The Kelly Clarkson Show

16 Dec 2024

‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ Renewed for Seventh Season

The Kelly Clarkson Show has been renewed by NBC Owned Television Stations group for a seventh season.

“Kelly Clarkson is a national treasure,” Tracie Wilson, executive vice president, syndication studios and E! News at NBCUniversal, said in a statement. “…There’s an appetite in talk for stories that entertain and inspire, and The Kelly Clarkson Show is a shining star that delivers for our stations and connects with viewers across multiple generations in meaningful ways.”

Valari Staab, chairman, NBCUniversal Local, added: “Kelly and her team continue to raise the bar in daytime television. The show’s consistent viewership, engaging content and high production quality has made it a valuable part of our programming lineup across the NBC-owned stations.”

Since its launch in 2019, The Kelly Clarkson Show has collected 22 Daytime Emmys. Clarkson has won personally won eight of those awards (compared to three Grammys over a much longer period of time). Impressively, she has won at least one Emmy in each of the five seasons.

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The Kelly Clarkson Show won outstanding daytime talk series for the fourth consecutive year at the 2024 Daytime Emmys, which were held in Los Angeles on June 7. In accepting the award, Clarkson gave special thanks to NBC for listening to her concerns when she proposed moving the show from Los Angeles to New York.

“Thanks to NBC for believing in our show. …The fact that NBC, a huge company, took time and listened when I said ‘Hey, my life is not going super great. I don’t know if I can live here [in L.A.] anymore. I don’t know if I can do this.’  And they really wrapped their arms around us and they helped us move. And the move has been so great for not just me and my family but our whole show. It takes a lot of time and money and effort to do that. It is not unnoticed. I just want to say thank you for thinking of mental health as well as, you know, a product.”

For the 2024-25 season, The Kelly Clarkson Show averages 1.2 million viewers per day, and consistently ranks as one of the top syndicated talk shows. The show airs in syndication on more than 200 stations across the country.

The Kelly Clarkson Show films in studio 6A at 30 Rockefeller in New York City. Alex Duda is executive producer and showrunner. Clarkson is also executive producer.

27 Nov 2024

Watch Kelly Clarkson’s 8-Year-Old Son Remy Sing Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’

It’s probably too early to know if Kelly Clarkson’s 8-year-old son Remy inherited his mom’s talent, but he’s definitely got her charm and confidence.

As his mom recounted on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Wednesday (Nov. 27), “[He] just walked right in today and said, ‘Who do I need to speak to to sing my song?’ I said, ‘OK, sir.’ They’re so much fun. I love my kids so much.”

Clarkson played about 25 seconds of video of Remy warming up the studio audience prior to that day’s taping with a cover version of – of all things – the Frank Sinatra classic “My Way.” Clarkson’s 10-year-old daughter, River, provided backup vocal support (and, no doubt, moral support) from the audience. The studio audience gave Remy a warm round of applause.

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The song is generally performed by performers at midlife – Sinatra was 53 when he cut it – looking back at their lives and taking stock of their successes and failures. The English lyrics, written by Paul Anka, include this gem: “Regrets, I’ve had a few/ But then again, too few to mention.”

Sinatra’s version reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1969 and received a Grammy nod for best contemporary vocal performance, male. His recording was selected for the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. R&B star Brook Benton and Elvis Presley also had Hot 100 hits with the song. (Presley’s version, released after he died in 1977, climbed even higher on the Hot 100 than Sinatra’s version had – No. 22.) Sex Pistols‘ bassist Sid Vicious recorded a punk rock version of the song in 1978. In 2018, Willie Nelson recorded the ballad as the title song of a Grammy-winning collection of Sinatra covers.

“My Way” was an adaptation of the French song “Comme d’habitude,” which was composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François. It was first performed in 1967 by François.

Watch young Remy show his talent and his moxie on his mom’s TV show below.

