Hosts For The 2025 ARIA Awards Revealed

With just under three weeks left until this year’s ARIA Awards, the star-studded roster of hosts has been revealed.

Nova FM radio presenter, Tim Blackwell and triple j’s Concetta Caristo will present the award ceremony, while Sydney-based triple j presenter, Latifa Tee, and Channel 10’s Angela Bishop and Georgie Tunny round out the ARIAs Red Carpet presentation.

The 2025 ARIA Awards, held in partnership with Spotify, will take place at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday, 19 November.

Bishop, Tunny, and Tee will be live from 5:00 pm AEDT on Paramount+, with the Red Carpet show, featuring exclusive interviews, airing on Channel 10 from 7:00 pm AEDT. The award ceremony will be broadcast on Paramount+ from the Red Carpet onwards, and the awards will be handed out on Channel 10 following Big Brother.

“Australian Music has had an incredible year,” Tim Blackwell began. “We’re punching way above our weight all over the world! To be back as your host for the second year in a row, I couldn’t be more proud to be part of the night celebrating the best artists on the planet.” 

Concetta Caristo added, “Co-hosting the ARIA Awards and celebrating Australian music on the big stage is truly a dream come true! I get to hang out with so many incredible artists at triple j, and I can't wait to celebrate them all on Australian music’s night of nights. I’m a host, but mainly I'm a cheerleader!”

This year’s ARIA Award nominees were revealed in September.

Leading the charge is DJ and producer Ninajirachi, who has earned eight nominations, contending for prestigious awards including Album of the Year, Best Solo Artist, Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist, and Best Independent Release.

Other big names include Dom Dolla, who is up for seven, Amyl And The Sniffers are in contention for six, Hilltop Hoods and Thelma Plum have claimed five nods apiece, and Folk Bitch Trio, Missy Higgins, Royel Otis and RÜFÜS DU SOL are up for four awards.

This year’s event features a total of 95 nominees, an increase of six from last year’s ceremony. However, that’s not the only notable increase, with this year also seeing a 26% increase in first-time nominees – bringing the total from last year’s 35 to 44 this year.

The largest cohort of artists represented at this year’s awards is independent artists, who take up almost three-quarters of the nominations. For 2025, 69 of the 95 nominees are independent acts, representing 72.6% – up from the 52.4% majority share last year.