Riley Green Says Kelly Clarkson Has Been “Talking Trash” Ahead of The Voice Season 30

But the 37-year-old knows he’ll get a better feel for the competition once the cameras start rolling.

“I love that we’re gonna all kind of meet each other and build that rapport in real time when we’re doing the show,” he explained. “It’ll be real when we start filming.”

Until then, Riley revealed who he was stoked to meet at the 52nd annual AMAs. 

“I think Ludacris is sitting on my row,” he said. “That’s pretty cool”

And that’s not all. After all, the “My Way” singer revealed he also has his eye out for Mrs. Right. 

One week before the annual award show, Riley admitted he didn’t bring a date to the 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards May 17 in hopes his celeb crush Shania Twain would notice him. 

“Well, I don’t know if Shania’s here now but there’s a lot of people here,” he said of the AMAs on May 25, “so I keep my options open when I go to an award show like this.”

And that news is music to fellow attendee Bebe Rexha’s ears. In fact, she exclusively told E! News at the event that she thinks Riley is “so f--king hot” before cheekily mouthing to the camera, “Call me.”

For every star on the 2026 AMAs red carpet, read on…

—Reporting by John Redmann