27 Sep 2024

Why Kelly Clarkson Covered ‘My Heart Will Go On’ Even Though ‘There’s Some Songs You Don’t Want to Go Near as a Vocalist’

Kelly Clarkson may be in league of her own as a vocalist, but even she’s nervous to follow in Céline Dion‘s footsteps.

On Friday’s The Kelly Clarkson Show, the pop star-turned-host tackled one of the biggest hits of the 1990s as her Kellyoke cover: Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” the theme song from 1997’s blockbuster Titanic movie. Dion’s original spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, and Clarkson admirably channeled the Canadian superstar singer with her understated intro leading into a bombastic finale — key change and all.

Clarkson wore a magenta turtleneck pant suit for the performance and made a subtle Titanic nod with her jewelry: Her sapphire-blue ring — which could be seen on her hand clutching the microphone — recalled the Heart of the Ocean diamond necklace that plays a central role in the movie.

After the performance, Clarkson gushed to the audience about Dion. “She really is just an incredible talent. Her stunning performance at the Olympics was one of the highlights for me this summer, it was so good.”

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She also explained her reason for tackling a seemingly untouchable song. “Usually I would never cover that song because there’s some songs you don’t want to go near as a vocalist,” Clarkson said. “But there’s a reason why I did that today.” The reason: Her guest on Friday’s episode was Titanic star Kate Winslet.

Below, watch Clarkson’s “My Heart Will Go On” Kellyoke cover, as well as her interview with Winslet.

26 Aug 2024

Here Are Some of the Musical Guests Booked for ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ Season 6

Michael Bublé, Jelly Roll, Adam Lambert, Miranda Lambert, Teddy Swims, Keith Urban and Questlove are among the music stars booked for season six of The Kelly Clarkson Show, which is set to premiere on Monday, Sept. 23.

Other guests set for the new season include Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Adam Brody, Jim Carrey, Colin Farrell, Anna Kendrick, Trevor Noah, Uma Thurman, Ali Wong, Kate Winslet and Zachary Quinto. In addition, the casts of Wicked (including Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey) and Emily in Paris (including Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu and Camille Razat) will appear in studio.

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Production is planning to kick off the new season with a 30 Rock rooftop party at the talk show’s iconic New York City headquarters. The premiere week event will feature Kelly Clarkson performing a Kellyoke medley with house band Y’All to an audience of New Yorkers, including The Kelly Clarkson Show Good Neighbors and Rad Humans, people who are stepping up for their local communities.

The Kelly Clarkson Show has been the top-rated afternoon talk show over the course of its five seasons. The show has aired 884 original episodes. Clarkson has covered more than 800 songs in the show’s popular Kellyoke segment, which has demonstrated that she can just sing about any kind of song. 2024 Grammy host Trevor Noah alluded to Clarkson’s skill in the segment when he joked at the ceremony that if winners went too long in their acceptance speeches, “We’re going to get Kelly Clarkson to cover one of your songs better than you ever could.”

Since its launch in 2019, The Kelly Clarkson Show has won 22 Daytime Emmy Awards, including multiple wins for outstanding daytime talk series and outstanding daytime talk series host. Clarkson has personally won eight Daytime Emmys over the course of the first five seasons of her show (compared to three Grammys over a much longer period of time). Impressively, she has won at least one Emmy in each of the five seasons.

In accepting the award for outstanding daytime talk series for the fourth consecutive year at the ceremony on June 7, Clarkson gave special thanks to NBC for listening to her concerns when she proposed moving the show from Los Angeles to New York.

“Thanks to NBC for believing in our show. … The fact that NBC, a huge company, took time and listened when I said ‘Hey, my life is not going super great. I don’t know if I can live here [in L.A.] anymore. I don’t know if I can do this.’ And they really wrapped their arms around us and they helped us move. And the move has been so great for not just me and my family but our whole show. It takes a lot of time and money and effort to do that. It is not unnoticed. I just want to say thank you for thinking of mental health as well as, you know, a product.”

