
The Grammy an award is probably the most coveted award for the music industry in the whole world. It is almost equal to the Oscar award for the films. Every year the most popular and the best sung songs are awarded the Grammy. There are also stage performances by several stars from the music industry all across the world. The Grammy Red Carpet is the event when the stars arrive at the Grammy stage.
The Grammy Red Carpet is covered by a program that is named Live from Red Carpet. The pre-show of the Grammys is held by the entertainment television E!. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana DePandi, the program brings the watchers up close and personal to the favorite stars of the music industry.
The stars come to the Grammy Red Carpet dressed in their best. The stars in their best fashion glitz and glamour light up the evening. Whatever they wear becomes a fashion statement that is copied by millions worldwide.
The Grammy Red Carpet cover Live from Red Carpet show is divided into three segments- Countdown to the Red Carpet, Live Post-Show and the Fashion Police. All these shows have specialty of their own. In the Countdown, the host holds interview of the arriving guests and gets their views about the winners for that night. It also gives the viewers a sneak peak of the pre shows preparations, the stage etc. it also gives its viewers a prediction about the chances of the nominees winning.
In the Live Post-Show, the host gets up, close and personal with the winners of the night. In the Fashion Police, the host of the program rates the best dressed and the worst dressed celebrity on the Grammy Red Carpet. Another channel, The TV Guide, started their own Red Carpet show with Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers as the hosts. They were paid almost $ 8 million for hosting the show for 3 years.
Some of the recent hosts for the Grammy Red Carpet show are Ryan Seacrest, Giuliana DePandi and Debbie Matenopoulos. They had been hosting the show from the year 2006. Some of their previous hosts for the red carpet evenings were Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers (from 1996 to 2004), Star Jones and Kathy Griffin (from 2004 to 2005) and Nicky Hilton (in the year 2004).
Some of the best dressed celebrities in the 2008 Grammy Red Carpet were Fergie, Beyonce Knowles, Rihanna and Carrie Underwood. While some of the celebrities came dressed in a simple but elegant gown, some came wearing a much bolder dresses. A dress of 80s punk style that was worn by Rihanna was voted as one of the best of the evening.
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