Blake Shelton to Co-Host 2011 ACM Awards With Reba

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Blake Shelton has some additional duties when this year's Academy of Country Music Awards rolls around in April. He will be sharing hosting duties with Reba McEntire, who has been the solo host of the show for 12 years.

The two, who are both managed by Reba's husband Narvel Blackstock, announced the nominees for last year's ACM Awards together on CBS' 'The Early Show,' and the idea sprung from the camaraderie they displayed on air.

"When they did that, you saw a chemistry," ACM executive director Bob Romeo told USA Today. "They played off each other naturally. They seemed warm and spontaneously funny."

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