The 33-year-old comedian took to his Instagram to share the news with his 843 thousand followers, with a photo alongside a caption which read “Excited To Announce I’m going to be your host for the 2022 brits Awards. This is a huge honour for me and being a fan of music I can’t wait bring fun, unlimited vibes and an award show the music fans can feel part of at @theo2london and watching along on itv for the #BRITs love for the continued support it always means a lot”

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While Mo has been announced as the main host he isn’t the only person who will be on the stage for the awards show. Presenter Maya Jama and radio presenter Clara Amfo will take the role of presenters for  The Brits are coming nominations show, as well as hosting the red card on the night of the Brits 2022.

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Mo has made his way to the forefront of UK entertainment in the last few years, releasing his Netflix special just over 2 years ago, His late-night show ‘The lateish show with Mo Gilligan’, Co-hosting The Big Narstie Show, His new breakfast show on channel 4 The Big Breakfast alongside AJ Odudu, Releasing his first book That moment when… life stories from way back then and preparing for his upcoming show at the 02, Mo Gilligan and friends: Th black British takeover. Mo has been more than busy and his upcoming hosting gig for brits 2022 will be another achievement to add to his list.

The upcoming brits show will feature some historic changes with the award shows announcing they will be scrapping the male and female categories, with it becoming a single category for the best British artist. This means that Dua Lipa and J Hus will go down in history as the last acts to win the male and female categories at the prestigious awards show.

The change in ruling comes after the awards show had been called out by artists Will Young and Sam Smith, saying the system excluded non-binary artists. Sam Smith who is non-binary missed out on a nomination at this year’s awards despite releasing an album the reached second in the charts, but they felt unable to enter the gender-based categories.

The 2022 Brits will take place on February the 8th at the 02 arenas and will be shown on ITV.