Megan Hilty and Jennifer Hudson among performers set for NBC’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center

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Megan Hilty and Jennifer Hudson among artists set for NBC’s Christmas at Rockefeller Center

Kelly Clarkson will host the annual tree lighting celebration.

Tony nominee Megan Hilty, back on Broadway in the new musical Death becomes her, and EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, the color purple) will be part of NBC’s annual Christmas at Rockefeller Center.

Emmy and Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson will host the holiday celebration, which will air on December 4 at 8 PM ET on NBC and simulcast on Peacock.

In addition to Clarkson, Hilty and Hudson, audiences will also be treated to performances from the Backstreet Boys, Dan + Shay, Coco Jones, Little Big Town, RAYE, Thalia and the Radio City Rockettes. NBCs Today anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin will once again be part of the tree lighting.

The annual holiday special will celebrate the lighting of a 74-foot-tall, 43-foot-wide Norway Spruce from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The tree weighs approximately 11 tons, will be adorned with more than 50,000 multi-colored LED lights and topped with a three-dimensional Swarovski star.

Prior to the primetime broadcast, an additional live hour of the special will be broadcast on all NBC-owned television stations and on several NBC affiliates beginning at 19:00 ET. This live class will be hosted by Get access to Hollywood‘s Mario Lopez and WNBC news anchors Natalie Pasquarella and David Ushery.

Christmas at Rockefeller Center is produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment with Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay as executive producers. Glen Weiss directs.