{"id":84693,"date":"2025-09-25T11:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/84693\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:40:10","slug":"americas-got-talent-crowns-season-20-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/84693\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018America\u2019s Got Talent\u2019 Crowns Season 20 Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter all the tears, the cheers, the confetti and the fireworks, America\u2019s Got Talent has a new champion \u2014 Jessica Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Texas native\u2019s name was called out during the finale Wednesday night (Sept. 24) on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/nbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc\" data-tag=\"nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a>, completing a decades-long dream that a scriptwriter would be proud of.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith her win, Sanchez collects the $1 million champion\u2019s check, an all expenses paid trip to Universal\u2019s new theme park\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/inside-the-worlds-of-epic-universe-special-nbc-premiere-date-details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Epic Universe<\/a>, and a special place in the hearts of a nation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/billboard\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSanchez is the comeback kid, for real. She auditioned for the first season of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/americas-got-talent-winners-every-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AGT <\/a>back in 2006, when she herself was a child. Now aged 30 and married, she\u2019s the hero of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/agt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AGT<\/a>\u00a02025, which she aced while nine months pregnant with a daughter of her own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Tuesday night\u2019s (Sept. 23) live final, Sanchez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/americas-got-talent-crowns-season-20-champion-1236074422\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nailed her rendition <\/a>of \u201cDie With A Smile\u201d by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/lady-gaga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lady Gaga<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bruno-mars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Mars<\/a>. Wearing a delicate all-white ensemble, Sanchez was all power and precision. \u201cIt\u2019s perfection,\u201d remarked Sof\u00eda Vergara, after the singer\u2019s final performance. \u201cYou look like a little pregnant angel. I mean you look beautiful, your voice, I\u2019ve never heard anything like that. Bravo Jessica.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt was Vergara who, during Sanchez\u2019s audition, gave the singer her Golden Buzzer, and a direct pass to the live round of the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tViewers agreed. When America voted for the final time, it was Sanchez who came out on top. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier, Sanchez joined forces with aerial specialists Sirca Marea for one last performance of \u201cGolden Hour\u201d by JVKE, returning to a song that earned her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/agt-pregnant-contestant-jessica-sanchez-golden-hour-1236068175\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a spot in the Finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPerforming in front of the acrobatic pair, \u201cI feel like they made the song come alive,\u201d she later told AGT host Terry Crews. \u201cI mean, they\u2019re just so amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSanchez came out ahead of a 10-strong Finals field that included Mama Duke, Micah Palace, Steve Ray Ladson, Team Recycled, Chris Turner, LightWire, Jourdan Blue, Leo High School Choir and the high-flying  Sirca Marea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor the record, second place went to freestyle rapper Chris Turner, and singer Jourdan Blue completed the podium in third place. Chicago\u2019s Leo High School Choir came fourth, and visual artists LightWire snagged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/agt-2025-finale-recap-live-updates-spoilers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fifth position<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch Sanchez\u2019 final performance below. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMore to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After all the tears, the cheers, the confetti and the fireworks, America\u2019s Got Talent has a new champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[10997,10998,22217,18,117,19,17,10999,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-84693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-agt","9":"tag-americas-got-talent","10":"tag-bbnews","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-nbc","16":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}