--- description: The host performed a rendition of Richard Marx's 'Right Here Waiting For You' title: Watch Ryan Seacrest Sing On ‘American Idol’ Finale image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8d3cea2a7040cb3/6986907c810bbb6f35c91b3c/seacrest-1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ryan Seacrest Sings On ‘American Idol!’ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2014 2:56 PM CUT  Musician Richard Marx (L) and host Ryan Seacrest perform onstage during Fox's 'American Idol' XIII Finale at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 21, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Musician Richard Marx (L) and host Ryan Seacrest perform onstage during Fox's 'American Idol' XIII Finale at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 21, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Winter/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 22, 2014 2:56 PM CUT ‘American Idol’ host Ryan Seacrest surprised fans of the show during the Season 13 finale by finally taking to the mic and giving everyone a taste of his singing voice. After his mother revealed that Seacrest is a big Richard Marx fan, the host performed some lines from Marx’s “Right Here Waiting For You.” The surprises didn’t end there though, as Seacrest was joined on stage by Marx himself, which led Harry Connick Jr. to joke that Seacrest could have a record deal before the night was through. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/108968/ryan-seacrest-sings-american-idol/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/108968/ryan-seacrest-sings-american-idol/"},"headline":"Ryan Seacrest Sings On ‘American Idol!’","datePublished":"2014-05-22T14:56:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:59:50.773Z","description":"The host performed a rendition of Richard Marx's 'Right Here Waiting For You'","url":"https://time.com/108968/ryan-seacrest-sings-american-idol/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8d3cea2a7040cb3/6986907c810bbb6f35c91b3c/seacrest-1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8d3cea2a7040cb3/6986907c810bbb6f35c91b3c/seacrest-1280x720.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ryan Seacrest sings on American Idol","caption":"Musician Richard Marx (L) and host Ryan Seacrest perform onstage during Fox's 'American Idol' XIII Finale at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 21, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Kevin Winter/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/108968/ryan-seacrest-sings-american-idol/","name":"Ryan Seacrest Sings On ‘American Idol!’"}}]}] ```