www.youtube.com/.../watch?v=79aeo86xaMo

[background chatter]

>>Hello, everyone. We're about
to begin in about five minutes.

Let's get back to our seats
and we can start the show.

[background chatter]

Thank you, everyone, for coming out.
We're about to begin the talent show

in collaboration with Student
Life from Program Board.

Welcome our judges Gena Lawler, Debbie
Katona, Aria Quinn, and Jason Cardinal.

[applause]

And to begin our show, we have a very special
performance for you from our friend, Valiant,

performing a piece from his upcoming
recital, please welcome Valiant & Jeff.

[applause]

[testing instruments]

♪ ♪

[applause]

And that was Valiant and Jeff.
Jeff is the Normandale staff accompanist,

and Valiant is a two-time
Pinsonneault Scholarship recipient.

He plays in the concert band, jazz band,
and is a Normandale AFA music candidate.

Moving on from that, we have our next performer,
Owen, aka The Amazing Spider-Man,

showing off his passion, and front row,
please be advised he has webs.

[laughter]

>>[Owen] Hello. I'm ready.

♪ ♪

♪ Spider-Man, Spider-Man,
Does whatever a spider can ♪

♪ Spins a web, any size, ♪

♪ Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out! ♪

♪ Here comes the Spider-Man. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Is he strong? ♪

♪ Listen bud,
He's got radioactive blood. ♪

♪ Can he swing from a thread? ♪

♪ Take a look overhead
Hey, there ♪

♪ There goes the Spider-Man. ♪

♪ In the chill of night
At the scene of a crime ♪

♪ Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time. ♪

♪ Spider-Man, Spider-Man ♪

♪ Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ♪

♪ Wealth and fame
He's ignored ♪

♪ Action is his reward. ♪

♪ Look out! (Look out)
There goes the Spider-Man. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Spider-Man, Spider-Man ♪

♪ Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ♪

♪ Wealth and fame
He's ignored ♪

♪ Action is his reward. ♪

♪ Look Out!
(Look Out!) ♪

♪ Here comes the Spider-Man. ♪

♪ In the chill of night
At the scene of a crime ♪

♪ Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time. ♪

[holds note]

♪ Spider-Man, Spider-Man,
Does whatever a spider can ♪

♪ Spins a web, any size, ♪

♪ Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out! ♪

♪ Here comes the Spider-Man. ♪

♪ Spider-Man, Spider-Man ♪

♪ Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ♪

♪ Wealth and fame
He's ignored ♪

♪ Action is his reward. ♪

♪ Look Out! ♪

♪ Here comes the Spider-Man. ♪

[holds note]

♪ ♪

[applause]

>>Thank you so much, Owen--
sorry, Spider-Man--

for a warm, amazing performance.
Let's give another hand.

[applause]

Now-- [laughs] Now welcoming Sam
Pellicci, performing to A Wild Rose,

It's a piece by Edward MacDowell.
Thank you so much.

[applause]

♪ ♪

[applause]

♪ ♪

[applause]

Thank you, thank you, Sam. Let's have
another warm welcome for our-- [laughs]

Messing up my words a bit.
But, our next contestant is Emily,

also known as "the
queen of the dance floor."

She's performing a dance to Whitney
Houston's "I Believe in You and Me."

Please give a warm welcome to Emily.

[applause]

♪ ♪

♪ I believe in you and me ♪

♪ I believe that we will be
in love eternally ♪

♪ Well, as far as I can see ♪

♪ You will always be the one for me ♪

♪ Oh yes, you will ♪
♪ And I believe in dreams again ♪

♪ I believe that love will never end ♪

♪ And like the river finds the sea ♪

♪ I was lost, now I'm free ♪

♪ 'Cause I believe In you and me ♪

♪ I will never leave your side ♪

♪ I will never hurt your pride ♪

♪ When all the chips are down, baby ♪

♪ Then I will always be around ♪

♪ Just to be right where you are ♪

♪ My love, you know I love you, boy ♪

♪ I will never leave you out ♪

♪ I will always let you in, oh baby ♪

♪ To places no one's ever been ♪
♪ Deep inside ♪

♪ Can't you see that I
believe in you and me ♪

♪ Maybe I'm a fool
to feel the way I do ♪

♪ I will play the fool forever ♪

♪ Just to be with you forever ♪

♪ I believe in miracles ♪
♪ And love's the miracle ♪

♪ And yes, baby you're
my dream come true ♪

♪ I was lost, now I'm free ♪

♪ Oh, baby 'cause I believe,
I do believe in you and me ♪

♪ See, I was lost, now I'm free ♪

♪ 'Cause I believe in you and me ♪

♪ Believe in you and me ♪

♪ Believe ♪

[applause]

Thank you so much, Emily.
Our next contestant is Selah C.,

which is what you'll find on Spotify:
S-e-l-a-h-space-C, alright.

