Cody Johnson is in the running for the first time this year for a CMA award he’s had his eye on for some time: the coveted entertainer of the year.

What are the odds he walks away with the honor? The consummate showman won’t even begin to guess.

“I think that everybody in that category deserves it,” Cody tells ABC Audio. “Close your eyes, throw a dart at the board, whoever it hits, I mean, it could have gone that way.”

Also in the running are Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, host Lainey Wilson and the reigning title-holder, Morgan Wallen.

“I think that being in the category this year, entertainer of the year is probably tighter than it’s been since the maybe mid- to late ’90s when it was in like the country heyday,” Cody says. “And I know all these people personally, they’re all my friends

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