Grammys Host Trevor Noah Talks Battling “Heroes” Chappelle, Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes for Comedy Album

Trevor Noah is going back to host the Grammy Honors for a 4th time– however this is the very first time he is holding as a candidate.

Noah gained his initial election for finest comedy album at the 2020 program with Child of Patricia, shedding to Dave Chappelle’s Sticks & & Stones. He’s battling the comedy king once again on Sunday, along with various other Black symbols: Chris Rock (Careful Outrage) and Wanda Sykes (I’m An Artist). Every one of their specials broadcast on Netflix; Sarah Silverman’s Somebody You Love, on HBO, complete the candidates.

“I’m nominated alongside my heroes: Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. I don’t ever take those moments for granted. I think to myself how crazy it is to even be in the same category as these people,” Noah informs The Hollywood Press reporter. “When I was thinking of [doing] comedy, Dave Chappelle was already an accomplished comedian. When I was thinking of starting to maybe tell somebody a joke, Chris Rock was already one of the biggest comedians in the world, and the same goes for Wanda Sykes. So I have never been somebody who is in a rush to win or to be thought of as the best at anything. I’m really, really, really not even saying this just to be humble or anything. I’m really happy and grateful to just be in that company.”

The 39-year-old, that remains in competitors with acts in their 50s, includes: “I almost want to savor that even more because what an experience, what a journey to be on. That’s just mind-blowing for me. These are my mentors and my friends. This is a surreal experience.”

Noah is chosen with I Dream You Would Certainly, while Chappelle– that has won finest comedy album 4 times– is up with What remains in A Call? “I’m glad that it’s happening in my fourth year [hosting the awards], because I think in my first year, that would’ve been an emotional overload. Being nominated for a Grammy is so momentous that I don’t know how you could focus on hosting a show at the same time. And hosting the show is so much stress and there’s so much that’s happening live that you don’t want to be distracted by this idea that you may or may not win an award. This is may be the perfect time for it to happen.”

Noah, a two-time Emmy victor, might make background with his initial Grammy win– and others might likewise establish documents on Sunday evening. SZA’s SOS might end up being the initial album by a Black lady to win album of the year in 25 years, while Taylor Swift might end up being the initial musician to win the leading honor 4 times with Midnights. And others might win their first-ever Grammy after years of launching songs, consisting of Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Victoria Monét and much more.

“I would hope that something like that could happen. Any time history can be made, I’m always in favor of it because I always think, ‘If you can just knock down that first domino, then hopefully the rest follow.’ And so I’m always rooting for people to break records,” states Noah, that held in 2015 when Beyoncé ended up being one of the most enhanced musician in Grammy background with her 32nd win.

“I’m rooting for Beyoncé to break the most wins. I’m rooting for Taylor Swift to win the most albums. I’m rooting for SZA to become the first—. There’s just something magical about seeing somebody’s journey culminate in the making of history. What’s tough about these categories is that almost every single person in them is someone who I believe deserves to win that award. And that’s the one thing that sucks about awards is that not everybody can win,” he includes.

Noah states he does not elect for the champions, that makes his holding job a little bit easier:“I’m not part of the voting contingency, and I’m actually glad because then nobody can come up to me and say, ‘Who did you vote for? What did you do?’ Luckily, I don’t have that stress on my shoulders.”

Yet Noah recognizes a point or 2 regarding shedding honors: Though he won his initial Emmy in 2017– impressive brief kind range collection for The Everyday Program: In Between the Scenes– he has actually shed impressive range talk collection 5 times from 2018 to 2022, all to HBO’s Recently Tonight With John Oliver. Yet in 2015 the Tv Academy transformed its regulations and relocated Recently Tonight right into the scripted range classification, and Noah joked regarding the British-American comic onstage when accumulating the Emmy previously this month:“I told you we would beat John Oliver if he wasn’t in our category.”

The victory for The Daily Program With Trevor Noah was significant for numerous factors: It noted the initial win for the Comedy Main program considering that Jon Stewart’s last year as host and the win was for Noah’s last period.

“It felt like a beautiful surprise,” he states. “It’s additional unique due to the fact that sometimes you win the honor and afterwards you simply return to making the program. You practically do not have time to actually ponder on the moment that you have actually invested making things or on individuals that you have actually made it with and what the trip suggests to you. And having the ability to win the honor after leaving the program and likewise having the moment after winning the honor to simply rest keeping that sensation is actually, actually something that I value due to the fact that it enables me to do something that I believe most people do not have the capacity to do, which’s simply procedure something actually stunning and terrific that they have actually experienced in their lives.

“It’s the way some couples are lucky enough to go on a honeymoon after their wedding, and other people just have to get married and then just carry on with their lives. And this is just how life is. And for those who do have a moment to appreciate it, I do think it’s a wonderful blessing,” he includes.

Noah states he’s prepping for Sunday’s Grammys– which will certainly broadcast reside on CBS from the Crypto.com Sector in Los Angeles– by paying attention to a playlist of the candidates and entertainers, that includes SZA, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, Luke Combs, Burna Kid and Travis Scott.

He’s likewise knowledgeable about the dispute regarding if comics ought to proceed holding honors programs adhering to Jo Koy’s fumble at the current Golden Globes. Kevin Hart cautioned, “Those gigs aren’t good gigs for comics”; Whoopi Goldberg stated holding honors reveal can be “brutal”; David Spade called the job a “no-win situation”; and Michael Che stated that“comedians should boycott hosting award shows.”

Though Noah has actually constructed his occupation doing stand-up comedy, he states that type of efficiency act is various to holding a honors reveal. “I believe stand-up comedy is an efficiency that is curated not simply for, however by the comic, for their very own target market. Therefore it’s an extremely insular experience. It’s one where you remain in overall control and most significantly, you are the factor that individuals exist. An honor program is various due to the fact that you are not the factor individuals have actually come, the majority of the moment. And everybody that exists in the target market exists primarily due to the fact that they’re wishing to take home an honor for their body of job. So I believe that makes the job various.

“I think it means that it is not the same skill sets, and I think that means that the outcome is a little less predictable. Because if you’re a comedian and you’re onstage and you’re not doing well, you can switch things up, you can whatever. You can do whatever you want to do. You can’t do that at an award show,” he includes. “There are time constraints. There’s a show that still needs to run. There’s material constraints because you’re on network national television. So you don’t have all the tools at your disposal to perform the necessary maneuvers that you might need to to save it if it’s not going well. So it’s a very different discipline and I don’t take that for granted because it’s difficult in a very different kind of way to just doing stand-up.”