The Grammy Awards are sticking with their man: Trevor Noah will host the present for the fifth consecutive time, the Grammys introduced Tuesday.
The comic, finest identified for internet hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” from 2015 to 2022, will as soon as extra be entrance and middle Feb. 2, when the awards present is broadcast stay from Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles on CBS. This 12 months’s telecast may also elevate funds to help reduction efforts after wildfires devastated the Grammys’ hometown, the assertion mentioned.
Every of the final three telecasts has improved on the final’s scores, culminating in 2024, when 16.9 million People watched — the best TV viewers because the 2020 ceremony.
Final 12 months, the comic joked concerning the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, and made enjoyable of TikTok and Common Music Group. “So anything can happen, right?” he mentioned in his monologue. “This is like flying in a Boeing airplane. One minute there’s a door, the next one we are outside.”
The one different folks to host 5 or extra Grammy telecasts had been musical artists: Andy Williams hosted seven exhibits, adopted by John Denver with six and LL Cool J with 5.
Along with host, Noah shall be a producer — and a nominee. His “Where Was I” has a nod for finest comedy album. Noah was nominated in the identical class final 12 months for “I Wish You Would,” dropping to Dave Chappelle. This time he’s up in opposition to choices by Chappelle once more, Ricky Gervais, Jim Gaffigan and Nikki Glaser, who hosted the Golden Globes.
Beyoncé goes into the night time with probably the most nods. “Cowboy Carter” is up for album and nation album of the 12 months, and “Texas Hold ’Em” is nominated for file, track and nation track of the 12 months. Publish Malone is simply behind Beyoncé, with seven nominations, tied with Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx, who earned her first nominations as a solo artist.
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