Popular comedian Trevor Noah to return as 2025 Grammy Awards host

The South African comedian Trevor Noah is set to return as host of the 2025 Grammys The announcement comes a little less than two weeks from when the Grammys are set to take place later than Noah has been lined up as host in past years as per The Hollywood ReporterThe 2025 Grammy Awards will go ahead as planned on February 2 airing live from the venue in Los AngelesDespite the ongoing devastation caused by wildfires in the region the show will not only celebrate music but will also serve as a fundraiser for the relief efforts as per The Hollywood ReporterStill just days before news broke of the Grammys sticking with their February 2 show multiple sources shared that the Recording Academy was discussing whether the Grammys should be postponed or air as a fundraiserThe telecast will raise funds to aid wildfire relief efforts and honour the bravery of the first responders who have risked their lives in combating the flamesWe mourn the loss of life and destruction that have come to our city in recent days adding In response to this crisis we are committed to providing ongoing assistance including a USD 1 million donation that has already helped raise over USD 2 million in emergency aid to those in need earlier said Harvey Mason Jr CEO of the Recording Academy in a letter sent to Academy members as per The Hollywood ReporterThough the Grammys are proceeding as planned along with the Clive Davis preGrammy gala celebrating its 50th year and the MusiCares Person of the Year celebration of The Grateful Dead all three of the major record labels as well as Spotify and other music organizations have cancelled their preGrammy partiesNoah has frequently talked about how he especially enjoys having a frontrow seat to all of the star performances at the GrammysHe said ahead of the 2023 show why he keeps returning to host the GrammysMoments that you have backstage with the performers youre just walking around and youre seeing Billie Eilish and shes having a moment with another artist you dont get to see that anywhere else and you dont get to experience that level of joy For me to be part of that is truly I guess now its a three times a lifetime opportunity said Noah adding I never take it for granted because all of these people are the soundtracks to our livesNoah is credited as a producer of the Grammys show and has earned three Emmy nominations for the music event He has been nominated for the Best Comedy Album Grammy three timesBeyonce is the top contender at the 2025 show with 11 nominations followed by Charli XCX and Post Malone who each have eight noms Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish are up for seven awards with Taylor Swift Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan close behind with six nominations according to The Hollywood ReporterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever