Best Female Vocal

Kasey Chambers	Beccy Cole	Sami	Laura Downing	Kathryn Jones
Christie Lamb	Amber Lawrence	Dianne Lindsay	Jasmine Rae	Caitlyn Shadbolt

Best Male Vocal

Peter Christie	Brett Clarke	Paul Cowderoy	Ryan Daykin	Dale Duncan
Nathaniel O'Brien	Steve Passfield	Graham Rodger	Justin Standley	Martin Vella

Best Group or Duo

Adam Eckersley Band	The Long And Short Of It
The Bobkatz	The McClymonts
Brothers3	The Sunny Cowgirls
The Jay Seeney Band	The Viper Creek Band
Jetty Road	The Wolfe Brothers

Best Album

Troy Cassar-Daley	Jasmine Rae	The Viper Creek Band	Kathryn Jones	Lee Kernaghan
Brett Clarke	Peter Christie	Graham Rodger	Paul Cowderoy	Long And Short Of It

Best Song

AUSTRALIA'S COLONIAL SONS Written & recorded by Graham Rodger	MAN OF FEW WORDS Recorded by Paul Cowderoy Written by Paul Cowderoy & Rod Pascoe
BROTHERS NEVER PART Recorded by Brothers3 Written by Shardyn Fahey-Leigh, Makirum Fahey-Leigh, Tayzin Fahey-Leigh, Daniel Skeed	MY FATHER'S HOUSE Written & recorded by Peter Christie
EVEN COWGIRLS SING THE BLUES Recorded by Kathryn Jones Written by Steve Passfield & Kathryn Jones	SATURDAY NIGHT Recorded by Simply Bushed Written by Paul Grierson, Chris Reiger & Niki Downing
HARD EASY Written & recorded by Justin Standley	YOU MADE ME STRONGER Recorded by The Long And Short Of It Written by Patsy Toop & David Baird
INDESCRIBABLE Recorded by The Jay Seeney Band Written by Jay Seeney	YOUR WEDDING DAY Written & recorded by Martin Vella

Best Bush Ballad

BLUE GUMS CALLING ME BACK HOME Recorded by Rachel Jillett Written by Harry Williams	THE OLD CAMP OVEN Recorded by Dale Duncan Written by Terry Bennets & Neil Lethbridge
BROTHERS NEVER PART Recorded by Brothers3 Written by Shardyn Fahey-Leigh, Makirum Fahey-Leigh, Tayzin Fahey-Leigh, Daniel Skeed	ONE LAST MUSTER Recorded by Allan Caswell Written by Manfred Vijars & Allan Caswell
JACARANDA TREE Writtem & recorded by Col Finley	RETURN OF THE STOCKMAN Recorded by Justin Standley Written by Stan Coster & David Kirkpatrick
LONG WAY ROUND Written & recorded by Anita Ree	TERRITORY MAN Recorded by Graham Rodger Written by Graham Rodger & Merv Maltman
MY HOMETOWN Recorded by The Viper Creek Band Written by Damien Baguley	THIS COUNTRY Recorded by Simply Bushed Written by Paul Grierson & Chris Rieger

Best Video Clip

Brothers Never Part – Brothers3	My Hometown – The Viper Creek Band
Fallen Soldiers – Gemma Louise Kirby	Rollin' On – Terry Clark
Fifty Bucks And A Case Of Beer – The Long And Short Of It	Saturday Night – SImply Bushed
Indescribable Pain – The Jay Seeney Band	Still Searching – Sami
My Father's House – Peter Christie	The Vacant Chair – Rachel Jillett

Most Promising Future Star

Brett Clarke	Sami	Ryan Daykin	The Jay Seeney Band	Rachel Jillett
Kathryn Jones	Gemma Louise Kirby	Hayley Marsten	Becci Nethery	Martin Vella

Best Musical or Vocal Event

AMAZING GRACE Paul Kelly & Gurrumul Yunupingu	I WILL CATCH YOU Amber Lawrence & Luke O'Shea
BACK TO THE BUSH AGAIN Dale Duncan & Dean Perrett	OLD HOUSE ON THE HILL Melissa Robertson & James Gillard
BITTERSWEET Kasey Chambers & Bernard Fanning	SPIRIT OF THE ANZACS Lee Kernaghan & Friends
BROKEN HILL 8 Ball Aitken & Peter Denahy	SYDNEY OR THE BUSH Shaza Leigh & Melissa Bajric
EVEN COWGIRLS SING THE BLUES Kathryn Jones & Steve Passfield	YOU SAVED ME Erica Sunshine Lee & The Viper Creek Band

Most Popular Country Music DJ

Big Stu & MJ of Alive 90.5 FM	Rhonda Francis of 2SSR FM	Alan Gilmour of Today’s Country	Nigel Jones of TYGA FM	Jane Kellaway of 2MCR FM
Ron Montague of 2RRR FM	The Outlaw of Today’s Country 94.1	Tracy & The Big D of 104.9 Sunshine FM	Kevin Walsh of Good Morning Country	Geoff Williams Radio Northern Beaches

Best Popular Country Music Radio Station or Program

2MCR FM Campbelltown NSW	2SSR FM Sutherland NSW	88.9 FM Tamworth NSW	98.9 FM Brisbane Qld	Australian Country Songwriters
Good Morning Country	Radio Northern Beaches Sydney	Planet Country Alive 90.5 FM	The Range Country Music Radio	Today's Country 94.1 Central Coast NSW