’ "Stand"
- Trey Fanjoy — for Bucky Covington's "A Different World" and Taylor Swift's "Our Song"