The show averages 1.3 million daily viewers and has grown each season. Clarkson serves as executive producer with Alex Duda, who also serves as showrunner. Y’All is led by music director Jason Halbert.  The series is produced by Universal Television and is distributed in national syndication by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios.

Watch the season six teaser below:

16 May 2024

Kelly Clarkson Turns a ‘Bad Idea’ Into a Good One With Olivia Rodrigo Kellyoke Cover

Kelly Clarkson singing an Olivia Rodrigo song? That’s always a good idea.

On the latest episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (May 16), the talk show host took the Kellyoke stage for a cover of the 21-year-old pop star’s single “Bad Idea Right?,” injecting her New York City studio with a bit of pop punk angst.

Dressed in a cheetah-print top and joined by her band Y’all, Clarkson’s powerful voice added some oomph to Rodrigo’s playful anthem about hooking up with an ex-boyfriend — in spite of what your friends might think. “Yes, I know that he’s my ex, but can’t two people reconnect?” she belted, washed over by intense red stage lights. “‘I only see him as a friend,’ the biggest lie I ever said.”

The second single from Rodrigo’s sophomore LP Guts, “Bad Idea Right?” peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album — which spawned the No. 1 hit single “Vampire” — debuted atop the Billboard 200 in 2023.

It’s not the first tune from the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series alum’s catalog that Clarkson has covered. In April, the “Stronger” vocalist put her own spin on Rodrigo’s Hunger Games soundtrack contribution “Can’t Catch Me Now” for Kellyoke, and she’s previously performed “Vampire,” “Traitor” and “Drivers License” on The Kelly Clarkson Show as well.

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Rodrigo herself has also stopped by the talk show in the past. In December, she and Clarkson gushed about the “Good 4 U” artist’s Edward Cullen in-ear speakers and fangirled over Alanis Morissette together.

Watch Clarkson perform Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?” on Kellyoke above.

30 Apr 2024

Watch Kelly Clarkson Once Again Forget Her Own Song While Going Up Against Anne Hathaway

In 2022, Anne Hathaway bested Kelly Clarkson in a hilarious, mega-viral clip from The Kelly Clarkson Show, with the actress belting out “Since U Been Gone” before the singer could even recognize her own song in a game of “Name That Tune.” Two years later, it’s happening all over again.

While stopping by the talk show Tuesday (April 30) to promote the upcoming Prime Video film The Idea of You — in which she costars alongside Nick Galitzine — Hathaway once again went head to head with Clarkson, this time for a round of “Pop Pop Quiz.” But a new clip from the episode begins with the stressed Academy Award-winner saying, “Oh no, it’s happening again!” as the inaugural American Idol champ jokes, “Anne Hathaway is never invited back!”

“I’m just kidding, this is actually becoming a shtick for our show,” Clarkson adds as Hathaway laughs.

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The two women were then shown an incomplete snippet of lyrics from the three-time Grammy winner’s 2011 smash “Stronger,” which Clarkson beat the Princess Diaries star to filling in the blanks — before completely mis-identifying the track, not realizing that it was one of her own songs. “That’s Christina Aguilera,” she said, not realizing her error until after a break in the show.

The clip then cuts to Clarkson sitting alone, addressing the camera. “You’ll notice, America, if you know my catalog at all — ’cause I don’t — I thought I was singing a Christina Aguilera song, ‘Fighter,’” she tells viewers. “It’s one of those days. Anne Hathaway is my kryptonite, it’s fine.”

At another point in the episode, Hathaway opened up about becoming friends with Galitzine on set of The Idea of You, which becomes available for streaming Thursday (May 2). Knowing that her costar was “about to become really, really big,” she told Clarkson that she made up a rap to help new fans remember how to pronounce his name.

“Nick Galitzine, Nick Galitzine, he’s got a face for a magazine,” she demonstrated. “But he’s more than just a beauty queen, can’t wait to hear everybody scream for Nick Galitzine.”