Performing the first of her two songs she's
performing today, it's a piece called "Stars."

Please give a warm welcome.

[applause]

>>[Selah] Hello! How's
everybody doin' today?

[audience woots]
Good!

Yes, my name is Selah C. I'm a
local rapper here from the Twin Cities.

I have two songs. The first song right here is called
"Stars" for all my Zodiac lovers out here, alright!

So, for this song, I'm gonna
do a little bit of interaction,

so when y'all hear you alls' Zodiac
sign when I'm doing this song,

I want you all to cheer as loud as you can. Okay?
It's not a lot of people, so cheer as loud as you can.

So, we're gonna do a practice run. Okay?
So, all my Tauruses? Any Tauruses?

No? Aquarias? Woo! Yeah.

Libras?
[audience Woots]

Okay, that's what I'm talkin' about.
Alright, let's get it started.

♪ ♪

Yeah.

Turn it up for me.

Stars.

Good.

[unclear audio]

Baby, how do your stars flow?
(How do your stars flow?)

How do your stars flow?

Where my Leos at?

Woo! Where my Virgos?
Any Virgos? [clapping]

[unclear audio]

[applause]

>>Thank you so much, Selah.

Our next performer is Coral Vang performing
a dance to "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira.

Word to the wise,
it's all improvised.

[applause]

>>We should file a claim.
>>Just did.

[message notification alert]
[State Farm jingle]

>>Hi, I'm here...
[inaudible]

♪ ♪

♪ Ladies up in here tonight ♪
♪ No fighting ♪

♪ We got the refugees up in here (no fighting) ♪
♪ No fighting ♪

♪ Shakira, Shakira ♪

♪ I never really knew that she
could dance like this (hey) ♪

♪ She make a man wants to speak Spanish ♪
♪ ¿Cómo se llama? (Sí), bonita (sí) ♪

♪ Mi casa, su casa (Shakira, Shakira) ♪

♪ Oh, baby, when you talk like that ♪
♪ You make a woman go mad ♪

♪ So be wise (sí) and keep on (sí) ♪

♪ Reading the signs of my body
(uno, dos, tres, cuatro) ♪

♪ I'm on tonight ♪
♪ You know my hips don't lie (no fighting) ♪

♪ And I'm starting to feel it's right ♪
♪ All the attraction, the tension ♪

♪ Don't you see, baby, this is perfection? ♪

♪ Hey, girl, I can see your body moving ♪
♪ And it's driving me crazy ♪

♪ And I didn't have the slightest idea ♪
♪ Until I saw you dancing (yeah) ♪

♪ And when you walk up on the dance floor ♪

♪ Nobody cannot ignore the way you
move your body, girl (just move) ♪

♪ And everything so unexpected, the way you right and left it ♪

♪ So you can keep on shaking it (let's go) ♪
♪ I never really knew that she could dance like this ♪

♪ She make a man wants to speak Spanish ♪
♪ ¿Cómo se llama? (Sí), bonita (sí) ♪

♪ Mi casa, su casa (Shakira, Shakira) ♪

♪ Oh, baby, when you talk like that ♪
♪ You make a woman go mad ♪

♪ So be wise (sí) and keep on (sí) ♪
♪ Reading the signs of my body (no fighting) ♪

♪ I'm on tonight ♪
♪ You know my hips don't lie (no fighting) ♪

♪ And I am starting to feel you, boy ♪
♪ Come on, let's go, real slow ♪

♪ Don't you see, baby, así es perfecto? ♪

♪ They know I am on tonight, my hips don't lie ♪
♪ And I'm starting to feel it's right ♪

♪ All the attraction, the tension ♪

♪ Don't you see, baby, this is perfection?
(Shakira, Shakira) ♪

♪ Oh, boy, I can see your body moving ♪
♪ Half animal, half man ♪

♪ I don't, don't really know what I'm doing ♪
♪ But you seem to have a plan ♪

♪ My will and self-restraint ♪
♪ Have come to fail now, fail now ♪

♪ See, I am doing what I can,
but I can't so you know ♪

♪ That's a bit too hard to explain
(uno, dos, tres, cuatro) ♪

♪ Baila en la calle de noche (yeah) ♪
♪ Baila en la calle de día (let's go) ♪

♪ Baila en la calle de noche ♪
♪ Baila en la calle de día ♪

♪ I never really knew that she could dance like this ♪
♪ She make a man wants to speak Spanish ♪

