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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Mikael Wood, Suzy Exposito and Julian Kimble

Expert predictions for the wide-open, COVID-delayed, gone-to-Vegas 2022 Grammy Awards

Well, you can bet that oddsmakers are pondering some new scenarios now.

Just a week after Will Smith stunned the world by slapping Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars, the 64th Grammy Awards will take place Sunday night, adding an element of intrigue to an already atypical iteration of music’s most prestigious awards ceremony.

This year’s event, which was postponed from late January amid concerns over the spread of the omicron variant, will be broadcast live on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, a COVID-inspired move from the Grammys’ usual home in Los Angeles that the Recording Academy is gamely presenting as a chance to “put on a world-class show.”

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