‘Christmas with Andrea Bocelli and friends’ is broadcast on Christmas Eve

The Recording Academy and CBS will present Christmas With Andrea Bocelli and Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special, broadcast on Christmas Eve, Tuesday 24 December at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS, and streams live and on-demand on Paramount+.

Bocelli’s guests include Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson and Dua Lipa; singer and actress Sofia Carson; and Bocelli’s wife, Veronica Berti Bocelli, and daughter Virginia Bocelli. Hudson and Lipa are both Grammy winners, but surprisingly, Bocelli is not. The Italian tenor, 66, has received five nominations over the years, including best new artist in 1999.

Lipa and Carson are both on Bocelli’s current collection, Duets: 30th Anniversarywhich is his 22nd album to reach no. 1 on Billboard‘s Classical Albums chart and his 16th to reach no. 1 on Classical Crossover Albums. Lipa features on “If Only,” a track from his Billboard 200-topping 2018 album See. Carson is on “Moon River”.

In collaboration with Andrea Bocelli Management, the special is produced by Ken Ehrlich Productions, where Ehrlich, Veronica Bocelli, Harvey Mason Jr. and Francesco Pasquero serve as executive producers, Renato Basile as supervising producer, Branden Chapman as producer and Julia Knowles as director. . Ehrlich, who produced or executive produced the annual Grammy telecast for 40 years from 1980 to 2000, also wrote the special.

“With this special, we’re celebrating not only the holiday, but also one of music’s greatest voices,” said Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “We invite families everywhere to tune in and enjoy the festive performances that Andrea and his amazing guests have in store for us all.”

“All my life I have enjoyed entertaining people in person, on record, on film and on television, and to have the opportunity to do so at CBS, where I have had many memorable appearances over the years, and with the Recording Academy, which has been fan of classical music for decades, is quite exciting,” said Andrea Bocelli. “I’m really looking forward to sharing performances with both friends and family at my own Christmas special.”

“I am thrilled to have produced a show the whole family can enjoy, full of Christmas music performed by Andrea, incredible guests and his beloved wife and daughter,” Ehrlich added. “Thank you to CBS and the Recording Academy for agreeing to bring this show to life and air on a night when families gather to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year.”

Bocelli’s 2009 album My Christmas logged five consecutive weeks at no. 2 on the Billboard 200. It is one of nine top 10 albums he has had on the all-genre chart.

Bocelli and his son Matteo performed “Time to Say Goodbye” over the In Memoriam Square at the 2024 Oscar telecast on March 10.

Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers will have access to stream via the live feed from their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on-demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not be able to stream live, but will have access to on-demand the day after the special broadcast.