♪ ¿Cómo se llama? (Sí), bonita (sí) ♪
♪ Mi casa, su casa (Shakira, Shakira) ♪

♪ Oh, baby, when you talk like that ♪
♪ You know you got me hypnotized ♪

♪ So be wise (sí) and keep on (sí) ♪
♪ Reading the signs of my body ♪

♪ Señorita, feel the conga ♪
♪ Let me see you move like you come from Colombia ♪

♪ Yeah (ladies sí) (yeah yeah) ♪

♪ (Hey, yeah) ♪

♪ ¡Mira en Barranquilla se baila así, say it! (yeah) ♪
♪ En Barranquilla se baila así (yeah) ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Hey, brra! ♪
♪ Yeah, she's so sexy, every man's fantasy ♪

♪ A refugee like me back with the
Fugees from a third world country ♪

♪ I go back like when 'Pac carried crates for Humpty Humpty ♪

♪ We leave the whole club dizzy ♪
♪ Why the CIA wanna watch us? ♪

♪ Colombians and Haitians ♪
♪ I ain't guilty, it's a musical transaction ♪

♪ Bo bop so bop, no more do we snatch ropes ♪

♪ Refugees run the seas 'cause
we own our own boats (no fighting) ♪

♪ I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie ♪
♪ And I'm starting to feel you, boy ♪

♪ Come on, let's go, real slow ♪
♪ Baby, like this is perfecto (no fighting) ♪

♪ Oh, you know I'm on tonight, my hips don't lie ♪
♪ And I am starting to feel it's right ♪

♪ The attraction, the tension ♪
♪ Baby, like this is perfection ♪

♪ No fighting ♪

♪ No fighting ♪

[applause]

>>Thank you so much, Coral.
Alright, for our next performers

we have V.A.R.O., who is
performing a Tribute to Love,

and he's followed by the accompanist named
Melak whose Instagram handle is M-e-l-a-k--

write this down-- underscore music, and he'll be
helping him perform Mario's "Let Me Love You."

Thank you so much.

[applause]

[applause]

♪ ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Baby I just don't get it ♪

♪ Do you enjoy being hurt? ♪

♪ I know you smelled the perfume, ♪
♪ The make-up on his shirt ♪

♪ You don't believe his stories ♪

♪ You know that they're all lies ♪

♪ Bad as you are, you stick around ♪

♪ And I just don't know why ♪
♪ If I was ya man (baby you'd) ♪

♪ Never worry bout (what I do) ♪
♪ I'd be coming home (back to you) ♪

♪ Every night, doin' you right ♪
♪ You're the type of woman (deserves good things) ♪

♪ Fist full of diamonds
(hand full of rings) ♪

♪ Baby you're a star
(I just want to show you, you are) ♪

♪ You should let me love you ♪
♪ Let me be the one to ♪

♪ Give you everything you want and need ♪

♪ Baby good love and protection ♪
♪ Make me your selection ♪

♪ Show you the way love's supposed to be ♪

♪ Baby you should let me
love you, love you, love you, ♪

♪ Love you yeah ♪

♪ Listen ♪

♪ Your true beauty's description ♪

♪ Looks so good that it hurts ♪
♪ You're a dime plus ninety-nine ♪

♪ And it's a shame don't
even know what you're worth ♪

♪ Everywhere you go they stop and stare ♪
♪ 'Cause you're bad and it shows ♪

♪ From your head to your toes,
out of control, baby you know ♪

♪ If I was ya man (baby you'd) ♪
♪ Never worry bout (what I do) ♪

♪ I'd be coming home (back to you) ♪
♪ Every night doin' you right ♪

♪ You're the type of woman (deserves good things) ♪
♪ Fist full of diamonds (a hand full of rings) ♪

♪ Baby you're a star
(I just want to show you, you are) ♪

♪ You should let me love you ♪
♪ Let me be the one to ♪

♪ Give you everything you want and need ♪

♪ Ooh baby good love and protection ♪
♪ Make me your selection ♪

♪ Show you the way love's supposed to be ♪

♪ Baby you should let me
love you, love you, love you ♪

[holds note]

♪ Baby you should let me
love you, love you, love you ♪

♪ Love you ♪

♪ You should let me love you ♪

♪ Love ♪

[speaking] Everybody put your hands up. ♪

♪ You should let me love you ♪
♪ Let me be the one to ♪

♪ Give you everything you want and need ♪

♪ Ooh baby good love and protection ♪
♪ Make me your selection ♪

♪ Show you the way love's supposed to be ♪

♪ Baby you should let me
love you, love you, love you ♪

♪ Love ♪

♪ You should let me love you, love you, love you ♪

♪ Love ♪

♪ You should let me love you ♪

♪ ♪

[applause]

>>You guys have been great!
I love you all!

