Ryan Seacrest was the host of American Idol (season 8).
==== New Year's Rockin' Eve ====In August 2005, it was announced that Seacrest would become executive producer and co-host of ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
=== Radio hosting ===In January 2004, Seacrest became the new host of the radio program American Top 40, a syndicated weekly countdown show, created and formerly hosted by Casey Kasem

