'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025' airs live beginning at 8 on ABC

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ABC and Dick Clark Productions’ highly anticipated “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025” – the nation’s most-watched New Year’s Eve celebration – returns tonight with Seacrest marking his 20th year as host. He will be joined by co-host Rita Ora to lead the festivities from New York’s Times Square, with an all-star roster of artists. Multihyphenate Dayanara Torres will return as co-host in Puerto Rico.

“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024” airs live beginning at 8 p.m. on WKBW-TV Channel 7.

Times Square

Marking 20 years since her 2005 life-changing “American Idol” win, current “Idol” judge Carrie Underwood will perform a medley of some of her biggest hits in Times Square just before midnight.

Underwood said, “I have such fun memories of performing on ‘New Year's Rockin’ Eve’ in Times Square in both 2007 and 2015, and 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.”

Carrie Underwood and Ryan Seacrest will count down to 2025 on ABC. (Photos credit: Disney/Gizelle Hernandez)

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The Jonas Brothers will kick off the group’s 20th anniversary celebrations with a thrilling, career-spanning medley performance from New York’s iconic Times Square, airing just after midnight during “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025.” Formed in 2005, members of Jonas Brothers have performed multiple times on the show – three times as a group and five times across their solo projects.

Since their explosive debut in 2005, the multi-award-winning trio has captivated audiences worldwide and earned countless accolades. Most recently, the trio wrapped up “The World Tour,” their 12th concert tour, in support of their sixth studio album, “The Album.” Their “Happiness Begins Tour” marked a triumphant return to the spotlight, solidifying their status as one of the most enduring acts in pop history.

Megan Moroney will take the Times Square stage to culminate an eventful year, which included the release of her second album, “Am I Okay?” The CMA New Artist of the Year will perform a two-song medley of tracks from the album, which debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and was her first Top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Moroney also spent much of 2024 on tour with Kenny Chesney, hitting sold-out stadiums across the U.S.

Legendary British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor will make her “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” debut with a performance of her Platinum-certified hit “Murder on the Dancefloor” from Times Square. Since being featured in the recent film “Saltburn,” “Murder on the Dancefloor” has become one of the top viral hits of the year, climbing to the Top 5 on global charts and charting for the first time ever in the U.S. over 20 years after its original release.

In a performance sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line, trailblazers TLC, the bestselling American girl group of all time with over 65 million records sold worldwide, will take the Times Square stage and perform hits from their groundbreaking career, including songs off their multi-Platinum album “CrazySexyCool,” which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024.

Additional “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” Times Square performers include rock legend Lenny Kravitz who has sold over 40 million albums and recently released his 12^th studio album; genre-bending singer-songwriter Teddy Swims; multi-Platinum-certified R&B disruptor, singer, songwriter and dancer Tinashe; chart-topping country superstar Cody Johnson; and five-time Grammy-nominated hitmaker Thomas Rhett.

Puerto Rico

Native and award-winning artist 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. His performance will take place just before midnight in the Atlantic Time Zone, one hour before the ball drops in Times Square.

Las Vegas

Blake Shelton will perform from Las Vegas. With 40 Top 10 singles and 29 No. 1 songs, the award-winning country music superstar will perform some of his biggest hits, as well as “Texas,” his latest single and first new solo song in two years, from Las Vegas.

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‘West Coast Party’

Performances from the “West Coast Party” will include Alanis Morissette, with special guest Reneé Rapp; Dasha; “DJ Cassidy’s Pass The Mic Live! starring Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh”; Ernest; HARDY; Kesha; Laufey; Natasha Bedingfield; and T-Pain.

Morissette will kick off the 30th anniversary celebration of her acclaimed and influential album “Jagged Little Pill,” one of the bestselling albums of all time. Morissette will take the stage multiple times throughout the night and will be joined by Rapp for a performance of “You Oughta Know.”

Country music singer-songwriter Dasha will make her “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” debut with a performance of “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’),” which garnered over 10 billion views on TikTok and has officially been RIAA-certified Platinum and Gold in the U.S. and 17 other countries in the world.

DJ Cassidy will bring his trailblazing “Pass The Mic Live!” experience to “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” with hip-hop icons Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, who all united this past summer for their groundbreaking “Pass The Mic Live!” Las Vegas residency, inspired by old-world Las Vegas mainstays like “The Rat Pack.”

Breakout country singer-songwriter Ernest will culminate his exciting year of CMA, Billboard and Grammy nominations with a medley performance of his hit song “Why Dallas” off his current album “Nashville, Tennessee”; and the Grammy-nominated collaboration “I Had Some Help,” which was co-written by Ernest.

Culminating a significant 2024 that included his new album “QUIT!!” and a U.S. headline tour, genre-bending singer-songwriter HARDY will perform a medley of “Psycho” and “Truck Bed.”

Global pop sensation Kesha will deliver an unforgettable performance celebrating 15 years of her iconic hit “TiK ToK” while showcasing “Joyride,” her groundbreaking first release as an independent artist this year.

Laufey, the Grammy Award-winning artist, whom the New York Times called Gen Z’s pop jazz icon, will make her “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” debut with her hit song “From The Start.”

Bedingfield will return to “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” to perform and celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the most defining pop anthems, “Unwritten,” which she first performed on the show in 2007.

Grammy-winning artist, producer, songwriter, entrepreneur and global cultural icon T-Pain will take the stage and perform two medleys of his greatest hits.

Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora at the Times Square Ball on Dec. 30 in New York City. (ABC photo by Al Drago)

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Champagne toast

The No. 1 New Year’s Eve programming special each year, ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024” attracted 22.2 million total viewers at midnight one year ago.

The show, which now marks its 54th year, will celebrate 2024’s very best in music with hours of dynamic performances, America’s favorite personalities, and a look at New Year’s celebrations around the globe.

Follow “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and Threads; join the conversation with #RockinEve; and get the latest news and updates at NewYearsRockinEve.com.

This year will mark the second consecutive year that Dick Clark Productions and iHeartMedia, the leading audio media company in America, will broadcast “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” live across 150 iHeartRadio stations nationwide. Music fans across the country can listen in to iHeartRadio stations to catch “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” live beginning at 8 p.m. The show will also be available to stream live on the iHeartRadio app.