Everything Country Fans Need to Know About Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | August 11, 2017

The Teen Choice Awards will air live on Fox on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 8 p.m. ET.

Sunday’s show will include performances from Louis Tomlinson and Bebe Rexha; Clean Bandit with Zara Larsson; an opening number featuring KYLE, Lil Yachty and Rita Ora; a world premiere of a brand-new song from the cast of Fox’s STAR; hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd; and French Montana, featuring Swae Lee with Uganda’s Triplets Ghetto Kids.

Fifth Harmony, Anthony Anderson and Logan Paul will be “special presenters” at the show, while celebrities slated to appear include Adam Scott, Craig Robinson, Kaitlin Olson, Thomas Barbucsa, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, Zendaya, Chris Pratt, Lucy Hale, Janel Parrish, Victoria Justice, Tyler Posey, Camila Cabello, Millie Bobby Brown, Gal Gadot, Tyler Hoechlin, Grant Gustin, Melissa Benoist, Olivia Munn, Bella Thorne, Kumail Nanjiani, Katherine Langford, Maddie Ziegler, Grace VanderWaal, The Dolan Twins, Hudson Yang, the cast of Riverdale, Liza Koshy and Marshmello.

On the country front, Sam Hunt, Florida Georgia Line and Blake Shelton picked up four nominations apiece, while Carrie Underwood earned two.

Check out the country music-centric nominees below.

Choice Country Artist

Blake Shelton
Carrie Underwood
Florida Georgia Line
Kelsea Ballerini
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt

Choice Country Song

“Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt
“Craving You” – Thomas Rhett (feat. Maren Morris)
“Every Time I Hear That Song” – Blake Shelton
“The Fighter” – Keith Urban (feat. Carrie Underwood)
“God, Your Mama, and Me” – Florida Georgia Line (feat. Backstreet Boys)
“In Case You Didn’t Know” – Brett Young

Choice Song: Male Artist

Sam Hunt – “Body Like a Back Road”
Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
Harry Styles – “Sign of the Times”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber) – “Despacito”
Niall Horan – “Slow Hands”

Choice Collaboration

Florida Georgia Line (feat. Backstreet Boys) – “God, Your Mama, And Me”
Cheat Codes (feat. Demi Lovato) – “No Promises”
Kygo & Selena Gomez – “It Ain’t Me”
Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson – “Just Hold On”
ZAYN & Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”
Zedd & Alessia Cara – “Stay”

Choice Summer Group

The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Fifth Harmony
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
Little Mix

Choice Summer Tour

Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman Tour
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic World Tour
Ed Sheeran – Divide Tour
Kendrick Lamar – The DAMN. Tour
Sam Hunt – 15 in a 30 Tour
Shawn Mendes – Illuminate World Tour

Choice Twit

Anna Kendrick
Blake Shelton
Chrissy Teigen
Ellen DeGeneres
Justin Timberlake
Zendaya

Choice Snapchatter

Ariana Grande
Bella Thorne
Brett Eldredge
DJ Khaled
Kylie Jenner
Selena Gomez

Choice TV Personality

Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Blake Shelton – The Voice
Anthony Anderson – To Tell the Truth
Tyra Banks – America’s Got Talent
James Corden – The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jimmy Fallon – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

photo by Jason Simanek

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