People are always looking for ways to showcase their skills and talents.

The BCM gave students the opportunity to do just that when they put on their BCM’s Got Talent last Thursday.

Like many of the BCM events, the talent competition was a fundraiser.

“We put on BCM’s Got Talent to help raise money to send college students on mission trips all around the world,” said Sarah Meigs, a junior kinesiology major and one of the orchestrators of the event. “It is also a good way to get other students involved who do not regularly participate in BCM events.”

Talents ranged from singing and dancing to rare talents like fiddling.

First place went to Fifé featuring Smiff  who performed “Ho Hey” by the Lumineers.

The first place trophy? Bragging rights.

Lauren Ford won 2nd place with her fiddle skills and 3rd place went to last year’s champion, Bring Her to Ruin.

The night was kicked off with an acapella act (singing without music).

After each act, the three judges gave their feedback on how they think the contestants performed.

The judges were Vincent Smith, ULM alumni and current BCM intern, Angelle Dunn, also a ULM alumni and Parker Lee, a former resident of the BCM.

The crowd was filled with friends and family who came to support the performers.

“Chris Hale was dressed for success,” said Adam Hudson, a sophomore computer science major about his friend’s performance.

The talent competition was emceed by BCM members Roy Brown and Wes Pierce.

The talent portion of the night was not the only competition.

The food competition took place during intermission.

The results were as follows:

1st place was a duck dish, 2nd place was a batch of bacon cupcakes and 3rd place was a Jambalaya dish.

Tickets to get in to see the talent show were $5.

If students wanted to get in on the food-judging action they were given the opportunity to do so for an additional three dollars.

The night continued with the second round of talent.

One of the show stoppers was a dance performance by The Bingo Babes.

They gave their version of the hit “Saturday Night Live” act- “Mom Jeans.”