Plot Synopsis

NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE is an annual special, broadcast on New Year's Eve, ringing in the new year with popular musical acts. This special first aired on Sunday, December 31, 1972 on NBC at 11:30pm with much of the show taped on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA, with performances by: headliner Three Dog Night; Blood, Sweat and Tears; Mary Travers; Al Green; and Billy Preston. The following year, still originating (via tape) from the Queen Mary in Long Beach with some live footage of the celebration in New York's Times Square, performances included: George Carlin; Billy Preston; Linda Ronstadt; the Tower of Power; and the Pointer Sisters. In its third year, ROCKIN' EVE switched to ABC, where it has aired ever since.
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Ryan Seacrest hosts DICK CLARK'S NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2025 with Rita Ora in Times Square and Dayanara Torres as host in Puerto Rico. This program marks the 53rd installment of America's biggest celebration of the year and includes 5-1/2 hours of special performances and reports on New Year's festivities from around the globe.

The festivities kick off in primetime from 8-10pm ET (live)/PT (tape) on ABC, featuring live performances from New York's Times Square, as well as multiple performances from the celebrations in Puerto Rico. The party continues from 10:30pm-2:35am ET (live)/PT (tape) with the final countdown in Times Square and additional performances.

In his 20th year as host of America's most-watched New Year's Eve special, Ryan Seacrest leads the traditional countdown with co-host and global superstar Rita Ora live from Times Square, welcoming an all-star lineup of artists, including:

- Carrie Underwood, who closes out 2024 with a live, headlining performance of some of her biggest hits live in Times Square just before midnight. Megan Moroney and legendary British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor join Underwood in Times Square to ring in 2025 with live performances.

- 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 multiplatinum album "Crazysexycool," which celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024.

- Jonas Brothers take the Times Square stage in New York for a special performance after the clock strikes midnight.

- Additional NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE performers also include rock legend Lenny Kravitz who has sold over 40 million albums and recently released his 12th studio album; genre-bending singer-songwriter Teddy Swims; multiplatinum certified R&B disruptor, singer, songwriter and dancer Tinashe; chart-topping country superstar Cody Johnson and five-time GRAMMY-nominated hitmaker Thomas Rhett.

- Country music superstar Blake Shelton 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.

- Country music singer-songwriter Dasha will make her NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE debut with a performance of "Austin (Boots Stop Workin')."

- DJ Cassidy brings 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.

- Country singer-songwriter Ernest 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.

- Genre-bending singer-songwriter HARDY will perform a medley of "PSYCHO" and "TRUCK BED."

- Kesha delivers 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, who 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."

- Puerto Rico native and award-winning artist Luis Fonsi rings 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.

- Natasha Bedingfield returns 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.

- T-Pain takes the stage and perform two medleys of his greatest hits.

This year marks the second-ever live broadcast radio simulcast of NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE airing across 150 iHeartRadio stations nationwide including Z100 New York, KIIS-FM Los Angeles, KISS FM Chicago, Q102 Philly, 102.9 Dallas, and more. The show will also be available on the iHeartRadio app.