Michael Bublé named host of 2013 JUNOs

TORONTO – Michael Bublé is heading to Saskatchewan.

The B.C. crooner was unveiled Sunday night as host of the annual celebration of Canadian music. The show will be broadcast April 21 from the Brandt Centre in Regina.   

Bublé has won several JUNO Awards during his career, including Album of the Year in 2012 for Christmas.

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Actor William Shatner hosted last year’s JUNOs in Ottawa. Previous hosts include rapper Drake, comic Russell Peters, actress Pamela Anderson, and singer Nelly Furtado. 

Nominations for the 2013 JUNO Awards have not yet been announced. 

This year’s recipient of the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award is longtime Canadian music journalist Larry LeBlanc, who will be honoured at a gala dinner on the night before the televised awards show. 

JUNO Week runs April 15 to 21 in Moose Jaw and Regina.