{"id":506360,"date":"2026-02-26T23:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506360\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:42:09","slug":"anthony-mcpartlin-says-he-never-wants-to-host-the-brit-awards-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/506360\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony McPartlin says he never wants to host the Brit Awards again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TV presenter Anthony McPartlin has said he never wants to host the Brit Awards again.<\/p>\n<p>Along with co-host Declan Donnelly, he has presented the music awards ceremony three times.<\/p>\n<p>McPartlin said the night is fun for nominees, but hosting it can be a challenge because everyone just wants to get drunk.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on their podcast, Hanging Out with Ant &amp; Dec, the pair appeared to be relieved not to be hosting the ceremony this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>McPartlin said: \u201c(We\u2019ve hosted it) three times, never again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the reason why we always say, \u2018oh, never again\u2019, it\u2019s not because we don\u2019t believe in the awards. I really do. I think they\u2019re really good for British music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually a really good night if you\u2019re there as somebody who\u2019s been nominated, because we\u2019ve been nominated for a Brit back in the day. That was a fun night. We didn\u2019t win that night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair met as child actors on CBBC drama Byker Grove, and performed pop music together as PJ &amp; Duncan, including their hit single Let\u2019s Get Ready to Rhumble, which was first released in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>They were nominated in 1995 for the Brit award for best British newcomer but lost out to rock band Oasis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anthony-mcpartlin-says-he-never-wants-to-host-the-brit-awards-again.jpg\" alt=\"Britain\u2019s Got Talent\" data-title=\"Britain\u2019s Got Talent\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Ant and Dec (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>McPartlin said: \u201cIt\u2019s a fun night if you\u2019re nominated, it\u2019s a fun night \u2013 not necessarily if you\u2019re hosting it though because everybody in the room just wants to get drunk and have a good time and you\u2019re trying to wrangle the whole crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are also trying to present a TV show and also all the artists and bands who said they would happily do an interview with you before the show starts always change their mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Geordie presenting duo are known for hosting ITV\u2019s I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here!, Britain\u2019s Got Talent and the gameshow Ant And Dec\u2019s Limitless Win.<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Jack Whitehall will host the Brit Awards on Saturday in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Popstar Harry Styles is among the star-studded list of performers who will take the stage during the ceremony, along with Raye, Olivia Dean, Sombr, Mark Ronson, and Wolf Alice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV presenter Anthony McPartlin has said he never wants to host the Brit Awards again. Along with co-host&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-506360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}