TORONTO — The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CBC announced today the 2022 Juno Awards will take place in-person this year with Simu Liu (above, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, Kim’s Convenience) hosting the live broadcast on Sunday, May 15.
The Juno ceremony has not been done in-person since 2019 due to the pandemic, and for the first time in Junos’ history the show is moving to an open-air venue at Budweiser Stage in Toronto.
The 51st annual Juno celebration will be broadcast and streamed live across Canada on May 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages.
The ceremony broadcast will be produced by Insight Productions, a Boat Rocker Company.
“It’s an absolute honour to be hosting The 51st Annual Juno Awards,” said Liu, in a press release. “Canadian entertainment and culture hold a very important place in my heart and getting the chance to experience the festivities in my hometown makes the experience even more special to me.”
“We’re thrilled to have Simu Liu joining us as host for this year’s Juno Awards,” said Allan Reid, president and CEO of CARAS/The Juno Awards. “From Kim’s Convenience to Shang-Chi, to Saturday Night Live, Simu has established himself as a versatile and tremendously talented performer and I can’t wait to see him become a champion for Canadian music live on the Budweiser Stage.”
In 2021, Liu made history starring as Marvel’s first Asian superhero in Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, which earned him The People’s Choice Award for Favourite Action Movie Star. His hosting debut on Saturday Night Live last December was also widely applauded.
Prior to that, Liu starred for five seasons in the CBC original comedy series Kim’s Convenience, which won the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) award for outstanding ensemble in 2017. The show also won the award for best comedy series at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards.
Liu’s other film and TV credits include ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens and NBC’s Taken.
His memoir, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story, will be released by HarperCollins in May 2022.
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Photo supplied by CARAS. Photo credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage.
