Emmy-winning comedian Trevor Noah is returning to host the 2025 Grammy Awards for the fifth consecutive year.
Noah will also serve as a producer on the show.
He will be the first comedian to host the show five times. The only other people to host five or more Grammy telecasts were all musical artists. Andy Williams leads with seven shows, followed by John Denver with six and LL Cool J, also with five.
This will be third time for Noah to host the event in a stressful situation. He was also the host of the 2021 and 2022 telecasts, which were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Noah is also a current Grammy nominee for best comedy album for "Where Was I". He was nominated in that same category last year for "I Wish You Would".
Noah received his first Grammy nod five years ago for his album "Son of Patricia", which was a finalist for best comedy album. But he didn’t host that year; he took over the following year.
Noah will also serve as a producer of the 67th annual Grammy Awards, which will be produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy for the fifth consecutive year.
It will have a “renewed sense of purpose: raising additional funds to support wildfire relief efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who risk their lives to protect ours,” according to last week’s announcement.
Grammy Week has also been abbreviated and will focus on the MusiCares benefit, the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala (which has become a fire-relief fundraiser) and the show itself.
The 67th annual Grammy Awards telecast on CBS will continue to be held on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles
The show will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from 8 to 11:30 p.m. ET/5 to 8:30 p.m. PT, and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
In an interview with Variety days before last year’s show, Noah was asked what the most nerve-wracking aspect of the job is for him . “I know this sounds like a weird thing to say, but you don’t want to disappoint the artists that you love,” he said. “Like, I cannot imagine what it would be like to tell a joke and turn and see Beyonce going [shakes his head and scowls]. Because that would mean whenever I listened to Beyonce’s music, I would forever have that image in my head. If you don’t do well for a live audience, OK, you’re gonna bounce back; if you don’t do well for a home audience, OK, some people are going to comment online. But to have the look of disappointment come from an icon or somebody that you really love — I do not wish for that experience. So I work twice as hard.”
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