Category: CO-HOST

Garth Previews The ACMs

Garth Previews The ACMs

| May 7, 2023

Garth Brooks & Dolly Parton will co-host this week’s ACM Awards on Amazon Prime. Garth co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton this past weekend. He didn’t say much about what he’s doing, but he talked a lot about Dolly! Listen to the unedited conversation below. Garth explained to Lon why this is the first […]

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Garth Brooks Co-Hosts 5/6-7

Garth Brooks Co-Hosts 5/6-7

| May 1, 2023

This week, Garth Brooks co-hosts the Countdown. He will co-host the 58th annual ACM Awards with Dolly Parton on Thursday May 11th. It will be the first time he’s co-hosted an awards show. One week later, he begins his Las Vegas residency. It continues through 2024. Plus, we get an update on his first and […]

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Parker McCollum Co-Hosts 4/29-30

Parker McCollum Co-Hosts 4/29-30

| April 24, 2023

This week Parker McCollum co-hosts the Countdown with Lon. His current hit ‘Handle On You,’ is in the Top 5. He will release his second album, Never Enough, on May 12th. He’s doing shows with summer with Eric Church and Morgan Wallen. He looks back a his first year as a married man. Plus he […]

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Brett Young’s Next Album

Brett Young’s Next Album

| April 23, 2023

After Brett Young co-hosted the Countdown, we had a chance to ask Brett more questions about his next album, his two children, and his favorite sports team: The Los Angeles Dodgers. Talk about going from having one daughter to now having two: One to two was remarkable to me. One is one, two is ten. […]

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Brett Young Co-Hosts 4/22-23

Brett Young Co-Hosts 4/22-23

| April 17, 2023

This week, Brett Young co-hosts the countdown. His current Top 10 is “You Didn’t.” He’s on the road now with a headline tour, and he told Lon, “This is the first year it feels normal again. Last year, the people seemed nervous about being in the room. We don’t feel that now for the first […]

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Hardy Co-Hosts 4/15-16

Hardy Co-Hosts 4/15-16

| April 10, 2023

This week, Lon’s co-host is Hardy, who has a Top 5 song with Lainey Wilson: “Wait In The Truck.” He just received seven nominations from the Academy of Country Music, including Song, Musical Event, and Video of the Year for Wait in The Truck. Hardy told Lon that “Wait In The Truck” began in a […]

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2023 ACM Nominees Announced

2023 ACM Nominees Announced

| April 9, 2023

Nominations Announced for the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards ‘Country Music’s Party of the Year,’ hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks returns exclusively on Prime Video live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on Thursday, May 11 Nominations are led by HARDY (seven) and Lainey Wilson (six), followed by Kane […]

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Bailey Zimmerman Co-Hosts 4/8-9

Bailey Zimmerman Co-Hosts 4/8-9

| April 3, 2023

This week’s co-host is Bailey Zimmerman, who is making his first appearance as Lon’s co-host: “Every day I wake up and think what the heck is going on? I’m playing on a world tour, I have hit songs, and two years ago, I was living with my mom.” For example, Bailey’s current hit “Rock & […]

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Dylan Scott Co-Hosts 4/1-2

Dylan Scott Co-Hosts 4/1-2

| March 27, 2023

This week’s co-host is Dylan Scott, who began the year at Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa festival in Mexico.  He told Lon, “It was exactly what I expected. If you’ve seen pictures, that’s what it’s like. It’s a party.” Dylan opened two nights for Luke, and also joined him on stage: “I got to tour with Luke two years […]

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Lainey Wilson Co-Hosts 3/25-26

Lainey Wilson Co-Hosts 3/25-26

| March 20, 2023

This week, Lainey Wilson co-hosts the countdown. She’s in the Top 5 with “Heart Like a Truck,” plus her song with Hardy, “Wait In The Truck,” is in the Top 10. She is the CMA New Artist & Female Vocalist of the Year. “I tell you what, that was the biggest and best night of my life. Not […]

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