[unclear]

[applause]

>>Thank you so much
so V.A.R.O and Malak.

We are having an intermission and
there will be refreshments in the the--

I don't know if it's called the "lobby,"
but the gallery area.

So, please, get up outta your seats,
move around a little bit. We'll come back.

[background chatter]

♪ ♪

>>Hey, everyone, we're going
to start in 2 minutes.

So, slowly get back to your seats.
Thank you so much.

♪ ♪

Alright, thank you so much, y'all.
We're about to begin.

[background chatter]

Alright, everyone's milling back in.

Before we move on, we have a short
announcement from Public Safety on campus.

Please welcome Stacy.

[applause]

>>[Stacy] Yay! Hello, everyone.
I'm Stacy with Public Safety.

It's amazing to see all of you here.

I'm just doing a shameless
plug for the department.

As you know, we do wonderful
things to keep the campus safe,

but I just want to let you all know
that we do offer other services.

So, if you ever have problems with your
vehicle, let's say your battery's not starting,

we can do jump-starts.
So, call us for that.

[audience woots]
Yes!

Um, if you don't feel safe on campus for
some reason-- a little bit more serious here--

but if you have some sort of restraining order against
someone or just not feeling safe, we do escorts.

Or let's say you're parked way
over in lot 6 for some reason

and you just don't want to walk to your car in
the dark, we're happy to do those escorts as well.

[audience woots]
Yes!

[applause]
[Stacy chuckles]

And then if you haven't been aware, we do have
a wonderful app called Normandale Alert.

It's basically having Public
Safety at your fingertips.

So, let's say you see a crime on campus,
you can literally take pictures,

submit a report, and it goes directly
to us, and we'll get on scene.

There's other fun tips, like for
parking and so many things,

so I encourage you to download
that if you're interested.

And finally, shameless plug for Star Alert.
If you want to know if the campus is

going to be closed due to weather, or
you want to be informed of severe issues,

let's say active shooters are going on
on campus, go to Star Alert

and you can find out more information
by getting text messages, calls, and all of that.

So, there's my shameless
plug for my department.

And, I want to let you know I do have a talent
I want to share with you all. Can I do that?

[applause]
Can I do that?

So, um, you know I might have to
save the talent for a little bit later

because my partner is not here.
Unless I got someone in the

audience that knows how to
salsa or bachata dance?

Anybody that can lead, to lead.
Any... leading?

Okay, if you want to lead,
otherwise, how about this?

I will do a dance lesson.
And I can do... What's that?

Who?
[inaudible]

[louder voices]
I can't even see.

Like, who wants...leads?
[audience cheering]

Who wants to lead?

Because I can dance,
but I need a leader.

Or do we want...do you want me
to teach a bachata lesson after?

Should we do a bachata lesson?
[audience murmurs]

Both? Okay.

Okay, we're gonna do...I'm making an executive
decision, there's going to be a bachata lesson after.

But, if anybody wants to come up here
and just do a quick dance with me?

[chatter]

[applause]

Come one! Come on,
come on, come on!

Let's do it!

Let's do it!

Do you know how to dance?

Okay, so you know
how to lead salsa?

Do you know how to lead?

Okay, so how about this.
We'll put the song...like,

what do we want to do?
Do you want to do salsa or bachata?

Who? You pick.

You do bachata.

You do salsa with me?
>>Sure.

>>Okay, so can you cue it up on the mic?
We're gonna do a Marc Anthony.

Does anybody... we're gonna do...
Nope, that's gonna be with this gentleman.

But, we're going to to salsa with this fine
person, so just put Marc Anthony Viva la Vida.

Yes. Okay! Let's do it!

Alright, we're just
gonna do a short one.

♪ Voy a reír, voy a bailar ♪
♪ Vivir mi vida, la la la la ♪

♪ Voy a reír, voy a gozar ♪
♪ Vivir mi vida, la la la la ♪

♪ Voy a reír (¡eso!), voy a bailar ♪
♪ Vivir mi vida, la la la la ♪

♪ Voy a reír, voy a gozar ♪
♪ Vivir mi vida, la la la la ♪

♪ A veces llega la lluvia ♪
♪ Para limpiar las heridas ♪

[music stops]
>>[Stacy] Good job!

