Priyanka Chopra Jonas to host the International Citizen Competition this fall

By Chloe Melas

    (CNN) — Priyanka Chopra Jonas might be this yr’s host of the International Citizen Competition.

The music pageant will happen on the Nice Garden of Central Park in New York Metropolis and can function performances by Metallica, Charlie Puth, Mariah Carey, Rosalia and Maneskin.

The actress and activist hosted International Citizen Reside in Paris final yr.

“I really feel very proud to have the ability to have fun each one who has come collectively to make International Citizen what it’s,” Chopra instructed CNN in an interview forward of the announcement. “It is my seventh yr with International Citizen, so I simply really feel like I am a part of the household and I simply need to make it possible for this revolution and this motion retains transferring. For those who look again at what all International Citizen has been in a position to obtain and their achievements within the final 10 years, it is outstanding.”

The Jonas Brothers may also take the stage in Central Park. Chopra is married to Nick Jonas.

“I am very enthusiastic about welcoming the Jonas brothers into the fold,” Chopra mentioned with fun. “Nick and I’ve at all times been very philanthropically inclined individually, and I believe it is actually superb to have the ability to cross our paths collectively, and [for] one thing that we really feel very strongly about as a household.”

The couple welcomed their first youngster earlier this yr.

The pageant may also happen in Black Star Sq. in Accra, Ghana and have artists together with Usher, SZA, H.E.R. and Gyakie.

“That is the primary time we have carried out a full International Citizen Competition in West Africa and the reason being as a result of we needed to mark the twentieth anniversary of the African Union and the sixty fifth anniversary of Ghana’s independence from Britain,” International Citizen’s CEO Hugh Evans instructed CNN. “It is a huge second. And you’ll think about the journey throughout the seas from Ghana to NY city … I believe it is only a second of unity for the entire world.”

In accordance with International Citizen’s press launch, “The mission of this yr’s International Citizen Competition will name on world leaders on the United Nations Basic Meeting and forward of the G20 and COP27 in November to step up and make investments $600 million into the way forward for ladies and ladies, shut the annual $10 billion local weather financing shortfall, ship $500 million to assist African farmers reply to the worldwide meals disaster, and supply pressing aid from crushing money owed to Finish Excessive Poverty NOW.”

Tickets to the festivals are free and may be earned by downloading the International Citizen app or visiting the group’s website.

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