The BRIT Awards 2023: Mo Gilligan returns to host

He did a great job last year!

Author: Alex RossPublished 10th Jan 2023

The BRIT Awards are just around the corner, and the UK’s biggest night of music is once again going to be hosted by comedian Mo Gilligan!

After taking over from Jack Whitehall last year, bosses announced on Tuesday 10th January that Mo will return for 2023, for the ceremony which takes place on Saturday 11th February.

Mo said of the gig: “Hosting the BRITs last year was one of the most phenomenal moments of my life. I’ve been so honoured to get to know the incredible team behind the biggest night in music and so proud to bring our amazing audiences even closer to their favourite artists. I promise you, we’re going to go even bigger this year… Let's go!”

2023 BRIT Awards Chair and Managing Director and President of Promotions at Atlantic Records (part of Warner Music UK) Damian Christian added: “Making sure we got Mo back to host this year’s awards was a huge priority for us. He is one of the biggest names in UK entertainment right now and he did an amazing job hosting his first BRITs last year. We’re looking forward to working with him and watching as he brings his unique humour and style to our stage and screens once again.”

Check out all of the BRIT Awards winners from 2022:

Album of the Year

WINNER: Adele


NOMINEES:
ADELE: '30'


DAVE: 'WE'RE ALL ALONE IN THIS TOGETHER'


ED SHEERAN: '='


LITTLE SIMZ: 'SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT'


SAM FENDER: 'SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER'

Song of the Year

WINNER: Adele


NOMINEES:
A1 & J1: 'LATEST TRENDS'


ADELE: 'EASY ON ME'


ANNE-MARIE, KSI, DIGITAL FARM ANIMALS: 'DON'T PLAY'


BECKY HILL & DAVID GUETTA: 'REMEMBER'


CENTRAL CEE: 'OBSESSED WITH YOU'


DAVE FT STORMZY: 'CLASH'


ED SHEERAN: 'BAD HABITS'


ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA: 'COLD HEART (PNAU MIX)'


GLASS ANIMALS: 'HEAT WAVES'


JOEL CORRY, RAYE, DAVID GUETTA: 'BED'


KSI: 'HOLIDAY'


NATHAN EVANS, 220KID, BILLEN TED: 'WELLERMAN'


RITON X NIGHTCRAWLERS FT MUFASA & HYPEMAN: 'FRIDAY (DOPAMINE RE-EDIT)'


TION WAYNE & RUSS MILLIONS: 'BODY'


TOM GRENNAN: 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE'

International Song of the Year

WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo 'Good 4U'
NOMINEES:
ATB, TOPIC, A7S: 'YOUR LOVE (9PM)'

BILLIE EILISH: 'HAPPIER THAN EVER'

CKAY: 'LOVE NWANTITI (AH AH AH)'

DOJA CAT FT SZA: 'KISS ME MORE'

DRAKE FT LIL BABY: 'GIRLS WANT GIRLS'

GALANTIS, DAVID GUETTA, LITTLE MIX: 'HEARTBREAK ANTHEM'

JONASU: 'BLACK MAGIC'

KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER: 'STAY'

LIL NAS X: 'MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME)'

LIL TIJAY & 6LACK: 'CALLING MY PHONE'

MANESKIN: 'I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE'

OLIVIA RODRIGO: 'GOOD 4 U'

POLO G: 'RAPSTAR'

TIESTO: 'THE BUSINESS'

THE WEEKND: 'SAVE YOUR TEARS'

Best Pop/R&B Act

WINNER: Dua Lipa


NOMINEES:
ADELE


DUA LIPA


ED SHEERAN


GRIFF


JOY CROOKES

Best Rock/Alternative Act

WINNER: Sam Fender


NOMINEES:
COLDPLAY


GLASS ANIMALS


SAM FENDER


TOM GRENNAN


WOLF ALICE

Best Dance Act

WINNER: Becky Hill


NOMINEES:
BECKY HILL


CALVIN HARRIS


FRED AGAIN..


JOEL CORRY


RAYE

Artist of the Year

WINNER: Adele


NOMINEES:
ADELE


DAVE


ED SHEERAN


LITTLE SIMZ


SAM FENDER

International Artist of the Year

WINNER: Billie Eilish


NOMINEES:
BILLIE EILISH


DOJA CAT


LIL NAS X


OLIVIA RODRIGO


TAYLOR SWIFT

Best Group

WINNER: Wolf Alice


NOMINEES:
COLDPLAY


D-BLOCK EUROPE


LITTLE MIX


LONDON GRAMMAR


WOLF ALICE

Best New Artist

WINNER: Little Simz
NOMINEES:
CENTRAL CEE


GRIFF


JOY CROOKES


LITTLE SIMZ


SELF ESTEEM

Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Act

WINNER: Dave


NOMINEES:
AJ TRACEY


CENTRAL CEE


DAVE


GHETTS


LITTLE SIMZ

International Group of the Year

WINNER: Silk Sonic


NOMINEES:
ABBA


BTS


Måneskin


Silk Sonic


The War On Drugs

Songwriter of the Year

WINNER: Ed Sheeran

BRITs Rising Star

WINNER: Holly Humberstone

Although girl band FLO have already been announced as winners of the prestigious Rising Star Award, the rest of the nominations will be revealed during a live stream on Thursday 12th January.

The nominations show will be hosted by Vick Hope and Jack Saunders, as the pair welcome the likes of Tom Daley, Yung Filly, Jill Scott and Gogglebox stars Joe and George Baggs.

The main BRIT Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 11th February.

Now read:

The BRIT Awards 2023: Everything you need to know

BRIT Awards announce Rising Star shortlist for 2023

A recap of The BRIT Awards 2022

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