{"id":2116341,"date":"2025-10-26T11:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T11:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2116341"},"modified":"2025-10-26T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T11:25:09","slug":"americas-got-talent-star-makes-unexpected-career-move-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/americas-got-talent-star-makes-unexpected-career-move-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Got Talent star makes unexpected career move &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ashlee Montague showed off her extreme acrobatic skills when she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/tv\/173064\/americas-got-talent-golden-buzzer\">competed on America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/a> &#8211; but she&#8217;s now trying her hand at a completely different career.<\/p>\n<p>The ballet dancer competed on Season 19 of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/americas-got-talent\">America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/a>, finishing in the top 5 of her Quarterfinal week. Ashlee has since spent the past year traveling all over the world to perform in places like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/brazil\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Brazil<\/a>, Italy, France and Germany.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Now, she&#8217;s turning her hand to filmmaking and is starring in the upcoming movie Abandoned. Speaking to The Express US about the upcoming project, Ashlee told us, &#8220;I have a film coming out which is very exciting.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a horror film called Abandoned and that will release sometime 2026.&#8221; The dancer teased fans will &#8220;see an entirely new side of me&#8221; in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Ashlee underwent quite the transformation for the film and revealed she spent around eight-and-a-half hours in makeup to get ready for the role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking about the transformation, Ashlee described it as &#8220;incredible&#8221; and teased she got to turn into her &#8220;absolute alter ego&#8221; while filming.<\/p>\n<p>The TV star is also hoping to carve out a career in music, having been working on something special for the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Ashlee opened up to us about her life since America&#8217;s Got Talent and shared, &#8220;Since appearing on America&#8217;s Got Talent, I have traveled to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/brazil\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Brazil<\/a>, Italy, France, Germany all for for different TV shows, which has been incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She admitted she originally anticipated receiving only &#8220;a couple of calls from companies,&#8221; but was shocked to find out just how many people wanted her to perform for them. &#8220;It&#8217;s been wonderful,&#8221; she gushed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/movies\/187857\/nicole-kidman-jude-law-s-heart-wrenching-film-finally-netflix\"><strong>Nicole Kidman \u2018heart wrenching\u2019 drama comes to Netflix at last<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/tv\/188054\/dwts-jon-chu-wicked-night\"><strong>DWTS fans all issue same complaint after seeing director Jon M. Chu join Wicked Night<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/187614\/robert-irwin-carries-bizarre-object\" target=\"_blank\">DWTS&#8217; Robert Irwin sports odd accessory as he relaxes between rehearsals<\/a><\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ashlee continued, &#8220;I actually did Das Supertalent, which was the German talent show, and I ended up getting third and I wish I spoke more German because I loved it so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reminiscing about her experience, Ashlee told us, &#8220;They were so kind and they&#8217;re so great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;It&#8217;s been just a whirlwind of seeing where life is taking me, right? And I have so many things in the works that are coming up that are so exciting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ashlee is now looking forward to seeing what happens next and said she is planning to &#8220;just keeping going, trying to one up myself more and more and more and see where it takes me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashlee Montague showed off her extreme acrobatic skills when she competed on America&#8217;s Got Talent &#8211; but she&#8217;s now trying her hand at a completely different career. The ballet dancer competed on Season 19 of America&#8217;s Got Talent, finishing in the top 5 of her Quarterfinal week. 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