2002 CMT Flameworthy Awards
The inaugural 2002 CMT Flameworthy Awards premiered on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 from the Gaylord Entertainment Center (later known as the Bridgestone Arena) in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Later to be known as the CMT Music Awards. Kathy Najimy hosted the ceremony. The CMT Flameworthy Awards were a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performance.
2002 CMT Flameworthy Awards | |
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Date | June 12, 2002 |
Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
Hosted by | Kathy Najimy |
Most awards | Kenny Chesney (2) |
Most nominations | Toby Keith (4) |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | CMT |
Background
The network, CMT, decided to rework their dated TNN/CMT Country Weekly Music Awards in to a new Award show, styled similalary to the MTV Video Music Awards. CMT asked fans to vote for what music videos they deem "Flameworthy" for the launch of country music's first ever video music awards. CMT stated "Flameworthy recognizes music videos' unique ability to make a lasting impact -- viewers hear it, see it, feel it, love it -- and it becomes flameworthy".[1]
Winners and nominees
Winners are shown in bold.[2](nominees styled with "Flameworthy" before each title)
Video of the Year | Female Video of the Year |
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Male Video of the Year | Group/Duo Video of the Year |
Breakthrough Video of the Year | Video Collaboration of the Year |
Concept Video of the Year | Hottest Video of the Year |
"lol" (laugh out loud) Video of the Year | Love Your Country Video of the Year |
Fashion Plate Video of the Year | Video Director of the Year |
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Performances
Presenters
- Glen Campbell, introduced Alan Jackson and lit the flame of the awards
- Peggy Hill (voiced by Kathy Najimy), stared off Najimy's monologue
- Gary Allen and Chris Cagle, presented Group/Duo Video of the Year
- Trace Adkins and Mini Me, presented Concept Video of the Year
- Rascal Flatts, presented Video Director of the Year
- Montgomery Gentry and Ali Landry, presented Breakthrough Video of the Year
- Ed DeGeorge and Cyndi Thomson, presented Fashion Plate Video of the Year
- Jamie O'Neal and Carolyn Dawn Johnson, presented Male Video of the Year
- Billy Campbell, presented Video Visionary Award to The Chicks
- Carrot Top, presented Laugh Out Loud Video of the Year
- Kenny Chesney, presented Female Video of the Year
- Cletus T. Judd and Chely Wright, presented Hottest Video of the Year
- Travis Tritt, presented Love Your Country Video of the year, memorialized Waylon Jennings and the September 11 Attacks
- Glen Campbell, presented Video of the Year
References
- "CMT.com: CMT Flameworthy Awards". 2002-06-03. Archived from the original on 3 June 2002. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- "CMT.com: Final Nominees". 2002-08-06. Archived from the original on 6 August 2002. Retrieved 2022-04-17.