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Canada’s Got Talent Reveals the Showstopping Acts Competing for $1M Grand Prize from Rogers

– The winner of Canada’s Got Talent will again win $1M from Rogers, the biggest cash prize in Canadian television history –

– More than 100 amazing acts from all corners of Canada and beyond, including Butlerville, Vaughan, Burnaby, Woodstock, and more –

– New season of Canada’s Got Talent begins Tuesday, March 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Citytv and Citytv+ –

– See media contacts below to request interviews with local contestants –

TORONTO (March 4, 2025) Let’s go Canada! As we gear up to take centre stage, Citytv reveals the showstopping performers appearing on Season 4 of Canada’s Got Talent,beginning Tuesday, March 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT with a two-hour episode on Citytv or stream it on Citytv+. The highly anticipated talent competition series spotlights 105 acts on the Canadian stage as they face the #CGT judges – Howie Mandel, Shania Twain, Katherine Ryan, Kardinal Offishall – and compete to win the $1M grand prize from Rogers. 

Rogers is once again providing the winner of Canada’s Got Talent with a life-changing prize of $1M (plus $50 from Howie Mandel) – the biggest cash prize in Canadian television history. The winner also receives financial advice from CIBC. And that’s not all! Every Golden Buzzer recipient will receive $25,000 (totalling $150,000), courtesy of CIBC, to help realize their ambitions. CIBC Aventura and Jackpot City join Canada’s Got Talent as premium sponsors, in addition to returning partners – Rogers, CIBC, Tim Hortons, Uber Eats, Kruger (Scotties Tissues), and Orville Redenbacher.

Season 4 of #CGT showcases the unique talents of acts from across Canada and beyond underscoring its reputation as the destination for world class talent. Hosted by Lindsay Ell, Canada’s Got Talent culminates in a live two-hour finale on Tuesday, May 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT from OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls.

Contestants for Season 4 of Canada’s Got Talent are listed below.

ALBERTA
ANGIE “i” ROLLA – Variety, Calgary
CAROLINE STOKES – Variety, Edmonton
JANICLE FILIBUSTER – Singer/Musician, Calgary
LLOYD FARLEY – Comedy, Calgary
MARIA PICKERING – Singer/Musician, Lethbridge
MICHELA SHEEDY – Singer/Musician, Okotoks

BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALISTAIR OGDEN – Comedy, Port Moody 
BLAKE ALEONG – Magic, Burnaby
CARSIM BIRMINGHAM – Singer/Musician, Vancouver
DANIELE LEQUAGLIA – Singer/Musician, Kelowna
DARBY MILLS – Singer/Musician, Vernon
IMOGEN – Variety, Victoria
MEL & BUGSY – Animal Act, Richmond
RYAN WILLIAMS – Comedy, Kamloops
TERENCE WALSH – Variety, Vancouver
TWOFOURSEVEN – Dance, Vancouver

MANITOBA
JON STOESZ – Singer/Musician, Steinbach
JULIANNA MOORE – Singer/Musician, St. Lazare

NEW BRUNSWICK
IRIS LLOYD – Singer/Musician, Hartland
THE MARTIN BOYS – Vocal Group, Woodstock

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
CODY HARVEY – Singer/Musician, Grand Bank
JACOB LEWIS – Singer/Musician, Butlerville
MATT WRIGHT – Comedy, Gander

NOVA SCOTIA
STUDIO 26 DANCERS – Dance, Halifax

ONTARIO
ANESTI DANELIS – Comedy, Toronto
AARUSH SUREN – Dance, Vaughan
ARCHY JAY – Variety, Mississauga
BADUNKAFUNK – Singer/Musician, Norfolk County
BEN KAHAN – Magic, Toronto
BEVERLY SARAZA – Singer/Musician, Toronto
BRIANNA MONTEROSSO – Singer/Musician, St. Catharines
CARSON AND TAYLOR – Magic, Toronto
CASSANDRA STAR – Singer/Musician, Fort Frances
CHOIR! CHOIR! CHOIR! – Vocal Group, Toronto
DANIELA AGOSTINO – Singer/Musician, Vaughan
DEEP SOUTHWEST – Comedy, Chatham-Kent
DONG D – Variety, Oakville
DUSTIN BIRD – Singer/Musician, Stirling
EZRA JORDAN – Singer/Musician, Toronto
FRANK MOYO – Singer/Musician, Toronto
FUNKYVERSE – Dance, Toronto
HEAVEN’S SOUND – Vocal Group, Toronto
ILLUMIN DRONE SHOWS – Variety, Toronto
JACOB HILLHOUSE – Variety, Lindsay
JOEY ARRIGO – Dance, Toronto
JONATHAN POOLEY – Singer/Musician, Paris
KP STONE – Singer/Musician, Ottawa
KYLE LANDI – Variety, Milton
KYRA DANIEL – Singer/Musician, Kingston
MAPLE STAR & SWIFT – Variety, Toronto
MICAH THE VELAWESOMERAPTOR – Variety, Acton
MIKAEL TAIEB – Variety, Kleinburg
NICOLINA – Singer/Musician, Vaughan
PRANYSQA – Singer/Musician, Mississauga
RESONATE – Vocal Group, Toronto
SABA – Singer/Musician, Toronto
SAI KIT LO – Comedy, Markham
SAINT STELLA – Variety, Toronto
SHARON RILEY & FAITH CHORALE – Vocal Group, Toronto
S.H.E. – Dance, Toronto
STREET LOVE DANCE – Dance, Toronto
THE ANCIENT YOUTH – Vocal Group, Toronto
THE SECRET – Magic, Toronto
DARREN LEO – Comedy, Toronto
AVA VAL – Comedy, Toronto
JENN LABELLE – Comedy, Ottawa
PRECIOUS CHONG – Comedy, Toronto
VALERIE BOYLE – Singer/Musician, Toronto
WHYTE WYNE AND YOUNG RIESLING – Variety, Toronto

