Global Citizen announced on Tuesday (Dec. 8) that its star-studded awards special will feature performances by Alessia Cara, Carrie Underwood, Common, Gwen Stefani, John Legend, JoJo and Tori Kelly.
John Oliver, Nick Jonas, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Priyanka Chopra Jonas will also make appearances at the event.
The Global Citizen Prize award special, hosted by Legend, will honor leaders hoping to make the world a better place, doing pivotal work to help end extreme poverty.
Update (Dec. 15): The Global Citizen Prize winners are Bryan Stevenson, Sir Elton John, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Warren Buffett, Sesame Workshop and the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter Movement. These individuals “will be recognized for their efforts in shaping the world we want and doing pivotal work to help end extreme poverty.”
Katie Couric, Miley Cyrus, Oprah Winfrey, Scott Evans and Usher have also been added as presenters.
This year’s Global Citizen Prize will be recognized across six categories, including: Global Citizen of the year, prize for world leader, prize for business leader, artist of the year, Cisco youth leadership award and the country hero award. Additionally, three new awards will be added: prize for philanthropy, prize for culture and education and prize for activism.
The organization also launched the #My2020Hero social media campaign, asking participants to spotlight the people in their lives who have done something special during this difficult year.
The broadcast special will air on Saturday, December 19, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC in the United States and CTV in Canada. Visit globalcitizen.org/prize for a full listing of global broadcast times. The Scott Evans-hosted pre-show, will stream at 7:30 p.m. ET on Facebook and Twitter. The Global Citizen Prize is produced by Audrey Morrissey, Ivan Dudnysky, and Jayson Belt for Live Animals and Hugh Evans, Liza Henshaw, Katie Hill, Lee Rolontz and Molly McGuiness for Global Citizen.