[applause]

Now... so that's salsa if
you don't know salsa.

And now we're going
to do some bachata.

[chatter]

[applause]

>>We're ready.
>>We're ready.

[laughter]

>>[Stacy] This is the Monchy one.

♪ ♪

[applause]

>>Mwah! Belisimo!

>>[Stacy] So, stay tuned for a
bachata lesson afterwards.

[applause]

>>Thank you, Stacy. Can we
have another round of applause?

[applause]

Let me catch my breath
for a second. [laughs]

Next up, we have a
good friend of mine--

hold on, there's a whole intro I've written 'cause
it's gotta be special, right, it's gotta be special.

So, coming up next we have a
special surprise here tonight,

we're very proud to present the
new superstar of action film-making,

who's here to set the dance floor
on fire. From the upcoming film,

The Nerfarious Campaign,
welcome Brady Linderman!!!

[applause]

>>Hola, [inaudible]!

[sound effects]

♪ ♪

♪ And if the elevator tries
to bring you down ♪

♪ Go crazy, punch a higher floor ♪

♪ ♪

♪ If you don't like the
world you're living in ♪

♪ Take a look around you ♪
♪ At least you got friends ♪

♪ You see I called my old lady ♪
♪ For a friendly word ♪

♪ She picked up the phone ♪
♪ Dropped it on the floor ♪

♪ (Ah, ah) is all I heard ♪

♪ Are we gonna let the elevator ♪
♪ Bring us down ♪

♪ Oh, no let's go! ♪
♪ Let's go crazy ♪

♪ Let's get nuts ♪

♪ Let's look for the purple banana ♪
♪ 'Til they put us in the truck, let's go! ♪

[song changes]

♪ Sweet dreams are made of this ♪
♪ Who am I to disagree ♪

♪ I travel the world and the seven seas ♪

♪ Everybody's looking for something ♪

♪ Some of them want to use you ♪

♪ Some of them want to get used by you ♪

♪ Some of them want to abuse you ♪

♪ Some of them want to be abused ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Everybody's looking for something ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Drop low to the L O ♪
♪ V E gotta get more ♪

♪ So clap your hands, clap clap your hands ♪

♪ I got nothing but love to give ♪
♪ Turn it up ♪

♪ Turned up you don't hear me no ♪
♪ Here's some love for your stereo ♪

♪ So clap your hands, clap clap your hands ♪
♪ Clap, clap, clap, clap ♪

♪ Turn me on like this your song ♪
♪ Dirty bass got love to give ♪

♪ Turn it up now ♪
♪ Mad monopoly all night long ♪

♪ Dirty bass got love to give ♪
♪ Yo, let me see that grill from here to here ♪

♪ So much love in the atmosphere ♪
♪ The good times roll with me right here ♪

♪ I got nothing but love to give ♪

[record scratch sound effect]

♪ Sheesh ♪

♪ I be like sheesh (sheesh) ♪
♪ Sunset on the beach (beach) ♪

♪ Make me wanna pull up on
Miami with the heat (heat) ♪

♪ I don't know 'bout you (you) ♪
♪ But I know 'bout me (me) ♪

♪ Summertime in Florida, catch me
slidin' on the keys (oh, yeah) ♪

[song changes]

♪ Take that and rewind it back ♪

♪ Take that, rewind it back ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Oppa Gangnam Style ♪

♪ Oppa Gangnam Style ♪

♪ Op, op, op, op ♪
♪ Oppa Gangnam Style ♪

♪ Gangnam Style ♪
♪ Op, op, op, op ♪

♪ Oppa Gangnam Style ♪

[song changes]

♪ ♪

♪ Grab somebody sexy, tell 'em hey (hey) ♪

♪ Give me everything tonight (hey) ♪

♪ Give me everything tonight (hey) ♪

♪ Give me everything tonight (hey) ♪

♪ Give me everything tonight ♪

♪ Excuse me (excuse me) ♪

♪ And I might drink a little more
than I should tonight (tonight) ♪

♪ And I might take you home with me
if I could tonight (tonight) ♪

♪ And baby, I'ma make you feel so good tonight ♪

♪ 'Cause we might not get tomorrow ♪

[applause]

>>Thank you very much,
Brady, for that one.

Unforgettable [trips over words]
performance! [laughs] Performance.

