(1-27-25) Ohio Has Talent! returns on Saturday March 1st at 7 p.m. at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. 15 local, regional, and statewide acts with a variety of talents will compete for prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250 determined by audience votes.

CHP Home Care and Hospice started Ohio has Talent in 2007 as a fundraising opportunity.  Over the years we have had finalists from 6 years old -92 , and a variety of different talents.  Contestants come from all over Ohio as well as a few from neighboring states to go through an audition process that happens several months before the show.   In Decembera panel of judges selected the contestants for the finals.  The finalists then take the stage at the NPAC to be judged by the audience!  Each ticketed person in attendance will receive a vote.  Votes are counted by the CHP Home Care and Hospice finance team and the winners are announced.  Grand prize is $1,000.00

2025 Ohio Has Talent Finalists:

  • Shay Boroff, 17, from Mendon – vocal
  • Hayden Castleman, 17, from Rockford – piano/vocal
  • Reid Knuth & Rachel Tebbe, 22, from Coldwater – duet/Broadway
  • Minster Jugglers, group from Minster Local Schools – juggling
  • Lily Ridler, 20, from New Bremen – vocal/trumpet
  • Gabrielle Sheets, 25, from Van Wert – vocal/Broadway
  • Jumpin Jammers, group from Van Wert Elementary School – jump rope
  • Jordon Detamore, 33, from Hicksville – vocal
  • Brigitte Galauner, 28, from Cuyahoga Falls – dancer
  • Cameron King, 18, from Alvada – drum major/twirler
  • Cason Leavitt, 8, from New Albany – vocal
  • Lilana Liberato, 16, from Bluffton – vocal/bilingual
  • Dustin & Nick Long, 25,from Delphos – duet/Country
  • Guy Amos Marcelin, 47, from Lima (Haiti) – vocal
  • Ikpemesi Ogundare, 26, from Bowling Green – vocal/opera

Tickets range from $15 to $25 each and are available now at VanWertLive.com.