“I’m impartial,” he says. This also marks the second year for the best artist prize, as the BRITs replaced best male and female awards with one gender-neutral category in 2022. Mo remains aware of the constant criticisms and Newsbeat aren’t the first ones to bring the matter up.

Mark Savage, a BBC Music correspondent interviews Mo about the music industry as a whole. Mo says, “No-one gets into this industry being like, ‘I must win this award, I must be nominated for that’. “And the people that are watching it, the young kids who are like, ‘Oh, I want to be like Adele or Beyoncé, or Sam Smith, they just want to be like their first idols. This is a celebration of music first.”

Mo likes the fact that artists are speaking out, as he uses a lot of music in his routines. He tells Newsbeat, “They’re being heard and their opinions are being listened to. It’s nice to be a part of musicians who are using their platform to have an opinion on society and life.”

Regardless of criticisms or non-criticisms, all eyes are focused on Mo within a second when he’s on stage. He confessed that he’d be lying if he said that wasn’t nervous ahead of Saturday. “This is a big occasion for me and for so many people,” Mo says. “I think it’s nice to have some nerves you know, I think the day I don’t have any nerves is the day that this is too normal.”

Mo shares what he has learnt from last year’s BRIT Awards as a ‘first-timer’ host. He says that he will “probably be a bit calmer than last year” when he was “shouting a lot”. “What you could expect is a bit more controlled chaos on my behalf. I’m doing a suit change as well so I’m doing two different colours. He tells Newsbeat.

In all seriousness, Mo expressed that this experience as a host from last year’s awards shaped his confidence in this year’s awards. He says, “Last year, I wasn’t that confident in doing it but I’ve kind of got one under my belt now.”

@MoTheComedian is your #BRITs 2022 host // Dream duo @MayaJama and Clara Amfo will be taking on presenting duties for The BRITs Are Coming nominations show + The BRITs 2022 red carpet pic.twitter.com/EjTlJ9qB9v

— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) November 22, 2021

The Brit Awards was previously known as The British Record Industry Britannia Awards and was used to mark the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977. There has been an annual ceremony since 1982 and the Classical Music Brt Awards is held in May annually. The name change from The British Record Industry Britannia Awards to the Brit Awards occurred in 1989. The 2022 Brit Award Ceremony will be making Brit history with the nominated categories now being made, gender-neutral to recognise equality, diversity and inclusion.

Organisers of the Brit Awards said at the time of the announcement that, “The change was to reward artists “solely for their music and work, rather than how they choose to identify or as others may see them, as part of The Brits’ commitment to evolving the show to be as inclusive and as relevant as possible”

Maya Indea Jama is an English television, radio presenter and DJ, who began her presenting career at the age of 18 in 2012. Jama’s presenting debut was for the weekly music video countdown on JumpOff TV. Jama also presented shows such as Cannonball, Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer and was also the radio host for #DriveWithMaya between 2014 and 2017. Maya previously presented the 2017 Pre-Brit Awards Party and hosted the Livestream Brit Award Red Carpet event in the same year. Jama has also been announced as the host for the December show Walk The Line.

Clara Amfo is a British radio, voice-over artist and television presenter, who is known for being a BBC Radio presenter. Amfo previously hosted the Brit Awards Backstage event in 2017 and 2020 with Jama as her co-host. Clara also interviewed singer Billie Eilish for the BBC One TV special entitled Up Close in July. The presenter was also announced as the new radio presenter for Annie MacManus aka Annie Mac’s show Future Sounds on, July 30th. Clara also appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox with her brother Andy in June.

Both Jama and Amfo are now set to co-present the Brits Are Coming in December. Jama and Amfo are delighted to be co-hosting together again with Jama saying “I am so excited to be back on presenting duties for the BRITs 2022″ and Amfo stating “It is such an honour and pleasure to be part of The BRITs presenting team for 2022″ 

The Brits Are Coming event aires on ITV, on December 18th at 5 pm local time and will showcase performances from Joel Corry, Anne-Marie, Glass Animals, Mimi Webb and Mabel. The nominees will also be announced in preparation for the main event where the winners will be announced on the night. Adele, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran are also set to perform, on February 8th for what is to be a truly historical night at the Brit Awards 2022.

it’s almost time to find out the #BRITs 2022 nominees don’t miss The BRITs Are Coming on @ITV and @WeAreSTV on Saturday 18 December, featuring performances from:@AnneMarie@GlassAnimals@JoelCorry & @Mabel@MimiWebb pic.twitter.com/7PRLx6uEuW — BRIT Awards (@BRITs) November 29, 2021

See the details of the Brit Awards Main event below and purchase tickets for The Brit Awards here

08/02/22 Brit Awards Main Event-The 02-London

See the categories for the Brit Awards below

Artist of the Year with YouTube Music
Group of the Year
Brit’s Rising Star supported by BBC Radio 1
Best New Artist
Song of the Year with Mastercard
Mastercard Album of the Year
International Artist of the Year
International Group of the Year
Alternative/Rock Act
Pop/R&B Act
Dance Act
Hip-Hop/Rap/Grime Act