Now, our next performance is a rendition
of "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone,

brought to you by our one and
only emcee, Eyakem Yilma!

[applause]

>>We should file a claim.
>>Just did.

[message notification alert]
[State Farm jingle]

>>[Eyakem] Love the ads.
Clap for the ads.

[applause]
[Eyakem laughs]

♪ ♪

♪ Birds flying high ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

♪ Sun in the sky ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

♪ Breeze driftin' on by ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

[cheering]

♪ It's a new dawn ♪
♪ It's a new day ♪

♪ It's a new life ♪
♪ For me ♪

♪ It's a new dawn ♪
♪ It's a new day ♪

♪ It's a new life ♪
♪ For me ♪

♪ Ooooo ♪
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪

[cheering]

♪ ♪

♪ Fish in the sea ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

♪ River running free ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

♪ Blossom on a tree ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

♪ It's a new dawn ♪
♪ It's a new day ♪

♪ It's a new life ♪

♪ For me ♪
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪

♪ Dragonfly out in the sun,
you know what I mean, don't you know ♪

♪ Butterflies all havin' fun,
you know how I feel ♪

♪ Sleep in peace when day is done,
you know how I feel ♪

♪ And this old world is a new world ♪
♪ And a bold world ♪

♪ For me ♪
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪

♪ Stars when you shine ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

♪ Scent of the pine ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪

♪ Oh, freedom is mine ♪
♪ And I know how I feel ♪

♪ It's a new dawn ♪
♪ It's a new day ♪

♪ It's a new life ♪
♪ For me ♪

[speaking] I'm gonna do a little
jazz trumpet on the microphone.

[imitates trumpet]

♪ And I'm feeling good ♪

[applause]

Alright, thank y'all, thank y'all.

Our next performer is, again, Spider-Man,
coming in for a next performance. [laughs]

Thank you.

[applause]

>>[inaudible] Spider-Man was.

He was pretty handsome, wasn't he?

What a great butt he had.
[laughter]

I'm ready.

I saw an ad!

[laughter]

Oh, man.

♪ ♪

♪ Another day in this carnival of souls ♪

♪ Another night settles in,
as quickly as it goes ♪

♪ The memories are shadows,
ink on the page ♪

♪ And I can't seem to find my way home ♪

♪ And it's almost like ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪
♪ To keep me out ♪

♪ All the places I've been
and things I've seen ♪

♪ A million stories that made up
a million shattered dreams ♪

♪ The faces of people I'll never see again ♪

♪ And I can't seem to find my way home ♪

♪ 'Cause it's almost like ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪
♪ To break me down ♪

♪ 'Cause it's almost like ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪
♪ To keep me out ♪

♪ ♪

[speaking] We won't do that.

♪ ♪

♪ 'Cause it's almost like ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪
♪ To break me down ♪

♪ 'Cause it's almost like ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪
♪ To break me down ♪

♪ To break me down ♪

♪ To break me down ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪

♪ Your heaven's trying everything ♪
♪ To break me down ♪

[applause]

>>Thank you, Owen. Thank you, Owen.
That was "Far From Home."

Now welcoming our next
contestant, Ahmad Mohamad,

with his buttery vocals, singing
Heartbreak Anniversary by Giveon.

[applause]

>>Damn! [laughs]

No, I'm kidding.

You guys ready for a diddy?
A little do-wop?

[audience responds in affirmative]

Cool.
[audience laughs]

What am I supposed to say?
[music starts]

Alright.

♪ ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Balloons are deflated ♪

♪ Guess they look lifeless like me ♪

♪ We miss you on your side of the bed, mmm ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Still got your things here ♪

