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Competing for Rogers $1M Prize: Canada's Got Talent Reveals All Performers Heading to The Eliminations on Citytv

Competing for Rogers $1M Prize: Canada's Got Talent Reveals All Performers Heading to The Eliminations on Citytv

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TORONTO, April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On tonight's episode of Canada's Got Talent on Citytv, the #CGT judges – Howie Mandel, Shania Twain, Katherine Ryan, Kardinal Offishall – and host Lindsay Ell selected the 14 acts moving on to The Eliminations. They are:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
TWOFOURSEVEN – Dance, Vancouver
CARSIM BIRMINGHAM – Singer/Musician, Vancouver – **Kardinal's Golden Buzzer**
NEW BRUNSWICK
THE MARTIN BOYS – Singer/Musician, Woodstock
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
JACOB LEWIS – Singer/Musician, Butlerville – **Shania's Golden Buzzer**
ONTARIO
DARREN LEO – Comedy, Toronto – **Katherine's Golden Buzzer**
SAI KIT LO – Comedy, Markham
ILLUMIN DRONE SHOWS – Variety, Toronto
BEN KAHAN – Magic, Toronto
FUNKYVERSE – Dance, Toronto – **Group Golden Buzzer**
NICOLINA – Singer/Musician, Vaughan – **Lindsay's Golden Buzzer**
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
DEEDEE AUSTIN – Singer/Musician, Abegweit First Nation – **Howie's Golden Buzzer**
INTERNATIONAL
THE JAMBO BROTHERS – Variety, Kenya
TULGA – Variety, Mongolia
CHANTAAAAL – Variety, France
Plus, key moments from tonight's episode of include:
WHYTE WHYNE AND YOUNG RIESLING (Toronto, ON) had the audience laughing with a funny, high-energy musical performance of their own original rap.
Singer and Shania Twain superfan, JULIANNA MOORE (St. Lazare, MB) delivered a stunning and heartfelt cover of Faith Hill's 'There You'll Be.'
AVA VAL (Whitby, ON) brought the house down with a raw, witty, stand-up performance rooted in her experience as a trans woman.
SANDRINE & ROBIN (Granby, QC) gave a mesmerizing dance performance, full of grace and precision, leaving the crowd cheering.
Dynamic dance crew FUNKYVERSE (Toronto, ON) received the Group Golden Buzzer after lighting up the stage with flawless synchronization.
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, plus financial advice from CIBC. And that's not all! Every Golden Buzzer recipient will receive $25,000 (totaling $150,000), courtesy of CIBC, to help realize their ambitions.
Tonight's Performances (Tuesday, April 29)
WHYTE WHYNE AND YOUNG RIESLING – Variety
Toronto, ONCheck Out WHYTE WHYNE AND YOUNG RIESLING's Performance
JULIANNA MOORE – Singer/Musician
St. Lazare, MB
Check Out JULIANNA MOORE's Performance
BADUNKAFUNK – Singer/Musician
Norfolk County, ON
AVA VAL – Comedy
Whitby, ONCheck Out AVA VAL's Performance
SANDRINE & ROBIN – Dance
Granby, QCCheck Out SANDRINE & ROBINs Performance
FORBIDDEN NIGHTS – Variety
London, UKCheck Out FORBIDDEN NIGHTS's Performance
FUNKYVERSE – Dance
Toronto, ONCheck Out FUNKYVERSE's Performance
**COMING UP**A Sneak Peek at Next Week's Contestants (Tuesday, May 6)
THE JAMBO BROTHERS – Variety
Nairobi, KENYA
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
TULGA – Variety
MongoliaCGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
THE MARTIN BOYS – Vocal Group
Woodstock, NB
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
DEEDEE AUSTIN – Singer/Musician
Abegweit First Nation, PEI
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
DARREN LEO – Comedy
Toronto, ONCGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
SAI KIT LO – Comedy
Markham, ON
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
ILLUMIN DRONE SHOWS – Variety
Toronto, ON
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
BEN KAHAN – Magic
Toronto, ON
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
CHANTAAAAL – Singer/Musician
Cancon, France
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
TWOFOURSEVEN – Dance
Vancouver, BC
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
FUNKYVERSE – Dance
Toronto, ON
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
NICOLINA – Singer/Musician
Vaughan, ON
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
CARSIM BIRMINGHAM – Singer/Musician
Vancouver, BC
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
JACOB LEWIS – Singer/Musician
Butlerville, NL
CGT.Citytv.com / YouTube
Canada's Got Talent is produced by MEM 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.
Social Media LinksCanada's Got Talent on InstagramCanada's Got Talent on TikTokCanada's Got Talent on YouTube Canada's Got Talent on Twitter Canada's Got Talent on Facebook Hashtag: #CGT
Official CGT Destination: https://CGT.Citytv.com/Citytv on InstagramCitytv on TwitterCitytv on FacebookRogers Sports & Media on Twitter
For interview opportunities, please contact:Citytv – Alessia Staffieri, Alessia.Staffieri@rci.rogers.com, 647.262.8412Unit Publicists – Erin Richards, erin@hypepr.ca, 416.627.5728Brigitte Kenny, brigitte@hypepr.ca, 647.967.3272

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Tracy Moore, 50, says there was a 'little bit of denial' when she started experiencing menopause symptoms: 'Hold on, I'm at that age...'
Tracy Moore, 50, says there was a 'little bit of denial' when she started experiencing menopause symptoms: 'Hold on, I'm at that age...'

