Sneak Peek at Seacrest’s New Year’s Party
American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest will be co-hosting "Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve" and Good Morning America gave us a sneak peek at the infamous countdown ball and some other planned festivities!
Miley Cyrus will start the partying with a concert in Times Square. "You couldn’t get a ticket to see her," said Seacrest. "The tickets were going for thousands of dollars." He also said that they scheduled her part of the show earlier so that younger viewers could catch a glimpse of their favorite star before bedtime (how sweet!). (click on the link to see a video of the 2008 Times Square Ball)
Teen sensations The Jonas Brothers and country music breakout star Carrie Underwood will also be performing.
Seacrest first met Underwood on the set of "American Idol" and knew then that she was headed to greatness. "I have to give credit to the judges. They said this girl will be a superstar. She’s won so many awards and she’s broken records in the country chart," said Seacrest.
"I have a special place in my ‘Idol’ heart for Carrie," Seacrest told ABCNEWS.com.
The celebration will broadcast from both coasts with the Hollywood party hosted by Fergie, who will also be performing along with Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Kingston, Plain White T’s, Taylor Swift and will.i.am.
Ryan also recounted how, as a child, he wished he was like Dick Clark - "When I was a kid I used to watch him [Clark] and see all the action here in Times Square, a million people gathered, the ball dropping, a tradition."
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"I would pretend. I’d host a radio program every day for five hours and pretend I was on the radio. … All of this sort of makes sense to me but I can’t do anything else."
"The admiration I have for [Clark] is hard to put into words," said Seacrest. "He’s built this tradition in Times Square on New Year’s Eve that is a must to be a part of and one of the reasons these performers are thrilled to come on."
"I’d be doing this without cameras and microphones if I didn’t do it for work," Seacrest said jokingly.
Ryan also shed light on his own New Year’s resolution. "I want to learn how to sky-dive," Seacrest said. "I need an adrenaline rush."
Tune in to ABC at 10 Monday night to watch Seacrest on the live special "New Year’s Rockin’ Eve."
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GerriG
Dec 29, 2007 at 2:19 am
BORING……….
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