♪ And they stare at me like souvenirs ♪

♪ Don't wanna let you out my head ♪

♪ Just like the day that I met you ♪
♪ The day I thought forever ♪

♪ Said that you love me ♪
♪ But that'll last for never ♪

♪ It's cold outside ♪
♪ Like when you walked out my life ♪

♪ Why you walk out my life? ♪

♪ I get like this every time ♪

♪ On these days that feel like you and me ♪

♪ Heartbreak anniversary ♪

♪ 'Cause I remember every time ♪

♪ On these days that feel like you and me ♪

♪ Heartbreak anniversary ♪
♪ Do you ever think of me? ♪

♪ no ♪

♪ (Ooh) no-no, no ♪

♪ (Ooh, ooh, ooh) ooh, nah ♪

♪ I'm buildin' my hopes up ♪

♪ Like presents unopened 'til this day ♪

♪ I still see the messages you read, mmm ♪

♪ I'm foolishly patient ♪

♪ Can't get past the taste of your lips ♪

♪ Don't wanna let you out my head ♪

♪ Just like the day that I met you ♪
♪ The day I thought forever ♪

♪ Said that you love me ♪
♪ But that'll last for never ♪

♪ It's cold outside ♪
♪ Like when you walked out my life ♪

♪ Why you walk out my life? ♪

♪ I get like this every time ♪

♪ On these days that feel like you and me ♪

♪ Heartbreak anniversary ♪

♪ 'Cause I remember every time ♪

♪ On these days that feel like you and me ♪

♪ Heartbreak anniversary ♪

♪ Do you ever think of me? ♪

♪ of me ♪

♪ 'Cause I think of you, think of you ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

[applause]

[inaudible]

>>Alright, thank you so much. That was amazing.
Can we get another round of applause?

[applause]

I think it's time to see the return of
Selah C. with her second song, Blessings.

Please give a warm welcome,
and look behind you.

[applause]

♪ ♪

>>[Selah C.] Yeah.

♪ ♪

[unclear audio]

Thank you!

[applause]

>>Hey hey, let's give another
round of applause for Selah!

[applause]

Alright, alright. The next person
is a guy named Hiep Chau.

He's performing a little dance
to Persona 4 by Specialist.

Welcome, welcome!

[applause]

♪ ♪

[applause]

Alright, alright. Thank you so
much, Hiep. That was amazing.

Now, welcoming again, if you haven't
had enough yet, bringing back

Ahmad Mohamad with his
second song, which is a surprise.

[applause]

>>I'm back! [inaudible]
[laughter]

I don't know how to set up
the mic stand. [laughter]

Don't look at me like that!

[inaudible]

>>I'm gonna have you hold this actually.
>>How am I supposed to play like this?

>>No, no, no.
[laughter]

>>You're scarin' me!

[piano notes]

[vocalizing]

[laughter]

[cheering]

[mic feedback]

>>Not yet.
>>I didn't do anything!

You can't hold it against me.
[laughter]

[inaudible]

>>Turn it up! Turn it up!

>>Thank you, thank you, tech. Let's have
a round of applause for our guys on tech.

[applause]

♪ ♪

♪ Yes, I do, I believe ♪

♪ That one day I will be where I was ♪

♪ Right there, right next to you ♪
[cheers]

♪ And it's hard, the days
just seem so dark ♪

♪ The moon, and the stars
are nothing without you ♪

♪ Your touch, your skin,
where do I begin? ♪

♪ No words can explain the
way I'm missing you ♪

♪ Deny this emptiness,
this hole that I'm inside ♪

♪ These tears, they tell
their own stories ♪

♪ Told me not to cry
when you were gone ♪

♪ But the feeling's overwhelming,
it's much too strong ♪

♪ Can I lay by your side, ♪
[cheers]

♪ next to you? You ♪

♪ And make sure you're alright ♪

♪ I'll take care of you ♪

♪ And I don't want to be here if
I can't be with you tonight ♪

♪ I'm reaching out to you ♪

♪ Can you hear my call? ♪

♪ This hurt that I've been through ♪

♪ I'm missing you,
I'm missing you like crazy, ♪

♪ you ♪

♪ Can I lay by your side? ♪

♪ Next to you, ♪

♪ you ♪

♪ And make sure you're alright ♪

♪ I'll take care of you ♪

♪ And I don't want to be here if
I can't be with you tonight ♪

♪ Oh, lay me down tonight ♪

♪ Lay me by your side, whoa ♪

♪ Lay me down tonight ♪

♪ Lay me by your side ♪

♪ Can I lay by your side? ♪
[cheers]

♪ Next to you, ♪

♪ you ♪

[vocalizing]

[cheering and applause]

>>We're almost done, y'all.
We have about-- Hold on.

Alright, we have 15 to 20 minutes for
our judge decision and in the meantime

I want to announce something special to the
Normandale Program Board, which organized this event.

We have--according to the back page of your
brochure we've given you--a Spring Fling carnival.

It's got events, like caricatures, cotton candy,
some tattoos, and lots of food, lots of food.

So come down on April 19th, 10:00am-4:00pm
in the Courtyard. Thank you so much.

[applause]

[silence]

♪ ♪

>>We should file a claim.
>>Just did.

[message notification alert]
[State Farm jingle]

[silence]

♪ ♪

[indistinct talking]

[silence]

>>Hello, everyone.
Judges are back.

Everyone, slowly get back to your seats in
about--I don't know--two or three minutes.

