We’re few hours away from the 2021 Grammys Awards and a lot of music fans are wondering what’s does this year’s has in store for them.
ET spoke with host Trevor Noah during a break from rehearsals this week, where he shared what fans can expect from the upcoming ceremony, airing Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS. Unlike some of the other awards shows that have gone on virtually amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, he says the GRAMMYs will have a much more “intimate” feel.
“Most shows, I understand, have been done retrofitted to the pandemic. What they’ve done for the GRAMMYs, it’s really amazing,” Noah tells ET’s Keltie Knight. “They’ve gone, ‘No, we’re going to bring the artists to the GRAMMYs, but find a way to space everybody out.’ The audience is basically going to be like friends and family, plus the nominees. It’s like tiny groups, and then it’s outdoors as well, so we’re finding spaces and places to do the show.”
“It’s going to be interesting. Just in the rehearsals, it’s already felt really intimate,” he continues. “What I’m really excited for is seeing which artists are fans of the other artists. Because of how we’re doing the show, everyone’s watching everyone else perform, so it’s almost like they’re performing for each other, and for everybody at home, which is a really cool dynamic.”
As for what he’s going to be like as host? Noah says he’s going to try to “react as honestly as possible while the show is happening.”
“I try to watch the show with you, because that’s what I’m doing, I’m watching a performance,” he explains. “And then if something happens in the performance, I might be like, ‘You guys see this? Is this just me?’ And what’s cool is, I can even talk to the artists after the performance. So I might just ask someone a random question, and hopefully they won’t hate me. We’ll see what happens.”
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