Taylor Swift's ACM Chances

Taylor Swift's ACM Chances

Taylor Swift's ACM Chances, Predicting the ACMs: Swift, Shelton Likely to Repeat–But How About a Lady A/Band Perry Smackdown?, The star faces worthy competition for Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards. If you were a betting country music fan, you'd probably already be in Las Vegas to get some roulette spinning in, in advance of Sunday night's Academy of Country Music Awards. But if you prefer your wagers to be purely symbolic, there's no reason not to be an armchair gambler and lay odds on who'll win the top prizes at the ACMs.

In what are usually the three most-watched categories—entertainer, male vocalist, and female vocalist of the year—we're placing our bets on a three-peat by Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, and Miranda Lambert, respectively. But everything else is up for grabs. See if our prognostications meet with your approval:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Jason Aldean

• Kenny Chesney

• Brad Paisley

• Blake Shelton

• Taylor Swift

WILL WIN: Swift. This award goes to the person who's considered the best ambassador to the outside world for country music and/or the biggest touring act. Without a doubt, both criteria fit T-Swift to a tee. And if she won it last year, how much easier will it be to give it to her after yet another sold-out concert trek this past year that found her graduating to stadiums in some cities? Also, this award is largely fan-voted. Need we say more? There's a huge amount of support for Shelton and Aldean, too, but those votes may cross each other out. Paisley and Chesney have had their day, the thinking goes—fairly or otherwise—as much as it seems premature to relegate them to elder statesmen.

SHOULD WIN: Swift. What, you don't agree? Why you gotta be so mean? The genre could have no better evangelist, as far as being a Vogue cover girl and someone who's not so far above her raising as to not stop by to do interviews with local radio DJs, as she did with a huge number of them assembled in Las Vegas this week. A gracious savant who happens to be one of the world's half-dozen most beloved entertainers in any genre is not going to lose this without a much-merited riot.

via: yahoo