Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio and television presenter, producer. Known as the host of the American Idol show and KIIS-FM On Air with Ryan Seacrest morning radio show. He was also co-host and executive producer of the show “Rock for the New Year with Dick Clark, ” along with Dick Clark. Since 2017, he has been broadcasting "Live with Kelly and Ryan."
Biography
Ryan Seacrest was born December 24, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother, Constance Marie, is a housewife, and father of Gary Lee Seacrest is a real estate lawyer. According to Ryan's mother, he held a microphone in his hands since childhood, while the rest of the guys played Indians.
Education and professional first experience
From the age of 14, he attended Dunwoody High School. Two years later, he won an internship at one of the best radio stations - WSTR (FM) in Atlanta. He was taught by popular radio host Tom Sullivan, thanks to whom Ryan studied many aspects of radio.
In 1992, Seacrest graduated from high school, continuing to work on the radio. In the same year, he entered the University of Georgia at the Faculty of Journalism. At age 19, Ryan left him and moved to Hollywood to pursue his career.
In 2016, he was awarded the title of “Honorary Doctor of Humanities” by the University of Georgia and delivered an opening speech at the graduation ceremony.
Career
In 1993, a show with Ryan was released on the ESPN sports channel. He also participated in three children's television programs: Gladiators 2000, Wild Animals Games, Click.
Seacrest has contributed to the development of the American youth television series Beverly Hills, 90210.
In 2001, Ryan became the organizer of the reality show Ultimate Revenge. This television program is dedicated to the imagination of those who want to take revenge on their loved ones. The jokes were invented by family and friends.
In 2002, Ryan Seacrest was the host of the popular American Idol show with American comedian and actor Brian Duncleman. Then the latter left, leaving Ryan as the main and only leader. The popularity of the program has grown to 26 million viewers, making Ryan world famous.
In January 2004, Seacrest became the new presenter of the American Top 40 radio program, which was once led by an American disc jockey, actor, and presenter Casey Kasem. In February, Ryan began conducting the KIIS Los Angeles morning show.
In 2005, it was announced that Ryan will be the co-host, organizer, and producer of the New Year's Rock with Dick Clark show. Soon, Dick Clark suffered a stroke and for some time the duties of promoting the show were assigned to Seacrest.
After 4 years, the program was renamed "Rock for the New Year with Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest." The number of viewers of the show reached 22.6 million.
After a while, Dick passed away, and Ryan gave an interview in one of the popular American publications, where he remembered all the best about his colleague. In one of the episodes of the show, Ryan and organizers Jenny McCarthy and Fergie paid tribute to this great man.
In 2006, the presenter signed a three-year contract with the E! in the amount of 21 thousand American dollars. Seacrest took part in many entertainment programs, for example, Today Show. He was invited as a presenter on the red carpet.
The radio host was the NBC correspondent for the 2012 London Olympics and organized a closing ceremony with Bob Costas and Al Michaels.
Ryan signed a contract to remain Lead Executive Producer for New Year's Rock with Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest for some time to come.
In 2009, he signed a $ 25 million CKX contract to continue working on the American Idol show. This made him the highest paid host of the time.
Three years later, Ryan Seacrest signed an even more profitable agreement to remain the main host of his show. In 2014, it is known that he extended the contract for another 1 year.
In 2017, Ryan joined the television producer, actress, presenter Kelly Ripe on the live show with Kelly and Ryan as a permanent organizer. For half a year they managed to gain about 3 million viewers.
In 2015, Ryan Seacrest created the Knock Knock Live show, which premiered at Fox. The show was attended by celebrities who came up to the doors of ordinary people who did something special and gave them prizes. However, the program was closed after 2 episodes due to the small number of viewers.
Personal life
In 2010, Ryan Seacrest began dating a professional dancer, actress, singer, participant in the popular show "Dancing with the Stars" Julianne Hough. After 3 years, they announced the separation.
In 2017, the radio host was charged with sexual harassment by a former wardrobe stylist on E! Ryan denied this and stated that the girl often blackmailed him, demanding to pay millions of dollars in return. In 2018, it was announced that all charges would be dropped from the host, as there was not enough evidence in this regard.
