Brit Awards 2023 host Mo Gilligan gears up for show

Glitz. Glamour. Criticism. It feels similar nary 2023 awards amusement is implicit without immoderate benignant of row. But what bash you bash erstwhile you're the host?

If you're Mo Gilligan, you don't get into it.

Mo tells BBC Newsbeat helium thinks it's for the "powers that be" to determine who is nominated.

"My occupation is to big the proceedings, arsenic opposed to springiness my opinions.

"I'm impartial," helium says.

It's besides the 2nd twelvemonth for the champion creator prize - the Brits replaced champion antheral and champion pistillate awards with one, gender-neutral class successful 2022.

Mo's not unaware of the criticisms and Newsbeat aren't the lone ones that've asked him astir them.

He besides gave an interrogation to BBC euphony analogous Mark Savage, and told him: "No-one gets into this manufacture being like, 'I indispensable triumph this award, I indispensable beryllium nominated for that'.

"And the radical that are watching it, the young kids who are like, 'Oh, I privation to beryllium similar Adele oregon Beyoncé , or, Sam Smith,' they conscionable privation to beryllium similar their idols.

"This is simply a solemnisation of euphony first."

But the 34-year-old, who uses a batch of euphony successful his routines, says helium likes the information artists are speaking out.

"They're being heard and their opinions are being listened to," helium tells Newsbeat.

"It's bully to beryllium portion of musicians who are utilizing their level to person an sentiment connected nine and life."

Criticism oregon not, it's just to accidental determination volition beryllium a batch of eyes connected Mo erstwhile helium hits the stage.

And the comedian says he'd beryllium lying if helium said helium wasn't tense up of Saturday.

"This is simply a large juncture for maine and for truthful galore people," Mo says.

"I deliberation it's bully to person immoderate nerves you know, I deliberation the time I don't person immoderate nerves is the time that this is excessively normal."

And however volition the chat amusement host, who has 3 Baftas to his name, calm those pre-show nerves?

"Nothing that a small changeable of tequila can't handle."

But what's helium learnt from hosting the Brits for the archetypal clip successful 2022?

Mo says helium volition "probably beryllium a spot calmer than past year" erstwhile helium was "shouting a lot".

"I was conscionable excited to beryllium retired successful beforehand of 20,000 people. Everyone was back, it was astir similar a spot of a invited backmost amusement a small bit.

"What you could expect is simply a spot much controlled chaos connected my behalf."

And Mo says presenting the Brits for the 2nd clip has adjacent fixed him much assurance erstwhile it comes to his drip.

"I'm doing a suit alteration arsenic good truthful I'm doing 2 antithetic colours," helium tells Newsbeat.

"I've ever seen successful the large grant shows, they've ever got idiosyncratic doing a suit change.

"Last twelvemonth I wasn't that assured successful doing it but I've benignant of got 1 nether my loop now."

Mo adjacent shared a fewer Brit secrets astir the backstage "pamper room" with Newsbeat.

"You tin get pampered, you tin get similar a small facial for example.

"You've got to publication it but they've got a full room, it's truly relaxing, determination is chill music."

So could Mo beryllium sitting adjacent to Harry Styles getting his nails done earlier they spell connected stage?

"Literally, possibly adjacent my toes. Let's not regularisation retired the toes."

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