The 2025 BRIT Awards has announced the three shortlisted artists for its Rising Star Award. 

Elmiene, Good Neighbours and Myles Smith comprise the all-male field of contenders. 

The artists will go head-to-head for the prestigious prize, with the winner set to be revealed on Thursday, December 5.

Formerly known as the Critics’ Choice award, the category is judged by a group of editors and critics, with the prize awarded at the BRIT ceremony on March 1.

Born and raised in Oxford, Elmiene has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry.

Speaking about his nomination, he said: ‘I’m extremely grateful to be nominated for the Rising Star award.

‘If I could put the feeling of being nominated into words, I would say it’s like being completely satisfied with a meal you bought and then finding out it comes with dessert and a drink.’ 

The 2025 BRIT Awards has announced the three shortlisted artists for its Rising Star Award (2025 trophy)

Elmiene (pictured), Good Neighbours and Myles Smith comprise the all-male field of contenders

Good Neighbours, who is made up of Oli Fox and Scott Verrill, are having the most streamed debut single globally from a new artist this past year.

Their song Home has been streamed over 322 million times on Spotify and reached the top 30 on the UK singles chart in 2023.

They said the nomination was a dream come true: ‘The Brits have always been a huge dream for both of us growing up.

‘We started Good Neighbours purely for the fun of it, so to be up for an actual Brit award at this stage in our career is the biggest honour. Thank you.’

Luton-based Myles Smith was spotted by Sony on TikTok and they signed him to their RCA label in 2023.

Myles said: ‘Growing up in Luton, I started playing pubs and open mic nights when I was just 12, and music became my way of understanding the world and connecting with others.

‘This recognition feels like a reflection of that journey—the highs, the challenges and the incredible people who’ve supported me along the way.’

He continued: ‘Thank you for seeing me, for listening, and for believing in the music. It means the world.’

The artists will go head-to-head for the prestigious prize, with the winner set to be revealed on Thursday, December 5 (Good Neighbours pictured) 

Myles said of his nomination: ‘Growing up in Luton, I started playing pubs and open mic nights when I was just 12, and music became my way of understanding the world’

It comes after the designer of the BRIT Awards 2025 trophy was revealed as Gabriel Moses.

The south London artist is celebrated for his collaborations with a long and rapidly growing list of brands including Adidas, Dior, Apple and Burberry.

He now follows the likes of Vivienne Westwood and Anish Kapoor in designing the winners’ trophy for the annual awards show.

It comes after the designer of the BRIT Awards 2025 trophy was been revealed as Gabriel Moses (pictured)

Hosted by Clara Amfo , Maya Jama and Roman Kemp, last year’s show pulled in an average audience of 2.5 million, with a peak of 3.1 million

On what it meant to be asked to design the 2025 trophy, Gabriel said: ‘To be listed alongside some of the greatest artists, designers, architects, such as Vivienne Westwood, Zaha Hadid, Anish Kapoor, is truly an honour and something I will always be grateful and proud of.

‘To now have both Slawn, and this year also myself, in the same group as people that informed our/mine visual approach, puts lots of things in perspective and it is an amazing achievement across the board.’

Earlier this month, the BRITs confirmed the list of 16 categories for this year which includes Artist of the Year, Group of the Year, BRITs Rising Star, Best New Artist, Song of the Year with Mastercard, and Mastercard Album of the Year.

There will also be awards for International Artist of the Year, International Song of the Year and International Group of the Year as well as Alternative/Rock Act, Pop Act, R&B Act, Dance Act, and Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Act.

Meanwhile Producer of the Year and Songwriter of the Year will both be honorary awards decided by a separate expert panel.

As the biggest night in the UK music calendar, the music industry will once again come together to celebrate the year’s standout successes across both British and International music.

In a night dominated by female winners, who won gongs in all but four categories, Dua won best pop act while Kylie Minogue picked up the global icon award

The only men to get accolades were Calvin Harris (pictured) for dance act; Sheffield quartet Bring Me The Horizon in the alternative/rock category; Casisᴅᴇᴀᴅ for best hip-hop, grime or rap act; and duo Jungle for group of the year

They have also confirmed that Damian Christian, Managing Director and President of Promotions at Atlantic Records (part of Warner Music UK) will serve for his third and final year as Chair of the BRIT Committee for 2025.

Christian has remained in position for the duration of Warner Music UK’s three-year tenure, overseeing all aspects of the event including performance bookings, hosts, show creative, digital, and award categories.

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Commenting being part of the BRITs, Christian said: ‘It is a privilege, once again, to chair The BRITs for the third and final time.

‘I’m proud of the changes we’ve implemented and the results we’ve achieved over the last few years, and I’m looking forward to going out with a bang in March.

‘Making sure we kept our Saturday night slot was our first priority, and now we’ve locked that in, we will work hard to make next year’s show one for the history books!’

The BRIT Awards 2024, hosted by Clara Amfo, Maya Jama and Roman Kemp, pulled in an average audience of 2.5 million, with a peak of 3.1 million.

Singer-songwriter and rapper Raye took home gongs in the best album and best song categories.

My 21st Century Blues beat compeтιтion from the likes of Blur and Little Simz, as well as J Hus and Young Fathers.

In a night dominated by female winners, who won gongs in all but four categories, Dua won best pop act while Kylie Minogue picked up the global icon award.

The only men to get accolades were Calvin Harris for dance act; Sheffield quartet Bring Me The Horizon in the alternative/rock category; Casisᴅᴇᴀᴅ for best hip-hop, grime or rap act; and duo Jungle for group of the year.

While across the pond, Miley Cyrus, SZA and Boygenius won prizes, for International song, International artist and International group.