ABC and Dick Clark Productions have announced the performers set for the 55th annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest special. This year marks Seacrest’s 21st year hosting the event.
Organizers revealed that this year’s New Year’s telecast, with four countdowns in New York City, Puerto Rico, Chicago and Las Vegas, will be the longest in history with the most performers ever featured. In total, 85 songs will be performed in the broadcast.
Ejae, Audrey Nina and Rei Ami — the voices of the girl group Huntr/x from KPop Demon Hunters — will perform, alongside fellow K-pop group Le Sserafim. Other artists set to perform include: 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, Charlie Puth, Ciara, Demi Lovato, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Wyclef Jean, Goo Goo Dolls, Lil Jon, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block, OneRepublic, Pitbull, Rick Springfield, the All-American Rejects, 6lack, AJR, BigXthaPlug, Filmore, Jess Glynne, Jessie Murph, Jordan Davis, Leon Thomas, Madison Beer, Russell Dickerson, Tucker Wetmore and Zara Larsson.
As previously announced, Chance the Rapper and Julianne Hough join the co-hosting lineup for this year’s special, which will kick off in New York and continue through Las Vegas, Chicago and Puerto Rico. Seacrest will be ringing in the New Year as the main host of this year’s “Rockin’ Eve” in Times Square, with Rita Ora returning as his co-host for the third year in a row. Julianne Hough and former NFL player Rob Gronkowski will co-host in Las Vegas.
Chance the Rapper joins the Chicago broadcast as co-host, which will feature a midnight countdown for the Central Time zone for the first time in the show’s history. Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, previously said in a statement that “this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the beauty and dynamism of our city and its people for the world to see.”
The largest lineup and longest telecast in the show’s more than 50-year history airs live Wednesday, December 31 at 8/7c on ABC, and streams next day on Hulu.
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