“Descendants”-themed special will air the following night on Disney Channel<\/a>. Clarkson, Yearwood, Brooks, Forever In Your Mind, and cast members from the “Descendants” franchise will perform.<\/p>\nConfirmed for Christmas morning, the third special will air on ABC from 9-11AM ET on Christmas morning. Julianne and Derek Hough will again host, while performances from Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will again be featured.<\/p>\n
Sofia Carson will perform “Silent Night” (a different arrangement from her performance on the 11\/25 broadcast) and appear as the special’s backstage host.<\/p>\n
Jordan Fisher is also slated for the broadcast; the recording artist and “Hamilton” cast member will perform “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire).”<\/p>\n
Additional performances will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[1299,5700,2803,4777,7728],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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