Watch Anne Hathaway best Kelly Clarkson for the second time above, and check out her rap for Nick Galitzine below.



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03 Apr 2024

Watch TOMORROW X TOGETHER Bring ‘Deja Vu’ to ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’

Days after dropping their minisode 3: TOMORROW EP, TOMORROW X TOGETHER performed the project’s lead single “Deja Vu” on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

The K-pop boy band — made up of Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and HueningKai — brought a cinematic performance to the daytime show on Wednesday (April 3), marking the first U.S. TV performance of their latest single. After being introduced by Clarkson as “one of the biggest K-pop groups on the planet,” the quintet performed in front of a cave-like backdrop, with fabric blowing in the wind around them, bringing precise choreography to their striking surroundings.

minisode 3: TOMORROW, the group’s sixth mini album, was released on Monday. The previous two minisode projects hit the Billboard 200 albums chart, with minisode 1: Blue Hour peaking at No. 25 in 2020 and minisode 2: Thursday’s Child hitting No. 4 in 2022. The group boasts one Billboard 200 chart-topper, with their The Name Chapter: Temptation EP hitting No. 1 early last year.

Watch the full “Deja Vu” performance below:

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The Kelly Clarkson Show has been a steady supporter of K-pop, hosting performances by Seventeen, ENHYPEN, Monsta X, TWICE, aespa, ITZY and NCT 127 over the years. In fact, TXT were making their return to Clarkson’s show, after stopping by in May 2022 to perform “Good Boy Gone Bad.” As Clarkson pointed out in her introduction at the time, TOMORROW X TOGETHER had blown up into “ginormous” K-pop stars ever since their 2019 debut with BIGHIT MUSIC.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER will embark on the U.S. leg of their ‘ACT : PROMISE’ world tour starting May 14, scheduled to perform 11 shows across eight cities.

19 Mar 2024

Kelly Clarkson Slows Down Katy Perry’s ‘Wide Awake’ for Stunning Kellyoke Cover

Hold the caffeine, Kelly Clarkson is wide awake. On the latest episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the three-time Grammy winner shared a breathtaking cover of Katy Perry‘s 2012 smash, “Wide Awake,” stripping it back to feature just piano and vocals.

Taking the Kellyoke stage with her pianist Tuesday (March 19), Clarkson went without her usual full band to let her unreal voice shine even more than usual. The musician also slightly slowed down Perry’s track, which allowed the “Stronger” singer to stretch out certain lines and add her own impressive high notes.

“Falling from cloud nine,” belted Clarkson, dressed in a grey skirt and black, knee-high boots. “Crashing from the high/ I’m letting go tonight.”

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Released as the final single from Perry’s Teenage Dream album cycle, “Wide Awake” appeared on the set’s 2012 deluxe reissue, Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year, remaining on the chart for a total of 26 weeks.

Clarkson has previously covered Perry’s “The One That Got Away” and “Roar” on her Daytime Emmy-winning talk show. Earlier this week, she put her own spin on Maren Morris’ “The Bones.”

The Voice alum’s new performance comes just over a week after she filed a new lawsuit against her ex-husband, music executive Brandon Blackstock, alleging that he and his father’s management firm had been violating state labor rules since the beginning of their relationship. With the suit — which comes just months after she won $2.6 million from him in a previous ruling — Clarkson seeks the return of “any and all commissions, fees, profits, advances, producing fees or other monies” she paid to Blackstock’s father’s company, Starstruck Entertainment, dating back to 2007.

In June, Clarkson released her tenth studio album, Chemistry. The 14-track set, which featured collaborations from Steve Martin and Sheila E., peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200.

Watch Clarkson cover “Wide Awake” above.

