Bucky Covington at the 2007 CMT Music Awards in Nashville. (Photo by Aaron Crisler/ Music City Update .com)With just a bit over three weeks until the voting for the 2008 CMT Music Awards comes to an end, we're a little nervous--and very excited! This is not only Bucky Covington's first major award nomination, it's also country music's only fan-voted awards show--which means getting that belt-buckle trophy into his hands is entirely up to us (and several hundred thousand of our closest friends, of course.) Late nights from now until the end of the voting period, we'll close out the day with a bit of CMT Music Awards history, news and updates--and if these glimpses behind the glitz and glamour inspire you to register at CMT.com, vote for Bucky Covington's "A Different World" in the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year category and pass those links on to everyone you know, we'll feel like we've done our job...
(Click here to get the badge at left for your MySpace, webpage or email signature.)Every gala awards ceremony begins with a glamorous red carpet--and although Bucky wasn't nominated for a CMT Music Award last year (his album was released that very week--time flies, doesn't it?) he was there to say hello and smile for the cameras. Both CMT.com and Wire Image have lots of photographic memory-lane fodder posted for your enjoyment, and Getty Images' brand new JAMD.com photo site (link goes to Bucky's shots) lets you browse event images in a floating frame, comment on them and send them to friends. It's a very fun way to provide a bit of visual aid to your newly recruited voters! (There's also a cool snippet of video from last year's CMT Awards preshow still available at StarStyle.com--nope, that good hair day was not just a happy accident...)
More visual aids are popping up in the form of avatars, banners and graphics you can add to your website, MySpace profile or other social networking page. Bucky's official site has one we've been posting for quite a while (you can snag the code for it here), there's a new animated public domain image floating around (creator says steal, link to CMT and use!) and we're looking for some more--from you. Got a banner, avatar or graphic you'd like to show off? If you're willing to share your creation and promote Bucky's bid for that beautiful CMT Music Awards belt-buckle trophy, send us an email (the address is in the sidebar) or a link to your page and we'll gladly pass it along.Late tomorrow night: your ticket (literally!) to the 2008 CMT Music Awards--how to get there, and what you need to know. See you then!
(Edited to add a belated but heartfelt Happy Birthday to Bucky's "Special Mother" , Tracey Covington--hope it was a wonderful day!)
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