Brit Awards 2026: Rosalia And Björk Deliver An All-Time Great Performance
rosalia was the focal point of one of the most talked-about moments at the Brit Awards 2026, delivering a dramatic staged performance and later taking home the International Artist Of The Year prize. The night also featured high-profile acts such as Harry Styles, Raye and the ceremony’s top winner Olivia Dean.
Rosalia's Brits night and staging
Those in attendance and viewers online singled out Rosalía’s set as a moment of pure theatricality. She staged a flawless performance of Lux’s lead single Berghain on Saturday night, anchored by elaborate sets and a live orchestra with Rosalía’s vocals at the centre.
Berghain, Lux and the orchestra
Rosalía’s recent theatrical album Lux, released last year, blends classical and operatic influences with hip-hop and the traditional Spanish-infused sounds she had already been known for. On the Brit Awards stage she brought that fusion to life in a performance built around the single Berghain and supported by a live orchestra and large-scale staging.
Björk's unbilled verse live
The Spanish star managed to bring the enigmatic Björk onstage for an unbilled appearance to perform Björk’s Berghain verse live. That appearance marked Björk’s first time performing on the Brits stage in more than 30 years, a detail that only amplified the moment’s impact. A social-media post captioned "ACTUACION COMPLETA DE ROSALIA EN LOS #BRIT Awards" circulated after the set.
International Artist Of The Year
Rosalía was later presented with the International Artist Of The Year prize, beating competition from Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga. On accepting the award she said she was grateful: "I was so grateful just to be here tonight, just to perform, so this is insane, " she beamed. She added an appeal for diversity in music: "Let’s keep celebrating the ‘other’-ness. Let’s keep celebrating different music, different cultures and different languages. " Even Jack Whitehall—who pulled no punches elsewhere on the night—was clearly in awe, heaping praise on her performance during a light-hearted segment between the two of them later in the show.
GNTM episode six: Engel-Shooting
In a separate television highlight, episode six of Germany’s Next Topmodel staged an angel-wing shooting. Most candidates welcomed the assignment, which gave them wings in either black or white and the look commentators likened to "Victoria’s Angels with a pink allergy. " Not every contestant, however, appeared to grasp the brief.
Heidi Klum, guests and fallout
The show’s initial ratings after three weeks were described as weak: the companion programming and earlier episodes drew fewer "Attitude-Schaulustige" than the previous year. The franchise’s family-focused segment with Heidi Klum and her children Leni and Henry Samuel performed poorly, drawing 590, 000 viewers and placing behind another programme on the same night. One assessment noted that even the roughly 250th repeat of the comedy "Wir sind die Millers" attracted more viewers that evening.
Contestants, icons and reactions
The episode opened with an enthusiastic contribution from the eighteen-year-old Vanessa, who declared, "Ich freue mich auf das Shooting, weil ich da Face serven kann!" Her energy contrasted with visible confusion over the concept for some contestants; at one point Vanessa’s expression suggested she did not fully understand the white wings, asking rhetorically, "Weiße Flügel? Lernen wir jetzt Klavier, oder was?" Hosts announced two mode icons as guest judges, and Nadja Auermann and Armin Morbach promptly arrived in the loft. Auermann set the creative frame: "Heute geht es um eine Hommage an Peter Lindbergh. " The homage baffled many of the younger contestants—only the forty-seven-year-old Bianca and the fifty-four-year-old Ursula had clear context for Lindbergh’s influence.
Photographer direction and finale moments
Armin Morbach took the photographs while Auermann and Klum observed. Morbach, who Klum repeatedly pronounced as "Ahmiiiehn, " gave the first technical critique to Bianca. Brief hopes that Igor Levit might appear as a guest juror lasted only a few seconds before the guest-judge segment proceeded as planned. The episode also referenced past show controversies, including a harsh makeover of former contestant Zoe Saip, who in 2018 arrived being compared to Abbey Lee and was later transformed in a forced restyle into what commentators called a Dolly-Buster look before being eliminated.
Both the Brit Awards sequence and the Germany’s Next Topmodel episode six produced distinct headlines: rosalia’s staged Brit Awards performance and award night contrasts with the reality show’s divisive angel-wing shoot and its tepid ratings. Each programme left clear moments that viewers and critics continue to discuss.
