Trevor Noah hosted the Grammys for the primary time exterior the Los Angeles Conference Middle in 2021.
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As Jay-Z says on certainly one of his Grammy-winning hits: “On to the subsequent one.”
Only one week after leaving “The Every day Present,”Trevor Noah has already landed his subsequent huge internet hosting gig: He’ll be presiding over the Grammys for the third yr in a row when the sixty fifth annual ceremony takes place on Feb. 5.
“I don’t assume it’s regular to host it as soon as, so I don’t have an excellent body of reference for this,” Noah informed Billboard. “It's thrilling. For me, it’s a cheat code as a result of I’m a fan of just about all of the people who find themselves there.”
This would be the first time that the awards return to the Crypto.com Enviornment. Previously referred to as the Staples Middle, the Los Angeles venue was the Grammy Awards’ dwelling since 1999 till the pandemic began. In 2021, music’s greatest night time was held exterior the Los Angeles Conference Middle, whereas it moved to the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas for this yr’s present.
“The primary one was … a very totally different strategy to make the present,” mentioned Noah. “After which the subsequent one was in Las Vegas due to the restrictions [in Los Angeles], and that was a distinct sort of present. Now it’s thrilling [because] it’ll be … hopefully not simply regular, however totally different for the correct causes.”
The 38-year-old comic brings a wealth of TV expertise to the Grammy gig. “I’ve been fortunate sufficient to work in tv — once I depend South Africa as properly — for 18 years,” he mentioned. “I’ve been fortunate sufficient to host loopy productions the place everybody’s operating round and it's important to hit your marks and do various things. And most significantly — humorous sufficient — is that I don’t take myself too severely. I permit myself [to be] comfy with the concept every thing may go unsuitable in a second.”
With so many transferring elements at the Grammys due to all of the performances, Noah has to assume on his ft much more than typical. “Generally [producers] don’t know the place the artist is, or somebody went to the lavatory on the unsuitable time,” he mentioned. “It’s simply the craziest, unluckiest factor that may occur to you, and 99 instances out of 100, it doesn’t occur. However when it does, all people must breathe and preserve every thing aimed in the correct route. We all the time plan for the worst and hope for the perfect.”
Whereas there's a script on the Grammys, Noah likes to improvise. “Anybody who works with me is aware of I’m all the time going to go off the cuff,” he mentioned. “If one thing occurs that wasn’t within the script and also you wish to remark or make a joke about it, we do, and it’s enjoyable … We don’t know what anyone may do earlier than or after their efficiency, so what’s nice is to have the ability to reply to that … I’m having fun with the truth that we’re juggling flaming swords.”
Calling the Grammys “one of many best concert events you’ll ever get the chance to go to,” Noah added, “For me, a very powerful factor is that it’s a celebration.”
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