![]() ![]() This New Year’s Eve, the nearly 6-ton ball - 12 feet in diameter and outfitted with 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles and 32,256 light-emitting diodes - is scheduled to descend from atop the 26-story One Times Square building starting 60 seconds before midnight local time. ![]() The first ball-lowering ceremony in Times Square took place in 1907. This year marks the 118th celebration of New Year’s Eve in Times Square, which began when the owners of One Times Square in 1904 held their first rooftop celebration to ring in the New Year. The annual event is co-organized by the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment. With VNYE, users can virtually explore Times Square sights, play games and livestream New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square and around the world. The Times Square livestream also will be available in the free VNYE app ( ) from Jamestown, the real-estate company that owns One Times Square. Bennett will be joined by co-host Jeremy Hassell, who has been a part of the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration since 2016. Returning as the livestream’s host is actor and TV personality Jonathan Bennett (“Mean Girls,” Hallmark’s “The Holiday Sitter,” Food Network’s “Cake Wars”). ET with the lighting and raising of the New Year’s Eve Ball at the top of One Times Square. That will include ABC’s “ Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” (set to feature live performances by Duran Duran, Jax, J-Hope and New Edition), CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen” (featuring Ava Max) and Univision’s “¡Feliz 2023!” (featuring Sech and Osmani Garcia). Event organizers said all broadcast activities will follow New York State’s guidance for media production during the COVID-19 emergency, including observing testing protocols and screenings and requiring participants to remain masked at all times except when performing.On traditional TV, Times Square also will be a central locale as part of the slate of programming airing on ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN. This year marks the first time since 1907 that the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop will not host crowds of spectators. TV networks scheduled to broadcast elements of the Times Square celebration include ABC (“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” with Ryan Seacrest), Fox (“New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast of 2021”), NBC (“New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly”), Univision (“¡Feliz 2021!”) and CNN (“New Year’s Eve Live” with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen).Īlongside the ball drop, 2,000 pounds of multicolored confetti will be blasted into Times Square at midnight, which will include thousands of wishes from individuals who have submitted them at the Times Square Virtual Wishing Wall. The apps’ virtual New Year’s Eve experience includes augmented reality features the ability to select multiple camera feeds from Times Square and live video from celebrations across the U.S. The 12th annual Times Square NYE webcast also will be available on apps (for iOS and Android) from Jamestown Properties, the company that owns One Times Square. Jonathan Bennett (of Food Network’s “Holiday Wars” and “Halloween Wars”) will return as host of Times Square New Year’s Eve. ![]() The Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration also will feature performances by Gloria Gaynor, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Anitta, Billy Porter, Cyndi Lauper, Jimmie Allen, Machine Gun Kelly, the Waffle Crew and the USO Show Troupe. ![]()
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