The world exclusive special will air this December.
Last Christmas, Cher met him, but this year it's the turn of Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey to meet Rylan as her festive hit All I Want for Christmas Is You celebrates its 30th anniversary.
In an exclusive 55-minute special, filmed on location in Los Angeles, Mariah Carey will meet Rylan for the first time as he quizzes her about life, music, and of course, the festive season.
During her extensive interview with Rylan, Mariah discusses how she came up with the melody for her smash hit Hero, the jobs she had before she was famous, her multiple appearances on Top of the Pops and her love for the show.
She'll also talk about her inspirations, including Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and George Michael, working with Jackie Chan and Westlife and her reflections on this year being the 30th anniversary of her single, All I Want For Christmas Is You and album, Merry Christmas.
Plus, Rylan puts Mariah’s English accent to the test and pretends to audition her to be in the BBC’s leading continuing drama, EastEnders.
BBC Two will also celebrate Mariah with an evening of programming that night, including a newly extended edition of Mariah Carey at the BBC.
Rylan, who presents a weekly Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds said "All my Christmases came at once this year when I got to sit down and interview none other than the Queen of Christmas! They say don’t meet your heroes, but Mariah was everything and more. I can’t wait for you all to see it."
To which the BBC's Head of Popular Music TV, Jonathan Rothery added "Following the success of Cher Meets Rylan in December 2023, it’s a pleasure to be able to bring viewers another fantastically entertaining hour of Rylan in conversation with another music icon – Mariah Carey, in celebration of 30 years since her Christmas hit was released."
American singer, songwriter, producer and actress Mariah Carey shot to fame with her 1990 self-titled album, and has since released another fourteen studio albums. She is one of the best-selling artists in history, has five Grammy Awards to her name and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022.
Among her many hits are Vision of Love, Hero, We Belong Together and of course, All I Want For Christmas Is You, which is the highest-selling single by a solo female artist in the UK and the most streamed Christmas song in the UK. The song topped the UK Singles Chart for the first time in 2020, 26 years after its release in 1994.
Mariah Meets Rylan is a BBC Studios Music production and has been executive produced byAlison Howe.
Mariah Meets Rylan will air this December on BBC Two
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