Trevor Noah will host 2024 Grammy Awards, marking his fourth consecutive role at the helm of the ceremony. Humorist Announce He will return to the Grammy stage for an episode of his radio show “What Now? With Trevor Noah” in December, about a month after the Recording Academy unveiled its song List of candidates.
“I'm hosting the Grammys. Yeah, I'm excited about it. It's a lot of fun,” he said. “I enjoy the Grammys because I just… watch the show in person and then experience some of the commentary on it personally while it's happening.”
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Music's biggest night kicks off on Sunday, February 4, 2024 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Grammys ceremony is broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and broadcast live Paramount+ 8pm ET / 5pm PT.
SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, Serban Genia, and Victoria Monet lead this year's Grammy nominations, along with Jack Antonoff, John BaptisteBoygenius, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift They are all following closely.
Who is Trevor Noah?
Trevor Noah, comedian and best-selling author, began his television career in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was born, before moving to the United States. He is best known as the former host of Comedy Central's late night show 'The Daily Show'. took over Following the departure of former host Jon Stewart in 2015.
Noah's next seven years in the role thrust him into the global spotlight and earned him a number of awards, including two Emmy Awards. TIME magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world for 2018.
It's a long way from his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa, which he describes in his book His memoirs in 2016“Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.” Noah Has Thanks to his mother In order to get through the difficult times.
He hosted the Grammy Awards for the first time in 2021 and returned to present the honor once again every year since.
Noah shared his thoughts on hosting Sunday's party at interview With “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Gayle King as part of the show's “Road to the Grammys” series.
“I don't know what will happen,” he said. “And that's what I love about the Grammy Awards is that it happens live, and it happens, and it happens fast.”
Despite his previous experience hosting the Grammys, Noah admitted the role can be “particularly nerve-wracking.”
“That's the thing about award shows, is everyone loves a joke when it's not about them, and your goal and hope is to tell a joke about the person that they think is funny, too. So, it's hard. And I think every comedian understands that. That,” Noah said.
“I think what makes the Grammy Awards particularly nerve-wracking for me is that these stars are the stars,” he continued. “I don't want to be on the wrong side of a Taylor Swift fan. So you're trying to walk that fine line of being, you know, the comedian, but then still being cool at night.”
What movies and shows has Trevor Noah been in?
Trevor Noah is widely recognized as Jon Stewart's successor on The Daily Show, which he hosted from September 2015 until December 2022. The year before he hosted, Noah was one of the show's senior international correspondents.
It was too Featured He voiced Griot in the films “Black Panther” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Noah worked extensively in comedy spaces, as well as television and radio, in South Africa before joining 'The Daily Show'. He held a number of hosting positions during his time with the South African Broadcasting Corporation, eventually creating and hosting his own late-night talk show on the network, which was called Tonight with Trevor Noah. It lasted from 2010 to 2011.
After moving to the United States in 2011, Noah became the first South African comedian to perform on “The Tonight Show” and “Late Show with David Letterman.”
