Christmas in Rockefeller Center 2013: Ariana Grande, Leona Lewis, and Kelly Clarkson to perform
So who is actually performing on the show this year? In addition to some folks in Kelly Clarkson and Lauren Alaina who you know well from “American Idol,” you also have “X Factor” UK alum Leona Lewis, former “American Idol” judge Mariah Carey, Nickelodeon star Ariana Grande, and some non-TV folks including Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Goo Goo Dolls, Jewel, Audra McDonald (who will actually be on Thursday in “The Sound of Music Live!”), and of course the Rockettes.
All in all, this has the potential to be a heck of a fun show, complete with big performances, a massive tree lighting, and enough NBC product placement that you may start to feel as robotic as some of those Amazon Prime drones that have been advertised on “60 Minutes.” But seriously, it is a holiday tradition, and we’re never one to complain too much about that. So long as this is the sort of special you’re into, you will not be disappointed.
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