{"id":2181680,"date":"2025-11-30T12:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2181680"},"modified":"2025-11-30T12:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:33:16","slug":"breleigh-curtis-jumps-from-being-a-local-singer-to-paid-entertainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/breleigh-curtis-jumps-from-being-a-local-singer-to-paid-entertainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Breleigh Curtis jumps from being a local singer to paid entertainer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"87468439007\" title=\"See Zanesville ceremony as Breleigh Rael signs entertainment contract\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/25\/PZAN\/87468515007-img-6474.jpg?crop=2931,1649,x0,y796\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>See Zanesville ceremony as Breleigh Rael signs entertainment contract<\/p>\n<p>Laura Thompkins, superintendent of Zanesville City Schools, speaks during a Nov. 25, 2025, contract-signing ceremony for eighth-grader Breleigh Rael.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>ZANESVILLE \u2013 A young aspiring actor, dancer and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yDtQKm3QSZk&amp;list=RDEMnKk2BFY0w8odOgPSIzywQQ&amp;start_radio=1&amp;rv=mRzIeho2wu0\">upstart pop singer<\/a> is making a big leap.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Breleigh Curtis, who performs under the name of Breleigh Rael, made her next career move official on Nov. 25, when she signed a two-year contract as a performer and actor for an entertainment company.<\/p>\n<p>The Zanesville Middle School eighth-grade student was joined by her parents and brother \u2014Sol, Stacie and Judah Curtis \u2014 family members, friends and school administrators and staff for the signing.<\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/25\/PZAN\/87468515007-img-6474.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/25\/PZAN\/87468515007-img-6474.jpg?crop=2931,2199,x0,y597 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/25\/PZAN\/87468515007-img-6474.jpg?crop=2931,3910,x0,y36 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/25\/PZAN\/87468515007-img-6474.jpg?crop=2931,1649,x0,y796 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Shawn Digity\/Zanesville Times Recorder\" caption=\"Breleigh Curtis, who performs under the name of Breleigh Rael, is more than eighth grader at Zanesville Middle School. She's an up-and-coming actor, dancer and singer who signed a two-year contract with an entertainment company on Nov. 25, 2005. She starts working on her first project Dec. 9, in Columbus.\" orientation=\"vertical\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By the nature of the contract, many of details are mum on Breleigh&#8217;s upcoming projects but she will begin work on a production Dec. 9 in Columbus. Her contract also comes with a third-year option.<\/p>\n<p>For Breleigh, it&#8217;s a lifelong dream come true as she chases after some of her personal icons, like Beyonce, Usher, Mary J. Blige and Michael B. Jordan.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited to be a part of this production. I&#8217;ve always dreamed of this since I was 2 years old,&#8221; she told the Times Recorder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve known I&#8217;ve wanted to do this for forever now, and it feels like my dreams are really starting to become true. I have always looked up to Beyonce, and now I&#8217;m on that path to be bigger than her,&#8221; she exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"87471533007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the weeks and months leading up to her deal, Breleigh and her family have gone back and forth to Los Angeles for a singing competition, which she won, and intense boot camps for singing and dancing.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Breleigh got to experience the stardom of her own Walk of Fame but also the sore feet from 16 days in training. She was able to work with singing coaches, some of which have even trained high-profile artists like Blige and Post Malone.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>One of her more recent local performances was singing the national anthem at an Ohio State University men&#8217;s soccer game in September.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;(She&#8217;s) just a small-town kid with big dreams,&#8221; noted her father, Sol Curtis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com\/story\/money\/business\/2025\/11\/25\/chick-fil-a-is-coming-to-zanesville-what-we-know\/87455356007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chick-fil-A is coming to Zanesville. Here&#8217;s what we know<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It started when she was almost 3 years old. Breleigh&#8217;s first time on stage was at church singing a gospel song, he added.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She got a Barbie mic at 2, and I knew,&#8221; Sol said. &#8220;She never put that Barbie mic down. She&#8217;d go through the house singing songs, and she let it be known.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Breleigh Rael has a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Breleigh+Rael\">YouTube channel<\/a> with some of her songs, including &#8220;Often&#8221; and &#8220;The Hamptons,&#8221; and her music can also be found on Apple Music and Spotify. You can also follow her on social media like TikTok, Instagram and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breleigh.rael\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p><em>Shawn Digity is a reporter for the Zanesville Times Recorder. He can be emailed at <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:sdigity@gannett.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>sdigity@gannett.com<\/em><\/a><em> or found on X at @ShawnDigityZTR.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-11-30 10:08:23.310438148 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-11-30 10:08:23.310438148 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/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.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See Zanesville ceremony as Breleigh Rael signs entertainment contract Laura Thompkins, superintendent of Zanesville City Schools, speaks during a Nov. 25, 2025, contract-signing ceremony for eighth-grader Breleigh Rael. 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