Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards

The pieces are falling into place for the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards, which will air Thursday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and Peacock.

Little Big Town will host the show, which will be held at the fabled Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Brothers Osborne will present the Country Champion award to Wynonna Judd. Blake Shelton will present the Country Icon award to Toby Keith.

Little Big Town, Wynonna, Keith and Shelton are all set to perform on the show, as are Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay, HARDY, Jelly Roll, Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini.

Additional presenters who will take the stage to reveal winners of the fan-voted awards include Dustin Lynch, Hunter Hayes, Jessie James Decker, Kristin Cavallari, Lady A and Mickey Guyton.

The PCCAs will be held just four days before voting opens for the 2023 Country Music Association Awards, where several of these performers are nominees. Jelly Roll has five CMA nominations; HARDY has four. Pearce and Ballerini are competing for female vocalist of the year at the CMAs. Dan + Shay is up for vocal duo of the year. Little Big Town is up for vocal group of the year. Brown is vying for musical event of the year, where he is competing with three other PCCA performers – Jelly Roll, HARDY and Pearce. Can a strong performance on one awards show boost your chances of winning on another show? Let’s just say it can’t hurt. It seems likely that a large swath of the country music community will either attend or watch the show.

Voting for the CMA Awards extends from Monday, Oct. 2, through Friday, Oct. 27

Voting for the PCCAs is now closed. Morgan Wallen is the leading nominee with 11 nods, followed by Luke Combs and HARDY, with nine each.

The People’s Choice Country Awards is produced by Den of Thieves. Jesse Ignjatovic, Evan Prager and Barb Bialkowski will executive produce, along with RAC Clark as executive producer and showrunner.

Backstage Live: People’s Choice Country Awards, a livestream featuring red-carpet arrivals, backstage chats and other behind-the-scenes coverage, will air on Peacock, PCA Twitter, NBC Twitter/Facebook/YouTube, TODAY All Day/Twitter, E! News Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/E! Online, Access Twitter/YouTube, and Circle social platforms.

These projects are touted as an example of collaboration resulting from NBCUniversal’s equity investment in Opry Entertainment Group alongside Atairos, which was finalized last year.  

Here are all the performers and presenters for the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards.

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