Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift Lead CMT Award Winners

Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift Lead CMT Award Winners

Kellie Pickler takes home bragging rights tonight as the biggest winner at the CMT Music Awards. Unfortunately, she wasn't there to accept her big belt buckle trophies in person. The blond beauty gave her acceptance speeches via satellite from Arizona, for Breakthrough Video of the Year, Tearjerker Video of the Year and Performance of the Year -- all for the autobiographical song and video, 'I Wonder.'

Pickler's good friend, Taylor Swift, won two big awards: Female Video of the Year and the night's biggest award, Video of the Year, for 'Our Song.' She also performed her hot (literally) new single, 'Picture to Burn,' backed by pyrotechnics at Nashville's Curb Event Center.

Trace Adkins was another big winner of the night, taking home Male Video of the Year for 'I Got My Game On.' Rascal Flatts' 'Take Me There' nabbed Group Video of the Year, while Sugarland's 'Stay' won for Duo Video.

Read the full list of 2008 CMT Awards nominees and winners after the jump. (Winners are listed in *bold.)

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VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Brad Paisley -- 'Online' (Director: Jason Alexander)
Carrie Underwood -- 'Wasted' (Director: Roman White)
Kenny Chesney -- 'Don't Blink' (Director: Shaun Silva)
LeAnn Rimes -- 'Nothin' Better To Do' (Directors: David McClister and LeAnn Rimes)
Rascal Flatts -- 'Take Me There' (Director: Shaun Silva)
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson -- 'Because of You' (Director: Roman White)
Sugarland -- 'Stay' (Director: Shaun Silva)
* Taylor Swift -- 'Our Song' (Director: Trey Fanjoy)

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Brad Paisley -- 'Online'
Keith Urban -- 'I Told You So'
Kenny Chesney -- 'Don't Blink'
Toby Keith -- 'High Maintenance Woman'
* Trace Adkins -- 'I Got My Game On'

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Carrie Underwood -- 'So Small'
LeAnn Rimes -- 'Nothin' Better to Do'
Martina McBride -- 'Anyway'
Miranda Lambert -- 'Famous in a Small Town'
* Taylor Swift -- 'Our Song'

GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Bon Jovi -- '(You Want To) Make a Memory'
Little Big Town -- 'A Little More You'
Rascal Flatts -- 'Stand'
* Rascal Flatts -- 'Take Me There'

DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Big & Rich -- 'Lost in this Moment'
Brooks & Dunn -- 'Proud of the House We Built'
Montgomery Gentry -- 'What Do Ya Think About That'
* Sugarland -- 'Stay'

USA WEEKEND BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Bucky Covington -- 'A Different World'
Chuck Wicks -- 'Stealing Cinderella'
* Kellie Pickler -- 'I Wonder'
Luke Bryan -- 'All My Friends Say'

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

* Bon Jovi featuring LeAnn Rimes -- 'Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore'
Garth Brooks and Huey Lewis -- 'Workin' for a Livin''
Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson -- 'Because of You'
Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill -- 'I Need You'

WIDE OPEN COUNTRY VIDEO OF THE YEAR

* Alison Krauss and Robert Plant -- 'Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)'
The Eagles -- 'How Long'
Jack Ingram -- 'Measure of a Man'
Willie Nelson -- 'Gravedigger'

PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Dierks Bentley -- 'Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)' from 'A Capitol
Fourth 2007'
* Kellie Pickler -- 'I Wonder' from 'The 41st Annual CMA Awards'
Sugarland -- 'Stay' from 'The 2007 CMT Music Awards'
Tim McGraw -- 'If You're Reading This' from 'The 42nd Annual ACM Awards'

SUPPORTING CHARACTER OF THE YEAR

Christian Kane for Carrie Underwood's 'So Small'
Jason Alexander for Brad Paisley's 'Online'
* Rodney Carrington for Trace Adkins' 'I Got My Game On'
Tyler Hilton for Taylor Swift's 'Teardrops On My Guitar'

TEARJERKER VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Billy Ray Cyrus -- 'Ready, Set, Don't Go'
* Kellie Pickler -- 'I Wonder'
Kenny Chesney -- 'Don't Blink'
Sugarland -- 'Stay'

COMEDY VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Blake Shelton -- 'The More I Drink'
* Brad Paisley -- 'Online'
Toby Keith -- 'High Maintenance Woman'
Trace Adkins -- 'I Got My Game On'

VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
* Michael Salomon (award eligible videos include: Toby Keith's 'High Maintenance Woman' and Trace Adkins' 'I Got my Game On')
Roman White (award eligible videos include: Carrie Underwood's 'So Small' and Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson's 'Because of You')
Shaun Silva (award eligible videos include: Kenny Chesney's 'Don't Blink' and Rascal Flatts' 'Stand')
Trey Fanjoy (award eligible videos include: Bucky Covington's 'A Different World' and Taylor Swift's 'Our Song')

Filed Under: Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift
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