2021 – also without an audience – and broadcast on 2 May, preceded on 30 April by the delayed broadcast of the semi-final. The 2022 contest was deferred from spring to early autumn and was broadcast in October; the semi-final stage of the competition (introduced in 2010) was discontinued. Broadcast Regional heats were televised in 1978; a round before the category final was aired until 1994, and again in 2002 and 2004. From 1978 to 1984, all programmes were broadcast on BBC One until it was moved to BBC Two in 1986; however from 2002 to 2012, the heats were moved to BBC Four, with only the final aired on BBC Two. In 2010, highlights of the new semi-final stage were also broadcast on BBC Two. In 2014, all stages of the competition moved to BBC Four, and the category finals and the grand final were broadcast on BBC Radio 3. For the 2018 competition, Radio 3 broadcast a 30-minute concert starring each competitor in the week before their category final aired. Hosts The following have hosted stages of the competition: Classical Award Humphrey Burton (1978–1992) Ernest Lush (1978) Jane Glover (1986, 1988) J Mervyn Williams (1990) Edward Gregson (1990 final) Paul Daniel (1992 final) Sarah Greene (1994) Christopher Warren-Green (1996) Sarah Walker (1996) Stephanie Hughes (1998–2004) Alistair Appleton (2004) Howard Goodall (2006, 2010 final) Gethin Jones (2008) Aled Jones (2008) Nicola Loud (2008) Clemency Burton-Hill (2010–12, 2014 final, 2016, 2018 final) Josie D'Arby (2012, 2016 final, 2018, 2020, 2022 final) Alison Balsom (2014, 2016, 2018 final) Miloš Karadaglić (2014) Anna Lapwood (2020) Jess Gillam (2020 final, 2022) Alexis Ffrench (2022) Jazz Award Josie D'Arby (2014, 2016, 2018) Soweto Kinch (2014) Joe Stilgoe (2016) YolanDa Brown (2018, 2020) Jamz Supernova (2022) Huw Stephens (2022) Related awards BBC Young Dancer A competitive dance version, BBC Young Dancer, was launched in October 2014 and first awarded in May 2015. BBC Young Jazz Musician A separate competition for a Jazz Award was first held during the 2014 season, with the final broadcast on BBC Four in the week after the classical final. In 2016, the Jazz Award final was episode 7 of the 8-part BBC Four series, broadcast two days before the classical final. In 2018, the jazz competition had an upper age limit of 21 and the final was recorded for BBC Four in November as part of the London Jazz Festival;