The biggest event in the British music industry's calendar kicked off on Saturday night as pop icons from across the world arrived at The BRIT Awards 2025 to watch talented stars perform and received well-deserved awards.
This evening's bash at The O2 Arena in London had comedian Jack Whitehall hosting proceedings for the fifth time, returning for the first time since 2021, while This Morning presenter Sian Welby covered the Red Carpet Live Stream with Capital Xtra broadcaster Zeze Millz.
Sam Fender, JADE, The Last Dinner Party and Teddy Swims were just some of the huge names performing on stage at the biggest celebration of music in the UK. Throughout the nights, winners included Jade Thirlwall, Sam Fender, Stormzy, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Myles Smith.
Sabrina Carpenter, who opened the show with a saucy performance, cut a glamorous figure as she joined the likes of Love Island star Maura Higgins and Zara McDermott on the red carpet earlier in the evening. Davina McCall looked out of this world as she wore a figure-flashing outfit.
Stormzy, who has been hitting headlines in recent weeks, grinned at the red carpet after receiving backlash over his collaboration with McDonald's. Even Jack made a few jokes about it while speaking to the rapper.
Near the end of the show, the Brits aired a video tribute of Liam Payne after his tragic death in Buenos Aires in October last year. The One Direction singer died aged 31 after falling from a hotel balcony, shocking fans around the world.
The biggest winner of the night was Chari xcx, who took home Album of the Year, Song Of The Year, Artist of the Year, Dance Act and Songwriter of the Year.
Maura Higgins looks sensational both on and off the red carpet
Maura ensured all eyes were on her on Saturday night as she donned a completely sheer black dress that left little to the imagination. She paired the racy dress with a pair of black high heels and kept her accessories simple to allow her show-stopping outfit to steal the show.
For the afterparty Maura slipped into something a little more casual. Swapping the black heels for white and the racy, sheer dress for black blazer style dress with oversized shoulder pads and white lace detailing.
Her ex Pete Wicks attended the re-carpet event with Olivia Attwood as his date.
Inside the BRITs afterparty
Some of the celebrities are enjoying the Universal Music BRITs afterparty hosted at the exclusive 180 Strand.
Former X- Factor contestants Jedward, McFly singer Danny Jones, Britain's Got Talent's Calum Scott and Strictly's Oti Mabuse are just a few of the famous faces that have been spotted at the venue.
TOWIE's Pete wicks and former king of the I'm A Celebrity jungle Sam Thompson have also been spotted at the party.
Full list winners from this year's Brit Awards
Here is a full list of winners from the 2025 Brit Awards:
Mastercard Album of the Year – Brat – Charli XCX
Artist of the Year – Charli XCX
Group of the Year – Ezra Collective
Best New Artist – The Last Dinner Party
Song Of the Year with Mastercard – Charli XCX featuring Billie Eilish – Guess featuring Billie Eilish
International Artist of the Year – Chappell Roan
International Group of the Year – Fontaines DC
International Song of the Year – Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
Producer of the Year – AG Cook
Songwriter – Charli XCX
Brits Rising Star – Myles Smith
Watch the touching tribute to One Direction's Liam Payne in full
The legacy of former One Direction member Liam Payne, who died in October, 2024 at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina, has been celebrated with a touching video tribute at the Brit Awards.
The black-and-white video included footage of Payne with his family, during his progress on The X Factor and then with the One Direction, who won seven Brit Awards before they split up. Their hit Little Things played in the background while another clip showed Payne recording a version of the song.
The montage also included pictures of Payne holding Bear, his son with Cheryl Tweedy, and a photograph of him meeting Queen Elizabeth II.
You can watch the full tribute video below.
Jack Whitehall jokes about 'lack of food at the Brits' - but famous TikToker came prepared
Awards show host Jack Whitehall introduced Big John, who went viral on TikTok for sharing his love of Chinese food, to solve his pet peeve – a lack of food at the Brits.
Whitehall joked: “One of my pet hates in these awards shows is that there is never enough food to soak up all of the booze. Well, not tonight, because I’ve brought with me my very own catering. Yes, Big John’s Bosh Nosh. Big John. What have we got on the menu tonight?”
