Viewers were sent into a tailspin by some very racy performances at the 2025 BRIT Awards on Saturday night in what could be its sexiest year to date.
Sabrina Carpenter and Jade Thirlwall were among the top celebrities who showcased their talents at the O2 Arena in London, delivering some unforgettable performances.
The 25-year-old Espresso artist impressed the audience with her sensual and suggestive dance routine, while Jade’s dancer surprised everyone by briefly exposing his bare backside during a quick moment on stage.
These incidents have sparked speculation about whether this year’s BRIT Awards could go down in history as one of the most seductive ceremonies yet, leading some viewers to anticipate a surge in complaints to Ofcom.
Opening the ceremony, Sabrina didn’t fail to capture attention as she stripped down to glittering red lingerie and fishnet stockings for her show-stopping performance.
Known for her cheeky on-stage antics, the singer kept to her usual traditions as she belted out her smash hit songs Espresso and Bed Chem, mixed with Rule Britannia.
From dancing around on a giant pink bed to larking around with back-up dancers dressed as the King’s Guards, Sabrina didn’t hold back with her risqué performance.
The blonde beauty swapped her elegant red carpet dress for the busty two-piece ensemble to showed off her incredible figure.
She also slipped into a King’s Guard outfit of her own to put a cheeky British twist on her popular tunes.
While singing Bed Chem, Sabrina also debuted some sensual dance moves as she sat on a huge bright pink love heart bed.
Closing her set at the end of the song, Sabrina even knelt on the floor off-camera in front of one dancer, who then winked at the camera in a very suggestive moment.
And viewers were loving the racy performance and innuendos as they rushed to X to praise the American popstar.
Meanwhile, others warned that not everyone may be a fan of the pre-watershed performance.
Fans quipped: ‘Sabrina Carpenter doing Bed Chem pre-watershed? The ofcom complaints about that performance are gonna be through the roof but I enjoyed it. That’s my girl! #BRITs’;
‘This performance before the 9pm watershed? oh Sabrina, I love you x some parents will end up complaining though let’s face it #BRITs.’
‘Ofcom after Sabrina’s Brits performance #BRITs #sabrinacapenter’;
‘Me cheering on Sabrina to be even more filthy and promiscuous to make all the Facebook mums complain more #BRITs’;
‘Sabrina performing bed chem at the brit awards is everything I needed and more’; ‘Sabrina’s performance for the #BRITs IS INSANE.’
‘SABRINA DRESSED AS A ROYAL GUARD I AM DECEASED #britawards #brits’; ‘Sabrina performing bed chem at the brit awards is everything I needed and more.’
‘THE PERFORMER YOU ARE SABRINA CARPENTER!!! #BRITs.’
‘Sabrina doing Bed Chem at the Brits was not on my bingo card omg she looks incredible and her voice #BRITs2025.’
Meanwhile, Little Mix star Jade’s first solo BRITs performance also left fans talking as one of her dancers flashed their bare bum during her show.
In a blink-and-you’ll-miss it moment, one of Jade’s dancers could be seen flashing his bare behind right at the end of her song, before the camera panned away.
He had ‘FUFN’ written across his bottom in black marker pen, which is the title of Jade’s upcoming single, which she teased in a short video in recent days.
Jade also took to her Instagram to share a photograph of the cheeky moment as she asked fans if they had noticed it.
Alongside the snap, she shared a hyperlink to pre-save the song, which was titled: ‘Who saw it?’ in reference to the fleeting nude moment.
Fans were quick to take to the comments section to share their surprise over the moment as they were left in stitches over her unique advertising technique.
Comments included: ‘Sooo was that scripted the man showing his ass’; ‘LMAOOOOOO’; ‘I was dead’;
‘Iconic’; ‘Thank you for this beautiful gift lol’; ‘Who’s ass is that’; ‘WTF JADE LOL.’
Dancer Harry Carter also claimed that he was the person pictured in the image as fans shared their amusement.
Jade sported an array of different outfits during her show, one of which was a cheeky lingerie-style ensemble, made up of a corset feathered top and stockings.Â
On the night, Jade also nabbed her first BRIT Award as a solo artist since Little Mix went on on hiatus December 2021, taking home Best Pop Act.Â
Meanwhile, as well as performing for the A-list crowd, Sabrina took home the BRITs Global Success award.
The prestigious award has previously been presented to One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Sam Smith.
The BRITs Global Success award identifies an artist with phenomenal global sales and Sabrina becomes the first international artist to receive it following a decision by the BRITs Committee to open the award up to overseas artists.
Her win is in recognition of a truly incredible year in which she dominated global charts, including holding the #1 position in the Official UK Charts for a combined 21 weeks in 2024, the first artist to do so in 71 years.
On the Official UK Singles Chart, she became the first female artist ever to simultaneously occupy the top three spots with Taste, Please Please Please and ‘Espresso’.
In the US, she is the first artist to have their first three top five hits in the top five simultaneously since The Beatles achieved this 60 years ago.
The pop princess is also nominated in the International Artist Of The Year category and the International Song Of The Year for Espresso, but the gong went to Chappell Roan.
The BRIT Awards ceremony was hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall, marking his fifth time at the helm of the event, after having previously presented the show in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
