One of the UK’s most in-demand Live Awards Event Voice of God Voice Over Artists
Trusted Live Voice of God Announcer for the inaugural Invictus Spirit Awards attended by the Duke of Sussex
What is a Voice of God Voice Over?
Without a doubt the area of work I love doing most of all as a voice over artist is being a Voice of God voice over, also known as a Voice of God announcer (awards announcer or awards event VoG for short).
Live Awards Event Voice of God Voice Over
Hear my authentic live Voice of God work from recent awards ceremonies.
‘Voice of God’ is the name used to identify the announcer heard before and during a live event, for example an awards ceremony, very often acting as the awards announcer. The VoG often also interacts with the live event host and in my case, also the audience.
The performer remains out of sight however is still very much an essential part of the event.
The Voice of God Voice Over style is synonymous with the big intro voice you’ll hear on Saturday Night TV shows such as Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Text Santa and Beat the Star.
I’m proud to have been the in-programme voice on all of those shows, and plenty more. Isn’t that handy!
(Face of God? Watch how I do it: a rare on-camera VoG moment. The APM Awards, London November 2025 with host Zoe Lyons.)
Saturday Night Takeaway Voice of God Announcer
The in-show Voice of God Announcer for TV shows including Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV1
Pre-recorded Voice of God Awards Announcer
I also record pre-recorded Voice of God Voice Over Announcements for awards events.
How to become a VoG?
A question asked of me recently as the featured guest invited by fellow voiceover artist Jo Troy for his new podcast series. Hear the interview below (or in full here)
In my case I’d been the in-show Voice of God for many high-profile ITV TV shows, usually starring Ant & Dec. Transfering that same style from TV shows to awards events seemed a logical progression. I love both VoG and TV work.
It was a pleasure to be asked to be the event announcer for numerous awards shows in central London recently. Among them the CN Awards, SCEPTRE Awards (shopping centre awards? But of course!) and the NCE Tunnelling Awards Festival.
NCE Tunnelling Awards
My co-host for the NCE Awards was comedian Lucy Porter – we’d worked together before at a previous live awards ceremony. The brief was to to ad-lib and have fun with the event while making it entertaining, which is exactly what we did. Furthermore, we’ve worked together many times more since then – it’s always great fun.
"Thank you SO MUCH Jonathan. You were absolutely amazing, we will work together again."
As Voice of God voice over I sit with production crew at the side of the 500 seat ballroom with the a/v crew and the show caller. It’s my job to make the live pre-show audience announcements. Then play my part reading the nominations and citations, and interacting with the host during the show. The audience may also need the odd reminder to ‘shush’ every now and then.
In addition, timing has to be impeccable, names pronounced correctly and as the event announcer, sound clear, authoritative and credible. Being live, both the running order can change and scripts get revised, and unexpected situations happen. It’s the VoG’s job to be able to react quickly and calmly and deal with that. Experience matters. All in an evening’s work for your friendly neighbourhood Voice of God!
Celebration...
Because it’s an evening of celebration, I like to make it fun while not forgetting to make the award recipients feel special. Consequently, I always enjoy adding my own favourite niche ingredients where appropriate; irony and maybe just a hint of parody. The odd ad-lib also never goes amiss – I enjoy making the event entertaining. A fantastic event, in a very smart setting it was a huge pleasure to be part of. The evening was a great success and audience and client feedback really rather good.
In fact, so overwhelming was the feedback that we were both later awarded freedom of the City of London. We can now be seen exercising our right to herd sheep across Tower Bridge.*
* OK, I might’ve made that bit up.
Unsurprisingly, as with all live awards events it’s right up there with my favourite bookings of the year.
Delegates and colleagues asked after you and were impressed with the voiceover."
2025 was my busiest year VoG-ing yet with many awards shows booked, both live and pre-recorded. I expect plenty more to come throughout the next 12 months. As always, I can’t wait for the next one!
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