Big John held a large brown box full of foil food containers, as he stood among the celebrities sitting at round tables at London’s O2 arena, before listing his lengthy Chinese takeaway order. Big John, from Romford, Essex, said: Don’t worry, Jack, we’ve got special fried rice, chicken chow mein, sweet and sour chicken balls, sweet and sour prawn balls, Sweet and sour chicken Hong Kong style, sweet and sour pork Hong Kong style, shredded chilli beef, beef in black bean (sauce), salt and chilli king prawn, kung po prawn, salt and chilli chicken, barbecue spare ribs, chips, prawn crackers, curry sauce, and don’t forget mini spring rolls – Bosh!”
Whitehall asked him to distribute the takeaway boxes around the tables, and joked that US singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz has “shotgun a set of your sweet and sour prawn balls”.
That's it for the Brit Awards 2025!
After almost three hours, the 2025 Brit Awards has officially come to an end!
The incredible event ended with a jaw-dropping performance from Ezra Collective and Jorja Smith.
Album of the Year
Album of the Year nominations included summer's biggest album, brat, by Charli XCX, The Cure's Songs Of A Lost World, Dua Lipa's Radical Optimism, Ezra Collective's Dance, No One's Watching and The Last Dinner Party's Prelude To Ecstasy.
Charli XCX won Album of the Year as she returned to the stage for the third time tonight.
BRIT Awards fans in tears over heartbreaking tribute to Liam Payne
Liam Payne was remembered with a tear-jerking tribute at the BRIT Awards this evening.
The One Direction star sadly died at the age of 31 last October when he fell from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires. Liam's cause of death was confirmed at the time to be 'polytrauma' and he was remembered tonight with a special tribute.
The show's host Jack Whitehall was on hand to introduce the heartbreaking segment, which featured a video montage to the One Direction star, who passed away just a few months back. There were tears from those in the room and viewers at home alike as Jack paid a simple but sad tribute to Liam, who was one of his friends.
Artist Of The Year
Hollywood superstar and 30 Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto presented the award for Artist Of The Year.
Nominees included Beabadoobee, Central Cee, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Fred Again.., Jamie xx, Michael Kiwanuka, Nia Archives, Rachel Chinouriri and Sam Fender.
The Brit Awards goes to... Charli XCX!
"I heard ITV were complaining about my nipples. I feel like we're in the Free The Nipple era, right?" she said as she took to the stage.
Sam Fender performs
Sam Fander, who won Best Alt/Rock Act tonight, took to the stage to perform before the event ended.
International Artist Of The Year
Adrianne Lenker, Asake, Benson Boone, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift and Tyler, The Creator were all nominated for International Artist of the Year.
Martin Compston and Vicky McClure took to the stage to announce the winner, which was Chappell Roan - who wasn't in attendance at the Brit Awards. She thanked fans for 'honouring and recognising her'.
Best New Artist
English Teacher, Ezra Collective, The Last Dinner Party, Myles Smith and Rachel Chinouriri were nominated for Best New Artist.
The winner was announced as The Last Dinner Party.
Danny Dyer savagely lays into Keir Starmer
Danny Dyer didn't hold back his true feelings on Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he branded him a "b*** e**."
The EastEnders icon laid into Starmer during his expleteive filled rant at the BRIT Awards. He was joined by host Jack Whitehall who sat down with a chat with him. It ended up turning political as Jack asked: "Who is the c*** of the year?" Danny replied: "Keir Starmer" and said the world being ran by b*** e****."
International Group of the Year
Amyl And The Sniffers, Confidence Man, Fontaines D.C., Future and Metro Boomin and Linkin Park were nominated for International Group of the Year.
The Irish post-punk band, Fontaines DC, won the award. They weren't able to accept the award in person as they're in Australia but shared a video message thanking people for their support.
Danny Dyer's X-rated outburst revealed
Danny Dyer's comments at the BRIT Awards have been revealed after he was muted by ITV.
There was chaos this evening at the annual music event - which was streamed live on ITV from the O2 Arena in east London - when EastEnders actor Danny Dyer presented the International Song of the Year award.
Chappell Roan was the one who won the award for her track Good Luck Babe! but she was not in attendance. Viewers at home watching the show on ITV heard multiple bleeps as they tuned in.
