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"Do you want to build a&amp;#x2026;cowboy?!  Kristen Bell&amp;#xA0;is set to host this year&amp;apos;s CMT Music Awards, Us Weekly exclusively reveals.\r\nThe Frozen star will host the award show solo for the first time ever; Bell previously co-hosted twice before, once with Toby Keith in 2012 and once with Jason Aldean in 2013.\r\n\r\nThe mom to Lincoln, 14 months, tells Us she&amp;apos;s excited to host again and &amp;quot;not really&amp;quot; nervous to take on the role alone. &amp;quot;CMT proposed I host on my own this year, so I said, sure I&amp;apos;d give it a try,&amp;quot; the 33-year-old reveals of how she scored the gig.\r\nThe Veronica Mars actress adds she loves the awards show because &amp;quot;it&amp;apos;s such a fun show that never takes itself too seriously.&amp;quot; Not to mention, she tells Us, &amp;quot;The musical performances are like seeing the best country concert lineup all in one venue.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nPerformances will include everyone from Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and more.\r\n&amp;quot;We have a ton of surprise guests and artists this year that I&amp;#x2019;m really excited to see perform,&amp;quot; Bell continues, adding she loves that &amp;quot;country music songs tell stories&amp;quot; and that they&amp;apos;re &amp;quot;relatable.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBell&amp;apos;s favorite part about hosting the event is &amp;quot;the fact I get an up-close and personal seat to all the performances.&amp;quot; As for some of her favorite country artists, Dax Shepard&amp;apos;s wife admits she &amp;quot;loves Miranda Lambert&amp;apos;s upcoming album, and also Kacey Musgraves&amp;apos; song &amp;apos;Follow Your Arrow.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nTune in to the CMT Music Awards on June 4 at 8pm EST (broadcasting live from Nashville&amp;apos;s Bridgestone Arena) on CMT. Follow #CMTawards on Twitter for more updates."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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