{"id":201910,"date":"2026-01-25T21:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=201910"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T02:49:30","slug":"contestants-named-for-ohio-has-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/01\/25\/contestants-named-for-ohio-has-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Contestants named for Ohio Has Talent!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independents staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16 local, regional and statewide acts displaying a variety of talents will comprise CHP Home Care & Hospice’s Ohio Has Talent!, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday Febuary 28, 7 p.m. at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. The contestants, who were chosen via auditions in December, will be competing for prizes of $1,000, $500 and $250, determined by audience votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show is a benefit for the CHP Hospice patient care fund, which helps patients and families with coverage deficiencies to receive hospice services.<\/p>\n\n\n

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2026 Ohio Has Talent Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheryln Aikens<\/strong>, vocalist, Dayton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hayden Castleman<\/strong>, piano\/vocal, Rockford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Giddens<\/strong>, guitar\/vocal, Ostrander<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dance Trio<\/strong> – Payton Haley, Jocelyn Mabis,  Sydney Ross, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Konob<\/strong>, saxophone, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madaylnn Laukhuf<\/strong>, piano\/vocal, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Camryn Mabry<\/strong>, vocalist, Pandora<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Martin<\/strong>, piano\/vocal, Delphos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minster Juggling Club<\/strong>, Minster Local Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Voice<\/strong>, acapella group, Bluffton High School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lillie Pike<\/strong>, twirler, Marion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josie Ricker<\/strong>, vocalist, Delphos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Devan Rivera<\/strong>, guitar looping\/vocal, Defiance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Sherer<\/strong>, acoustic guitar, Toledo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiya Tabler<\/strong>, vocalist, Harrod<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shane Tanner<\/strong>, guitar\/vocal, Wauseon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OHT 2025 winners, Jumpin\u2019 Jammers from Van Wert Elementary School, will perform while audience votes are being counted. Ticket prices range from $21.25 to $31.25 including fees and are available now at VanWertLive.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independents staff\/submitted information 16 local, regional and statewide acts displaying a variety of talents will comprise CHP Home Care & Hospice’s Ohio Has Talent!, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday Febuary 28, 7 p.m. at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. The contestants, who were chosen via auditions in December, will be competing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 23:53:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201961,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201910\/revisions\/201961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}