Franklin’s Got Talent Showcase Finale

WOW what an incredible night last night at our first Franklin’s Got Talent Showcase Finale!

With a sell out audience, twenty amazing finalists and five celebrities the standard of performances was awesome.

Here are our TOP FIVE:

The winner who received the FGT Trophy and $1500, was mum of two from Mangatawhiri, Jess Reilly who sang Never Enough from the Greatest Showman

Runner up was the charismatic Bella Viljoen who sang beautifully in French, Barbara Pravi’s European Song Contest winning song Voila, and received an FGT Trophy and $500

Jess Reilly winner of Franklin's Got Talent 2025

Franklin's Got Talent 2025 Winner Jess Reilly and Runner Up Bella Viljoen

3rd place and the SNOWPLANET family pass went to Katie-Rose Pemberton with her very powerful Whitney Houston song, I have Nothing.

4th place and the Wero Whitewater Park family pass went to Aishani Kumar with her beautiful singing and tap dancing to How Far I’ll Go from Moana.

5th place went to the very entertaining country singer Nic Ruygrok who sang Your Man by Josh Turner and received the HarringtonWest hair voucher.

To the other 15 finalists, you were all amazing and we hope that you enjoyed your chance to experience Your Stage, Your Moment and Your Chance to Shine, along with all the feedback from our professional judges.

Huge thanks goes to our panel of judges Tim Roxborogh, Viktoria Morgan, ANDRE VEGAS & COMPANY MAGIC & ILLUSION and Hoani The Comedian who gave each contest such great feedback to help them further their potential.

The night would not have been so successful without our amazing host Flynny – Wedding Celebrant who was still recovering from flu to make sure he was there to support us on the night

Thank you also to everyone who came and supported the event – we were overwhelmed with how surprised people said the standard of the show was and all the other positive feedback.

The high standard of professional lighting and sound was all thanks to our technical advisors and crew on the night Creative Ambiance Stage Technologies Ltd.

To all our major sponsors we owe a massive thank you because without your support, Franklin’s Got Talent would not have been possible.

The evening was professionally filmed so we hope to share more imagery in the very near future, but in the meantime, this was the first Franklin’s Got Talent and it will be back again earlier in 2026 and with some fine tuning, we are sure will go from strength to strength as an annual event.