Yahoo

time06-06-2025

  • Yahoo

Tracy Moore, 50, says there was a 'little bit of denial' when she started experiencing menopause symptoms: 'Hold on, I'm at that age...'

Less than two months after she was let go from Citytv, Tracy Moore found herself doing yoga in Costa Rica with a group of strangers. What began as an excuse to leave a cold Toronto winter to process a major career change in solitude quickly turned into a bonding experience that celebrated sisterhood, menopause and the idea that mid-life could be the perfect time to start all over again. The 50-year-old television personality is set to appear in a panel talk at the first Women's Healthy Living Show in Toronto this weekend for an unfiltered discussion about women's health. Yahoo Canada spoke to Moore ahead of the event to discuss navigating change, menopause and much more. In February 2025, fans were surprised when Citytv announced it was foregoing plans to create a new hour of Breakfast Television with Moore and Cheryl Hickey at the helm. The decision ended a 20-year relationship between the network and Moore, who had previously served as host of Cityline for 16 years. She addressed the news in a video posted to Instagram that was gracious and measured; it wasn't what you'd expect from someone who had just received career-altering news. Moore said the writing was on the wall when the network decided to cancel Cityline, she just didn't know when that chapter of her career would end.'I had many, many months to wrap my head around a new way of defining myself — and my friends and family did not. The viewers did not...,' she said, adding that the public's reaction to the news was overwhelming. "I was drowning in inertia. It was being bombarded with everyone's reactions. I feel very deeply. I was taking on people's disappointment, people's congratulations, people's anger... I'm wearing it all. I just needed to sit on the couch and let it flow through me. Cry a little bit. Walk a little bit. Do all the things." I realized that there were a lot of people that were invested in my Moore A visit to her parents helped Moore understand the impact of her career; she was a trailblazing figure — the first Black woman to host a daytime talk show in Canada. "I realized that there were a lot of people that were invested in my career. There's aunts, uncles and cousins, and then there's visible minority communities," she said. "There's racialized people that were watching the show because they saw themselves reflected in a daytime show. They saw their people." Her father was the one who suggested she take a trip to get away and "gain some clarity." Moore remembered an invitation she received to Flip Flops and Hot Flashes, a menopause-focused yoga retreat in Costa Rica. She accepted the invitation on one condition: she did not want to have to be "on" for the group. Moore was on a mission to find her centre. She thought she was in need of solitude and peace. She was as the saying in reality TV goes, not here to make friends — even though that's exactly what happened. "I wanted to gaze at beauty — the sky, the trees the water,' she said. 'It turned int this incredibly bonding, beautiful, raw and authentic experience. It was a bonus, over and above anything I was expecting." Menopause and the realities of mid-life are topics Moore embraces discussing with her community of fans and followers. Her own journey with perimenopause began at 47, when she noticed her base temperature rising. "I used to be a cold girlie…I was always cold," she said. "Then all of a sudden I wasn't. It wasn't hot flashes, in general, I was hotter.' ...I thought to myself, 'Hold on, I'm at that age. This could be menopauseTracy Moore Initially, Moore said "there was a little bit of denial" about her symptoms. Although signs of perimenopause vary from person to person, there was one symptom that pushed her to visit her doctor. 'The biggest telltale sign for me was my inability to tamp down irritation," she said. "I'm the calm parent. I'm the patient one…. All of a sudden, I was the one arguing and so I thought to myself, 'Hold on, I'm at that age. This could be menopause.'" Moore began hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for progesterone and estradiol, which she said have helped manage hot flashes and other symptoms. The ability to talk candidly about women's health is something Moore said she had to fight for during her time on Cityline. There was an "unwritten rule" that menopause wasn't meant for daytime television, but a host in perimenopause meant the subject was unavoidable. "It's sort of a new generation and a new vibe," she said. "I think that people were willing to jump in and get into it." The push and pull behind the scenes was something Moore had been living with since she began working in television in 2001. Along the way, Moore said there were many times she had to make compromises and navigate micro-agressions over the way she styled her hair and what stories she wanted to feature. "I had to forgive myself constantly," she said. "I felt the burden of trying to make the show more accessible for more people and not just the Black community, but gay men and non-binary people. Everybody should be able to have a piece of the show and see themselves reflected in some way.... I felt the burden of trying to make the show more accessible for more peopleTracy Moore "Some days I thought to myself that I'm not supposed to be in media, because I think I'm too soft for this industry — and that was the wrong way for me to think. My sensitivity is the reason I was able to operate the way I was and reach the people I was meant to reach." The end of her time at Citytv presented an opportunity for Moore to take inventory of her hopes and goals for the future. She describes it as "divine" timing that she was let go from Citytv the same year she turned 50. In many ways, she's navigating her next steps with more than just her career in mind, it's something deeper. "There is a 'me' that exists outside of — I hate to call it this — but this 'circus' of being in a public-facing role. I have to refine and be 100 per cent sure of what and who I am," she said. "What do I really like? What do I really dislike? What do I actually want to do with my life?" I'm proud of myself, though, for walking myself through thisTracy Moore In addition to re-evaluating what she wants to create, she's also exploring how to participate in content creation without relying on social media for external validation. "I feel like that's always been my journey," she said. "You can't take all of those compliments that people are giving you to heart, because it means you also have to take all of the criticisms and all of the hate and all the vitriol to heart. "It's sometimes been a little bit sad, and it's sometimes been so happy," she said. "I'm proud of myself, though, for walking myself through this."

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