Fans will continue to have a say in that category and entertainer of the year.

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In two years, they had won eight Academy of Country Music Awards, including the male-dominated Entertainer of the Year category in 2000.

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Swift and Lambert are up for the academy's top honor entertainer of the year with Lambert's husband, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan.

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Shelton's co-host Luke Bryan was the surprise winner of the prestigious entertainer of the year award, which was widely expected to go to Swift, who won it in 2011 and 2012.

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He earned a People's Choice Award in 1979, 1982 and 1983 as all-around male entertainer of the year, and was picked as favorite motion picture actor on that show in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983 and 1984.

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Bryan pulled off a dizzying upset, all right, beating out the night's top winner Miranda Lambert, two-time entertainer of the year Taylor Swift and top male stars and good friends Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean for the academy's top award.

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Though Bryan got tons of love before the ACMs because of his new role as co-host with Shelton, the idea of winning entertainer of the year was far from his mind as he prepared to replace Reba McEntire on the show.

NPR: No One More Surprised Than Luke Bryan By ACMs Win

Thirteen police forces have now received allegations of abuse by the entertainer, who died a year ago, aged 84.

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The 79-year-old entertainer will appear at the house's front door to the sound of the theme to his show Jim'll Fix It.

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The 49-year-old entertainer, who was arrested on Wednesday morning, was interviewed about alleged drugs offences by officers investigating the death of 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock.

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