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NEW THIS YEAR! Watch the finals online!
Semi-Finals: Tuesday, Sept 1 – Thursday, Sept 10 at 6pm
Finals: Friday, Sept 11 – Tuesday, Sept. 15
Winners Announced: Friday, Sept. 18th at 6pm
Watch this year’s winners of the 2020 Rise 2 Fame
Watch the finalists of this year’s Rise 2 Fame
2019 Rise 2 Fame Youth Finals
2019 Rise 2 Fame Junior Finals
Congratulations to the 2019 Winners
Youth
Winner
Kate Cote
Variety Solo / William Tell’s Overture / Paris Fair
Junior
Winner
Malia Afonso
Vocal Solo / No Good Deed / Comber Fair
Thank you to everyone who entered and attended!
2018 Youth Winner
Winner
Mahima Akshinthala
Variety Solo / Gravity
Runner Up
Paige Woodburn & Julia Withers
Dance Group / Redefined
2018 Junior Winner
Winner
Danielle Dialogo
Vocal Solo / Never Enough /
1st Runner Up
Emily Plumsteel
Dance Solo / Hot Note
2nd Runner Up
Dylan Marleau
Variety Solo / Johnny B Goode
2017 Youth Winner
Winner
Alexandra Hawse
Variety Solo / Maybe I Can Find (Original) / Hamilton, It’s Your Festival
Runner Up
Montanah Lucas
Dance Solo / North / Del-Ko-Brydge
2017 Junior Winner
Winner
Krisalyn Bellavance
Vocal Solo / Once More I Can See
1st Runner Up
Jesse Nind
Vocal Solo / When I Grow Up
2nd Runner Up
Jake Nicholson
Dance Solo / Next To You
2016 Youth Winner
Winner
Madison Galloway
Variety Solo / House of the Rising Sun / Fergus
Runner Up
Bella Grace Lecomte
Vocal Solo / The Girl in 14G / Hamilton, It’s Your Festival
2016 Junior Winner
Winner
Laruyn Quamina
Dance Solo / Shake the Room / Kitchener City Hall
1st Runner Up
Kayleigh Style
Vocal Solo / Something New / Capital Fair
2nd Runner Up
Reece Hodgson
Variety Solo / Riptide / Litowel Fair
2015 Youth Talent Winner
Taylor Pollard: Dance Solo “Surviving” (Qualified at Clinton Fair, from Clinton)
2015 Junior Talent Winner
Emily Plumsteel: Dance Solo – “Everybody Wants to be a Cat” (Qualified at Clinton Fair, from Clinton)