Now it has been revealed exactly what Danny had said to get him to be beeped. He told those in the O2 Arena tonight: "She couldn't be f***ed to be here," before introducing a video message from Chappell Roan.
Read the full story here.
Lola Young performs
Lola Young took to the stage to perform her hit song, Messy, which went viral on social media in recent months.
Like Teddy Swims, she started her performance on a bed before getting up to walk around. For her performance, she rocked plaid trousers, a plaid jacket and a black bra. Going along with the Messy theme, she hoovered the stage and picked up bits of laundry sitting in a basket on top of a washing machine.
Hip-hop/Grime/Rap Act
Stormzy was announced as the winner of the Hip-hop/Grime/Rap Act.
He said: "Firstly, I say thank you Jesus. And I want to be very clear about the God I serve, that's Jesus Christ. Big up Chase & Status, my brothers because Backbone is the only reason I'm here. I wanted to say I love everyone who voted for me, I love the Brits as well. I don't entirely think the awards should be fan-voted... Cench [Central Cee] was the rap artist of the year.
"This is a mad time for me to win because of bare reasons," he said before revealing he's wearing sunglasses as he got a bruised cornea from playing sports. He went on to read a verse from the bible before ending his speech by shouting out his cousin for being there for him.
The Vossi Bop hitmaker sparked outrage from a large section of his fanbase last month when he unveiled a partnership with McDonald's. The collaboration came as a shock to some fans due to Stormzy's past support for the people of Palestine as McDonald's is currently being boycotted by those who stand with Palestinians.
Stormzy shut down false allegations he deleted Free Palestine posts from his Instagram page in order to work with McDonald's but his attempt at explaining why he had crossed a picket line many of his fans refuse to cross didn't go down too well.
The Last Dinner Party performs
The Last Dinner Party, who won last year's Rising Star Award, performed on stage on Saturday night.
International Song of the Year
EastEnders icon announced the winner of International Song of the Year. The nominees included Benson Boone's Beautiful Things, Beyoncé's Texas Hold ‘Em, Billie Eilish's Birds Of A Feather, Chappell Roan's Good Luck, Babe, DJO's End Of Beginning, Eminem's Houdini, Hozier's Too Sweet, Jack Harlow's Lovin On Me, Noah Kahan's Stick Season, Post Malone ft. Morgan Wallen's Had Some Help, Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso, Shaboozey's A Bar Song (Tipsy), Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone's Fortnight, Teddy Swims' Lose Control and Tommy Richman's MILLION DOLLAR BABY.
Chappel Roan, who wasn't at the awards show, took home the gong and thanked fans in a video message.
Jack Whitehall slammed for Diddy joke
Jack Whitehall has been slammed for a joke about P Diddy as he hosted the BRIT Awards this evening.
The comedian is in charge of proceedings tonight at London's O2 Arena, with the awards being streamed live from the venue to viewers at home on ITV. During the show tonight, Jack led the show, including making a heavily criticised joke.
When JADE had finished performing, he joked about Diddy's 'white party', leaving fans horrified. One viewer wrote: "Jack Whitehall making a Diddy joke was so tasteless and tone deaf. #BRITs2025," whilst another added: "Mentioning Diddy after the whole, very blatant, message of JADEs performance ??? Get this man off my screen #brits2025."
Global Success Award
Diana Ross announced the winner of the global success award from her concert. Back at the Brits, Millie Bobby Brown took to the stage to present the gong to Sabrina Carpenter.
Espresso singer Sabrina said of her win: "The first time I ever came to the UK, it was 10 years ago and it was with my mum and nobody knew who I was. Maybe 10 people. All I could think that one day it would be so exciting if anyone in the UK knew my music," before she excitedly announced her sold-out concert in London.
JADE performs on stage
Little Mix icon JADE performed her hit song, Angel of my Dreams, in her first solo performance without her group. She took to the stage rocking a wedding dress as the 'music manager' from her music video joined her for the performance.
The entire set, along with her dancers, were dressed in white as she switched to a fur coat and put on a blonde wig for the song. By the end of the song, she had another impressive outfit change before the song transitioned to her new song, It Girl.
She ascended into the air as her angel wings emerged in yet another outfit change.
