{"id":2174861,"date":"2025-11-24T13:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2174861"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:50:13","slug":"bbc-announces-ronan-keating-as-host-of-new-years-eve-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bbc-announces-ronan-keating-as-host-of-new-years-eve-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC announces Ronan Keating as host of New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ronan Keating<\/a> is set to usher in the New Year, headlining BBC One’s highly anticipated New Year’s Eve<\/a> celebrations.<\/p>\n

The Irish music star<\/a> will host Ronan Keating And Friends: A New Year\u2019s Eve Party, promising a night of his most beloved songs alongside a roster of special guests.<\/a><\/p>\n

“When I got the call, I was truly honoured. Honestly, it\u2019s such an honour to be there on the night performing with my friends and with my band, all these songs. It\u2019s going to be very special.\u201d Keating, 48, told BBC Radio 2<\/a>\u2019s Scott Mills Breakfast Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also shared his personal ritual, noting: “It\u2019s always our tradition, we don\u2019t do parties, really. Being at home in the house, counting down, having dinner with the family. It\u2019s such a special one and to see the New Year in with your loved ones is everything. I\u2019ll be able to share it with how many millions of people across the UK on New Year\u2019s Eve, I can\u2019t wait.”<\/p>\n

Known for his tenure with boyband Boyzone<\/a>, which he joined in 1993, Keating also had a successful solo career featuring chart-toppers like ‘When You Say Nothing At All’ from the film Notting Hill, and ‘Life Is A Rollercoaster’.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Rothery, head of popular music TV at the BBC, highlighted the event’s importance: “New Year\u2019s Eve on BBC One is one of our biggest music moments of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently, Sam Ryder, Rick Astley and Sophie Ellis-Bextor have helped bring the party to viewers, and this year BBC Music are very happy to announce that Ronan Keating will take us into 2026 with some much-loved classics, joined by some very special guests.”<\/p>\n

Alison Howe, executive producer at BBC Studios, added: “Ronan\u2019s gorgeous songs, effortless charm and showmanship make him the perfect host for a New Year\u2019s Eve Party filled with hits, friends, emotion and fun \u2013 all the right ingredients for the biggest night of the year.”<\/p>\n

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, known for ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’, hosted the BBC’s New Year’s Eve disco in 2024.<\/p>\n

\"Sophie<\/span><\/div>\n

Sophie Ellis-Bextor rang in 2025 on last year\u2019s BBC show (BBC Studios \/ Bekky Calver)<\/p>\n

Guest performers for this year\u2019s celebrations are expected to be announced shortly.<\/p>\n

Ronan Keating and Friends: A New Year\u2019s Eve Party will be broadcast on BBC One and available on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ronan Keating is set to usher in the New Year, headlining BBC One’s highly anticipated New Year’s Eve celebrations. The Irish music star will host Ronan Keating And Friends: A New Year\u2019s Eve Party, promising a night of his most beloved songs alongside a roster of special guests. “When I got the call, I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2174862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[328580,357728,320211,418446,388592,384089,345993],"class_list":["post-2174861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-bbc-one","tag-bbc-radio-2","tag-bbc-studios","tag-new-years-eve-party","tag-new-years-eve-2","tag-ronan-keating","tag-sophie-ellis-bextor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BBC-announces-Ronan-Keating-as-host-of-New-Years-Eve.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2174861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174863,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174861\/revisions\/2174863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2174862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2174861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2174861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}