Overview
- The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular airs Monday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and streams the next day on Hulu, Disney+ and Disney YouTube.
- Confirmed performers include Gwen Stefani, Nicole Scherzinger, Trisha Yearwood, Good Charlotte, Coco Jones, Bebe Rexha, Aloe Blacc, Mariah the Scientist, Iam Tongi and Derek Hough.
- Setlist highlights: Hough performs “We Need a Little Christmas” and “December,” Scherzinger sings “O Holy Night,” Rexha covers “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Good Charlotte plays “Fairytale of New York,” Jones performs “Silent Night,” and Stefani debuts “Shake the Snowglobe.”
- Performances were filmed across Walt Disney World, Disneyland and Aulani, including Sleeping Beauty Castle, Cinderella Castle, EPCOT’s World Celebration Gardens, Toy Story Land, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Tree of Life and Pandora.
- Derek Hough returns as host with narration by Ginnifer Goodwin, and the production is led by Sally Hopkins Conner with EverWonder Studio and executive producers Michael Antinoro, Tiffany Faigus and Ashley Edens; late-October tapings included D23 attendees.