Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola is not the first star to share their exciting baby news in an out-of-the-box way

Published on June 5, 2025 05:30AM EDT

Ashley Darby. Michael Darby. Credit :

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When it came to finding out the sex of their baby on board, these stars went beyond cakes and balloons.

Most recently, Jersey Shore's Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola and her fiancé Justin May shared their big news by decking out the Seaside Boardwalk in pink and blue. Years ago, when Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian were expecting their second child, the Reddit co-founder surprised his wife with a drone light show. And stars have done everything in between.

From boardwalk takeovers to drone light shows and everything in between, read on to see six of the top extravagant celeb sex reveals!

Serena Williams.

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While Serena Williams thought she was finding out the sex of baby no. 2 through the classic blue or pink cake reveal, her husband Alexis Ohanian had other plans. In a video shared to YouTube, Williams, who was already mom to daughter Olympia at the time, is seen cutting into a cake only to find it was yellow on the inside — a decoy planted by her husband.

Instead, the news was shared through a drone light show that lit up the word "Girl!" in the night sky as the family of three celebrated.

(L-R) Paul "DJ Pauly" DelVecchio, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Jenni Farley, Angelina Pivarnick, Sammi Giancola, Justin May, Nicole Polizzi, Deena Nicole Cortese, Mike Sorrentino, and Vinny Guadagnino attend Sammi Giancola's sex reveal with MTV's Jersey Shore cast at Lobster Lounge on May 15, 2025 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.

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Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola recently revealed the sex of her first baby with fiancé Justin May in a very Jersey Shore way.

The couple, who had the Seaside Boardwalk decked out in all things pink and blue, was joined by Giancola's Jersey Shore: Family Vacation as they found out their little one is a boy through a burst of blue powder.

"It's just so iconic because me and my roommates, we've basically grew up here in Seaside and also me and Justin met here in Seaside," Giancola told PEOPLE. "It's just very sentimental, meaningful all around."

Ashley Darby. Michael Darby.

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When Ashley Darby and Michael Darby announced the sex of their first baby together back in 2019, the pair did so in an extreme fashion. With Ashley standing safely on the ground, Michael leapt from a plane and opened a bag that released blue powder into the sky.

The couple has since divorced, first separating in 2022 before finalizing their divorce in Feb. 2025.

Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel.

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Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel might win the award for most creative reveal. The couple, who are parents to two children, announced the sex of their eldest child with a battle between a pink and blue Power Ranger.

“Power Rangers. Never in the history of gender reveals have I seen Power Rangers,” Mitchell says in a video posted to YouTube.

The two carry on, eventually falling into a water fountain with only the pink Ranger emerging — revealing that their baby was a girl.

Jinger Duggar Vuolo and Jeremy Vuolo decided to bring their families and friends in on the fun when it came to finding out the sex of their first child.

The couple split up their loved ones into a pink team and a blue team to compete in a relay race. The captain of the first team to complete the obstacles was able to flip the switch on a "baby" neon sign that lit up pink, revealing the couple was expecting a girl, later named Felicity Nicole.

In the years since, the couple has welcomed two more children, Evangeline and Finnegan.

Mark Cuevas and Aubrey Rainey.

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When Mark Cuevas and Aubrey Rainey revealed the sex of their first baby in 2020, they did so with a rooftop fireworks display in Cleveland. In a video shared to Instagram, the Love is Blind alum sets off a box of fireworks before he and Rainey popped their confetti canons to reveal blue streamers.

In 2025, Cuevas announced that the pair, who now share two children, were separating after almost three years of marriage.