She plays the high maintenance country star Juliette Barnes on the TV show “Nashville”, but Hayden Panettiere isn’t just acting like she likes country music; she absolutely LOVES country music!

She told us who she is a big fan of.  Listen to our interview with the “Nashville” star below:

Hayden will co-host the CMT’s “Artist of the Year Special” with Rascal Flatts that airs this Saturday, December 8th at 9pm on CMT.

Check out Panettiere’s new song “Telescope”  which you can hear on Houston’s KILT below!