Star-Studded Lineup Revealed for ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ 2025′
Ryan Seacrest helms a star-studded lineup of performers who will ring out the old year and welcome in the new on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest. Who’s taking the stage in New York’s Times Square, California, Las Vegas, and Puerto Rico as each destination lights up with the brightest singers, entertainers, and celebrities? Here are the details.
Who will perform in New York?
Ryan Seacrest celebrates his 20th year as host of the legendary New Year’s Eve television celebration. Co-host Rita Ora will join Seacrest to lead the festivities from New York’s Times Square. Dayanara Torres returns as co-host from Puerto Rico.
Live, from Times Square, Seacrest, and Ora helm a show filled with an all-star roster of artists. These include Carrie Underwood, Megan Moroney, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lenny Kravitz, Teddy Swims, Tinashe, Cody Johnson, TLC, and Thomas Rhett.
This is the third time Underwood will perform on the long-running ABC series. She reveals, “I have such fun memories of performing on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in Times Square in both 2007 and 2015.”
“I’m so excited to perform just before the ball drops again this year. I’m thrilled to celebrate 20 years since winning American Idol by joining Ryan as he hosts his 20th New Year’s Eve in Times Square.”
Underwood will perform a medley of her greatest hits for the New York audience. Moroney will sing two songs off her album Am I Okay?
Shortly after 2025 begins, the Jonas Brothers kick off their 20th anniversary celebration with a thrilling, career-spanning medley of songs in Times Square. Their performance airs just after midnight.
The West Coast party is just as hot
The West Coast party of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest is just as exciting as its New York counterpart. The jam-packed night of performances features some of the most beloved and brightest new talent in the music industry.
Alanis Morissette kicks off the 30th-anniversary celebration of her album Jagged Little Pill and will take the stage multiple times throughout the evening. For one special performance, she stands alongside singer and songwriter Reneé Rapp for a performance of “You Oughta Know.”
Country music singer-songwriter Dasha makes her New Year’s Rockin’ Eve debut with a performance of “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’).” DJ Cassidy brings Pass The Mic Live! experience to the episode, with performances by hip-hop icons Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh.
Country singer-songwriter Ernest performs “Why Dallas” and “I Had Some Help.” HARDY sings a medley of “PSYCHO” and “TRUCK BED,” while Kesha celebrates 15 years since the debut of her smash “TiK ToK.”
Laufey makes her New Year’s Rockin’ Eve debut with her hit song “From The Start.” Blake Shelton performs some of his biggest hits as well as “Texas,” his latest single, from Las Vegas. And Luis Fonsi will ring in the New Year in Puerto Rico, performing a medley spanning some of his greatest hits from his successful 25-year career.
Finally, Natasha Bedingfield sings “Unwritten,” which she first performed on the show in 2007. T-Pain will take the stage and perform two medleys of his greatest hits.
How long has ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ been on the air?
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve marks its 54th year and celebrates the year’s very best in music, features America’s favorite personalities, and takes a look at New Year’s celebrations around the globe. However, the show’s humble beginnings in the early 1970s had goals that weren’t so far-reaching. Instead, the special was a response to traditional New Year’s Eve television celebrations that didn’t connect with younger audiences.
In 1972, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve debuted as competition against Guy Lombardo’s long-running New Year’s Eve specials. Lombardo and his Royal Canadian Orchestra rang in the New Year live each year with a highbrow celebration from New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
The first two editions of Rockin’ Eve were broadcast by NBC and hosted by Three Dog Night and George Carlin, respectively, with Clark anchoring coverage from Times Square. The show then switched to ABC, the network it continues to air on to this day.
Clark hosted the show each year until 2004 when he suffered a stroke. Legendary talk show personality Regis Philbin subsequently stepped in as guest host for one night only.
Ryan Seacrest began officially hosting the series in 2005, and Clark made guest appearances each year until he died in 2012. Keeping Clark’s name in the show’s title is likely a way to honor his New Year’s Eve legacy.
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve With Ryan Seacrest airs live on Tuesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