Group Of The Year
Naomi Harries took to the stage to announce the winner of Group Of The Year. Bring Me The Horizon, Coldplay, The Cure, Ezra Collective, and The Last Dinner Party were nominated for the gong but Ezra Collective were the ones to take home the award.
It was their first-ever Brit Award nomination. Taking to the stage, the group said: "Wow. First and foremost, let me thank my lord and saviour, Jesus Christ." They added this 'moment right here' was all due to the 'great youth clubs' and 'great teachers' who helped them get to that incredible moment.
Stormzy 'ignores' expert advice at BRITs as Jack Whitehall mocks backlash
Award-winning rapper Stormzy made his first public appearance at The BRIT Awards 2025 this evening in the wake of fan backlash.
BRITs host Jack Whitehall poked fun at Stormzy's latest ad campaign as he opened the star-studded show. "Ladies and gentlemen, do we have any Vossi Bopper’s in the house?" Jack said.
"In the 90s, you’d find your rappers doing drive-bys; this one you can find at the drive-thru – nominated for two Brit Awards this evening – we didn’t send him a limo tonight, we ‘deliverooed’ him here, it’s Stormzy. The grime scene’s Ronald McDonald. He’s loving it."
A PR expert spoke to The Mirror on what Stormzy should have done to ensure he smoothly moves on from the McDonald's backlash.
Read the full exclusive story here.
Best Dance Act Winner is...
Best Dance Act has been won by none other than Charli XCX, who has had an incredible year with her hugely popular album, Brat.
She admitted dance music gets a 'bad rap' as she thanked everyone for their support. She beat the likes of Becky Hill, Chase & Status, Fred Again.. and Nia Archives. She then shouted out classic stars Aphex Twin, SOPHIE, Daft Punk and more.
Paloma Faith dig at Donald Trump
Paloma Faith hit out at Donald Trump as she presented the award for Best Dance Act. "Some people got it wrong, thanks to the voters of America," she said after admitting it feels like "we live in a simulation."
Myles Smith wins Rising Star
Myles Smith was already announced as this year's Rising Star Award.
The Last Dinner Party, who won the award last year, took to the stage to give him the award. Speaking about the well-deserved win, he said: "I was a kid raised by a single mum on free school meals," as he touched upon his childhood before calling out the government for not keeping the music industry safe.
Myles asked: "Are we building careers or creating moments? Moments they fade but careers last forever." He started: "Whilst I have the attention of the nation, I want to ask three questions. My first is to the government, if British music is one of the most powerful exports we have, why have you treated it as an after thought for so many years? How many venues need to close and how many more music programmes need to be cut?"
After accepting his award, he returned to the stage to perform his hit song Nice To Meet You and Stargazing.
Viewers in shock as they spot 'horse' in audience
Jack Whitehall introduced viewers at home to some of the esteemed guests at the awards show. While introducing 'royal family member' Danny Dyer to viewers at home, many were too focused on what they thought was a horse sitting next to the soap star.
"What the f**k was that," one user said on X while another posted: "I thought I was tripping balls when I saw a HORSE sitting beside Danny Dyer." One fan commented: "sorry…..is that danny dyer sat next to……………a horse."
The horse in question was none other than DJ and singer HorsegiirL, who uses special effects makeup to achieve her 'horse' look.
Best Alt/Rock Act
Sam Fender was in shock as he was announced as the winner for Best Alt/Rock Act, beating the likes Beabadoobee, The Cure, Ezra Collective and The Last Dinner Party.
He was visibly nervous as he thanked fans and his crew.
Best Pop Act winner
Jade Thirlwall won her first-ever solo Brit Award with Best Pop Act.
After going solo, Jade impressed fans with her singles Angel of my Dreams, It Girl and Fantasy.
As she went on, she thanked a range of people that she works with, saying: "I want to thank my fabulous team around me, because it really does take a determined village to make a good pop act. So I'll be quick, but here we go. I want to thank my management, Amy, Kevin and Alana, my label, Jason, Eileen and Stacey, RCA, Joel, my incredible Ana and everybody at RCA. I'm so grateful all of the writers and producers I've had the pleasure to work with my promo, my digital and creative team, glam and styling. I mean, yeah, go off."
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