ACM Awards 2025: Host, Performers and Everything to Know

It's clip for nan 2025 ACM Awards!

The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards, presented by Carnival Cruise Line, are going down connected Thursday, May 8, and immoderate of nan genre's biggest stars will beryllium honored for their philharmonic contributions complete nan past year.

This year's ceremonial will characteristic dozens of celebrities, some presenting and accepting nan awards, arsenic good arsenic show-stopping performances passim nan night.

Here's everything you request to cognize astir nan 2025 ACM Awards.

Who is hosting nan 2025 ACM Awards?

Reba McEntire will return arsenic this year's ACM Awards host, and she precocious said to PEOPLE astir really she's preparing for nan show.

"Well, I'm usually not nervous," said nan "Fancy" icon. "We get ready. I opportunity my prayer, which I ever do, aliases I inquire nan Holy Spirit to locomotion for me, talk for me, speak for me, singing for me, make judge I don't stumble erstwhile I get connected that stage, and I person my full squad of angels."

McEntire, 70, continued, "I've sewage my full squad pinch me, my glitter team, my guidance team, sewage [boyfriend] Rex [Linn] pinch maine each nan time, truthful I'm gonna person fun. And past you spot your buddies that you've seen for nan past really galore years, and past you get to meet nan young group that are here. So, it's gonna beryllium a nosy night."

Who is nominated astatine nan 2025 ACM Awards?

The 2025 ACM Awards nominations were led by "Weren't for nan Wind" singer Ella Langley with 8 successful total.

Other apical nominees include Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson with 7 each, followed by Chris Stapleton with six arsenic good as Riley Green and Post Malone, who each nabbed five.

Additionally, Keith Urban will beryllium honored pinch nan ACM Triple Crown Award.

Who is performing astatine nan 2025 ACM Awards?

The awards show is group to unfastened pinch a 12-minute capacity from Clint Black, Dan + Shay, LeAnn Rimes, Sugarland, McEntire and Wynonna Judd, who will observe nan Song of nan Year winners from nan past 60 years of nan ACMs.

Other musicians performing astatine nan ceremonial include Alan Jackson, Backstreet Boys, Shelton, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Chris Stapleton, Johnson, Langley, Eric Church, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Wilson, Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Shaboozey and Zach Top.

Stapleton, Moroney and Brothers Osborne will execute successful tribute to Urban for his ACM Triple Crown Award presentation.

McEntire, Lambert and Wilson will debut their caller collaboration, "Trailblazer," astatine nan show. Additional associated performances will travel from Jelly Roll with Shaboozey, Brooks & Dunn pinch Johnson and Backstreet Boys with Rascal Flatts.

Who is presenting astatine nan 2025 ACM Awards?

Presenters astatine nan 2025 ACM Awards will see Blake Shelton, Carly Pearce, Black, Crystal Gayle, ERNEST, Gabby Barrett, Gretchen Wilson, Lee Ann Womack, Jordan Davis, Lionel Richie, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Parker McCollum, Green, Rita Wilson, Sara Evans, Sugarland, the Oak Ridge Boys, Judd, Chase Elliott, Amber Anderson and Kelly Sutton.

Bobby Bones will besides beryllium coming to behaviour creator interviews passim nan show.

How to watch nan 2025 ACM Awards?

The 2025 ACM Awards will watercourse unrecorded via Prime Video connected Thursday. May 8 astatine 8 p.m. ET from nan Ford Center astatine The Star successful Frisco, Texas.