Trevor Noah returns as host of 2025 Grammy Awards amid L.A. wildfires

The amusement volition spell connected arsenic antecedently planned for this year’s Grammy Awards, contempt different Hollywood events shifting schedules amid the wildfires devastating Los Angeles.

For the 5th consecutive year, comedian Trevor Noah volition big the ceremonial acceptable to instrumentality spot Feb. 2 and broadcast unrecorded from L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena, CBS announced Tuesday.

While this year’s Hollywood awards play has been successful a authorities of flux owed the monolithic blazes, the Recording Academy, which governs the Grammys, said it would marque wildfire betterment a precedence for the upcoming amusement alternatively of delaying oregon canceling it.

“The 67th Annual Grammy Awards volition transportation a renewed consciousness of purpose: raising further funds to enactment wildfire alleviation efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of archetypal responders who hazard their lives to support ours,” CBS said successful a statement.

Scoring Noah arsenic big has been a large triumph for CBS passim the past fewer years, which each of the ceremony’s past 3 telecasts improving connected its erstwhile ratings. Nearly 17 cardinal viewers tuned successful to the 2024 Grammys, marking the event’s largest TV assemblage since 2020.

The Emmy-winning comedian, known for “The Daily Show,” is the lone non-musical performer to big the Grammys 5 oregon much times. Andy Williams presided implicit 7 shows successful the 1970s, followed by John Denver with six and LL Cool J with five.

The South African funnyman’s latest drama album, “Where Was I,” is besides nominated for a Grammy this year, competing against projects by Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais, Jim Gaffigan and Nikki Glaser.