Award shows can be boring, whether it’s the atmosphere itself or to whom the awards are being presented. The host has the difficult job of keeping an audience full of people entertained for several hours, so when one comes along and pulls it off, people take notice. Good or bad, these are the six that created the biggest buzz.
1. Ricky Gervais
Viewers loved his performance enough to bring him back the next year, but the 2010 & 2011 Golden Globes’ host made quite a few enemies as well. He was relentless with his jabs at the celebs in attendance and Robert Downey Jr. went so far as to call his jokes “mean-spirited”.