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'The most precious one': Jessica Sanchez welcomes first baby

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<div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DP7iUXoAJ46/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=843&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A252582.60000014305%2C%22ls%22%3A252016.10000014305%2C%22le%22%3A252442.10000014305%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1016" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Filipino-American singer Jessica Sanchez has welcomed her first baby, Eliana Mae Gallardo.</p><p>“From one dream season to the next. This time, the most precious one yet,” Sanchez said in a Facebook post.</p><p>“We are grateful beyond words for our baby girl, for the gift of motherhood, and for the love that grows deeper every day,” she added.</p><p>Sanchez, who was married to her husband Rickie Gallardo, was pregnant when she competed and <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/9/25/jessica-sanchez-wins-america-s-got-talent-1143">won the 20th season of &quot;America’s Got Talent.&quot;</a></p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/9/24/jessica-sanchez-grateful-for-support-i-did-the-best-i-could-1529"><strong>Jessica Sanchez grateful for support: &#x27;I did the best I could&#x27;</strong></a></div><p>She first rose to prominence in 2012 when she finished as a runner-up on &quot;American Idol.&quot;</p><p>She, then, released her debut album &quot;Me, You &amp; the Music.&quot;</p><p>The singer also previously appeared in the American musical television series &quot;Glee.&quot; </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OXX0IX4RJug?si=e2EGsCumbVv8Osnq" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>“We are grateful beyond words for our baby girl, for the gift of motherhood, and for the love that grows deeper every day,” she said.</p>

“We are grateful beyond words for our baby girl, for the gift of motherhood, and for the love that grows deeper every day,” she said.