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
902 CREW – Dance, Charlottetown
DEEDEE AUSTIN – Singer/Musician, Abegweit First Nation

QUEBEC
ALEX BOYER – Magic, Montréal
BAYARMA – Variety, Montréal
DIFFO – Dance, Sherbrooke
ELIANA DULLA – Singer/Musician, Gatineau
LUC LANGEVIN – Magic, Montréal
MONTREAL TRIO – Variety, Montréal
NICOLAS TARDIF – Magic, Trois-Riviéres
PAT MEYER – Variety, Oka
SANDRINE & ROBIN – Dance, Granby
SWITCH – Dance, Laval
THE RICHARD FAMILY – Vocal Group, Laval
THEA CRUZ – Singer/Musician, Montréal
THOMAS ROCHELET – Variety, Montréal
UMOJA – Dance, Montréal
YAMA LAURENT – Singer/Musician, Lévis

SASKATCHEWAN
HUNISH PARMAR – Variety, Saskatoon
LUCY DARLING – Magic, Prince Albert

ABROAD
ADA VOX – Variety, USA (Texas)
BAYARMA PARRY – Variety, USA (Las Vegas)
CHANTAAAAL – Singer/Musician, France
ERIC MANUEL – Singer/Musician, USA (Florida)
FORBIDDEN NIGHTS – Variety, UK
GARRETT ALLEN – Variety, USA (San Diego)
GERRARDON – Variety, Japan
LEON & ROBERTO – Variety, USA (New York)
MAHIRO – Comedy, Japan
MARCOS & MARCEL – USA (Georgia)
SAMUEL CHONG – Variety, Malaysia
STEFANO BRONZATO – Magic, Italy
TAPE FACE – Variety, USA (Las Vegas)
THE JAMBO BROTHERS – Variety, Kenya
TULGA – Variety, Mongolia
YUIYUI – Dance, Japan
WES-P – Variety, Japan

Canada’s Got Talent is produced by McGillivray Entertainment Media Inc. and Fremantle, in association with Citytv, a division of Rogers Sports & Media based on the Got Talent format owned by Fremantle and SYCO Entertainment.

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About Citytv
Citytv offers viewers intensely-local and diverse content through its seven television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, and Montreal along with the award-winning Citytv+ app, which is available on iOS, Android, Samsung TV, Apple TV, and Fire TV Stick devices, plus the Citytv+ streaming service available with Amazon Prime Video Channels. Citytv delivers an entertaining mix of Canadian and acquired primetime programming, news, and lifestyle content from influential brands such as Breakfast Television and CityNews. Citytv is part of Rogers Sports & Media, which is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications. (TSX, NYSE: RCI).

About Fremantle 
Fremantle is a leading global creator, producer and distributor of some of the world’s most successful content across Entertainment, Drama & Film, and Documentaries. Amplifying local stories on a global scale, Fremantle produces and delivers premium, multi-genre IP across the 27 territories it operates in. Fremantle is a proudly independent group of content creators, and home to some of the biggest entertainment formats, compelling international dramas, award-winning films and high-quality documentaries. From Got Talent to Sullivan’s Crossing,Family Feud to Poor Things, Fellow Travelers to Queens, Too Hot To Handle to Big Mood, Maxton Hall to Idols, and Queer to The Zelensky Story, our focus is simple – Fremantle creates and delivers irresistible entertainment. Fremantle also represents world-leading digital and branded entertainment, with more than 550 million fans and 360 billion views for its standout content across all platforms. Fremantle’s Global Channels unit consists of more than 20 FAST channels worldwide, including Buzzr, Rig TV, and Baywatch. Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, streaming, content and digital, itself a division of the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann. For more information, please visit www.fremantle.com, follow Fremantle on Twitter @FremantleHQ and Instagram @fremantle or visit Fremantle’s LinkedIn page. 

About MEM
Established in 2014, MEM is a leading unscripted television production company, creating highly rated, original content for broadcasters and streamers worldwide. Spanning genres from lifestyle and factual, to reality and competition, MEM’s content has seen great success both domestically and internationally, where its robust library is distributed on platforms around the globe. MEM’s strong development slate and accelerated investment continues to respond to the rapidly changing needs of commissioners, and has resulted in expansive growth with dedicated audiences worldwide. The company is rooted in strong, foundational relationships with strategic partners, buyers, and creatives alike. MEM consistently delivers beyond what’s expected, and ensures its content meets the highest industry and creative standards. Scott McGillivray is CEO, and Nanci MacLean is COO.

About SYCO Entertainment
Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, is an independent entertainment company which owns TV formats such as “Got Talent” and “The X Factor”. Got Talent is officially the world’s most successful reality TV format; America’s Got Talent remains the No1 summer series in the US for the past 15 years; The X Factor is the most successful music TV format in history delivering more global chart stars than any other show.  These two shows are currently on air in more than 180 countries and are watched by more than a billion people each year. Artists discovered on his TV formats have sold over 600 million records and Simon has launched more superstar careers than any other in history including One Direction, Camila Cabello, Leona Lewis, Fifth Harmony, CNCO, Little Mix, Louis Tomlinson, James Arthur, Paul Potts, and Susan Boyle. During his career and partnership with Sony Music, he also launched Il Divo and Westlife. 

For interview opportunities, please contact:
Citytv – Alessia Staffieri, Alessia.Staffieri@rci.rogers.com, 647.262.8412
Unit Publicists – Erin Richards, erin@hypepr.ca, 416.627.5728; Brigitte Kenny, brigitte@hypepr.ca, 647.967.3272