[background chatter]

[silence]

[background chatter]

[silence]

Alright, thank you, everyone.
Let's get back to our seats.

Alright, so, judges are back.

We're going to have a little bit
of judging going on, right?

So, thank you so much for sticking
around and watching the show.

Please have some refreshments
after this is all over. Thank you.

>>First off, we'd just like to do
some honorable mentions.

Thank you so much,
everyone, for performing.

We had a really fun time.
[smattering of applause]

Yes, clap for everyone who performed.
[applause] Thank you. Yes, yes.

Thank you Spider-Man for coming
all the way from New York. [chuckles]

So, starting off, we'd like to give a huge
shout-out, please, huge round of applause

for our I.T. team, that is Adam,
Chandler, and Pavel. Thank you!

[cheering and applause]

This would NOT be possible
without them, so we appreciate you.

Secondly, let's give a huge shout-out to Stacy
from Public Safety for her dance lessons.

Yes! Woo!
[applause]

We also wanted to give a really
special shout-out to our amazing

hype-women of the evening
who cheered with everything!

[applause]

There was cheering, there was shouting,
there was feedback! [laughs]

So, before we announce the winners, just thank
you so much for everyone who performed.

We absolutely loved it and we hope
to see you again at the next one.

>>We want to know what
the judges' names are!

>>The judges' names?
Read the name tag. [laughs]

No, so sorry. [laughs]
We have--

>>Oh, snap!
[laughter]

[background chatter]

>>Alright, well, if you did not previously know
who we are, we have first and foremost,

the wonderful Jason Cardinal, our
Dean of Students. Big round of applause!

[applause]

And, of course, our Jill-of-many-trades, Gena
Lawler, our Student Life Involvement Coordinator.

[applause]

Our wonderful Student Life
Grad Assistant, Debbie Katona.

[applause]

And for those you who don't know me--
>>This is a really cool lady named Aria--

What's your last name?
[laughter]

Quinn. She works in the
Student something... [laughter]

>>So, you think I'm being mean when
I say "read the name tags" [inaudible].

Hi, I'm Aria Quinn, I'm the Student
Resource Center Coordinator.

Nice to meet you.

[applause]

Now, Jason, please take it away
with our top three winners.

[applause]

>>And I will not take too long to jump to the
announcement for the top three winners,

but I do want to just pause for
a moment to just acknowledge

that we have incredible talent in this room.
We have incredible talent in this college.

And let's give credit to everyone that
stepped up in front of you all today.

[applause]
That's right!

Because it takes courage to recognize
that you have the ability

to stand before folks and bring
your talent forward. Right?

A lot of these folks have obviously put hours in
behind the scenes to prepare for this moment.

And that deserves credit alone. And to stand
up before you and to bring that talent forward,

that is what we are about as an institution.

This is a place where you bring your talents
and your skills and your potential,

and you bring it to others and
you see what you can do with it.

And this has been an incredibly warm crowd, I
thank the hype-crowd because we need that.

Right? We need to encourage and
support one another. [applause]

We need this love and support from our fellow
students. This is how we rise up together.

We encourage and support each other.
So, just, a credit to all of you.

Thank you for being here. Thank you
for performing, to all the performers.

And without further ado....

Let's say it.

So, we have our top three winners here today,
but everyone that stood forth deserves credit.

This was incredibly close scoring. The numbers--
we stuck by the numbers, everyone.

But, we had incredibly close scores, and so, I just
want to acknowledge everyone that performed

and say thank you one last time. With that, in third
place (we'll start with third place) for the evening,

it is Brady Linderman!

[applause]

He may have gotten a scoring bump for the
shoes alone, but we tried to stay objective.

In second place, we've got
V.A.R.O. and Melak!!

[applause]

>>Let's go!

[applause]

>>What a performance!

What talent that they
brought to us today.

And in first place, we've got...

[applause]

Selah Jacoway!

[applause]

Congratulations to all of you.

Your prize is over here.

Thank you for gracing us with
your talent, your skills, abilities.

Thank you for staying
to perform for us.

[applause]

And thank you all who made this
evening, and this afternoon happen.

It feels like evening, doesn't it?

Thank you, again.

>>And please, can everyone who performed,
please come to the stage real quick.

We have some special prizes for you.

Yes, ooo, aah, excitement!

[laughter]

I don't know who gave me this.

It's a prize!

Go over there. We're going to take
a picture. Go stand over there.

[background chatter]

>>Look at this crew!

[applause]

[laughter]

[indistinct]

[applause]

[background chatter]