“We Can Finally Say” Reba McEntire Will Return as Host of the 2025 ACM Awards

“We Can Finally Say” Reba McEntire Will Return as Host of the 2025 ACM Awards - American Songwriter

Reba McEntire may not be returning for season 27 of The Voice, but that doesn’t mean fans won’t see her on their screens. The flame-haired “Queen of Country” is currently starring in the NBC sitcom Happy’s Place. And the Academy of Country Music officially announced Wednesday (Jan. 1) that Reba will return to host this year’s historic 60th awards ceremony.

Reba McEntire Has Hosted the ACM Awards More Than Anyone

During last year’s ACM Awards, Reba McEntire promised she’d be back next year to host. Now, the Academy of Country Music has made that official. “We can finally say ‘Reba will be back THIS YEAR to host the 60th ACM Awards!’” read a post on the Academy’s official Instagram page.


The 60th ACM Awards ceremony will return to the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on May 8, 2025. This marks the Lone Star State’s third consecutive year to host the awards show.

This year also marks Reba’s 18th time to host or co-host the ceremony—more than any other artist in ACM history. The “Fancy” hitmaker first co-hosted the show in 1986 with John Schneider and the late Mac Davis.

In fact, Reba is gaining ground on Bob Hope as the “host with the most” for any major awards show. Hope hosted or co-hosted the Oscars 19 times between 1940 and 1978.

We Can Finally Say” Reba McEntire Will Return as Host of the 2025 ACM Awards - American Songwriter

“After her triumphant return this year for the 59th show, there is clearly no one better suited to helm this milestone show!” ACM CEO Damon Whiteside previously said in a statement.

Instagram users were eager to see Reba return to the Ford Center stage. “I can’t wait to see her host again,” one fan wrote.

Another added, ” So excited! She needs to perform too!! She’s truly the best !”

‘The Voice’ Champ Says Reba Was “Like a Mother” To Him

Under Reba McEntire’s tutelage, Asher HaVon became the first openly LGBTQ+ winner of The Voice. And the season 25 champ is still singing the seven-time Top Female Vocalist’s praises nearly a year later.

HaVon, 32, dropped his latest single, “Thank You,” on Thanksgiving Day.

“The entire song was based on our relationship, of course being from Selma, not experiencing a big city and then going to the big city and meeting Reba,” he told the Selma Times-Journal.

He continued, “She really cultivated me like a mother with a son and just really walked me through some great trials and really bringing me out on the other side as a mentor, as a coach and as a mother.”

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