Cnn New Year'S Eve 2025 Drinking Contest. Anderson cooper and andy cohen are back to cohost cnn's new year's eve live celebration for 2025, the eighth year in a row—and they will be drinking. From sydney to paris to new york, see how partygoers celebrated across the globe.

While anderson cooper has been the show’s mainstay host since. News over the weekend, the watch what happens live host personally asked that cnn reverse their new year’s eve alcohol ban.