The Oxford RAG annual ‘Oxford’s Got Talent’ event took place in the Union chamber last Sunday.
15 acts from different colleges took to the stage to display their skills to the judges. Musicians, tap dancers and stand-up comedians got involved, along with ‘Tetris man’ Paul Edunast who completed a game on the big screen in just 93 seconds.
Improvisational comedians The Oxford Imps, Oxford Breakdancing Society and a cappella group The Oxford Gargoyles all made guest performances.
The eventual winners were “Jack and The Beanstalks” from St Hilda’s, who performed a cover of the Rolling Stones’ hit ‘Brown Sugar.’
Edmund Mottershead, a member of the winning band, commented, “I thoroughly enjoyed the night, there was tons of good stuff on offer. It’s nice to go out on a high.”
The second prize went to Alex O’Bryan Tear, a student at Worcester College, who entertained the audience with his own version of ‘Please Don’t Stop the Music’, which he had adapted and turned into a rant against the music at Park End, the popular Oxford nightclub.
O’Bryan Tear told Cherwell, “I disqualified myself from entering the talent show on the basis that I had no talent beyond swearing into a microphone while molesting a piano. But due to a bureaucratic error, I was nominated to represent Worcester anyway.”
RAG Vice President Ameer Kotecha described the whole night as “a great success in terms of the quality of the talent show, the enjoyment of the crowd and the money raised.” Around £700 was made on the night for RAG, to be split between their four chosen charities.
Kotecha added, “A great deal of money was raised for fantastic causes but as much as the money RAG’s events are all about providing entertainment and fun for students.”
