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Do Something Awards to air Thursday, feature Oklahoma celebrities Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire and Ronnie Dunn are among the nominees, Olivia Munn is a presenter, and Ryan Tedder and OneRepublic are performing. Several Oklahoma celebrities will perform, present and compete for awards when the 2011 Do Something Awards air at 8 p.m. Thursday on VH1. Oklahoma country music stars Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire received a Do Something Award nomination in the concert category for their May 25-26 tornado benefit shows in Durant. The shows raised $500,000 for tornado relief efforts in the small southeast Oklahoma town of Tushka, where an EF3 tornado hit the evening of April 14, killing two women, injuring more than 40 people and destroying 150 homes, businesses and public buildings, including the school. All five nominees in the concert category were country music events, including “Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert,” featuring former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, Hank Williams Jr., Alabama, Lady Antebellum and many others. NBC’s hit freshman series “The Voice,” which features Tishomingo resident Shelton as one of its four superstar coaches and included Chockie-bred McEntire among its first-season celebrity advisers, is nominated for the Do Something Award Reality TV Show Award. Read entire article here