💥 BREAKING NEWS: Bailey Zimmerman Stuns One Deserving High School With a Massive Surprise That No One Saw Coming ⚡ML
Rising country star Bailey Zimmerman is no stranger to small-town life—the 25-year-old singer is from Louisville, Illinois, a blue-collar town with just over 1,100 residents. So when he caught wind of T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights Competition, in which a small town of just 900 residents nabbed the win, he was eager to join the celebration.
Some backstory: 2025 marks the second year of T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights competition, celebrating community, connection, and small-town football pride. Nodding to the idea that T-Mobile’s 5G reception reaches the smallest towns in America, the Friday Night 5G Lights program welcomes high schools from all over the country to enter for the chance to win a $1 million football field upgrade. From July to October, these schools rallied to show their school spirit and encourage others to vote for them. In the end, Dierks High School, in Dierks, Arkansas, took home the win with nearly 2 million votes from all over the world.
“This year took everything up a notch, with more schools, more votes, and more heart,” T-Mobile Consumer Group President, Jon Freier, said. “We built America’s Best Network to reach communities like Dierks, and they proved what next-level connection looks like when everyone comes together for something bigger.”
To honor Dierks’ small-town camaraderie and pride, on Friday, November 14, T-Mobile awarded the town with a $1 million football field transformation, along with a weight room renovation by Gronk Fitness (both set for completion in 2026) and an all-expenses-paid trip to the SEC Championship Game on December 6 for 16 school representatives. To make the moment even sweeter, Bailey joined the ceremony to perform the National Anthem and surprise the small town with a 30-minute set at Dierks High School.
