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THE INCREDIBLE 20-YEAR JOURNEY OF JESSICA SANCHEZ

 

But first, the latest news of the day.  

  • President Donald Trump met with Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu.  
    • In a follow-up press conference they agreed to Trump's 20-point peace plan.
    • Hamas hasn't seen it yet, it says.
    • But Team Trump-Netanyahu is not this time giving the Hamas any choice:  accept the plan or get totally destroyed!
    • Haven't before seen this type of strategy.  Might work.
  • By now Trump has met with Congressional leaders to work out a plan to avert a government shutdown at 12:01AM Wednesday.  Watch the news.
  • Supreme Court met in private today to discuss what they will do at their next session, which opens on October 2, with official public hearings beginning on October 6.
Jessica Sanchez has had quite a journey through both America's Got Talent and American Idol.  Want perseverance?  She epitomizes that term.
  • But first, who is she?
    • She was born on 4August1995 in Chula Vista, California, mother from the Philippines and father, a Mexican American from Texas.
    • At the age 10 in 2006, she competed in the the first season of America's Got Talent.  Watch her by clicking on that.  She made the wildcard round.
    • In 2008, performed The Star Spangled Banner prior to the NFL Chargers vs Jets game.
    • Auditioned for American Idol in 2011 and was runner-up to Phillip Phillips in 2012.  
      • In other words, she almost won!
      • Went on to sing at various political events like for President Barack Obama's Easter Egg Roll and the Memorial Day concert in DC (that's her to the right)
  • She did a lot of entertaining and song releasing over the past eight years, and got married to Rickie Gallardo in 2021.
  • Finally came 2025 when, obviously pregnant, she auditioned for the 20th season of America's Got Talent.  
    • Remember that she was first in Season One.  
    • She became the first solo female winner since Darci Lynne in 2017.
    • Eliana Mae's due date is very soon, perhaps early October.  Yes, she already has a name.
    • She won a million dollars.
    • Will headline a Las Vegas show.

Watch her journey:

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