2015 CMA Awards Predictions: Readers vs. Taste of Country Staff Results

The 2015 CMA Awards had some wildly unexpected moments, but overall this year, Taste of Country staff and readers did pretty well in predicting this year's winners.

Well ... maybe not "pretty well," considering that both the staff and readers correctly predicted six out of the 11 categories that we weighed in on. But on the bright side, we all got more than half of our predictions right, which beats the other way around.

Our readers beat us this year in accurately predicting Luke Bryan as Entertainer of the Year, while we went with Garth Brooks (stop laughing ... it could have happened!), and you also correctly picked Florida Georgia Line for Vocal Duo, while we chose Maddie + Tae. ToC staff accurately picked Chris Stapleton for Album of the Year, and we were also right about M+T winning Music Video of the Year, while our readers fell short in those categories.

Somehow we all missed out on Female Vocalist, Male Vocalist and New Artist of the Year, but hey ... there's always 2016. It's on!

Take a look at the results below.

Entertainer of the Year

The Winner: Luke Bryan
ToC Prediction: Garth Brooks
Readers Prediction: Luke Bryan

Female Vocalist of the Year

The Winner: Miranda Lambert
ToC Prediction: Carrie Underwood
Readers Prediction: Carrie Underwood

Male Vocalist of the Year

The Winner: Chris Stapleton
ToC Prediction: Dierks Bentley
Readers Prediction: Luke Bryan

Album of the Year

The Winner: Chris Stapleton
ToC Prediction: Chris Stapleton
Readers Prediction: Little Big Town

New Artist of the Year

The Winner: Chris Stapleton
ToC Prediction: Sam Hunt
Readers Prediction: Sam Hunt

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriters)

The Winner: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"
Toc Prediction: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"
Readers Prediction: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"

Single of the Year

The Winner: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"
ToC Prediction: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"
Readers Prediction: Little Big Town, "Girl Crush"

Vocal Group of the Year

The Winner: Little Big Town
ToC Prediction: Little Big Town
Readers Prediction: Little Big Town

Vocal Duo of the Year

The Winner: Florida Georgia Line
ToC Prediction: Maddie & Tae
Readers Prediction: Florida Georgia Line

Musical Event of the Year

The Winner: Keith Urban, "Raise 'Em Up" (Feat. Eric Church)
ToC Prediction: Keith Urban, "Raise 'Em Up" (Feat. Eric Church)
Readers Prediction: Keith Urban, "Raise 'Em Up" (Feat. Eric Church)

Music Video of the Year

The Winner: Maddie & Tae, "Girl in a Country Song"
ToC Prediction: Maddie & Tae, "Girl in a Country Song"
Readers Prediction: Carrie Underwood, "Something in the Water"

See Country Stars on the Red Carpet at the 2015 CMA Awards