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Katherine Sheeppen
Seacrest and Hale will host the show from New York City, while Billy Porter will be live at the New Orleans celebration and Ciara will host the Los Angeles festivities again.
Lucy Hale will help Ryan Seacrest start the new year as hosts based in Times Square New Year’s Eve by Dick Clark, Rockin ‘Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.
Billy Porter will host the New Orleans-based parties for the first time, while Ciara will be celebrating the Los Angeles festivities for the third year in a row.
The 2021 celebration will mark Seacrest ‘s 15th year as host of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rock Clark. He will once again direct the traditional countdown to midnight live from New York City.
Hale was previously home to the New Orleans portion of the program, but this year will host Jenny McCarthy in New York. McCarthy revealed in October He lives with Kelly and Ryan that he would not re-organize the New York parties because he wanted to spend more time with his family before filming the new The masked singer.
“We are shooting Masked singer 3 in December and January and my 17-year-old son said, “Can we stay home this year?” He’ll be 18, he won’t want anything to do with me, “McCarthy told Kelly Ripa and Seacrest about his decision.” We’re so busy I said, “You know what, let’s dig deeper.” ‘”
“When we play in a new decade and in my 15th year hosting the show, I’m very excited to welcome the talented Lucy Hale on stage with me,” Seacrest said Tuesday in a statement. “It’s going to be a powerful year with Billy and Ciara and we can’t wait to celebrate it with everyone!”
The next one New Year’s Eve by Dick Clark, Rockin ‘Eve with Ryan Seacrest it will serve as the 48th anniversary of the largest New Year’s Eve celebration and will include five and a half hours of special performances and reports from other New Year’s Eve parties around the world.
New Year’s Eve by Dick Clark, Rockin ‘Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021 will begin Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Dick Clark Productions, which produces Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rock Clark, is a division of Valence Media, owner The Hollywood Reporter.