22 Feb 2024

Kelly Clarkson Fesses Up on Chris Stapleton’s ‘I Was Wrong’ Kellyoke Cover: Watch

She may be a New York City gal now, but Kelly Clarkson was still able to get in touch with her country side this week with a performance of Chris Stapleton‘s “I Was Wrong” on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Taking the stage for her Kellyoke cover series, the Texas native looked sultry and mysterious as blue stage lights shone down on her silhouette, clad in an all-black ensemble. Making space for a few epic electric guitar riffs from her band throughout the song, Clarkson added her signature runs and unreal high notes to Stapleton’s regretful lyrics.

“You know that I still love you/ And you know that I’m so alone,” the three-time Grammy winner belted. “I don’t know why I told you that I didn’t need you/ Can’t you see that, baby, I was wrong?”

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Released in 2017 on Stapleton’s album From A Room: Volume 1, “I Was Wrong” peaked at No. 41 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It’s not the first track from the Kentucky star’s catalog to get a Kellyoke twist. In January 2023, Clarkson performed his 2020 hit “You Should Probably Leave” on the Kelly Clarkson Show stage.

The “Since U Been Gone” singer recently moved her Daytime Emmy-winning talk show to New York, away from its original home in California. Since then, she’s opened up about how walking through the streets of the Big Apple has improved her health, in addition to other lifestyle changes she made after learning from a doctor that she was prediabetic.

“I wasn’t shocked,” she said of her diagnosis and subsequent weight loss on an episode of The Kelly Clarkson show earlier this month. “I was a tiny bit overweight. So, yeah, I wasn’t shocked by it. They were like, ‘You’re prediabetic. You’re right on the borderline.’ And I was like, ‘But I’m not there yet.’ And then I waited two years and then did, however, move into the — I was like, ‘OK, I’ll do something about it.’”

In June, Clarkson released her album Chemistry, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. The 14-track project featured cameos from Steve Martin and Sheila E., as well as the “Stronger” vocalist’s 9-year-old daughter, River Rose.

Watch Clarkson perform “I Was Wrong” below.

30 Jan 2024

Justin Timberlake Teases *NSYNC Is Working on New Music

When *NSYNC returned with “Better Place” for the Trolls Band Together soundtrack in September, it was the first new music fans had heard from the boy band in 20 years – but it probably won’t be the last. 

In his Monday (Jan. 30) appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Justin Timberlake strongly hinted that he and bandmates JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick are cooking up a follow-up to their comeback single. “That was fun,” he began, recalling how the guys reunited for “Better Place.” “It’s kind of crazy — there’s so much that picks up right where it left off as far as chemistry.” 

“We’ve been in the studio,” he continued in the clip. “So there may be a little something in the future.” 

*NSYNC first sparked reunion rumors last year at the VMAs, where the group surprised fans by appearing onstage together to present Taylor Swift with the night’s best pop award. A few weeks later, the quintet dropped “Better Place,” which debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. 

Then, in November, *NSYNC made its post-reunion red carpet debut at the Trolls premiere in Hollywood. 

While fans wait for the new *NSYNC material to come to fruition, Timberlake is offering up his own solo comeback to enjoy in the meantime. Last week, the Friends With Benefits star dropped a new single, “Selfish,” and announced that his first album in six years, Everything I Thought It Was, will arrive March 15. And during his musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live Jan. 27, he debuted another new song, “Sanctified.”

As if the ‘90s vibes weren’t strong enough, Britney Spears and Timberlake’s names have once again been making headlines together in the aftermath of the “Toxic” singer’s 2023 memoir. The autobiography didn’t necessarily paint Timberlake – whom Spears dated from 1999 to 2002 – in a particularly flattering light, but earlier this week, the pop star posted on Instagram that she is “so in love with Justin Timberlake’s new song ‘Selfish.’” 

She also offered a blanket apology “for some of the things I wrote about in my book.” “If I offended any of the people I genuinely care about I am deeply sorry,” she added at the time. 

Watch Timberlake tease new *NSYNC music above.