Jessica Sanchez is the extraordinary comeback kid of America’s Got Talent. And just maybe, the champion of season 20.

The Texas native has a life story that could’ve been a script written for reality TV. She auditioned for the first season of America’s Got Talent back in 2006, when she herself was a child. Now, performing in the finals of AGT 2025, she’s nine months pregnant with a daughter of her own.

On Tuesday night’s (Sept. 23) finale, Sanchez cranked up the drama and the action, with a performance of “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Wearing a delicate all-white ensemble, Sanchez was all power and precision, her performance triggering fireworks, confetti and a standing ovation from a full house.

When she auditioned by singing Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” Sanchez

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