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"Ya'll miss the CMT Awards? Not to worry, because we've got the best moments all picked out to share with our ten-gallon hat-wearing readers. So grab a sweet tea, let your hair down and take a trip down to Nashville with SELF!  \\n  \\n Best Surprise Guest  \\n  \\nThe show started with Toby Keith and [Kristen Bell](/magazine/blogs/lucysblog/2012/02/five-on-5-with-kristen-bell) \\\"feuding\\\" over who would be the solo host of country music's most glamorous event -- and it got pretty ugly! But, just in time to save the show, President Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney made video appearances and declared that two should be co-hosts! Their diplomatic resolution was totally unexpected, and the best way to start the night!  \\n  \\n Best Couple  \\n  \\nWe can't deny that power duo Miranda Lambert and hubby Blake Shelton looked adorable side by side, and we'd be lying if we said co-host Kristen Bell didn't glow next to her beau Dax Shepard. But, it's no question who had the best date in the house: Kellie Pickler. The country crooner had Sergeant Sean DeBevoise on her arm, a Marine wounded while deployed in Iraq. Not enough that she brought one handsome man in uniform, but she also got a bonus date! The sergeant's service dog, Rusty, donned a bow tie for the occasion and got plenty of slobbery kisses from the lovely songstress.   \\n  \\n Best Dressed  \\n  \\nAlthough Rusty's fancy get-up did not go unappreciated, the award for best dressed is a tie between [Kristen Bell](/healthystars/2012/02/kristen-bell-answers-your-questions-slideshow#slide=1) ... and Kristen Bell. In a slew of costume changes, Bell just seemed to outdo herself over and over as the night went on. First, she sparkled (literally) on the purple carpet in a golden Reem Acra floor length gown, with hot red lips to boot. Later in the evening, Bell kept the bling coming in a black Monique Lhuillier gown with a beautifully embellished halter.  \\n  \\n Best Performance  \\n  \\nWould you be annoyed if we said all of them? From Luke Bryan to Hot Chelle Rae and Lady Antebellum, SELF loved the energy on stage and the hootin' and hollerin' fans in the crowd. If we absolutely had to pick, we'd have to give it up to living legend Willie Nelson and his stellar performance of \\\"Roll Me Up.\\\" Backed by Toby Keith, the Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker and Jamey Johnson, Nelson drove the crowd wild with his classic anthem.  \\n  \\n Funniest Moment  \\n  \\nThis ones goes to Bell and her onstage audition to join Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe's country super group Pistol Annies. \\\"I'm also a huge Pistol Annies fan,\\\" Bell admitted to the crowd. \\\"And I'm going to be honest, I think they should let me in the band. I've even written my own verse for 'Hell on Heels' just to prove I got what it takes,\\\" said the co-host.Her verse went: \\\"I've got Pistol Annie tattooed on my fanny. I'm nice to men, but I'm mean to my Granny. I'm not crazy; let me have your baby. OK maybe, I'm a bit crazy. I'm Hell on Heels -- Annies I'm coming for you!\\\" Kristen, we think you'd make a rootin'-tootin' fourth member!  \\n  \\n*--Sarah Daoud*   \\n  \\n  \\n  \\nMore from SELF:  \\n  \\n[Country Superstar Miranda Lambert on Body Image](/healthystars/2012/06/miranda-lambert-slideshow#slide=1)  \\n  \\n[Skinny Summer Cocktails](/fooddiet/2012/06/summer-drinks-slideshow#slide=1)  \\n  \\n[6 Secrets to Firing Up Your Metabolism](/fitness/2012/02/secrets-to-firing-up-your-metabolism-slideshow?intcid=trail0604#slide=1)\\n\\n--\\n\\n\\n\\nFor daily nutrition tips follow SELF on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/selfmagazine) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/#%21/SELFmagazine).\\n\\n\\n\\nGet SELF on your [iPad](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id421088847?mt=8) and [Kindle Fire](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0063M1C6U)!\\n\\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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