The BRITs - Host Stories
The men and women who've made, ruined or improved the UK music industry's night of shites.
The BRITs have been with us in their present form since 1982. This makes them older than Lady Gaga, Kiera Knightley and the Republic of Croatia. And while we can't always remember the winners or the live acts, one thing that tends to stick in the memory is the poor sap (or saps) who have to host the bloody thing. All of the following have shouldered this burden, some well, some badly and some so atrociously, you couldn't help but wonder whether their presenting was a challenging piece of performance art.
They’re in no particular order, although the last couple wouldn’t look at all out of place bringing up the rear...
Peter Kay (2010) - No, he's not everyone's cup of tea but who other than the Bolton funnyman and John Smith's spokesman would have referred to Jay-Z as Jason-Zed
and rechristened the king of grime Disraeli Rascal? Kay also called Liam Gallagher
"a knobhead" which proves he's a shrewd judge of character.
Richard O'Brien (1993) - God knows who thought the original host of The Crystal Maze was the right guy to hold the BRITs together, but the Rocky Horror Show creator wound up doing a thoroughly decent job. Oh, and did you know O'Brien has a small role in Carry On Cowboy? Well, you do now...
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