Jelly Roll Brings Out Surprise Guest For Emotional ACM Awards Debut
By Rebekah Gonzalez
May 12, 2023
Jelly Roll gave a moving performance of his emotional 2020 hit "Save Me" for his ACM Awards debut on Thursday night (May 11th) while highlighting ACM Lifting Lives. However, he couldn't make his debut without doing something special.
After passionately delivering the first verse and chorus, Jelly Roll welcomed a special surprise guest: the 2023 ACM Awards Female Artist of the Year, Lainey Wilson! Earlier in the night, Jelly Roll teased the special guest telling red-carpet interviewers that the guest "was a way better singer than" him, but their voices sounded equally great and moving.
Country music's biggest stars were honored at the 58th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday night. Two of the genre's most iconic superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks teamed up to co-host the show live from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
HARDY and Lainey Wilson dominated this year's nominations with seven and six nods respectively. Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, and Cole Swindell each earned five nominations this year. For one of the night's most coveted awards, Entertainer of the Year, Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, and Morgan Wallen were all in the running. Keep up with the 2023 ACM Awards winners here!
Other performers include Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown, Ashley McBryde, Cody Johnson, Jo Dee Messina — returning to the ACM Awards stage for the first time in more than two decades — Dolly Parton, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, The War and Treaty, and Jelly Roll's fellow first-time ACM Awards performers Bailey Zimmerman and Ed Sheeran.