2025

This year’s broadcast unfolds across several time zones, beginning in New York and continuing through Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico and beyond. In Chicago, GRAMMY®-winning independent innovator, humanitarian and hometown native Chance the Rapper steps onto the broadcast as co-host, guiding the Midwest arrival and steering the live Central Time Zone countdown. In Las Vegas, NFL icon Rob Gronkowski returns alongside versatile entertainer and host Julianne Hough, making her co-hosting debut on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve as they take the helm in the Entertainment Capital of the World. Details about the Puerto Rico celebration will be announced soon.