British Columbia-born crooner and fizzy-drink hawker Michael Bublé will host the upcoming 54th Juno Awards, its organizers announced Friday.
The Burnaby, B.C., native will preside over Canada’s biggest night in music — taking place in Vancouver for the 2025 showing — after fellow B.C. singer Nelly Furtado’s turn as host in March of this year.
“I’m thrilled to be hosting the Junos,” Bublé said in a recent interview with CBC News. “It’s my third time — second time in Vancouver. [It’s] so nice to be representing the country that I love so much.”
Now a five-time Grammy winner, Bublé’s first major music award came at the Junos, where he won best new artist in 2004. Having hosted the ceremony in both 2013 and 2018, Bublé joins a small group of individuals to have solo-hosted it three times, the most recent of which was Burton Cummings whose last stint was in 1982.
Bublé, who is now a host on NBC’s The Voice alongside Snoop Dogg, jokingly promised a looser, “less corporate” show under his guidance — infused with skits and jokes that he wasn’t quite able to get past organizers in his previous stints.
“Is Bubly invited to the party?” he said, referencing the sparkling water company he famously partnered with based on its similarity to his last name. “Yes. But could we have a little bit of a mix with Bubly? … [A] little drinky here, puffy here, you know what I mean? A little Snoop Dogg.”
Also announced on Friday, Ontario’s Sum 41 will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, joining the likes of Barenaked Ladies, Jann Arden, Alanis Morissette and 2024’s inductee Maestro Fresh Wes.
In addition, Live Nation Canada chair Riley O’Connor will receive the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, established to recognize individuals who have contributed to the growth and development of the Canadian music industry.
The awards are set to take place on March 30 at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena. The show will broadcast across Canada at 8 p.m. ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s YouTube page.
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