Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt Take Home Teen Choice Awards

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | August 14, 2017

Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt won trophies at the Teen Choice Awards last night (Aug. 13).

Carrie copped the top prize in the Choice Country Artist category, while Sam earned the nod for Choice Country Song with “Body Like a Back Road.”

Thanks so much, fans, for the Teen Choice Award for #ChoiceCountryArtist ❤️🎤 You guys are the best! 😘 @TeenChoiceFOX

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) August 14, 2017

Sam (2), Florida Georgia Line (2), Blake Shelton (2) and Brett Eldredge (1) earned nominations in a combined seven all-genre categories, but they were bested each time.

Check out all of the country-centric nominations below with the winners.

Choice Country Artist

Carrie Underwood WINNER
Blake Shelton
Florida Georgia Line
Kelsea Ballerini
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt

Choice Country Song

“Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt WINNER
“Craving You” – Thomas Rhett (feat. Maren Morris)
“Every Time I Hear That Song” – Blake Shelton
“The Fighter” – Keith Urban (feat. Carrie Underwood)
“God, Your Mama, and Me” – Florida Georgia Line (feat. Backstreet Boys)
“In Case You Didn’t Know” – Brett Young

Choice Song: Male Artist

Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You” WINNER
Sam Hunt – “Body Like a Back Road”
Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
Harry Styles – “Sign of the Times”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber) – “Despacito”
Niall Horan – “Slow Hands”

Choice Collaboration

Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson – “Just Hold On” WINNER
Florida Georgia Line (feat. Backstreet Boys) – “God, Your Mama, And Me”
Cheat Codes (feat. Demi Lovato) – “No Promises”
Kygo & Selena Gomez – “It Ain’t Me”
ZAYN & Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”
Zedd & Alessia Cara – “Stay”

Choice Summer Group

Fifth Harmony WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
Little Mix
The Chainsmokers
Coldplay

Choice Summer Tour

Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman Tour WINNER
Sam Hunt – 15 in a 30 Tour
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic World Tour
Ed Sheeran – Divide Tour
Kendrick Lamar – The DAMN. Tour
Shawn Mendes – Illuminate World Tour

Choice Twit

Ellen DeGeneres WINNER
Blake Shelton
Anna Kendrick
Chrissy Teigen
Justin Timberlake
Zendaya

Choice Snapchatter

Ariana Grande WINNER
Brett Eldredge
Bella Thorne
DJ Khaled
Kylie Jenner
Selena Gomez

Choice TV Personality

Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show WINNER
Blake Shelton – The Voice
Anthony Anderson – To Tell the Truth
Tyra Banks – America’s Got Talent
James Corden – The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jimmy Fallon – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

photo by Jason Simanek

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