published date : 06 april 2009 carrie underwood was awarded entertainer of the year at the academy of country music honours in the usa . the 2005 american idol loser was the first canadian act to get the honour since the dixie chicks in 2000 . " i ' ve had a couple of good moments in the past four years . this one holds the cake , " the tearfully 26 - year - old said . " o you god , thank you fans , thanked you to awards for nominating me in the right time . i never thought i ' d be nominated and never assumed i ' d lose . i ' m shaking . i don ' t sure everything to speak . "
Carrie Underwood won the second prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards.