Idol Chatter & Voice Views

The CMT Music Award folks announced today that Season 3 Voice winner Cassadee Pope and Season 12 American Idol runner-up Kree Harrison have been added to the list of performers for next week’s telecast.

They’ll perform on the Nationwide Insurance stage, which means we’ll probably see just a brief snippet of their performances as the show breaks away for a commercial break.

Still, it’s nice and timely exposure for Kree, who has her American Idol single to promote, and for Cassadee, who has her first single coming out the day before the show.

Performing on the main stage at Wednesday’s show will be Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and a large cast of other country stars, including Luke Bryan, the Pistol Annies, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean and George Strait.

Carrie is up for two awards, as listed below. Kelly Clarkson is up for one, thanks to a duet she performed on the 2012 CMA Awards with Vince Gill.

The show airs at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, on CMT.

For the rest of nominees and information on how to vote, head here.

Video of the Year: Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” up against “Southern Comfort Zone” by Brad Paisley, “Springsteen” by Eric Church, “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line, “Wanted” by Hunter Hayes, “1994” by Jason Aldean, “Come Over” by Kenny Chesney,

“Tornado” by Little Big Town, “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye” by Luke Bryan, “Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift, and “One of Those Nights” by Tim McGraw.

Female Video of the Year: Carrie Underwood’s “Two Black Cadillacs” up against “American Heart” by Faith Hill, “Why Ya Wanna” by Jana Kramer, “Merry Go Round” by Kacey Musgraves, “Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert and “Begin Again” by Taylor Swift.

Collaborative Video of the Year: Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill on “Don’t Rush” up against “The Only Way I Know” by Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Eric Church; “Feel Like a Rockstar” by Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, “Changed” by Rascal Flatts and Journey; “Three Wooden Crosses” by The Avett Brothers and Randy Travis; and “Rocky Mountain Way” by Brad Paisley and Joe Walsh.