Singers, dancers, poets and other talents brought their all to the Russell Union Ballroom Friday evening as Positive Moves Music Club debuted its first ever “GSU’s Got Talent” show.

Performing an original song while playing the guitar, Evan Morris, sophomore communications major, took home the win for “GSU’s Got Talent.”

“I’m pretty ecstatic, I’m really surprised and I’m glad. I didn’t think I was going to win,” Morris said.

The road to claiming the prize was not a very easy one for Morris. During his performance, Morris broke one of his guitar strings but kept strumming and singing along.

Jerome Wesley Davis, freshman public relations major and student leader of PMMC, served as the show’s host.

“My favorite part of being the host was announcing everybody and controlling the show,” Davis said. 

The show started off with a skit by PMMC featuring a fake rapper being escorted off stage by PMMC crewmembers and then Davis came on stage. Judges Michelle Allen, Dontarie Stallings and Jodie Beckford were then introduced just before the show began.

A total of 13 acts performed for “GSU’s Got Talent,” and throughout the show more skits were performed by Davis and the PMMC crew members. In one particular skit, Davis needed a volunteer from the audience and chose sophomore accounting major Kayla Womack.

“It was fun — something different. I have never been pulled on stage before,” Womack said. 

The skits performed by PMMC members were funny and enjoyable for the audience, making lots of people laugh.

“This was above and beyond everyone’s expectations. It was just phenomenal,” Jodie Beckford, senior biology pre-med major, said.

“This was completely different than I expected — higher caliber of talent than I expected,” Morris said. 

Funds raised from the event are going to benefit a charitable cause.

“We sold four hundred tickets and about twenty tickets were prepaid. It was a packed house, we made close to seven hundred dollars and we are giving one hundred dollars to Jasmine Sherman and another one hundred dollars to the Boys and Girls Club of Bulloch County,” Davis said.

Though most commentary was positive, some believe there is room for improvement for “GSU’s Got Talent.”

“I congratulate all the people who performed, but there should be more acts and talent to show at Georgia Southern,” Womack said.

PMMC members were excited about the outcome of the show and expressed their thoughts on the evening.

“This is exactly what I wanted. My team did a great job and the crowd was great and very responsive,” Davis said.

PMMC is going to be hosting another “GSU’s Got Talent” show later this semester.