'Buckeyes Got Talent' is a Hit! Raises $2,746 for Boys and Girls Club of Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio - It was the second to last act that won the hearts of the crowd and judges at the third edition of the Ohio State student-athlete talent show 'Buckeyes Got Talent' Wednesday night in St. John Arena. Ultimately, it was the men's track team dancing in little black leotards and red leggings to Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" that won the 2009 trophy and bragging rights over 'Rat Pack' crooner
[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1059271"]Evan Blankenship[/URL] of the football team.
"After tying for first the past two years and finishing second, it feels good to finally tie for first and win in my last year,"
[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1058367"]Patrick Woods[/URL], a multi-event athlete for the track team, said.
Emcee of the evening, Kelsey Webb of WNIC?s Morning Zoo, warned the audience to get ready for the men's track team and it turned out she was right.
The two acts had tied with scores of 49 out of 50 but the dancing squad of
[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1058401"]Taylor Candella[/URL],
[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1058479"]Elon Simms[/URL], Sklyer Schmitt,
[URL="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87743&SPID=10408&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=1240240"]Stephen Robinson[/URL] and Woods won the crowd's approval in the tiebreaker to take the title over Blankenship, bow tie and all, who covered "Me and Mrs. Jones" with a solid set of pipes.
"It comes from the gut," Blankenship, an offensive lineman for the Buckeyes, said. "And I've got a lot there."
But, as always, the real winners of the evening were the members of the Boys and Girls Club of Columbus as the community service event raised more in 2009 than it had in the previous two years combined. At the conclusion of the show, the Ohio State Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB) presented a check for $2,746 to a happy group of young people from the Boys and Girls Club of Columbus. In three years, SAAB has collected more than $5,340 for the club with their annual talent show.
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