Reba McEntire‘s replacement and Blake Shelton‘s co-host for The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards show has finally been announced!

Joining Blake Shelton on-stage in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7th at 7pm on CBS will be…LUKE BRYAN!

After Blake asked fans to tweet 25,000 times before the announcement was made, fans hit social media and today the number goal was met with a response video from Luke, accepting the invitation.

Check out Luke’s video response here:

Check out the ACM’s announcement tweet that was just sent out:

Do you like this pairing? Who makes the better co-host: Reba or Luke?

I guess we can all find out the true answer on Sunday, April 7th!

Steve Koscik / US99.5