Darts star Luke Littler, 19, steps out on red carpet with girlfriend Faith Millar for BRITs in matching black outfits

He is more accustomed to the glare of Alexandra Palace spotlights than a music industry red carpet. But Luke Littler took his latest public engagement entirely in his stride on Saturday night, arriving at the BRIT Awards 2026 in Manchester with girlfriend Faith Millar on his arm — and doing it in exactly the style you would expect from one of sport’s most effortlessly unbothered teenagers.

The two-time world darts champion, 19, made his BRITS debut alongside Faith at Manchester’s Co-Op Live arena, which this year hosted the ceremony for the first time in the awards’ history outside of London. And while some of the evening’s celebrity arrivals went all-out for the cameras in show-stopping ensembles, Littler did what Littler does — kept it simple, kept it cool, and somehow managed to look perfectly put together in the process.

Littler arrived wearing a black hoodie by Represent, shaking the hands of fans as he made his way to the red carpet. Before posing for the paparazzi with Faith, he removed his hoodie to reveal a buttoned-up navy polo. GB News Black trousers and black shoes completed the look — matching Faith’s stunning black dress GB News in what was a quietly coordinated couple’s appearance without appearing to have tried too hard. Which, when you consider who we are dealing with, is entirely on brand.

The outfit was understated by BRITs standards, certainly. But there was something rather endearing about watching the man who has just won back-to-back world championships, signed a reported £20 million deal with Target Darts and become one of the most recognisable sporting faces in Britain stroll down a red carpet in a polo shirt and sensibly-priced trousers while the music industry’s finest attempted to outdo each other in increasingly elaborate ensembles. The Nuke, it turns out, does not feel the need to nuke the dress code.

Inside the ceremony, Littler played his part on the big stage, taking to the podium alongside his close friend and streamer Angry Ginge — Morgan Birtwhistle, the reigning King of the Jungle — to present the International Song of the Year, which was taken home by APT. HELLO! The moment drew an enthusiastic response from the Co-Op Live crowd, who were clearly delighted to see sport’s most famous teenager venture onto their turf.

For Faith, the evening represented another significant step into the spotlight that has come with being the partner of one of the planet’s most talked-about young athletes. The 19-year-old beautician from Wigan — close to Littler’s own hometown of Warrington — has navigated the attention with a composure that has won admiration from darts fans who might have been protective of their champion’s private life.

The couple’s journey from carefully-managed “just friends” to fully-fledged red carpet couple has been one of sport’s more gently unfolding storylines of the past year. The connection between the pair first became public in May 2025 when the darts star posted a photograph of them together to his Instagram followers. GB News The couple sealed their romance publicly with an intimate kiss at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens as Pitbull’s Greenlight echoed through the venue GB News just before Littler’s World Matchplay quarter-final — a moment that sent social media into the kind of frenzy that only Littler moments seem to reliably produce.

Since then, Faith has been a fixture at Littler’s biggest occasions. She attends all of Littler’s matches, cheering him on from the front row, GB News and was part of the Alexandra Palace story as he clinched his second world title in January. The young champion even took Faith to Noir Steakhouse in Manchester for Valentine’s Day, GB News the pair photographed enjoying a quiet evening together just days after Littler had been struggling through Premier League duties with the flu. In the chaos of a career that has few pauses, she represents something rare: normality.

The BRITs was a different kind of occasion entirely — glitzier, louder, and with considerably more sequins than the average night at Ally Pally. The ceremony, held at Manchester’s Co-Op Live in a historic break from its traditional London home, brought together some of British music’s biggest names, with Olivia Dean and Lola Young leading the nominations. Jack Whitehall hosted for a sixth consecutive year. Harry Styles performed. The red carpet, as always, was a spectacle of ambition and excess.

And there, somewhere in the middle of it all, was Luke Littler in a navy polo, holding Faith Millar’s hand, looking for all the world like a lad who had just been told there was a party in Manchester and fancied going.

Two world titles, an MBE, a £20 million sponsorship deal, and now a BRITS appearance. The teenager from Warrington is collecting experiences at roughly the same rate he collects major trophies. And just like on the oche, he makes it look entirely effortless.